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<onlyinclude>{{3.5e Monster Classic
|monster=Ghostly Slasher
|size=Medium |type=Undead |subtypes=Incorporeal
|hd=3d12 |hp=19
|init=+2
|speed=30 ft.
|ac=14 (+2 Dex, +2 deflection) |touch=14 |flat=14
|bab=+1 |grapple=—
|at=Spectral short sword +3 melee (1d6)
|full_at=Spectral short sword +3 melee (1d6)
|space=5 ft. |reach=5 ft.
|sa=[[#Fear|Fear]]
|sq=[[SRD:Incorporeal Subtype|Incorporeal Traits]], [[SRD:Undead Type|Undead Traits]]
|fort=+1 |ref=+3 |will=+1
|str=— |dex=15 |con=— |int=10 |wis=7 |cha=14
|skills=[[SRD:Hide|Hide]] +6, [[SRD:Intimidate|Intimidate]] +8, [[SRD:Listen|Listen]] +2, [[SRD:Search|Search]] +3, [[SRD:Spot|Spot]] +2
|feats=[[SRD:Ability Focus|Ability Focus]] (fear)
|env=Any land or underground
|org=Solitary
|cr=3
|treas=None
|align=Always chaotic evil
|adv=4-9 HD (Medium)
|la=—
}}
''An amorphous gathering of shadows hides a humanoid form within it. The face inside the shadows changes every few seconds, but all share the same crazed glare and obvious evil intent, evidenced further by the brief appearance of a pale sword blade.''

Every region in a campaign world has its handful of crazed killers and other evil creatures whose only joy in life is to inflict fear and death on others. When these creatures are eventually hunted down and slain (commonly by brave adventurers), not all of their souls descend into the realm of the damned. The forces in charge of the hells decide to wad many of these murdering, irredeemable spirits together and then send them back onto the Material Plane as one creature—a ghostly slasher—to continue their evil work.

As many as a dozen former murderers inhabit a ghostly slasher. The area a particular slasher inhabits is dependent on the most powerful spirit's former life. Wherever it held dominion, be it urban or rural, that is where the slasher inhabits. Besides this determination, the individual souls inside a slasher do not surface as a single being. Rather the image others see always shifts from one spirit's former visage to the next even though all think as a collective mind.
Alignment	Always chaotic evil +
Challenge Rating	3 +
Environment	Any land or underground +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Medium +
Subtype	Incorporeal +
Title	Ghostly Slasher +
Type	Undead +