Confounding Betrayal

Complex Hazard 8, Haunt

Pathfinder 2e (Remaster)

Allies appear to shed their disguises and reveal themselves to be malevolent monsters.

Complex
Haunt

Level: 8
Complexity: Complex
Kind: Haunt
Traits: Complex, Haunt
Stealth: +21 (expert)
Disable: DC 28 Deception (expert) twice to confound the haunt with your own deceptions, or DC 28 Occultism (trained) twice to create a ward against the haunt's mental influence
Attack: DC 30 Will save
Reset: The haunt deactivates 1 minute after all creatures leave the area but resets immediately thereafter.

Unmask (Reaction)

Illusion
Occult

Trigger Two or more creatures enter the haunt's area; Effect Each creature sees the forms of nearby creatures shift and change, appearing to transform into fiendish or aberrant beings with a thirst for blood. Each creature in the area must attempt a DC 30 Will save. The haunt then rolls initiative.

Critical Success: The creature sees through the illusions entirely and is temporarily immune to the haunt's routine for 1 minute.
Success: The creature is unaffected by the strange images.
Failure: The creature believes the illusions to be true; if they become confused by the haunt's routine, they can't attempt flat checks to end the confused condition when they take damage.
Critical Failure: As failure, but the creature is left with a lingering suspicion of others and can't benefit from Aid reactions for 24 hours.

Routine

(1 action; illusion, incapacitation, occult) The haunt continues to confound victims' senses and inspire them to commit violence against each other. Each creature in the haunt's area must attempt a DC 26 Will save.

Critical Success: The creature is unaffected and temporarily immune for 1 minute.
Success: The creature is unaffected.
Failure: The creature is confused for 1 round.
Critical Failure: The creature is confused for 1 minute.

Reset

The haunt deactivates 1 minute after all creatures leave the area but resets immediately thereafter.

Source: Pathfinder GM Core, p. 105

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