---
title: "Owb"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.PvWHBhlVxhUBRy5K" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/evil
  - pf2e/creature/type/shadow
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/6
statblock: inline
name: "Owb"
level: 6
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 3"
name: "Owb"
level: "Creature 6"
rare_03: [[Uncommon]]
alignment: ""
size: "Medium"
trait_01: [[evil]]
trait_02: [[shadow]]
modifier: 13
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+13; Greater Darkvision"
languages: "Caligni; (can&#x27;t speak any language), telepathy 100 feet"
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +15, Deception: +13, Diplomacy: +11, Occultism: +12, Religion: +11, Stealth: +15"
abilityMods: [4, 5, 4, 0, 3, 3]
speed: 5 feet,  fly 30 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 3_"
ac: 24
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "24; __Fort__ +14, __Ref__ +15, __Will__ +13"
hp: 90
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "90; __Immunities__  cold"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Greater Darkvision|Greater Darkvision]]"
    desc: "  A creature with greater darkvision can see perfectly well in areas of darkness and dim light, though such vision is in black and white only. A creature with greater darkvision can see through even forms of magical darkness."

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Telepathy|Telepathy 100 feet]]"
    desc: " (aura,magical) A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would."

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Light Blindness|Light Blindness]]"
    desc: "  When first exposed to bright light, the monster is [[Conditions/Blinded|Blinded]] until the end of its next turn. After this exposure, light doesn't blind the monster again until after it spends 1 hour in darkness. However, as long as the monster is in an area of bright light, it's [[Conditions/Dazzled|Dazzled]]."

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "**Melee** `pf2:1` Claw"
    desc: "+16 (agile, magical)\n__Damage__  1d8 + 7 slashing 1d8 cold"

  - name: "**Ranged** `pf2:1` Burning Cold"
    desc: "+17 (magical, range 120 feet)\n__Damage__  2d8 cold 1d8 cold"

  - name: "Occult Innate Spells"
    desc: "DC 23, attack +15; __7th __  _[[Spells/Interplanar Teleport|Plane Shift (Self Only) (To Or From The Shadow Plane Only)]]_; __5th __  _[[Spells/Shadow Blast|Shadow Blast]]_, _[[Spells/Umbral Journey|Shadow Walk]]_; __4th __  _[[Spells/Darkness|Darkness (At Will)]]_, _[[Spells/Invisibility|Invisibility]]_; __3rd __  _[[Spells/Mind Reading|Mind Reading (At Will)]]_\n__Cantrips__  __(3rd)__ _[[Spells/Void Warp|Chill Touch]]_, _[[Spells/Daze|Daze]]_, _[[Spells/Read Aura|Read Aura]]_, _[[Spells/Shield|Shield]]_"

  - name: "Curse of Darkness"
    desc: "`pf2:1` (curse,darkness,occult) The owb inflicts a curse on one creature taking persistent cold damage from their burning cold Strike, stealing the victim's vibrancy. The creature must attempt a DC 23 Fortitude check save.\n\nOn a failure, the creature gains [[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Light Blindness|Light Blindness]] and its coloration turns to washed out shades of gray, along with all equipment it carries, wields, or wears. These effects have an unlimited duration. Regardless of the result of its save, the creature is temporarily immune for 1 minute.\n\nIf the owb uses this ability on a caligni, the curse can't be removed short of [[Spells/Wish|Wish]] or similar powerful magic."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Owb
creatures:
  - 1: Owb
```



Commonly called owbs, or lesser owbs by more powerful owb prophets, most of these mysterious creatures focus on manipulating caligni culture. Among calignis, an owb hides from mortals they deem beneath them-even including calignis in their charge. An owb prefers to select one caligni leader to control from the shadows, manipulating them using charisma and magic. Through coersion of such agents, owbs maintain a steady hand in the politics of the community, either blessing and breaking pacts with other creatures or acting as intermediaries and ambassadors between calignis and powerful external entities.

* * *

These ancient denizens of the Shadow Plane appear as grayish humanoid torsos covered in translucent funeral veils of shadow. Silent and mysterious, they float about, absent legs to hold them aloft. Never speaking a word aloud, they instead reach into the minds of creatures around them to whisper and mumble curses, threats, and strange bits of forlorn augury.

These haunting creatures are revered by calignis as proxies of the Forsaken-a strange array of ancestor-like demigods whom many calignis worship. Some even believe owbs are the Forsaken manifested.

A multitude of owbs visit and even remain to advise caligni communities, as varied in personality as the Forsaken. All owbs share a hatred of light and color, except for the flickering glow of the burning cold magic they can hurl as a weapon. Owbs who live among calignis tend to prohibit the use of light and color, using their curse of darkness to quench violators if necessary. The only other similarity across all owbs is their entrenched desire to manipulate their charges through mind-reading and deception, though such manipulation can be either subtle or overt.
