Fortitude +9, Reflex +16, Will +11
Athletics +12, Deception +14, Intimidation +12, Stealth +14
Darkvision
Aklo, Common
Slashing 5
Actions & Abilities
Proboscis Tongue
Damage: 2d6+5 Piercing
Entrails
Damage: 2d4+5 Bludgeoning
Spewing Bile
When the penanggalan takes slashing damage, their wound spews bile on adjacent creatures, dealing 2d10[poison] damage ( save).
The penanggalan loses their spewing bile and penanggalan bile abilities until the end of their next turn.
Constrict
(2d4+3)[bludgeoning],
Elongate Tongue
The penanggalan's tongue extends, the membrane stretching and becoming translucent. Until the end of the turn, the penanggalan's proboscis tongue Strikes have a 10-foot reach, and any target is against the Strike unless it has a Perception DC of 22 or higher or the ability to precisely sense things.
Penanggalan Bile
Rest doesn't decrease the drained value from penanggalan bile
Saving Throw
Stage 1 Drained 1 (1 week)
Stage 2 Drained 2 (1 week)
Stage 3 Drained 3 (1 week)
Stage 4 dead
Ride Corpse
The penanggalan inserts their entrails into their humanoid body, allowing them to appear as and move about like a normal human. The body has 10 Hit Points and the same defenses as the penanggalan.
When the body is destroyed, the penanggalan is ejected unharmed. The body becomes a corpse, and if it is neither controlled by the penanggalan nor stored in an alchemical vat, it decays as normal.
Grab
Creature Abilities
Spewing Bile. When the penanggalan takes slashing damage, their wound spews bile on adjacent creatures, dealing 2d10[poison] damage ( save).
The penanggalan loses their spewing bile and penanggalan bile abilities until the end of their next turn.
Constrict. (2d4+3)[bludgeoning],
Elongate Tongue. The penanggalan's tongue extends, the membrane stretching and becoming translucent. Until the end of the turn, the penanggalan's proboscis tongue Strikes have a 10-foot reach, and any target is against the Strike unless it has a Perception DC of 22 or higher or the ability to precisely sense things.
Penanggalan Bile. Rest doesn't decrease the drained value from penanggalan bile
Saving Throw
Stage 1 Drained 1 (1 week)
Stage 2 Drained 2 (1 week)
Stage 3 Drained 3 (1 week)
Stage 4 dead
Ride Corpse. The penanggalan inserts their entrails into their humanoid body, allowing them to appear as and move about like a normal human. The body has 10 Hit Points and the same defenses as the penanggalan.
When the body is destroyed, the penanggalan is ejected unharmed. The body becomes a corpse, and if it is neither controlled by the penanggalan nor stored in an alchemical vat, it decays as normal.
Source, license, and attribution
Source: Pathfinder Monster Core 2 (remaster-core-2026-08-10)
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