Bleeding Spirit

A pale transparent woman appears, blood staining her hands and running down her cheeks.

Taken from the Creature Codex

Bleeding spirits are the undead shades of the victims of unjust violence. A bleeding spirit is created when a person is killed in response to a crime they didn’t commit, and the death is a particularly gruesome and tortuous one.

Stripped of pity and compassion by their horrible transformation, bleeding spirits seek revenge on the communities that allowed their deaths to occur, extending their vendettas far beyond the lifespans of those responsible.

They rarely leave the community of their deaths, gathering much knowledge about their homes over the centuries. This information is bolstered by their weird divinatory abilities, granting bleeding spirits much ammunition for their campaigns of revenge. They like to bully and torment their prey before killing them, sharing horrible secrets and attempting to coerce them into serving as instruments of vengeance. Bleeding spirits have an affinity for mirrors, jumping between them in order to strike at new victims or escape from determined exorcists. The desperate and the foolhardy sometimes call on bleeding spirits for access to their knowledge and oracular gifts, but the price for said information is always blood.

Bleeding Spirit 5e Stat Bock

Medium undead (incorporeal), lawful evil

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Armor Class 15 Hit Points 32 (5d8+10) Speed 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (perfect)

STR –	DEX 16 (+3)	CON –	INT 13 (+1)	WIS 15 (+2)	CHA 15 (+2)

Damage Resistances acid, fire, lightning, thunder; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks Damage Immunities cold, necrotic, poison Condition Immunities exhaustion, grappled, paralyzed, petrified, poisoned, prone, restrained Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 12 Languages understands all languages it knew in life but can’t speak

Special Traits

• Incorporeal Movement. The bleeding spirit can move through other creatures and objects as if they were difficult terrain. It takes 5 (1d10) force damage if it ends its turn inside an object.
• Undead Fortitude. If damage reduces the bleeding spirit 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 bleeding spirit drops to 1 hit point instead.

Actions

• Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) necrotic damage, and the target takes 1d4 bleed damage.
• Bleed. At the start of each of the it’s turns, each creature that is taking bleed damage from it takes an additional 1d4 bleed damage.
• Spellcasting. The bleeding spirit is a 5th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 12, +4 to hit with spell attacks). The bleeding spirit has the following spells prepared:
  • At will: mirror image
  • 3/day each: clairvoyance, detect thoughts
  • 1/day each: divination, dream

Reactions

• Parry. The bleeding spirit adds 2 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the bleeding spirit must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.

Bleeding Spirit CR 4 Pathfinder Stat Bock

XP 1,200
LE Medium undead (incorporeal)
Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +12

Defense

AC 15, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+3 Dex, +2 deflection)
hp 32 (5d8+10)
Fort +3, Ref +4, Will +6
Defensive Abilities incorporeal, undead traits

Offense

Speed fly 30 ft. (perfect)
Melee 2 claws +7 touch (1d6 plus bleed)
Special Attacks bleed (1d4)Spell-like Abilities CL 5th, concentration +7
At Will—mirrorstride
3/day—clairaudience/clairvoyance
1/day—divination

Statistics

Str —, Dex 16, Con —, Int 13, Wis15, Cha 15
Base Attack +3; CMB +6; CMD 16
Feats Alertness, Improved Initiative, Weapon Focus (claw)
Skills Fly +11, Intimidate +10, Knowledge (history) +10, Knowledge (local) +10, Perception +12, Sense Motive +12; Racial Modifiers +4 Knowledge (history), +4 Knowledge (local)
Languages Common

Ecology

Environment any land or underground (urban)
Organization solitary or cabal (2-5)
Treasure none

Special Abilities

• Bleed (Su) The bleed dealt by a bleeding spirit, unlike bleed from other sources, stacks with itself.
• Mirrorstride (Sp) This ability functions as the spell tree stride, except that the bleeding spirit uses mirrors or other reflective surfaces rather than trees for transportation. All mirrors have a range of 3,000 feet, whereas other reflective surfaces (such as polished metal or basins of water) only have a range of 500 feet. This is the equivalent of a 5th level spell.