#porviso

[doubtspirit]

The Porviso, is an animal, a species of mouse that passes under the doors and with a very long tail, as much as to surround the pillow and drown with it the people who sleep. It was said that many people had died because of Porviso.

[thecreaturecodex]

Porviso

“GW2 Minion” © deviantArt user Q-Thorn, accessed at their page here

[Hey, I can post! Commissioned by @wannabedemonlord. Unlike the previous two Spanish monsters, Google provides no information on the porviso, so I had to improvise.]

Porviso Skittering about is a hideous creature that resembles a bloated rat with a human skull for a head. Its tail is long and black, and seems to extend ever longer.

Even the most despised animals have souls, and those creatures that are badly abused can return from death to wreak revenge. A porviso is the undead remains of a rodent, given a mockingly humanoid visage with which to watch from the cracks and crevices of its victims’ homes. Porvisos are of nearly human intelligence, and they are patient and cunning murderers. Their primary weapon is a extensible, garrote-like tail, but their teeth are also sharp and filled with disease. Many of a porviso’s victims are kept from fighting back by being bedridden with illness, finally being strangled as their muscles become too stiff to escape.

As with the vermin they were in life, porvisos are social creatures that pack tightly together when they get a chance. They will usually ignore living rodents, including sapient ones such as ratfolk and wererats, and especially cruel wererats may keep a porviso colony on hand as tormenters and spies. Their physical resemblance to living ratkin has been remarked on by some sages, and some do associate with entities of the Elder Mythos. They can be taken as familiars by evil spellcasters of at least 7th level with the Improved Familiar feat.

Porviso                 CR 3 XP 800 NE Tiny undead Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +7, scent Defense AC 16, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+2 size, +3 Dex, +1 natural) hp 27 (5d8+5) Fort +2, Ref +4, Will +5; channel resistance +2 Immune undead traits Offense Speed 20 ft., climb 20 ft. Melee bite +8 (1d3 plus disease) or whip tail +8 (1d4 plus grab) Space 2 ½ ft.; Reach 0 ft. (10 ft. with whip tail) Special Attacks constrict (1d8), grab (Medium), sneak attack 1d6, strangle Statistics Str 10, Dex 17, Con -, Int 8, Wis 13, Cha 13 Base Atk +3; CMB +4 (+8 grapple); CMD 14 (16 vs. trip) Feats Improved Initiative, Stealthy, Weapon Finesse Skills Acrobatics +6 (+2 when jumping), Climb +15, Escape Artist +8, Perception +7, Stealth +17; Racial Modifiers uses Dex to Climb Languages Common Ecology Environment urban or underground Organization solitary, infestation (2-12) or plague (13-40) Treasure incidental Special Abilities Disease (Ex) Shakes; Bite—injury; save Fort DC 13; onset 1 day; frequency 1/day; effect 1d8 Dex damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is Charisma based. Whip Tail (Ex) The tail of a porviso is treated as a primary natural weapon that deals 1d3 points of bludgeoning damage. When using its tail, a porviso gains a +2 to its Combat Maneuver check to disarm or trip an opponent.