Fey
Burl Noggin[SPOILER]Medium Fey (augmented humanoid)
Hit Dice: 9d6+45 (76 hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 50 ft. (10 squares)
Armor Class: 23 (+5 enhancement, +8 natural), touch 15, flat-footed 23
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+13
Attack: Head Butt +14 melee (3d6+13)
Full Attack: Head Butt +14 melee (3d6+13)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Awesome blow
Special Qualities: Blindsight 120 ft., improved woodland stride, merge with wood, plant traits, resistance to cold and electricity 10, trackless step, wood whisper
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +6, Will +7
Abilities: Str 28, Dex 10, Con 21, Int 5, Wis 12, Cha 6
Skills: Balance +7, Climb +21, Jump +60, Knowledge (nature) +9, Survival +7
Feats:
Brachiation(B), Great Fortitude, Improved Bull Rush, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (head butt)
Environment: Any forest
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 8
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral
Advancement: 10-18 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: -
A burl noggin appears as a burly human except that instead of a head a large woody protuberance has grown in its place. Twisted, living branches of wood extends from where the base of the skull would be and grows along the spine and down the arms and legs.
Burl noggins were once great enemies of fey kind, such that instead of being merely killed they were taken to the plane of Faerie itself for trying. Once found guilty their heads were fed into the great bole of a tree whose trunk sprouts hundreds of still-living heads of other horrible criminals. The tree merges with the body and keeps it alive as it begins to grow a gnarled burl where the head once was. The criminal's head then sprouts nearby to watch the process.
After a number of months the burl has grown larger than the original head and detaches from the tree. The fey peoples now have a great ally and warrior completely devoted to their cause.
A burl noggin understands Sylvan but cannot speak.
CombatBurl noggins tend to watch strangers to the woods warily, though acting otherwise if so directed by its fey masters. If the being seeks not to harm the woods the burl noggin remains quiescent but ever watchful. Behavior to the contrary is dealt with swiftly as the burl noggin leaps down from its viewpoint in the branches and charges head down to crush its victim against the trunk of a tree.
Awesome Blow (Ex): When a burl noggin uses its head butt attack it can send its opponents flying as if it had the Awesome Blow feat.
Faerie Spawned (Ex): Fey creatures gain a +4 bonus on charisma-based checks when interacting with a burl noggin. Burl noggins also will obey implicitly any directive given them by fey creatures involved in its creation or those they direct it to obey. A burl noggin will never attack fey creatures unless directed so by its masters. In turn fey instinctively sense a burl noggin's devotion to their welfare.
Improved Woodland Stride (Ex): A burl noggin may move through any sort of undergrowth (such as natural thorns, briars, overgrown areas, and similar terrain) at its normal speed and without taking damage or suffering any other impairment. This ability even works within thorns, briars, and overgrown areas that have been magically manipulated to impede motion.
Merge With Wood (Su): A burl noggin may merge with living wood as a standard action as the Meld Into Stone spell for as long as it wishes, its head remaining on the side of the tree as if it had grown there.
Strength of Branch and Root (Su): A burl noggin's strength is drawn from that of the forest. While in wooded terrain a burl noggin gains a +40 enhancement bonus to jump checks. As well it may climb up living objects such as trees and vines at its land speed as the Spider Climb spell. If removed from the forest a burl noggin's strength score is reduced to 12 and loses its bonus to jump checks, though it may still climb.
Trackless Step (Ex): A burl noggin leaves no trail in natural surroundings and cannot be tracked. It may choose to leave a trail if so desired.
Wood Whisper (Su): Though a burl noggin possesses no eyes it can see as far a normal person in wooded terrain by sensing the subtle changes of the forest around it. A burl noggin may use Speak With Plants and Whispering Wind at will, with the latter having no set range besides the borders of the woods it occupies.
Skills: A burl noggin gains a +6 racial bonus on balance and survival checks.[/SPOILER]
Cellarblight[SPOILER]Small Fey
Hit Dice: 2d6+10 (19 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 20 ft. (4 squares), burrow 20 ft.
Armor Class: 17 (+3 dex, +3 natural, +1 size), flat-footed 14, touch 14
Base Attack Bonus/Grapple: +1/-4
Attack: Slam +1 melee (1d3-1)
Full attack: 2 slams +1 melee (1d3-1)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Cellarblight, spell-like abilities, slimy step
Special Qualities: Darkvision 40 ft., lichenfriend, low-light vision, resistance to bludgeoning 5
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +6, Will +5
Abilities: Str 8, Dex 16, Con 21, Int 9, Wis 14, Cha 6
Skills: Hide +12, Jump +4, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +4, Listen +7, Move Silently +8
Feats: Ability Focus (cellarblight), Great Fortitude(B)
Environment: Underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 4
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually True Neutral
Advancement: By character level
Level Adjustment: --
Cellarblights appear as gnomish men with pock-marked, pale skin like that of a faded mushroom and wear an almost petulant expression with tightly pressed lips. Their eyes are huge and bulbous.
A spirit of root cellars, basements, and winerooms the cellarblight is both a potential curse and a blessing upon the homes it decides to take up residence. Possessed of constant sullen anger and fits of rage, they are difficult to appease and easy to provoke. They enjoy the cool dampness provided by the cellar, and the company of the creatures attracted to such places, but protest any great noise and bustle heard above. Gifts of tallow and turnips are often left, and for this a cellarblight will keep the food below from spoiling. If annoyed by a particularly noisesome household their ire takes form in the rotting and calling of worms upon the produce. Those whom leave nothing for the cellarblight and actively provoke him awaken the wrath that is always bubbling just beneath the surface.
Cellarblights always have a means of escape, usually in the way of a hidden burrow with only a thin layer of dirt or mud. If sufficiently threatened they dive within it and use their ability to meld earth to seal it behind. Though they prefer to stay in one place for as long as possible none are bound to any particular locale.
Cellarblights stand some two and a half feet tall and weigh about 20 lbs. They speak Common and Sylvan.
CombatCellarblights are cowards, and will do anything but get into hand-to-hand combat. They rely on their spells and summoned vermin to fight those whom enter below. Once within, they tend to close the doors of the cellar and lock them tight, allowing their victims to stumble about blindly. Those that die within the depths are rapidly eaten by summoned earthworms and other burrowing scavengers. The bones are then hidden and buried by the vindictive fey.
Cellarblight (Su): Vengeful cellarblights can transform its underground den overnight, filling the darkness with mosses and evil-smelling fungus that grows over everything below. The air takes on an uncanny, musty scent, filled with clammy humidity. Those whom venture within are gripped with an irrational fear of their surroundings, and must make a DC 14 will save every minute or become frightened. Those that make the save still remain shaken for as long as they remain below. If a natural 1 is rolled at anytime to stave off the fear, the victim goes into a state of horrible panic and dies unless a successful DC 14 fortitude save is made. This is a mind-affecting fear effect. The save DC's are Wisdom-based.
Lichenfriend (Ex): Cellarblights have close ties with the lesser forms of life, fungus and moss, rot and worm, granting it a +4 racial bonus to saves against disease and poison.
As well, they may use a form of the druid's Wild Empathy with vermin, oozes and fungal plants. The check is made with a 1d20 + cellarblight's HD + wisdom modifier.
And finally, they can use a variation of Speak With Animals/Speak With Plants at will that allows them to communicate with vermin and subterranean plants.
Spell-like abilities: Caster level 4th. The save DCs are Wisdom-based.
At will - Arcane lock, Open/Close, Purify Food and Drink, Soften Earth and Stone, Summon Swarm (spiders only; can only have one swarm summoned at a time)
3/day - Darkness
Slimy Step (Ex): A cellarblight can encourage slime molds to grow upon the steps and floor of its cellar, requiring a DC 14 balance check to properly navigate. Those that fail the save fall prone. If upon stairs, the victim tumbles to the bottom and are likewise rendered prone, taking 1d4 damage. They are usually quickly ambushed by a waiting spider swarm. The save DC is wisdom based.[/SPOILER]
Crystal Woman[SPOILER]
The drip-drop of trickling water echoes through the cavern and you lift your torch. A figure like a ghostly skeleton ducks away, leaving a trail of slime that swiftly evaporates...Medium Fey (aquatic)
Hit Dice: 4d6+8 (22 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), swim 50 ft.
Armor Class: 15 (+3 dex, +2 natural) touch 13, flat footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +2/+2
Attack: Slam +5 melee (1d3 plus clammy touch)
Full attack: 2 slams +5 melee (1d3 plus clammy touch)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Clammy touch, spell-like abilities.
Special Qualities: Amphibious, blindsight 60 ft., falling up, natural slime, spell resistance 15, transparency
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +7, Will +7
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 14
Skills: Diplomacy +9, Escape Artist +16, Hide +10, Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +17, Move Silently +10, Swim +7
Feats: Improved Trip, Weapon Finesse
Environment: Underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 4
Treasure: Quarter standard
Alignment: Usually chaotic good
Advancement: 5-8 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: +3
Crystal women are guardians of the dark, cold subteranean water sources such as rivers and lakes, and prefer a locale complete with waterfall. They are ultimately enigmatic fey whom are very rarely seen, though they are often nearby. They are social folk amongst other crystal women however, and usually a small community is found within the underground waters. They are immensely amused however by lost surface folk unable to find their way in the pitch of caves. They often take pity on them, leading them to caverns that will take them to the surface, but only if the lost victim acts decently within their presence.
In shape they seem as petite young women, but they appear to be ghostly skeletons at first, for their glistening skin is completely transparent. As well, they are eyeless, with just clear, unmarred skin in their place. Delicate webs stretch between their long fingers and toes, though are all but invisible unless examined up close. Their thick, sweeping hair is silvery, and somewhat translucent. Here and there about their hair are thicker, stiff hairs that jut out many feet, which are in reality whiskers to further aid them in their sightlessness.
Crystal women are just under five feet in height, and weigh 90-95 lbs. They speak aquan, fey, and undercommon.
CombatCrystal woman are not eager to fight, but if endangered or their homes threatened they will attempt to keep their opponent off-balance by tripping. When their opponents stand and allow an attack of opportunity they tend to reach out to their victim with their clammy touch to fill them with an unnerving chill.
Amphibious (Ex): A crystal woman is able to breathe air just as easily as she breathes water.
Clammy Touch (Su): A successful touch attack from a crystal woman causes the victim to sweat profusely with chill perspirations and begins to shive violently. One hit by a clammy touch must succed on a DC 14 fortitude save or take 1 point of dexterity damage. Multiple touches stack. On a natural 20 the victim instead is infected with Slimey Doom (DMG p. 92). The save is Constitution based.
Falling Up (Su): Crystal women may swim straight up waterfalls at their swim speed or reverse their velocity when coming down one, taking no damage reguardless of height of fall or depth of water.
Natural Slime (Ex): Crystal women secrete a slick, odorless slime that allows them to slip through water quickly and protect them against scrapes from stone. This slime grants them a +6 racial bonus to escape artist checks.
Spell-like Abilities:3/day Grease. Caster level 5th. Save DC's are Charisma-based.
Transparency (Ex): A crystal woman's transparent skin grants a +20 bonus to hide checks if moving at their base speed while underwater. Crystal women out of water gain only a +6 bonus.
Skills: A crystal woman has a +10 racial bonus on Knowledge (dungeoneering) checks as well as a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. She can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. She can use the run action while swimming, provided she swims in a straight line.[/SPOILER]
Dullahan[SPOILER]
Medium Fey (Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 11d6+33 (71 hp)
Initiative: +2
Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class: 17 (+2 dex, +5 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 15
Base Attack/Grapple: +5/+6
Attack: Whip +8 melee (1d4 plus 1 Con damage)
Full Attack: Whip +8 melee (1d4 plus 1 Con damage)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Evil eye, headless, spell-like abilities, water into blood
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/gold or silver, dark of night, darkvision 120 ft., death watch, know no barriers, immunity to fear, low-light vision
Saves: Fort +6, Ref +9, Will +8
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 14, Con 17, Int 15, Wis 12, Cha 19
Skills: Bluff +18, Climb +15, Intimidate +18, Listen +15, Move Silently +16, Ride +16, Search +16, Spot +15
Feats: Ability focus (headless), Blind-Fight,
Intimidating Strike, Weapon Finesse(B), Weapon Focus (Whip)
Environment: Unseelie Court
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: -
This being appears at first as a man dressed in an exquisite suit and cloak all in black. There is no head upon its shoulders however, but is instead tucked beneath one arm. The head glows with a faint, unwholesome light of decaying matter and indeed its skin is the color and texture of stale dough or moldy cheese. An enormous, idiotic grin literally spreads from one pointed ear to the other. The eyes are enormous and noctural, though the pupils are tiny and dart about like crazed flies.
A dullahan is a bringer of death, a relentless being of cruelty who preys upon humanoids without pity and with a vicious amusement. They are the assassins of the Unseelie Court, going hither and thither, riding or running all night in search of one who has in some way insulted or even merely annoyed the court or a member. Just as often they kill only for the sake of killing, playing horrible, deadly games that may last for hours, but fortunately cannot last past daybreak.
They are most often found riding a horse which he has cut the head off and granted a temporary life. Blind and mute, it is wholey enslaved to its rider's whims to guide it. He rides the horse until it dies or the sun rises, whereupon the steed is finally granted death.
A dullahan speaks sylvan. They weigh the same as a standard human, though tend to be a head shorter than average.
Combat
A dullahan on an assassination mission usually kills the creature straight out if possible with it's finger of death, with only minimal play beforehand. Those it persues for sport can last all night, bleeding and frightening the creature until before dawn it is often quickly dispatched. Those that are particularly amusing however are allowed to live so that it can 'play' with them in the future.
A dullahan's weapon appears to be made from a human spine. It acts as a +1 wounding whip that deals lethal damage and can deal damage even to those with armor.
Dark of Night (Su): A dullahan fades away uponm exposure to the mortal's sun, instantly returning to the Unseelie Court. It may transport back to the Material Plane anytime during the night and cannot transport again until the next night. If kept from transporting, such as by an anti-magic field, the sunlight renders it blind for as long as it is exposed and for 1d4 minutes after.
Deathwatch (Su): A dullahan continuously senses how close a creature is to death as the Deathwatch spell. This ability extends out in a thousand foot cone.
Evil Eye (Su): If it wishes, anyone who meets a dullahan's gaze within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 19 fortitude save or go blind in one eye. They take a -4 penalty to appraise, craft, search, and spot checks and those flanking them gain a +4 bonus instead of the normal +2. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Headless (Su): A dullahan is immune to decapitation such as from a Vorpal weapon. The head cannot be focused for a sunder attempt while held, and anyone who touches it, such as snatching away the head with a disarm attempt, must succeed on a DC 21 will save or be struck instantly dead. Those who survive initial contact are immune to the deathly repercussions for as long as they hold it. If it is set down and then touched again they must make another save. This is a death affect. The save DC is Charisma-based.
If the head is destroyed the dullahan is not killed, but it can only hear and see and use its death watch ability wherever the head is located. The head has 10 hit points and a hardness of 5.
The dullahan must always have one hand free to hold its head. When a dullahan fades back at sun up the head fades as well and reunites with the body.
Unless a dullahan's head is destroyed after the main body is killed the creature rises back to life the next night.
Know No Barriers (Su): All non-magical doors and locks a dullahan wishes to pass through unlock and open automatically whenever he approaches within 20 feet. Magical doors and locks are also affected and effects such as arcane lock are dispelled if the caster level is less than the dullahan's HD.
Spell-like Abilities: Caster level 12th. Save DC's are Charisma-based.
1/day - Finger of Death (DC 22)
3/day - Bestow Curse (DC 18)
Water Into Blood (Ex): As a standard action a dullahan can convert 1 cubic foot, or eight gallons, of water into blood.
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Headless SteedA dullahan's steed has no intelligence score and is blind and deaf. For as long as the dullahan is in contact with it it can continue to run without taking damage, though still takes damage from being spurred to greater speeds, and moves as if sighted by his guiding. It can take no actions and has no initiative except for what the dullahan commands it to do.
The steed must be first killed by the dullahan and its head removed. If the dullahan beheads and mounts the creature within one minute it returns to a temporary life at full hit points.[/SPOILER]
Dullahan, Gan Ceann[SPOILER]
Medium Fey (Extraplanar)
Hit Dice: 19d6+76 (142 hp)
Initiative: +3
Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class: 25 (+4 dex, +11 natural), touch 14, flat-footed 21
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+11
Attack: Whip +16 melee (1d4+4/19-20x2 plus 1 Con damage)
Full Attack: Whip +16/+ melee (1d4+4/19-20x2 plus 1 Con damage)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Evil eye, fear aura, headless, sneak attack +6d6, spell-like abilities, water into blood
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/gold or silver, dark of night, darkvision 120 ft., death watch, know no barriers, immunity to fear, low-light vision, true seeing
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +18, Will +14
Abilities: Str 15, Dex 18, Con 19, Int 18, Wis 14, Cha 21
Skills: Balance +26, Bluff +27, Climb +24, Hide +26, Intimidate +27, Listen +24, Move Silently +26, Ride +26, Search +26, Spot +24
Feats: Ability focus (headless), Blind-Fight, Combat Expertise, Improved Critical (whip)(B), Improved Feint,
Intimidating Strike, Lightening Reflexes, Weapon Finesse(B), Weapon Focus (Whip)
Environment: Unseelie Court
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 14
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Advancement: By character class
Level Adjustment: -
A gan ceann is a lord amongst dullahan's, a great and terrible master of death and the bane of mortal kind. He is called to do his work when a lesser dullahan is somehow unable to kill his quarry or when an entire populace or its leader has insulted the Unseelie Court.
The gan ceann appear much as a normal dullahan, though its grin is grimmer and its eyes more crazed if possible. They tend to be seen driving a coach pulled by six black horses raving mad with terror.
A gan ceann dullahan speaks sylvan. They weigh the same as a standard human, though tend to be a head shorter than average.
CombaA gan ceann dullahan's weapon appears to be made from a human spine. It acts as a +2 wounding whip that deals lethal damage and can deal damage even to those with armor. Those hit continue to bleed for 1d6 points of damage per round unless a DC 15 Heal check is made or are targeted by magical healing. Bleeding damage from multiple unhealed wounds stack.
Dark of Night (Su): A dullahan fades away upon exposure to the mortal's sun, instantly returning to the Unseelie Court. It may transport back to the Material Plane anytime during the night and cannot transport again until the next night. If kept from transporting, such as by an anti-magic field, the sunlight renders it blind for as long as it is exposed and for 1d4 minutes after.
Deathwatch (Su): A gan ceann dullahan continuously senses how close a creature is to death as the Deathwatch spell. This ability extends out in a thousand foot cone plus 100 feet for ever round it concentrates with no set limit.
Evil Eye (Su): If it wishes, anyone who meets a gan ceann dullahan's gaze within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 23 fortitude save or go permanently blind. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Fear Aura (Su): As a free action a gan ceann can cause all those within 20 feet to panic unless they succeed on a DC 23 will save. Those with 7 HD or less are shaken even if they make their save.
If it wishes, a gan ceann who successfully affects an animal with its aura can cause it to cower and become subservient out of sheer terror. This acts as the Dominate Animal spell except a gan ceann can command it to do suicidal or self-destructive acts. While dominated by the gan ceann the animal is immune to intimidation and fear-affects from other sources.
This is a mind-affecting fear effect. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Headless (Su): A dullahan is immune to decapitation such as from a Vorpal weapon. The head cannot be focused for a sunder attempt while held, and anyone who touches it, such as snatching away the head with a disarm attempt, must succeed on a DC 25 will save or be struck instantly dead. Those who survive initial contact are immune to the deathly repercussions for as long as they hold it. If it is set down and then touched again they must make another save. This is a death affect. The save DC is Charisma-based.
A gan ceann may attempt to snatch back the head with inhuman quickness if it is knocked out of its grasp with a weapon, making a free reflex save against the disarm attack. If the disarm attempt would have it end up in the opponent's grasp the gan ceann may make a disarm attempt itself as if it had the Improved Disarm feat. It may use these abilities even if it is not it's turn.
If the head is destroyed the dullahan is not killed, but it can only hear and see and use its death watch ability wherever the head is located. The head has 25 hit points and a hardness of 7.
The dullahan must always have one hand free to hold its head. When a dullahan fades back at sun up the head fades as well and reunites with the body.
Unless a dullahan's head is destroyed after the main body is killed the creature rises back to life the next night.
Know No Barriers (Su): All non-magical doors and locks a dullahan wishes to pass through unlock and open automatically whenever he approaches within 20 feet. Magical doors and locks are also affected and effects such as arcane lock are dispelled if the caster level is less than the gan ceann's HD.
Sneak Attack (Ex): 6d6 damage as Rogue's ability.
Spell-like Abilities: Caster level 12th. Save DC's are Charisma-based.
3/day - Bestow Curse (DC 19), Deeper Darkness, Finger of Death (DC 23)
True Seeing (Su): Gan ceann have a continuous true seeing ability, as the spell (caster level 19th).
Water Into Blood (Ex): As a standard action a gan ceann dullahan can convert 10 cubic feet, or eighty gallons, of water into blood.
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[COLOR="Black"][SIZE="5"][FONT="Book Antiqua"]Coach-A-Bower[/FONT][/SIZE][/COLOR]
The coach of the gan ceann is a thing of utter evil. It is made of some exquisite black wood whoes knots and whirls are a slightly lighter shade and to the imaginative mind appear much as screaming spirits. The inside is filled with mounds of chocking dust and rust. The door has a break DC of 35 and has an Arcane Lock enchantment upon it. It continuously produces complete silence out to 60 feet.
Any creature forced into the coach is affected as by the Phantasmal Killer spell if the gan ceann wishes. The remains and items of those who die within are reduced to dust within a day. The coach has room to seat any number of creatures despite its normal seeming size from without. Otherwise the enterior acts as an anti-magic field to mortal creature's magic.
All spells are as cast by a 19th level caster. The save DC's are Charisma-based with the coach having the equivalent of a Charisma of 18.
Beasts of burden can only be hitched to the coach-a-bower if they are mad with the terror produced by a gan ceann's fear aura and must be Medium or Large sized. Such beasts can move at a base speed of 200 feet and do not take any negative affects from prolonged running as long as they pull the coach. They still take damage from spurring.
When a gan ceann spurs his mounts to greater speeds all creatures and objects within 10 feet of where it passes must succeed on a DC 20 reflex save or catch on fire. The flame burns for 1d4 rounds, dealing 1d6 fire damage per round. A burning creature can take a move action to put out the flame.[/SPOILER]
Essence of Pharos[SPOILER]
I am a lighthouse, worn by the weather and the waves.
I keep my lamp lit, to warn the sailors on their way.
I'll tell a story, paint you a picture from my past.
I was so happy, but joy in this life seldom lasts.
I had a keeper, he helped me warn the ships at sea.
We had grown closer, 'till his joy meant everything to me.
And he was to marry, a girl who shone with beauty and light.
And they loved each other, and with me watched the sunsets into night.
And the waves crashing around me, the sand slips out to sea.
And the winds that blow remind me, of what has been, and what can never be...Large Fey (fire, incorporeal)
Hit Dice: 13d6+39 (84 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: Fly 60 ft. (perfect)
Armor Class: 17 (+3 deflection, +5 dex, -1 size), touch 17, flat-footed 12; or 17 (+5 dex, +3 natural, -1 size), touch 14, flat-footed 12
Base Attack/Grapple: +6/-
Attack: --
Full attack: --
Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Beacon, flaming spin, spell-like abilities
Special Qualities: Construct traits, darkvision 1000 feet, low-light vision, incorporeal traits, lighthouse dependent, ship sense, vulnerability to cold
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +15, Will +11
Abilities: Str -, Dex 21, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 16, Cha 16
Skills: Knowledge (architecture) +16, Knowledge (geography) +16, Knowledge (nature) +16, Listen +19, Profession (lighthouse upkeep) +16, Spot +19
Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Lightning Reflexes, Mobility, Spring Attack
Environment: Any land
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 10
Treasure: Standard goods
Alignment: Often lawful good
Advancement: 14-20 HD (Large)
Level Adjustment: --
An essence of pharos sometimes appears as a large, flickering ball of vague, ghostly light that spins continuously and releases a beam of light that extends right through solid material, and at other times it takes the form of one of its keepers down to color and texture. The essence roams all through the lighthouse, but in times of storm and fog, and always at night, it retires to the top, where it bursts into a nearly blinding inferno of light and heat, sending its beam deep into the darkness.
The upkeeper of a lighthouse has a simple but important task, keep the light lit. Leading ships home, warning of rocky shoals, piecing the briney mists, the burning flame has many uses. In weather good or storms ferocious the flame must burn. When a particularly dedicated individual keeps the lighthouse, or more often when a family resides within, a lighthouse almost developes its own personality, a reflection of those that care for it and dedicate themseselves to the aid of those out to sea. When these individuals die or leave and the lighthouse becomes abandoned and left to ruin, this essence still remembers its duty and continues on.
Most essences of pharos welcome those who would put the lighthouse to use once more, and will keep hidden and out of the way unless needed, while a few rare others jealously guard the house, allowing no others to take over its upkeep.
An essence of pharos speaks any language its master did (usually common). It uses its Ghost Sound spell-like ability to speak.
CombatAn essence of pharos does not readily attack, and will even allow intruders to visit, sometimes taking the shape of the former keeper of the house and watching them silently. If there is any attempt to harm the lighthouse however the essence blazes into light and rushes the intruders, blinding them with its beacon, commanding them to stop. If they attempt to harm it or continue their destruction or theft it resorts to its flaming spin, scorching all in its path. If the intruders leave or flee it shuts and locks all doors and will never willingly let them enter again, and it has a long memory.
Beacon (Ex):An essence of pharos can send out a cone of light that can be seen up to twenty miles away in ideal conditions, but can only distinctly illuminate an area up to a mile off. It can dim or brighten this light at will as a free action, and anyone within a 100-foot cone are blinded for 1d6 rounds unless they succeed on a DC 19 fortitude save, plus dazzled for twice as many rounds after the blindness fades. Those who make the save are dazzled instead of blinded for 1d6 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Flaming Spin (Su):An essence of pharos can use a standard action to empower its beam of light as it rotates about, throwing a 60-foot radius burst of flame dealing 4d6 points of fire damage (reflex DC 19 halves). Unlike its beacon, the flame is ethereal in nature and can go through any physical obstructions an incorporeal being could. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Incorporeal Traits:Lighthouse Dependent (Su): An essence of pharos is mystically bound to the lighthouse it inhabits and must never stray more than 300 yards from it. Any who do become ill and die within 4d6 hours. An essence of pharos' lighthouse does not radiate magic.
Ship Sense (Su):An essence of pharos can sense the presence of any object or creature of raft-size or larger out to five miles upon the surface of the body of water it illuminates. It cannot pinpoint the exact location until it is within 1000 feet from shore.
Spell-like abilities:
At will/Ghost Sound, Hold Portal, Mage Hand, Mending, Open/Close. Caster level 15th. Save DC's are Charisma-based.
Vulnerability to Cold An essence of pharos has vulnerability to cold, which means it takes half again as much (+50%) damage as normal from cold, regardless of whether a saving throw is allowed, or if the save is a success or failure.[/SPOILER]
Frosti[SPOILER]
Diminutive Fey (cold, swarm)
Hit Dice: 8d6+24 (52 hp)
Initiative: +10
Speed: 10 ft. (2 squares), fly 40 ft. (good)
Armor Class: 28 (+8 armor, +6 dex, +4 size), touch 2-, flat-footed 22
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/-
Attack: Swarm (2d6+1 plus 1d4 frostburn plus shivering touch)
Full Attack: Swarm (2d6+1 plus 1d4 frostburn plus shivering touch)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./-
Special Attacks: Distraction, shivering touch, spell-like abilities
Special Qualities: Blue skin, immunity to weapon damage, low-light vision, religious repel, skate, swarm traits, vulnerability to fire
Saves: Fort +7, Ref +12, Will +7
Abilities: Str 5, Dex 22, Con 16, Int 17, Wis 12, Cha 16
Skills: Balance +17, Concentration +14, Craft (ice pictures) +18, Hide +29, Listen +12, Open Lock +17, Perform (dance) +18, Sense Motive +12, Spot +12
Feats:
Cold Focus, Improved Initiative, Great Fortitude, Weapon Finesse(B)
Environment: Any temperate or cold land
Organization: Swarm
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually neutral
Advancement: -
Level Adjustment: -
Individual frosti appear as tiny elves of both genders of astonishing beauty with the palest of white skin and long silver tresses. Their eyes so blue as to be purple with no trace of pupil. Their feet are quite strange, with a single claw protruding from the front of their foot and curving down below and extending past the heel with a razor sharp edge like an ice skate. From their fingers grow long talons. Though they possess no obvious wings, their slight forms are constantly adrift in a nipping wind that takes them hither and thither at their whim.
Frosti are a strange people who live through the warmer seasons deep within caves or other cool locales in a state of hibernation until a nip in the air awakens them from their slumber. They tend to remain hidden during the day and come out at night to dance within the bitter air and to weave beautiful patterns of ice upon window panes and other surfaces. They love little tricks such as coating steps with ice or causing the falling snows to build up in inconvenient areas, their laughter sounding like the chiming of tiny bells at their victim's ire.
Strangely though frostis have a distaste and fear of churches and the priests and clerics that occupy them, keeping well away from them when at all possible. The hanging of holly and wreathes in particular infuriates them so that households who put one up are often the most visited targets of their mischief.
Frosti speak common and fey.
CombatFrosti, though mischievous, are not very combative creatures, though they are quick to anger if threatened. They then try to surround their provocateur, pricking the skin mercilessly with their claws as they dance upon it until it lies in uncontrollable shivering upon the ground.
Blue Skin (Su): When in danger a frosti can freeze the moisture out of the air to surround his body in an intensely tough yet strangely flexible suit of armor as a standard action. This acts as full plate armor though does not impose any penalties. This suit melts within 1d4 rounds in temperatures above freezing. If exposed to flame or an attack that deals fire damage it vaporizes, though remains in tact long enough to protect against the attack that melted it.
As well, their claws gain a layer of super fine blue ice that grants a +1 bonus to all damage rolls.
Distraction (Ex): Any living creature vulnerable to a frosti's damage that begins its turn with the swarm in its square is nauseated for 1 round; a Fortitude save (DC 15) negates the effect. Spellcasting or concentrating on spells within the area of a swarm requires a Concentration check (DC 20 + spell level). Using skills that involve patience and concentration requires a DC 20 Concentration check.
Religious Repel (Ex): Frostis recoil from a strongly presented holy or unholy symbol. A frosti must stay at least 5 feet away from a creature holding a holy symbol and cannot touch or make melee attacks against the creature holding the item for the rest of the encounter.
Shivering Touch (Sp): Whenever a victim takes frostburn damage from a frosti swarm they take 1d6 dexterity damage as they go into a fit of intense shivering.
Skate (Ex): While on a slippery surface a frosti's land speed increases by 20 feet.
Spell-like Abilities: At will - Crunchy Snow, Glaze Lock, Ice Slick, Snowdrift; 3/day - Control Winds, Flash-Freeze, Icicle; 1/day Hibernal Healing. Caster level 8th. Save DC's are Charisma-based.
Skills: Frosti have a +4 racial bonus on Craft and Perform checks.[/SPOILER]
