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Risen Pet

Risen Pet

Bonds of loyalty that endure beyond death reanimate pets to crawl from their graves within days of dying, returning to the side of their past owners, family, or pack. Unfortunately, death irrevocably changes a risen pet. They return as aggressive, predatory beasts, difficult to control and easy to anger. Even the most friendly and docile of pets becomes sadistic and violent in undeath—fixating first on those it views as competition for the attention of its owners. When a risen pet is jilted, rebuffed, or offended by its owner, it turns on them.

Lairs and Loot

Risen pets linger near where they were slain or buried. In pet cemeteries, many risen pets might congregate together for ghoulish frolics. Pets buried in a backyard or under the floorboards might dwell in the homes in which they lived their lives, even after their owners are dead and the home crumbles around them into ruin. Within these dilapidated lairs, risen pets hoard the possessions of their owners, both valuable treasure and worthless trinkets with sentimental value.

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Pathfinder Book of the Dead © 2022, Paizo Inc.; Authors: Brian Bauman, Tineke Bolleman. Logan Bonner, Jason Bulmahn, Jessica Catalan, John Compton, Chris Eng, Logan Harper, Michelle Jones, Jason Keeley, Luis Loza, Ron Lundeen, Liane Merciel, Patchen Mortimer, Quinn Murphy, Jessica Redekop, Mikhail Rekun, Solomon St. John, Michael Sayre, Mark Seifter, Sen.H.H.S., Kendra Leigh Speedling, Jason Tondro, Andrew White.

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