Ubashki, Ubashki SwarmNo flavor textUbashki Swarm CR 2Source Lost Kingdoms pg. 19
XP 600
NE Tiny undead (swarm)
Init +3; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +5DefenseAC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 size)
hp 19 (3d8+6)
Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +3
Defensive Abilities half damage from weapons, swarm traits; Immune undead traitsOffenseSpeed 30 ft.
Melee swarm +7 (1d6 plus distraction and disease)
Space 10 ft., Reach 0 ft.
Special Attacks distraction (DC 13)StatisticsStr 5, Dex 17, Con —, Int 2, Wis 10, Cha 15
Base Atk +2; CMB —; CMD —
Feats Lightning Reflexes, Weapon Finesse
Skills Climb +5, Perception +5, Stealth +15; Racial Modifiers +4 Climb, +4 StealthEcologyEnvironment warm deserts
Organization solitary, pair, or nuisance (3–5 swarms plus 1 ubashki lynx)
Treasure noneSpecial AbilitiesDisease (Ex) Ubashki Fever: Injury; save Fort DC 13; onset 1d3 days; frequency 1/day; effect 1d2 Str damage and 1d2 Wis damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. A creature afflicted by ubashki fever develops unsightly splotches and sores all over its body that persist until the disease is cured. The save DC is Charisma-based.DescriptionThe deathless guardians of Osirion’s pre-Keleshite tombs are primarily the restless spirits of pharaohs, their loyal honor guards, and sometimes even mummified beasts. The emperors of Ancient Osirion occasionally demanded to be buried next to particularly favored pets, which were carefully sacrificed and embalmed. Famous examples include Zahur II’s desert-acclimated firefoot fennecs, the toothed akh-birds of Menedes V, and the Dream Pharaoh’s unsightly six-legged hounds. Perhaps no beasts were trusted into the afterlife so much as felines, however, who were almost without exception buried alongside deceased pharaohs or at the very least inscribed into their burial chamber walls. Those cats that rose from the dead— either because of the foul magical energies of a pharaoh’s crypt or thanks to the necromantic magic of a restless undead pharaoh herself—were known as ubashki.
Ubashki were prized for being stealthy, agile, and preternaturally perceptive sentries that made for effective spies and watch guards for the tombs of Osirian god-kings. Emperors often filled their crypts with the bodies of strangled and mutilated cats before they themselves were entombed, believing that a feline’s suffering in life would translate to strength in undeath. Whether or not such theories were true is up for debate, but those felid creatures that did rise from death with their masters were indeed beasts to be reckoned with, and a sizeable pack of the mummified things could very well spell the end for would-be tomb raiders. Ranging from tiny housecats to desert-roaming mountain lions, the feline enshrined with a deceased pharaoh varied in type depending on the predilections of its master, but all were known to be signif icantly more powerful than their living iterations.Creatures in "Ubashki" CategoryNo flavor text
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