Nang Tani

In the bright moonlight above the banana grove, a lovely woman approaches you, glad in banana leaves with a flower in her hair. She is translucent and her feet don’t touch the ground.

The nang tani is a gentle forest spirit that inhabits banana groves of the jungle, succoring weaker creatures, especially young humanoid women. They come into existence when a young humanoid female dies before marrying or having children, and her spirit enters a banana tree which grows near her village. Nang tani are only ever active at night, especially under the light of the moon. Though they are intelligent undead, they rarely do evil, though they will harshly attack and punish wasters of forest resources or males that are evidently cruel and harm females. They have been known to answer questions of sentient beings that bring offerings of incense or ribbon, and will provide magical bananas (a variant of goodberry) to benevolent beings, especially neutral clerics and monks. The protective amulet of a nang tani is a prize of special worth, given to those who have shown bravery and dependability to the shy spirit of the bamboo grove.

Nang Tani (CR 4, XP 1,200)

N Medium undead (incorporeal) Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +12

DEFENSE

AC 16, touch 16, flat-footed 13 (+3 deflection, +2 Dexterity, +1 Dodge) hp 37 (5d8+15) Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +6 Immune channel energy, undead traits; SR 15 Weakness grove dependent, sunlight powerlessness

OFFENSE

Speed 20 ft., fly 30 ft. (perfect) Melee incorporeal touch +6 (1d4 cold + 1d3 Charisma) Space 5 ft; Reach 5 ft. Spell-like Abilities (CL 5th; concentration +8)   At-will-detect evil, ill omen   1/day-augury (75%), bestow curse (W-DC 15), goodberry (variant)   Special Attacks grove curse

STATISTICS

Strength -, Dexterity 15, Constitution -, Intelligence 10, Wisdom 14, Charisma 16 Base Atk +3; CMB +3; CMD 18 Feats Alertness, Dodge, Improved Initiative Skills Fly +10, Intimidate +11, Perception +12, Sense Motive +12, Stealth +10 Languages Common; truespeech SQ amulet gift

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Amulet Gift (Ex): Once per month, a nang tani can shape moonlight and banana leaves into an amulet that can grant its possessor a +1 luck bonus to all saving throws and immunity to one specific spell of 3rd level or lower. This is usually a reward for some service done for the nang tani, but can be a gift for a young female who has shown bravery. The specific spell maybe one that the recipient suggests, or one that the nang tani has in mind from some foreknowledge of the tasks ahead of the recipient. The amulet lasts for no more than a month, and will not work for any other being, and as such cannot be sold.   Grove Curse (Su): Damaging, or destroying the grove of a nang tani (while it still exists) even in daylight results in all of the malefactors being the recipients of a bestow curse spell. Saving throws are made normally.   Grove Dependent (Su): Similar to the dependency of a dryad upon her oak tree, a nang tani may never move more than 300 yards from her particular banana grove. They can merge with the substance of a banana tree (and must do so during the day) and as such be invisible. The grove of the banana trees they favor tend to grow in clumps usually no larger than 30′ ft. square. They literally cannot move farther than 300 yards from their grove. If their grove is totally destroyed, the nang tani will cease to exist.   Sunlight Powerlessness (Ex): A nang tani caught in sunlight cannot attack and is staggered.

ECOLOGY

Environment forest Organization solitary Treasure standard