Screenshot from “Don’t Fool With a Phantom”, accessed at Scoobypedia here
[Commissioned by @glarnboudin. In doing research for this set, I have been watching the relevant episodes of Scooby-Doo. And this one confuses me a little. The Wax Phantom himself is pretty standard–corporate executive disguising himself as a monster to steal from his own company–but the red herring is weird. The Wax Phantom was supposedly animated by Mr. Grisby, a disgruntled wax museum owner, who seems to genuinely believe his black magic brought the thing to life. He’s also gray, dresses like the Crypt Keeper, and has a shack full of ghosts and animated skeletons. So either Grisby actually is magic and the undead are real in this version of the Scoobyverse, or he’s just so dedicated to his craft that he lives in a Spirit Halloween Store. Either seems plausible.]
Wax Phantom This looming figure appears to be a roughly shaped humanoid made out of running wax. It is faintly luminous, and its facial features are contorted into a crude grimace.
Wax phantoms are undead-like constructs created as instruments of vengeance. They appear as rough humanoid outlines the size of an ogre, incredibly strong for their size. Wax phantoms are frequently used to kidnap chosen targets—they can scale sheer walls, burst through doors or other protections, and encase victims in a cocoon of wax to take back to their lairs. A wax phantom under control of its creator follows the master’s bidding, but free-willed wax phantoms typically kill their captives in sadistic, drawn out fashions.
Constructing a Wax Phantom A wax phantom is created by building a body around an animated humanoid skeleton. The wax is sculpted into an effigy of a person or thing the creator hates, and then melts back into a monstrous form as it animated. The wax must be infused with unholy water and rare herbs worth 1,000 gp.
CL14th;Cost101,050 gp Construction Requirements FeatsCraft Construct; Spellsanimate dead, geas/quest, false life, fear;Specialcreator must be caster level 14th;Skill Check Craft (wax) DC 22; Cost51,050 gp.
