View source for Publication:Dread Codex/Monsters/Dark Voyeur

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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Monster Classic
|monster=Dark Voyeur
|size=Medium |type=Undead |subtypes=Incorporeal
|hd=4d12 |hp=26 hp
|init=+6
|speed=Fly 70 ft. (good)
|ac=13 (+2 Dex, +1 deflection) |touch=13 |flat=11
|bab=+2 |grapple=&mdash;
|at=Incorporeal touch +4 melee or +3 against ethereal foes (1d4 or 1d4+1)
|full_at=Incorporeal touch +4 melee or +3 against ethereal foes (1d4 or 1d4+1)
|space=5 ft. |reach=5 ft.
|sa=[[#Corrupting Touch|Corrupting Touch]]
|sq=Darkvision 60 ft., [[#Fear Aura|Fear Aura]], Incorporeal Traits, [[#Light Vulnerability|Light Vulnerability]], [[#Mirror Bound|Mirror Bound]], [[#Mirror Travel|Mirror Travel]], Undead Traits
|fort=+1 |ref=+3 |will=+5
|str=13 |dex=15 |con=&mdash; |int=13 |wis=12 |cha=13
|skills=[[Diplomacy]] +4, [[Hide]] +13, [[Intimidate]] +12, [[Listen]] +8, [[Search]] +3, [[Sense Motive]] +5, [[Spot]] +6
|feats=[[SRD:Blind-Fight|Blind-Fight]], [[SRD:Improved Initiative|Improved Initiative]]
|env=Any land or underground
|org=Solitary
|cr=3
|treas=None
|align=Always neutral
|adv=5-8 HD (Medium)
|la=&mdash;
}}

''The reflection in the mirror before you is not your own. A pale face stares back with brilliant golden eyes, the pupils of which form dark spinning vortices. The humanoid wears unkempt antiquated finery and seems to reach a soft hand toward you through the mirror itself.''

A dark voyeur is the spirit of someone who died in its reflection. The slain individual must have had some familiarity with the mirror; which can be as simple as it being in his home or possession for more than five years. The spirit of the slain is unwilling to leave this life and retreats to the mirror in order to watch life as it happens after his death. Since wealthy folk are normally those who own expensive mirrors of great proportion, the dark voyeur's appearance matches this, albeit with an undead twist.

The negative power which gives the voyeur unlife is not strong enough to give it a body, which is why the soul must remain in or near to a mirror. This same weakness also explains the vulnerability to light of any kind. Sages believe that, while the voyeur's will to remain in the world is strong, if the undead sees its new form in the mirror, it will be so ashamed that it perishes. Dark voyeurs can speak any languages they knew in life. When they do speak, every uttered sound is immediately repeated as a shadowy echo from the closest mirror.
Alignment	Always neutral +
Challenge Rating	3 +
Environment	Any land or underground +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Medium +
Subtype	Incorporeal +
Title	Dark Voyeur +
Type	Undead +