Soul-Devouring (3.5e Template)
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Soul-Devouring
Some creatures are fabled to eat the souls of their victims, trapping them for all eternity.
Soul-Devouring creatures tend to be more imposing than others of their kind and to have more pronounced mouths (or analogous parts).
Creating a Soul-Devouring Creature
Soul-Devouring is an acquired template that may be applied to any Animal, Dragon, Magical Beast, or Vermin that has a mouth or analogous part.
Speed
All of the base creatures speeds increase by 10'.
Armor Class
The base creature gains a +1 bonus to its natural armor for every creature it has eaten with a soul and an Intelligence of 3 or higher, up to a maximum of its HD.
Attack
If the creature didn't previously have a bite attack, it gains one as a creature of its size. If it did previously have a bite attack, it increases the damage by one size.
Special Attacks
Improved Grab (Ex): The creature gains Improved Grab with its Bite attack.
Special Qualities
Soul-Devouring Stomach (Ex): When a Soul-Devouring creature kills a creature with its bite attack or eats a creature who has died within the last minute, the soul of the devoured creature is trapped inside the Soul-Devouring creature. The devoured creature cannot be raised by any means until the Soul-Devouring creature is killed (or potentially just gutted, but that's usually pretty lethal).
On the upside, the devoured creatures count the death of the Soul-Devouring creature as their time of death for the purposes of resurrection.
Abilities
+2 Constitution
Challenge Rating
+1
Treasure
In addition to whatever treasure the base creature normally has, the souls of the creatures it has devoured are freed.
Alignment
Soul-Devouring creatures are always Evil if they're able to consider the concept of morality (generally by having an Int of 5 or higher).
Level Adjustment
+1
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