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=== Combat ===

Rom initiate combat without warning, hurling endless ghostly rocks at foes from a safe distance. In melee, a rom uses a ghostly greatclub that drains Constitution from its victims with every hit.

'''{{Anchor|Constitution Drain}} ([[Su]]):''' Living creatures hit by a rom's incorporeal club must succeed a Fortitude save (DC 17) or suffer 1d6 points of permanent Constitution damage. Those hit by a rom's incorporeal throwing rocks must succeed a Fortitude save (DC 17) or suffer 1d4 points of permanent Constitution
damage. Unlike many undead that drain ability points, rom cannot create spawn.

'''{{Anchor|Incorporeal Rock Catching}} ([[Su]]):''' Rom can catch Small, Medium, or Large incorporeal rocks or projectiles. Once per round, a rom that would normally by hit by an incorporeal rock can make a Reflex save to catch it as a free action; C 15 for Small objects, DC 20 for Medium objects, and DC 25 for Large objects. The rom must be ready for and aware of the attack. Because of the brutal nature of rom, this ability is more useful than it might be otherwise since violence frequently erupts between them.

'''{{Anchor|Incorporeal Rock Throwing}} ([[Su]]):''' Rom are accomplished rock throwers and gain a +1 racial bonus to attack rolls using them as a weapon. The rocks thrown by a rom are incorporeal, and the rom can produce them out of thin air.

'''{{Anchor|Sunlight Powerlessness}} ([[Ex]]):''' Rom are utterly powerless in natural sunlight (not merely a daylight spell) and flee from it. A rom caught in sunlight cannot attack and can take only partial actions.

'''{{Anchor|Unnatural Aura}} ([[Su]]):''' Both wild and domesticated animals can sense the unnatural presence of a rom at a distance of 30 feet. They do not willingly approach nearer than that and panic if forced to do so; they remain panicked as long as they are within that range.

'''Skills:''' A rom gains a +8 racial bonus to Hide checks in rocky terrain (as noted in the statistics above).
Alignment	Always neutral evil +
Challenge Rating	10 +
Environment	Warm mountains and underground +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Large +
Subtype	Incorporeal +
Title	Rom +
Type	Undead +