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Today we’re posting the Negative Energy Charged Template.
Negative Energy Charged Creature, CR +2
“Negative energy charged creature” is an acquired template that can be added to any undead creature (referred to hereafter as the base creature). A negative-energy-charged creature uses all the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here.
Senses: Gains blindsight 60 ft.
Aura: Gains an evil aura.
Armor Class: Gains a +2 dodge bonus to Armor Class.
Defensive Abilities: Gains Channel Resistance +4 and Obscuring Energy
Obscuring Energy (Su) A cloud of energy surrounds the negative energy charged creature granting a 20% miss change against attacks made against it.
Damage Reductions: Gains DR 5/good
Speed: Double the base speed.
Special Attacks: Charged Attack (Su) Each of a negative energy charged creature’s natural attacks, touch attacks, incorporeal touch attacks, and weapon attacks deals +1d6 points of negative energy damage in addition to normal damage. An undead creature can heal itself or other undead for 1d6 points of damage with a touch attack as an attack action. Damage dealt with a charged attack is treated as evil for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction.
Spell-Like Abilities: A negative energy charged creature with a Charisma of 11 or higher gains searing darkness as a spell like ability. The caster level equal the negative energy charged creature’s HD. This spell-like ability can be used 1/day if the negative energy charged creature’s HD is 10 or less and is 3/day if the negative energy charged creature’s HD is 11 or higher.
Searing darkness: This ray of negative energy works like searing light except that it deals 1d6 points of damage (maximum of 10d6) to living creatures.
Abilities: Gains the following bonuses: Str +4, Dex +4, and Cha +4.
Feats: Gains Improved Initiative as a bonus feat if it does not already possess it.
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