【Occult Bestiary】刺青守卫（Tattoo Guardian）

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刺青守卫（Tattoo Guardian）
这种美丽而繁复的刺青，似乎在沿着其承载者的皮肤打着旋移动。

刺青守卫（Tattoo Guardian） CR 3
XP：800
绝对中立（N）  中型构装体
先攻：+9；感官： 60尺黑暗视觉（darkvision），昏暗视觉（low-light vision）；察觉：+1
防御能力（Defense）
AC：15；接触：13；措手不及：12（+3敏捷，+2天生）
HP：42（4d10+20）；
强韧：+1； 反射：+6； 意志：+2；
防御特性：穿戴形态（worn form），液体形态（fluid form），高度警惕（hypervigilant）；
免疫：构造体特性（construct traits）；
攻击能力（Offense）
速度：30尺，飞行10尺
近战：墨刃（ink blades）+6（1d6+2）
数据（Statistics）
力量：14；敏捷：17；体质：-；智力：-；感知：12；魅力：13；
基础攻击：+4；CMB：+6；CMD：19
专长：精通先攻（Improved Initiative）^B；
SQ：贴身守卫（bodyguard）
生态背景（Ecology）
环境：任意。
组织：单独。
宝藏：无。
特殊能力（Special Abilities）

贴身守卫（Bodyguard，Su）：每当刺青守卫的穿戴者受到伤害时，则其半数的伤害会被转移到守卫上（如同护卫他人）。此外，刺青守卫对任何上一轮伤害其穿戴者的生物，在攻击和伤害骰上获得+2加值。

液体形态（Fluid Form，Su）：刺青守卫不会由于移动而引发藉机攻击。它免疫重击和偷袭，并且不会被击倒（knocked prone）或擒抱。

高度警惕（Hypervigilant，Su）：刺青守卫在先攻检定和反射豁免上获得+2加值，并且它总能在突袭轮行动。

穿戴形态（Worn Form，Su）：当被穿戴时，刺青守卫与其穿戴者占据相同的空间，并随着其穿戴者移动。在这种状态下，穿戴者和刺青守卫都可以使用穿戴者和刺青守卫的AC和豁免骰中的较高者，但刺青守卫会失去使用其液体形态能力的权利。

描述（Description）

许多格拉利昂的文化将刺青作为守护的象征，但对于那些有幸穿戴刺青守卫的人来说，刺青的守护远不止是象征性的。忠心耿耿的保护着受其监护者，刺青守卫会离开穿戴者的皮肤，与任何伤害她的人战斗。刺青守卫常见于天夏（Tian Xia）诸国和瓦瑞西亚（Varisia），在天夏（Tian Xia）这相当于富有的廷臣为了对抗其竞争对手雇佣的刺客，而向其君王们交付用于保护他们的赎金；而在瓦瑞西亚（Varisia），刺青和魔法的艺术早已交织在一起。众所周知，某些伽伦德人（Garundi）的魔法学校会给召唤领域和某些危险的魔法领域的高年级学生，提供警惕的刺青，以保护他们受到意外的伤害。善良诸神的神庙可能也会在高级神职人员的皮肤上提供墨水守卫，譬如不擅长战斗魔法的先知或治疗者。这样的刺青守卫通常以其宗教的象征作为其形制：一位受人尊敬的赛伦尼特（Sarenite）治疗者可能会饰有一只火红的凤凰，如果她受到威胁，凤凰就会燃烧起来，最终在火焰中活化；而一名凯登尼特（Caydenite）特别擅长酿造酒类的牧师，则可能会在肩膀上纹上一只猎犬。

用于制造刺青守卫的墨水是没有固定形状的，它能够改变形状，并且可以硬化成如同钢铁一般坚固的利刃。如果穿戴者受到威胁，刺青守卫会从穿戴者的躯体中撤出墨水，使其变硬，成为一把薄刃，然后从穿戴者皮肤中升起，置于穿戴者和袭击者之间。尽管刺青守卫可以与其穿戴者完全分离，然而即使在战斗中，刺青守卫也很少远离其穿戴者。

刺青守卫与其穿戴者之间有一种魔法纽带；如果它未能履行职责，刺青守卫通常会自我毁灭，这种曾经有知觉的墨水会与其前主人的血液融于一起。在极少数情况下，守护可能会从其濒死主人的感官中获得一些碎片，转而走向世界。可悲的是，这些生物大多都被这个过程逼疯了，无法追求比向杀害其主人者复仇更复杂的目标。


制造（Construction）
刺青守卫必须以一种价值500GP的源于数种秘传配方的稀有墨水，由老练的画师绘制。

刺青守卫（Tattoo Guardian）
施法者等级：9级；价格：14,500 GP
需求：制造构装体（Craft Construct），活化物体（animate objects），飞行术（fly），指使术（geas/quest），纸卷狂袭（parchment swarm，OA），护卫他人（shield other），制造者必须拥有至少9个施法者等级；
技能：工艺（书法）或工艺（刺青）DC20；成本：7,500 GP

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原文：

劇透 -   :

Tattoo Guardian
This beautiful, impossibly intricate tattoo appears to swirl and move along its wearer’s skin.
Tattoo Guardian CR 3
Source Occult Bestiary pg. 54
XP 800
N Medium construct
Init +9; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +1
Defense
AC 15, touch 13, flat-footed 12 (+3 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 42 (4d10+20)
Fort +1, Ref +6, Will +2
Defensive Abilities worn form, fluid form, hypervigilant; Immune construct traits
Offense
Speed 30 ft., fly 10 ft.
Melee 2 ink blades +6 (1d6+2)
Statistics
Str 14, Dex 17, Con —, Int —, Wis 12, Cha 13
Base Atk +4; CMB +6; CMD 19
Feats Improved InitiativeB
SQ bodyguard
Ecology
Environment any
Organization solitary
Treasure none
Special Abilities
Bodyguard (Su) Whenever the tattoo guardian’s wearer takes damage, half of the damage is transferred to the guardian (as shield other). Additionally, the tattoo guardian gains a +2 bonus on attack and damage rolls against any creatures that damaged its wearer in the previous round.

Fluid Form (Su) A tattoo guardian does not provoke attacks of opportunity because of movement. It is immune to critical hits and sneak attacks, and it cannot be knocked prone or grappled.

Hypervigilant (Su) A tattoo guardian gains a +2 bonus on initiative checks and Reflex saves, and it always acts on the surprise round.

Worn Form (Su) While being worn, a tattoo guardian occupies the same space as its wearer and moves with its wearer. In this state, the wearer and the tattoo guardian use the higher of the wearer’s and the tattoo guardian’s AC and saving throws, but the tattoo guardian loses access to its fluid form ability.
Description
Many cultures across Golarion employ tattoos as symbols of protection, but to those fortunate enough to be wearers of tattoo guardian, the protection is far more than symbolic. Fiercely loyal and protective of its ward, a tattoo guardian leaves its wearer’s skin to fight any who would harm her. Tattoo guardians are common in the courts of Tian Xia, where wealthy courtiers pay kings’ ransoms for protection against assassins hired by their rivals, and in Varisia, where the arts of tattooing and magic have long intertwined. Certain Garundi arcane universities are known to provide senior students of summoning and other dangerous fields of magic with vigilant tattoos to protect them from accidental harm. Temples of virtuous deities might also ink guardians upon the skins of high-level clergy such as healers or prophets who are not skilled in battle magic. Such tattoo guardians often use the iconography of the religion for their forms: a revered Sarenite healer might be adorned with a fiery phoenix that flares into life if she is threatened, while a Caydenite cleric especially skilled in brewing libations might bear a cayhound across his shoulders.

The ink used in the construction of a tattoo guardian is amorphous, able to change shape and harden to become as sharp and solid as steel. Should its wearer be threatened, the guardian withdraws its ink from the wearer’s flesh and hardens it into a thin blade, then rises from the wearer’s skin to interpose itself between her and her attackers. Even though a tattoo guardian can completely separate itself from its wearer, it rarely strays far from her, even in the midst of battle.

The guardian and its wearer share a magical bond; should it fail in its duty, a tattoo guardian typically selfdestructs, the once-sentient ink melding with its former master’s blood. In rare cases, the guardian might gain some fragment of its dying master’s sentience and go out into the world instead. Sadly, most of these creatures are driven completely insane by the process, and are unable to pursue goals more complicated than revenge against their masters’ killers.



Construction
A tattoo guardian must be inked by a skilled artist, with rare inks worth 500 gp derived from one of several esoteric formulae.
Tattoo Guardian
CL 9th; Price 14,500 gp
Construction
Requirements Craft Construct, animate objects, fly, geas/quest, parchment swarmOA, shield other, creator must be caster level 9th; Skill Craft (calligraphy) or Craft (tattoo) DC 20; Cost 7,500 gp

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译者的话：

1、赛伦尼特（Sarenite）：即莎莱伦（Sarenrae），类似的还有莎莱伦（Sarenrae）代表的月份：赛伦尼斯（Sarenith）（译注：5月13日-6月20日）。结合上下文，应该可以意译为莎莱伦的信徒，或莎莱徒。

2、凯登尼特（Caydenite）：即凯登．凯利恩（Cayden Cailean）。 结合上下文，应该可以意译为凯登的信徒，或凯登徒。

吐槽：

劇透 -   :

吐槽：

称呼神袛尊名，难道是需要避讳的？以后说Desna，guide my hand.要变成Desnite了？

在AA中一种裂刃剑上雕刻着Sarenite天使，猜测这一般指代莎莱伦（Sarenrae）的神使，阳光领主塔拉柯斯（Sunlord Thalachos）。

在某些情况下（譬如配合改装构装体选项，获得大量HP），一个敌手打了大量伤害，但是你屹立不倒。敌手不由怒喝一声：“Why don't you die?”。这时候你轻描淡写的扒掉破损的衣物，然后说：“Tattoo Guardian, son”。
刺青守卫（纳米机器），小子。

由于图案是自定义的，所以可以冒充活化yin纹。气氛逐渐就奇怪起来。

翠绿色椭圆艾恩石只能给予穿戴者每日5点临时生命，却需要20000GP。