Victims of the SHC or Spontaneous humanoid combustion virus, these unfortunate souls are now undead flaming corpses.

They appear as badly burned humanoids, with the flesh blacked and burned away in many locations, showing off the scorched bones. The eyes are white orbs, expanded to nearly double the regular size. Flames constantly lick off the charred and ruined flesh, and just being in close proximity to the undead creature can cause objects to burst into flame.

Once the transformation has occurred, the mind is lost, and the soul is filled with pain and rage. They seek out to destroy anything they can, and seem to take great delight in attacking the living, setting them on fire, and causing as much chaos and damage as possible. Once they are ‘born’, the creatures seem to last only a short period of time. Fire-fighters and other groups tend to put them down quickly and in many locations the danger seems to have passed.

Such speculation has been caused the deaths of many additional souls.

The reason is that even when the creatures are destroyed, the soul remains where the creature was dispatched. In 24+2d6 hours after death, the creature will reappear where it was destroyed. More often than not this will be in the smouldering ruins of the location where it was originally found. It will begin its rampage all over once again.

The only way to permanently destroy one of these unfortunate creatures is to cast upon it either a mystic cure, or remove condition.

If located in a forest, or the wilderness, these creatures can cause untold damage, and have been responsible for the destruction of many wilderness regions.

Although not common, they can appear on starships. Thanks to many of the internal systems, destroying one of these creatures is relatively easy. One sure-fire method of dealing with these beings are to eject them into the vacuum of space. There is nothing for the flames to consume, so the flames they are covered in are snuffed out in a single round. The body remains, and goes into a state of hibernation. If it ever encounters any source of fuel for the flames, it will burst forth and attack, trying to set the world on fire.

Starfinder Creature Index

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