Monster: Undertaker Servilis

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Servilis, Undertaker
This ugly imp has an oversized crocodillian snout, pair of clawed, shovel-like feet, and smells of dirt and rotten meat.

CR 2; XP 600
NE Small Outsider (evil, extraplanar, servilis)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, deathwatch; Perception +1

Defense
AC 15, touch 11, flat-footed 15 (+1 size, +4 natural)
hp 19 (3d10+3)
Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +4
Defensive Abilities death ward; DR 2/good; Immune disease, poison; Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, fire 5, sonic 5

Offense
Speed 20 ft., burrow 20 ft.
Melee bite +6 (2d6+3)
Special Attack digest, swallow corpse
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 3rd; concentration +3)
Constant—death ward (self only), deathwatch, tongues
1/day—speak with dead

Statistics
Str 14, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 9, Wis 13, Cha 7
Base Atk +3; CMB +4; CMD 14
Feats Diehard, Endurance^B, Toughness
Skills Heal +7, Knowledge (planes) +5, Knowledge (religion) +5, Profession (embalmer) +7, Profession (undertaker) +7
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, Infernal, Protean; tongues
SQ dig up

Ecology
Environment any (evil planes)
Organization solitary, pair, or staff (3–10)
Treasure standard

Dig Up (Ex) An undertaker servilis can dig quickly with its enormous claws. It needs a mere minute to excavate or fill up a 5-ft. cube of soil, though it can't dig through stone.

Digest (Ex) An undertaker servilis can digest flesh off a swallowed dead corpse by taking a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity and can be disrupted. If not disrupted, the swallowed cadaver is turned into a skeleton at the beginning of the undertaker's next turn. By taking ten full-round actions, an undertaker can digest the skeleton completely, leaving only some hair and a few half-dissolved bones.

Swallow Corpse (Su) An undertaker servilis can swallow an adjacent or held Medium or smaller corpse with a full-round action that provokes attacks of opportunity and store it in an extradimensional space in its belly. An undertaker can store up to eight corpses in this way and can spit one corpse of their choice as a full-round action.


Serviles (sing. servilis) are petty fiends formed of excess spiritual residue of the lower planes. They are submissive, groveling, cowardly, and mix laziness and desire to please powerful masters in an unpredictable degree. They are receptive to bribes and prone to malice and petty vindictiveness when not subdued with terror. When properly coaxed to work, they can be quite competent in their narrow field of expertise, though, despite all their complaints and attempts to evade hard work.

Activities of fiends and black magicians often produce leftover corpses and undertaker serviles deal with them, store them for later use, or procure new ones, as commanded. They are rather jolly beings for their morose job, though they often get sad and complain when a hostile altercation ends without casualties.