Inquisitor (creature)

Inquisitors were undead horrors that excelled in the art of torture.

Description
Inquisitors looked like an emaciated and rotted humanoid and were often mistaken for zombies. A putrid mucus oozed from its eyes and mouth. It was often encountered wearing clothes, usually a black, hooded cloak and torn pants.

Abilities
Inquisitors had a natural immunity to any effect or spell which affected the mind. If a living creature made eye contact with an inquisitor, there was a significant chance they would become temporarily paralyzed.

Combat
The sole purpose and driving need for an inquisitor is to torture living creatures. Its torture sessions were so brutal that most victims were left physically disfigured and insane. If forced into melee combat, an inquisitor used their sharp nails to scratch and impale a target. It also wielded a special whip. Any living creature struck with this whip contracted a terrible wasting disease which was fatal unless treated with a cure disease spell.

Habitat
An inquisitors lair was its torture chamber, which could be found anywhere, from a cave deep in the wilderness to a central location in a dense urban area. Inquisitors spent most of its time in their lair, leaving only to secure new torture victims. Some inquisitors never left their lairs, instead employing others to secure victims for them.

Ecology
Inquisitors were created long ago by evil wizards. Part of their curse was extreme longevity, cursed to torture for eternity. Their longevity was only maintained by the act of torturing living creatures, requiring to torture a victim at least once per year.