This withered old corpse has a feral glint in her eyes and clasps a rusty axe in her yellow-nailed hands.
Zuvembie CR 4
XP 1,200
NE Medium undead
hp 37 (5d8+15)
Fort +3, Ref +3, Will +6
Melee battleaxe +4 (1d8+1/x3), claw -1 (1d4) or 2 claws +4 (1d4+1)
Special Attack corpse call (DC 16)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; concentration +6)
At willâdarkness
3/dayâghoul touch, scare (DC 14)
Base Atk +3; CMB +4; CMD 17
Feats Ability Focus (corpse call), Dodge, Toughness
Skills Bluff +7, Knowledge (arcana) +8, Perception +10, Stealth +14; Racial Modifiers +4 Stealth
Environment any land
Organization solitary
Treasure standard (battleaxe)
Tied to the dark forces of nature and unholy magic, zuvembies employ fear and the wild creatures of the land to take their vengeance upon the living. Zuvembies appear to be withered, animate corpses but possess ruthless minds and blasphemous vigor. Revenge fuels a zuvembie, a hatefulness directed toward those who wronged it in life. Yet even when the last one who maligned it lies dead, its rage remains, turning against all who live, especially the relatives of the target of its original hate. Most zuvembies willingly performed the vile rituals to attain vengeance through unlife, but the transformation can also be wrought upon a helpless victim. The method of transforming into a zuvembie involves the creation and consumption of a vial of oil of animate dead, plus the performance of additional dark rites that take a day to perform and cost 3,000 gp. The ritual kills the target, who must make a DC 20 Will save. Failure results in the victim’s death, while success means it reanimates as a free-willed zuvembie. Zuvembies stand between 5 and 6 feet tall and rarely weigh over 100 pounds.
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 3, © 2011, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Jesse Benner, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, James Jacobs, Michael Kenway, Rob McCreary, Patrick Renie, Chris Sims, F. Wesley Schneider, James L. Sutter, and Russ Taylor, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.