---
title: "Feral Skull Swarm"
obsidianUIMode: preview
noteType: pf2eMonster
cssClasses: pf2e
aliases: "Actor.b4b6bh7kotkCsHk8" 
tags:
  - pf2e/creature/type/evil
  - pf2e/creature/type/mindless
  - pf2e/creature/type/swarm
  - pf2e/creature/type/undead
  - pf2e/creature/type/unholy
  - pf2eMonster
  - pf2e/creature/level/12
statblock: inline
name: "Feral Skull Swarm"
level: 12
license: OGL
---

```statblock
columns: 2
forcecolumns: true
layout: Basic Pathfinder 2e Layout
source: "Pathfinder Bestiary 3"
name: "Feral Skull Swarm"
level: "Creature 12"
rare_03: [[Uncommon]]
alignment: ""
size: "huge"
trait_01: [[evil]]
trait_02: [[mindless]]
trait_03: [[swarm]]
trait_04: [[undead]]
trait_05: [[unholy]]
modifier: 21
perception:
  - name: "Perception"
    desc: "+21; Darkvision, Scent (Imprecise) 30 Feet"
languages: ""
skills:
  - name: "Skills"
    desc: "Acrobatics: +22, Survival: +21"
abilityMods: [0, 4, 7, -5, 3, 4]
speed: 40 feet
sourcebook: "_Pathfinder Bestiary 3_"
ac: 32
armorclass:
  - name: AC
    desc: "32; __Fort__ +25, __Ref__ +22, __Will__ +19"
hp: 160
health:
  - name: ""
  - name: HP
    desc: "160, void healing; __Immunities__  death effects,  disease,  paralyzed,  poison,  precision,  unconscious,  mental,  grabbed,  prone,  restrained; __Weaknesses__ area damage 10, splash damage 10; __Resistances__ bludgeoning 5, cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10, piercing 10, slashing 10"
abilities_top:
  - name: ""

  - name: "Feral Trackers"
    desc: "  A feral skull swarm gains a +2 circumstance bonus to Perception checks to Seek and to Survival checks to Track, both against any creature that has taken damage from the swarm's Feral Gnaw within the previous 24 hours."

abilities_mid:
  - name: ""
  - name: "Boneshard Burst"
    desc: "  When a feral skull swarm is reduced to 0 Hit Points, it erupts in an explosion of foul energy and bone fragments in a 30-foot burst, dealing 3d12 piercing damage and 2d12 void damage (DC 32 Reflex check save)."

  - name: "[[Bestiary Ability Glossary/Void Healing|Void Healing]]"
    desc: "  A creature with void healing draws health from void energy rather than vitality energy. It is damaged by vitality damage and is not healed by vitality healing effects. It does not take void damage, and it is healed by void effects that heal undead."

attacks:
  - name: ""

  - name: "Feral Gnaw"
    desc: "`pf2:1`  Each enemy in the swarm's space takes 2d6 bludgeoning damage, 2d6 piercing damage, and 2d6 slashing damage (DC 32 Reflex check save).\n\nA creature that fails its saving throw also takes 1d10 bleed."

  - name: "Frightening Howl"
    desc: "`pf2:1` (auditory,emotion,fear,mental) The feral skull swarm emits a terrifying howl. Each creature within 60 feet must succeed at a DC 32 Will check save or become [[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 2]] ([[Conditions/Frightened|Frightened 3]] and [[Conditions/Fleeing|Fleeing]] for 1 round on a critical failure).\n\nWhether it succeeds or fails its save, a creature is temporarily immune to Frightening Howl for 24 hours."
 
```

```encounter-table
name: Feral Skull Swarm
creatures:
  - 1: Feral Skull Swarm
```



Some skull swarms are crafted from the heads of feral and dangerous beasts. These can include predatory cats, bears, dinosaurs, and the like, but just as often they're made from bulls, horses, apes, and other creatures that were gentler in life. In death, a feral skull swarm is bloodthirsty regardless of its origins, with a keen scent for living flesh. Even herbivore skulls diligently chew on the flesh of their swarm's victims.

* * *

A skull swarm is composed of reanimated masses of craniums and jawbones, forming a terrifying avalanche of undead fury. Most skull swarms are mindless, though some retain a vestige of wit, awareness, and even magical talents from life, culminating in a highly intelligent swarm mind.
