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Remembrancer Congregation CR: 2

Large swarm of medium undead, neutral evil
Armor Class: 10
Hit Points: 62hp (10d8+12) 10d8+12
Speed: 20 ft

STR

16 +3

DEX

8 -1

CON

16 +3

INT

7 -2

WIS

8 -1

CHA

5 -3

Saving Throws: Wis +0 1d20+0
Damage Immunities: Poison, Necrotic
Condition Immunities: Charmed, Exhaustion, Frightened, Grappled, Paralyzed, Petrified, Poisoned, Prone, Restrained, Stunned
Senses: Blindsight 5ft., Passive Perception 9 (blind beyond 60 ft.)
Languages: Can understand and speak the languages its members knew in life
Challenge Rating: 2

Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the Remembrancer Congregation to 0 hit points, it must make a Constitution saving throw with a DC of 5 + the damage taken, unless the damage is radiant or from a critical hit. On a success, the Remembrancer Congregation drops to 1 hit point instead.   Swarm. The Congregation can occupy another creature’s space and vice versa, and can move through any opening large enough for a Medium humanoid. The Congregation can’t regain hit points or gain temporary hit points.   Hungry Mob. If a creature ends their turn while inside the Congregation, they must succeed on a DC 12 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. While knocked prone in this manner, the creature is considered grappled by the Congregation.   Nag'Hwil Mind. The Remembrancer Congregation is immune to any spell or ability which would control its actions, such as Charm Monster or a cleric's Turn Undead ability (though Destroy Undead could affect them).   Gestalt Will. A Remembrancer Congregation can telepathically control any undead with a CR lower than its own within 120ft., deciding their actions on their turn. Undead that do not share the Nag'Hwil Mind special ability may make a Wisdom saving throw (DR equal to 13+the Congregation's wisdom modifier) to resist this control; on a successful save, they are immune to the influence of any Congregation's Gestalt Will for 24 hours.   A Remembrancer which shares its space with the Congregation immediately becomes part of it, adding 13 (2d8+3) 2d8+3 hit points to both the current and maximum hit points of the Congregation and increasing its CR by 1/2.   For every 1 CR a Congregation gains, it gains 1 point of Intelligence and Wisdom, to a maximum of 20 for either. Depending on the CR of a Congregation, a DM may rule that it takes up a higher size category than Large. The actions, abilities, and proficiencies of a particularly high-CR Congregation are left to the DM's discretion.

Actions

Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, reach 5 ft. Hit: 9 (2d6 + 2) 2d6+2 bludgeoning damage, or 5 (1d6 + 2) 1d6+2 bludgeoning damage if the swarm has half of its hit points or fewer. For every 2 CR the Congregation has above 2, this attack gains +1 to hit (to a maximum of +8) and deals 3 (1d4) 1d4 extra damage on a hit.

A Remembrancer Congregation is a (thankfully rare) result of the strange gestalt that manifests when at least four Remembrancers are allowed to approach each other. Such groups are feared throughout the Salvaged Commonlands, and are often seen as a curse visited upon those who have not attended to the tenets of Ø'ssum. Othertimes a Congregation may be purposefully created, as by the Tolmin Elli, though such efforts tend to end in the death of their architects.   If a Congregation is allowed to exist, it will continue to swell its numbers by creating or attracting other Remembrancers. A Congregation that becomes large enough will begin to display harrowing mockeries of sentience, overcoming defenses and strategies in its efforts to grasp that which death has taken from it.

Suggested Environments

Remembrancer Congregations are incredibly rare in Salvage, due to the specific circumstances needed to create them and the adherence to Ø'ssum of most inhabitants that prevents their creation. They are most commonly found in the ruins of towns destroyed by some disaster, where burial of all the dead was impossible, or else in areas of hallowed ground, typically with the remains of the poor necromancer who summoned them within its midst.


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