[Ruleset]
Pathfinder: High fantasy, Lvl15, 120k gold + mount + Hat of Disguise, ABP[Concept]
Everyone makes mistakes but still has much to offer, so why kill them permanently? Once they're defeated and they recognise their paradigm is inferior, Raise Dead them all. Let them live with their level loss, learn, improve and contribute to the future. Everyone deserves a second chance. Initial concept here.[Appearance]
A small person (probably a halfling, but uncannily similar to a human child) wears a glistening translucent grey spiderweb cocoon onesie with bare feet. From a distance she appears as a child in a nightie. A living wreath adorns her head and shoulders. She carries and wears nothing else. A hunchback figure stands motionless to her side. It wears a bone-white chainmail outfit over bulging, misshapen, blotchy grey physique and leans on a substantial poleaxe. Its thorax sports a cockpit allowing a small operator to ride it as a versatile (if non-conventional) mount, observing the environs through a tinted dome instead of a head. Go figure!
Also in attendance is a dour female High Elf warrior in full plate bearing
an enchanted scimitar. This persona's head doesn't entirely seem to be
screwed on straight... to the extent it sometimes spins around Exorcist-style
during Perception checks or it phases through obstacles such as low-hanging
branches, chandeliers, and kick-boxing head-shots. This entity is generally
addressed as Hayt or Ghola and responds coldly, soullessly and invariably
with unquestioning obedience using the honorific, "Mistress". What makes this
visage uncanny is that the facial expression never changes and the lips never
move. This Ghola can spontaneously summon an extra-dimensional steed, allowing
Jasmine to ride as pillion on a versatile (if non-conventional) mount.
In polite settings, Jasmine's enchanted cuffs
disguise her appearance: her Elven chainmail appears as a lace dress;
delicate thongs adorn her feet; and the cuffs themselves appear as bangles
around the wrists which explain the delicate clinking when she moves
(actually caused by the chainmail). Her familiar wreath continues to
encircle her head and her hair constantly ripples to the currents of
unseen winds, manga-style.
[Background]
Jasmine was booted out of Tealeaf Valley for violating taboos. Sure, nobody approved of Spearmint Tea pulling the legs off critters and torturing them to death with a magnifying lens. Everybody wished he was more like Chai Tea and practised Tai Chi instead. It all boiled down to the fact that seeing the mangled remains of Spearmint's experiments still staggering around infused with otherworldly essence gave Lady Grey the heebie jeebies. Even admitting there are many shades of grey, this case was just cut and dried. She demanded that Jasmine be banished from Tealeaf Valley. Oolong The Really Old objected that dropping Jasmine in hot water for trying to fix Spearmint's victims wasn't the solution. The punishment was too steep. But Lady Grey being all steamed up got Earl Grey hot and bothered — he knew she was only stirring, but he also knew when he'd met his matcha. So Jasmine was out. Ice-Tea escorted her from the gathering, whispering chilling tales of crimes against the community and a substantial body count. As they reached the end of the Camomile track, Mister Tea clarified that he pitied the fool who returned from banishment. As Mister Tea leaves, Jasmine's adventures begin. A thieves' den named The Brotherhood Of Steal observe her, operating under the Fools Rush Inn. Here they train devotees in an obstacle course based in the basement to earn membership. You finish the maze; you win the prize! Applying alongside a promising squad, Jasmine is recruited into The Brotherhood's underground movement as a "medic" for the maze runners under the pseudonym Igor van Buren. Few survive her ministrations. Through a process of trial and error (their trials; her errors) she learns the secret of life! Or near enough. Under cover of thunderstorm, a raid on the county barracks goes horribly wrong; The Brotherhood disperses leaving "Igor" to pick up the pieces. The five biggest and best pieces she hauls back to the Fools Rush Inn, tosses them into one of the large rubber cylindrical moulds for Crafting maze obstacles, pours in a cask of liquid courage to reduce their Hardness and then adds Pritt Sticks until the meaty mass can stand erect. Lightning strikes the clocktower and a falling tree penetrates the basement, skewering her construction and lighting it up with four million vaults. It jerks to life and throbs with forbidden carnal power. As Jasmine peels the rubber off the wrinkly, heaving mass, she ponders an appropriate name and settles on Johnny Five, thankful for the serendipitous short circuit. The streetscape is a mess as she leads Johnny Five through debris and a pair of burning skid marks where apparently a wagon reached eighty-eight miles per hour and spontaneously combusted into thin air. Where those poor souls have gone, they won't need roads. Jasmine dreams of redeeming her name by returning to Tealeaf Valley with a legendary repertoire of tea recipes and exotic saplings, resurrecting her reputation in the eyes of the tea party.[Summary]
Alignment: Chaotic Good Level: 16 Hit points: 107 (8+4.5*15 + 1*16 (fav) + 1*16 (con)) Race: Halfling Size: Small BAB: +12/+7/+2 +1 (Size) [+4 (dex)] Fort: +17 (10 +1 (con) +1 (racial) +5 (ABP)) Ref: +15 (5 +4 (dex) +1 (racial) +5 (ABP)) Will: +12 (5 +1 (wis) +1 (racial) +5 (ABP)) Init: 4 (Dex) Armour: 27 (10 +3 (armour) +4 (dex) +1 (size) +3 (ABP:natural) +3 (ABP:deflection) +3 (ABP:armour enhancement)) Flat-footed: 23 (-dex) Touch: 18 (-armour/shield/NAC) Combat Manoeuvre Bonus / Defence Base BAB Str Dex Size Misc Total CMB: +12 -3 -1 8 [+20 to tie up] CMD: 10 +12 -3 +4 -1 +2-1 23 Weapon of choice: ×-sword (Small)[Race]
Halfling Size: Halflings are Small creatures and gain a +1 size bonus to their AC, a +1 size bonus on attack rolls, a -1 penalty to their CMB and CMD, and a +4 size bonus on Stealth checks.[Class]
Sacred Necromancer >>> GM ruling <<< Generally, when a spontaneous caster wants to cast a spell: you can select any spell you know, provided you are capable of casting spells of that level or higher. Specifically for the Sacred Necromancer: Your spell list is the necromancy school, and you cannot cast any other spells. You are able to cast any spell you know without preparing it ahead of time. (Always remember that you are limited to only necromancy spells). When picking your zeroth-level spells: For you, these consist of all cantrips and orisons. You are encouraged to choose primarily from the necromancy school. The number of zeroth level spells known is 9. The number of zeroth level spells of the necromancy school is 5. After choosing all 5 necromancy spells at level zero, what do you fill your remaining 4 spells known at that level with? Possible rulings: 1. Fill them with anything you want; it doesn't matter because "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy. These spells known are known to you but wasted. This is why you are "encouraged" to choose spells from the necromancy school, because any other spells you choose will occupy a slot but can never be cast. Healing Lore (Ex) turns spells like Secure Shelter into necromancy spells which causes them to appear on your spell list; the Insights feature does not change the school of spells it grants access to. Therefore you cannot cast them. Consequently you cannot use scrolls, staves or other spell completion items to produce the effects of spells that are not necromancy spells because "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy. Items like the Ring of Spell Knowledge (the wearer can gain the knowledge of a single spell in addition to those allotted by her class and level. Thereafter, the arcane spellcaster may cast the spell as though she knew the spell and it appeared on her class' spell list.) don't provide any benefit since "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy even if you know those spells and they have begun to appear on your spell list. Extraordinary abilities like New Arcana via Eldritch Heritage "can add any one spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list to your list of spells known" but don't change their School and still "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy. Furthermore while you may qualify for racial abilities, feats or favoured class bonuses which expand your spells known by allowing you to add a spell from another spell list to your list of spells known on your spell list, you can never cast that spell because "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy. Consequently while you may qualify for multiclassing or taking a prestige class that grants spellcasting access to other spell lists, you will add these spells to your spells known but you can never cast these spells because "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy and you already have all necromancy spells on your Sacred Necromancer spell list. Additionally, despite gaining the ability at 9th level, you can create flesh golems [provided you] meet all other construction requirements for the golem as normal, these requirements are animate dead, bull's strength, geas/quest, limited wish; three of these spells do not belong to the necromancy school so you can never take advantage of this class feature because "you cannot cast any other spells" than necromancy. It might be possible to perform Independent Research duplicating an existing spell with an unconventional necromantic bent that justifies categorising it under the necromancy school. [2021-06-19 02:56:05] <Jas> https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/#TOC-Adding-Spells-to-a-Wizard-s-Spellbo suggests independent spell research "should probably take at least 1 week and cost at least 1,000 gp per level of the spell to be researched." [2021-06-19 02:57:14] <mainstreet> Jas: Yeah, I'm going to say you have 2 months of time to research [2021-06-19 02:57:24] <Jas> Fantastic, thanks. [2021-06-19 02:57:38] <mainstreet> That is to say, 8 weeks. [2021-06-19 02:58:17] <Jas> I should probably find if Wish is a level 8 spell on any of the spell lists... :-P [2021-06-19 02:58:49] <mainstreet> I'll stop you right there and say spells with an XP cost cannot be researched in this manner. [2021-06-19 02:58:51] <Jas> It was in jest :-p [2021-06-19 02:59:14] <Iethloc> No xp costs in Pathfinder [2021-06-19 02:59:25] <mainstreet> Oh. NVM then. :p [2021-06-19 02:59:32] <Iethloc> Limited Wish is level 7. And limited [2021-06-19 03:00:10] <Jas> Yes, isn't that interesting? I remember in AD&D 2nd Ed you would be awarded XP for researching something new (a spell, or a magic item). In 3.5 you had to pay XP to research something new (ie the opposite). And in PF you pay gold instead. [2021-06-19 03:00:47] <Capn_Ascii> "I wish this Wish spell wasn't limited." "Okay, let me just--hey! Cut that out!" [2021-06-19 03:00:56] <Iethloc> Heheheh [2021-06-19 03:01:10] <Jas> Recursion depth exceeded! Stack overflow. 2. The base default spell list for Sacred Necromancers is: all necromancy spells. You may know spells which are not already on your spell list and which are not of the necromancy school through any feature that specifically allows it. You can cast any spell you know (for which you have an unused spell slot of that level or higher, provided your primary spellcasting ability is sufficient, and you have access to all required components, the ability to speak and gesticulate (if required), are conscious, etc. etc.) Compare this with the wording for Channel Energy: Each calling will specify whether you can channel positive or negative energy and whether you can heal or cause damage with the energy. Despite these limitations when you choose a calling, you are not prevented from learning how to channel and use the energy by other means at later levels (for example, taking the Versatile Chaneller feat grants the ability to additionally Channel energy of the opposite polarity to that which was initially selected). 2021-01-16 06:01:27<Fir> To use a scroll, they either have to be on your spell list or you have to use UMD, I think. 2021-01-16 06:02:17<mainstreet> Fir: Not exactly, anyway. You need the spell on your list, period. 2021-01-16 06:02:20<mainstreet> https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic-items/scrolls/ 2021-01-16 06:02:21<JasmineT> Fir, yes that's right. That's why I was looking for scrolls with Cure in the name so they would be on my spell list. 2021-01-16 06:03:08<mainstreet> To have any chance of activating a scroll spell, the scroll user must meet the following requirements. 2021-01-16 06:03:08<mainstreet> The spell must be of the correct type (arcane or divine). Arcane spellcasters (wizards, sorcerers, and bards) can only use scrolls containing arcane spells, and divine spellcasters (clerics, druids, paladins, and rangers) can only use scrolls containing divine spells. (The type of scroll a character creates is also determined by his class.) 2021-01-16 06:03:08<mainstreet> The user must have the spell on her class list. 2021-01-16 06:03:08<mainstreet> The user must have the requisite ability score. 2021-01-16 06:03:42<JasmineT> https://www.d20pfsrd.com/skills/use-magic-device/ says "Use a Scroll: Normally, to cast a spell from a scroll, you must have the scroll's spell on your class spell list. Use Magic Device allows you to use a scroll as if you had a particular spell on your class spell list. The DC is equal to 20 + the caster level of the spell you are trying to cast from the scroll." 2021-01-16 06:04:34<JasmineT> I have UMD+24 so I think I should be just about OK there. 2021-01-16 06:05:06<mainstreet> Yeah. 2021-01-16 06:05:17<mainstreet> But, you can still crit fail on a 1 :P 2021-01-16 06:05:24<mainstreet> So just don't roll a 1. 2021-01-16 06:05:40<JasmineT> Boom. Mishap. 2021-01-16 06:06:41<Fir> exploding scrolls 2021-01-16 06:08:30<JasmineT> Interestingly though, https://www.d20pfsrd.com/classes/3rd-party-classes/zombie-sky-press/sacred-necromancer/ says "You cast both arcane and divine spells drawn from all spells of the necromancy school*. Your spell list is the necromancy school, and you cannot cast any other spells." So is the act of putting a foreign spell onto my spell list sufficient for me to be able to cast it? 2021-01-16 06:08:30<JasmineT> Or must I spend gold and time to research a specifically necromantic twist on Protection From Evil as my own custom spell (pretty sure this isn't the sort of thing that happens within a single campaign arc). 2021-01-16 06:09:49<mainstreet> Yeah I think you'd need to research, sorry. 2021-01-16 06:09:55<JasmineT> For the healing ability it specifically mentions transforming them to Necromancy school: "You add all spells with 'cure' in their name (such as cure light wounds) to your spell list and treat them as necromancy spells." 2021-01-16 06:10:18<Rsifi> Alternative: Add "cure" to the name 2021-01-16 06:10:38<JasmineT> So even if I use UMD to act as if Protection From Evil is on my spell list, because it is not Necromancy (it's abjuration in this case) I still can't cast it? 2021-01-16 06:10:42<Fir> Procure Protection from Evil. 2021-01-16 06:10:45<Rsifi> "Secure From Evil" 2021-01-16 06:10:59<Fir> ^ better 2021-01-16 06:11:29<JasmineT> Can anyone else in the party cast the Endure Elements scrolls I just bought or the Protection From Evil ones I am considering? 2021-01-16 06:11:45<mainstreet> JasmineT: I'm going to say that using UMD to cast it is valid, but you'd need to do research to avoid it. 2021-01-16 06:11:59<mainstreet> So, yeah, don't roll a 1 :P 2021-01-16 06:12:39<JasmineT> Ahh, so UMD will let me cast non-Necromantic spells I have a scroll for, but researching my own Necromancy spell will mean I don't need to use UMD every time. Got it. In that case, yes, I will buy scrolls. How many party members? 2021-01-16 06:15:33<mainstreet> Indeed. This is especially salient for me as a player because I almost always play a generalist (and almost always, one with a pet); I value broad skill sets and diverse utility spells. Necromancer is instead a specialist (albeit one with pets) whose focus is all on curses and debuffs and creating minions. There is only one direct damage spell (Psychic Crush) by spell level 5. There is only one spell that requires a reflex save (Banshee Blast) and it's too high level for now; all the rest are Fort, Will or both. For solo adventuring, a necromancer could debuff enemies while minions mob them; in a party setting, I want minions to Aid Another to improve party members' performance, and I want to be able to debuff enemies to improve party members' performance. I don't want minions to steal the spotlight and I don't want to alpha-strike opponents with Psychic Crush if other players enjoy multiple-round combats to show off the combat abilities they have. Standard Operating Procedure will be: 0: If combat is imminent in the next 15 hours, pre-buff with: 1 minute: Shadow Projection†, leaving the vacant body safe in the Monster's Passenger's Palanquin Daywalker if you need a (temporary) physical body. 1: Free action: signal familiar to cast 4: Blessing of Fervour to buff allies Free action: Diplomacy skill use to Handle monster to engage a specific opponent in melee. This is guaranteed to succeed since even Pushing is DC 25 and Jas has +30. When it acts, the Monster will charge the specified enemy and make a Swift Intimidate (x1/day) before engaging in melee combat. If others engage the same opponent in melee, it will grant its critical hits to them. Standard action: cast a spell (Glare or Limp Lash, depending on range).[Abilities]
Str: 5 (-3) = 7 (-4 points) -2 (race) Dex: 19 (+4) = 13 (3 points) +2 (race) +4 (ABP) TODO: +2 ABP to Dex or Con (with side-effects Init or Concentration +skills) Con: 12 (+1) = 10 (0 points) +2 (ABP) Int: 16 (+3) = 14 (5 points) +2 (ABP) Wis: 13 (+1) = 13 (3 points) Cha: 29 (+9) = 17 (13 points) +2 (race) +6 (ABP) +4 (level 4, level 8, level 12, level 16) Total: (20 points)[Skills]
Class skills: Bluff (Cha), Craft (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disguise (Cha), Heal (Wis), Intimidate (Cha), Knowledge (arcana) (Int), Knowledge (planes) (Int), Knowledge (religion) (Int), Profession (Wis), Sense Motive (Wis), Spellcraft (Int), Stealth (Dex) Alternatives: Perception (Wis), Use Magic Device (Cha) Ranks per level: 4 + Int mod +2 (favoured class, trait) * 16 levels = 144 total Craft:a 7 1 +3 (prof) +3 (Int) [Tea can come under Alchemy...] Craft:s 7 1 +3 (prof) +3 (Int) Bluff 30 16 +3 (prof) +2 (racial) +9 (Cha) [+5 to appear harmless] (see Feign Injury before casting Possession) Diplo 31 16 +3 (prof) +3 (familiar) +9 (Cha) Disgu 13 1 +3 (prof) +9 (Cha) Heal 13 1 +3 (prof) +1 (Wis) +half level (Healing Lore) Intim 13 1 +3 (prof) +9 (Cha) [+2 in concealment] *Lingui 7 4 +3 (Int) [cross-class] [taken in order to grant Familiar a language] Know:a 11 5 +3 (prof) +3 (Int) *Know:l 8 5 +3 (Int) [cross-class] *Know:n 8 5 +3 (Int) [cross-class] Know:p 11 5 +3 (prof) +3 (Int) Know:r 7 1 +3 (prof) +3 (Int) Perc 26 16 +3 (prof) +2 (racial) +4 (feat) +1 (Wis) [+2 in concealment] *Perfo 10 1 +9 (Cha) [cross-class] *Ride 4 1 +4 (Dex) -1 (armour) [cross-class] SenseM 24 16 +3 (prof) +4 (feat) +1 (Wis) SpellC 22 16 +3 (prof) +3 (Int) Stealth 28 16 +3 (prof) +4 (size) +2 (racial) +4 (Dex) -1 (armour) [+2 in concealment] UseMagD 28 16 +3 (prof) +9 (Cha) Total 144/144 Concentration is no longer a skill. It is now CL +Cha +d20 = 26-45. Casting a spell during Violent Motion (riding a mount engaged in melee combat) requires passing a DC of 15 + spell level = 15-22.[Languages]
Racial: Common, Halfling Bonus: Sylvan Skill: Necril, Undercommon, Drow Sign Language, Orc (Ex): Interpretive dance Spell: Steal PowerW[Spellcasting]
Spell list: all arcane / divine / psychic spells of the Necromancy school, plus spells with "Cure" in the name: Obscure Object, Obscured Script, Obscure Text and Secure Shelter. Each day, you can choose new spells known. For mechanical purposes, each and every spell you cast is considered both arcane and divine in origin no matter the spell: anything that specifically affects either arcane or divine magic affects your magic in full. You are a reservoir and a focus. However, all your spells require discipline and suffer from armor check penalties: this applies to both arcane and divine spells. You can cast spells while wearing light armor without incurring the normal arcane spell failure chance. Like any other arcane spellcaster, if you wear medium armor, heavy armor, or a shield, you incur a chance of arcane spell failure if the spell in question has a somatic component. Elven Chain (non-magical): This extremely light chainmail is made of very fine mithral links. This armour is treated, in all ways, like light armour, including when determining proficiency. The armour has an arcane spell failure chance of 20%, a maximum Dexterity bonus of +4, and an armor check penalty of –2. A spell caster always has the option to fill a higher-level spell slot with a lower-level spell. You can select any spell you know, provided you are capable of casting spells of that level or higher. Noble Needle: A halfling who uses it while casting Cure Light Wounds can deal up to 1 hit point of damage/level (maximum 5) to herself and then add this amount to the number of hit points recovered by the target of the spell. Spell Resistance: To affect a creature that has spell resistance, a spellcaster must make a caster level check (1d20 + caster level) at least equal to the creature's spell resistance. The defender's spell resistance is like an Armour Class against magical attacks.
[Level 1]
Hit points: 8
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Calling: Chirurgeon
Connection: You are a master of the macabre, a tinkerer of life, and a scientist at heart. As part of your studies, you have created a monster as a loyal companion and test subject.
All such monsters are constructs, created from the body parts of other creatures. Its abilities and statistics are determined by your level and by its construct traits.
Insights: these consist of all cantrips and orisons.
Feat: Theurgy
spend 2 spell slots when casting a spell in order to either:
raise Caster Level by 1
convert half the damage dealt by the spell to (un)holy type
Bonus Feat: Eschew Materials
Bonus Whisper: The Practical Applications of Electricity (Su):
3+Cha per day:
heal Monster for 1d6 per level or
melee touch attack to deal 1d6 + level/2 electricity damage (Fort DC: 10 + level/2 + Cha)
This Whisper is gained prior to gaining the Whisper class feature.
Trait: Finding your Kin: make Sacred Necromancer a favoured class (ie, +1 HP or skill point per level); additionally gain +1 HP and skill point per level.
Trait: Gifted Adept: +1 CL when casting Animated Dead
[Level 2]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Channel energy (Su): -1d6
You can channel energy like a cleric although you are more limited than a cleric in how you can use the energy.
As a chirurgeon, you can only channel negative energy. Further, you can only use it for healing, not for dealing damage.
Channeling energy causes a burst that affects all creatures of one type (either undead or living) in a 30-foot radius centered on the cleric. The amount of damage dealt or healed is equal to 1d6 points of damage plus 1d6 points of damage for every two cleric levels beyond 1st (6d6 at 11th).
A cleric may channel energy a number of times per day equal to 3 + her Charisma modifier. This is a standard action that does not provoke an attack of opportunity.
>>> GM ruling <<<
Cleric table lists Channel Energy as nd6.
Sacred Necromancer table lists Channel Energy as plus-nd6.
What is this plus in addition to?
Is it saying Sacred Necomancers get this much Channel more than a Cleric of the same level?
Or is the plus extraneous and should be ignored completely, so that this specifies how much Channel SaNe's get in total (irrespective of how many a Cleric gets)?
It isn't very important since I can use this Channel number of d6s only in order to specifically heal undead (no other use);
it isn't likely to unbalance the game either way.
If applying for your magical abilities from a deity, then consider Variant Channelling: Undeath; empower healing effect on undead
[Level 3]
Hit points: 4
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Whisper: Cadaver Crafter (Su):
Necromancy spells that create undead lose the evil descriptor when you cast them. Mindless undead created by your magic are of neutral alignment, while intelligent undead share your alignment.
You can spend construction points as per an animated object of the creature's size.
Feat: Command Undead (Su): Will (DC 10 + 1/2 level + Cha) or enslaved within 30ft, up to a number of HD equalling your level
In DnD 3.5:
a Good cleric could Turn Undead (where they would Flee or Cower) with a Duration of 10 Rounds (ie 1 minute)
a Good cleric could Destroy Undead (where their cleric level was twice the undead's HD) with a Duration of Instant (ie forever)
an Evil cleric could Rebuke or Bolster Undead (where they would Cower or gain Turn Resistance) with a Duration of 10 Rounds (ie 1 minute)
an Evil cleric could Command Undead (where their cleric level was twice the undead's HD) with a Duration of Instant (ie forever)
clerics with Domain Powers enabling them to Turn/Rebuke elementals and outsiders had similar options in addition to the normal powers over undead
this usage of Command Undead (Su) is the primary means for all necromancers (divine or arcane) to amass a horde of undead minions permanently under their sway
In Pathfinder, officials have changed the Duration from Instant to Permanent;
the only functional difference between Instant and Permanent is that Permanent is dispellable.
ABP: Resistance +1 to all saves
[Level 4]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Ability: Cha +1
Channel energy: -2d6
ABP: Armour/Weapon +1
[Level 5]
Hit points: 4
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Feat: Versatile Channeller
Level Channel Spell Targets Ratio
5 1d6 2d8+5 single target touched 1:4
6 2d6 3d8+6 single target touched 1:2.8
8 3d6 4d8+8 single target touched 1:2.5
10 4d6 1d8+10 10 targets within 30 1:1
12 5d6 2d8+12 12 targets within 30 1:1.2
14 6d6 3d8+14 14 targets within 30 1:1.3
15* 5d8+15 single target touched 1.3:1
16 7d6 4d8+16 16 targets within 30 1:1.4
18 8d6 4d8+18 18 targets within 30 1:1.3
20 9d6 4d8+20 20 targets within 30 1:1.2
(*Atypical level 15 is contingent on expending 3 of the daily 12 Channel Energy uses)
Spellcasting:
depends on Healing Lore (Ex) whisper
consistently heals more than Channelling
allows fine control over who gets healed
at level 9 and below requires Touch range
at level 16 caps out at Mass Cure Critical Wounds
Channelling:
depends on Versatile Channeller feat
heals all living creatures within 30 radius regardless of friend-or-foe
is usable 3+Cha/day; the equivalent of 12 extra spell slots (albeit not maximum level slots) which continue to improve with level
does not relegate a Spell Known slot to a Mass Cure spell when those slots are increasingly valuable and scarce at higher levels
ABP: Deflection +1
[Level 6]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Channel energy: -3d6 / +2d6
ABP: Charisma +2
[Level 7]
Hit points: 4
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Field: Self-Experimentation
Whisper: Body Part Grafting
Tumour Familiar (Ex): Flowering Lattice
Master gains a +3 bonus on Diplomacy checks
named Bob after Harold from Fallout
or maybe named Groot?
Bonus Feat:
Alertness
You get a +2 bonus on Perception and Sense Motive skill checks. If you have 10 or more ranks in one of these skills, the bonus increases to +4 for that skill.
Feat: Spell Focus (Necromancy): +1 DC
ABP: Dexterity +2
[Level 8]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Ability: Cha +1
Channel energy: -4d6 / +3d6
ABP: Natural Armour +1; Resistance +2 to all saves; Armour/Weapon +1/+1
Armour +1 to Jasmine
Armour +1 to Monster
[Level 9]
Hit points: 4
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Bonus Whisper: The Practical Applications of Electricity (Su):
At 9th level, you can create flesh golems (or similar golems created from the parts of other creatures) as if you possessed Craft Wondrous Item, Craft Magical Arms and Armor, and Craft Construct. You must meet all other construction requirements for the golem as normal.
Feat: Greater Spell Focus (Necromancy): +1 DC
ABP: Armour/Weapon +2
Weapon +2 to Monster
[Level 10]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Channel energy: -5d6 / +4d6
ABP: Deflection +2; Resistance +3 to all saves
At this point, ABP wealth by level is 31000G.
This is adequate to finance a Scroll of Maximised Awaken Construct for 25825G.
Cast this on the Monster, removing the mindless subtype, allowing it to develop skills and feats.
[Level 11]
Hit points: 4
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Whisper: Healing Lore (Ex)
You add all spells with "cure" in their name to your spell list and treat them as necromancy spells. In addition, you add half your sacred necromancer level to all Heal checks.
Note that this includes: Obscure Object, Obscured Script and Secure Shelter.
Note that in any other edition, this would not be necessary:
in 2nd Ed AD&D: Necromancy is one of the most restrictive of all spell schools. It deals with dead things or the restoration of life, limbs, or vitality to living creatures. Although a small school, its spells tend to be powerful. Given the risks of the adventuring world, necromantic spells are considered quite useful. All healing spells were Necromancy.
in 3.*/Pathfinder: Necromancy: Spells that manipulate, create, or destroy life or life force. All cure spells were inexplicably Conjuration.
in 4th Ed D&D: Necrotic was nothing but a damage type.
in 5th Ed D&D: Necromancy spells manipulate the energies of life and death. Such spells can grant an extra reserve of life force, drain the life energy from another creature, create the undead, or even bring the dead back to life. Healing spells are back to Necromancy.
Feat: Divine Interference
As an immediate action, when an enemy within 30 feet hits an ally with an attack, you can sacrifice an unused spell slot and make the enemy reroll the attack roll.
Whether or not the second attack is successful, you cannot use this effect on the same creature again for 1 day.
ABP: Charisma +4
Monster: at any level, you can change which abilities the construction points are spent on.
Therefore reconfigure the Monster to have the Haunted Construct and Advanced templates.
[Level 12]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 7 +1 (favoured class)
Ability: Cha +1
Channel energy: -6d6 / +5d6
ABP: Dexterity +4
[Level 13]
Hit points: 5 +12 (retroactively)
Skill points: 8 +1 (favoured class) +12 (retroactively)
Feat: Spirit Ridden
Spend an hour to gain HD skill ranks + class skill proficiency in any skill.
This duplicates one use of Visualisation of the Mind (a Transmutation spell).
ABP: Natural Armour +2; Resistance +4 to all saves
Intelligence +2
Constitution +2
Scry on Familiar (Sp) ×1/day
Obtain doses of Salt.
Obtain a Potion of Cure Serious Wounds (750g, unless Fir can fabricate one).
Convert it to +3 CL using Deathwine (duration: 13 hours).
Generally untyped bonuses like Deathwine's stack with everything, so buying 10 el-cheapo Cure Light Wounds potions, Deathwining them and drinking all of them in a minute would provide a +10 CL bonus for 500g. That's likely an oversight.
That night, use Blood Money to provide a material component:
1d6 damage + 2 Str damage
The same round, cast Create Undead:
material component of 500g Onyx gem (50g×10HD) provided by Blood Money
CL 17 thanks to Salt (+1) and Deathwine (+3)
decapitated corpse of High Elf minion is provided from end of last story arc
it is tied up firmly by the Monster first: DC 43 to beat with its CMD of 24 (so, possible)
Dullahan is created, named Hayt Tleilax
10HD; not initially under any control of its creator; but it is not Evil either.
Will +12 vs DC 22: Command UndeadW: 36/day; lasts for 13 days before needing to be reapplied; CL check vs 18 Spell Resistance has a 20% chance of ignoring each casting and a 50% chance of making the save, so 14 of those 36 attempts are likely to land successfully.
Will +12 +4 vs DC 24: Command Undead (Su): 11/day; lasts indefinitely but Intelligent Undead attempt to Save against it every day; Spell Resistance does not apply
Eventually it will fail to save and come under the caster's control. At which point it is considered Friendly.
Diplomacy vs DC 14: Influence Attitude to Helpful whereupon Make Request faces little opposition... such as yield to me and voluntarily fail the next Save so that we can work together as a team, giving you far better freedom and opportunity than if you went rogue
Then cast Daywalker to make it look humanoid (complete with a head!).
Purchase some capacious chests / trunks in which to stow the lowbie skeletons out of sight or drop them into the Handy Haversack.
[Level 14]
Hit points: 6
Skill points: 8 +1 (favoured class)
Channel energy: -7d6 / +6d6
ABP: Resistance +5 to all saves
Armour +2/+2
Weapon +3 to Monster
[Level 15]
Hit points: 5
Skill points: 8 +1 (favoured class)
Field: Thaumaturgy
Whisper: Geas (Su) ×1/day
Saving Throw: none (This spell functions similarly to lesser geas, except that it affects a creature of any HD and allows no saving throw.)
Spell Resistance: no (Supernatural abilities are not subject to spell resistance and do not function in areas where magic is suppressed or negated)
Casting Time: Standard Action (Using a supernatural ability is usually a standard action (unless defined otherwise by the ability's description).)
Feat: Channelled Revival (?Sp?): expend 3× Channel Positive Energy to cast Breath of Life on a (living or dead) creature within 30.
The spell has a cast time of a Standard Action and a range of Touch.
The feat has a cast time of a Full Round Action and a range of 30.
This revival comes into effect just before the beginning of your turn in the round after you began casting the spell and restores life to the target if cast upon a creature that has died within 1 round. It therefore must be cast pre-emptively to successfully revive; if cast after the creature is slain, the attempt to revive comes into effect after the opportunity to do so has already lapsed.
This has a prerequisite of 6d6 positive Channel Energy, which was only satisfied at level 14.
It's an extremely situational and weak option (3/day be fully occupied for an entire round, healing a character on the off-chance they might be slain during the casting) but with such a restrictive spell list, this is likely the only way to be able to resurrect anyone.
Gentle Repose is a Touch-range Standard Action which extends the time limit on raising that creature from the dead (see raise dead). Days spent under the influence of this spell don't count against the time limit.
If the caster can move close enough to cast Gentle Repose and touch the deceased in the same round in which they died, the caster can subsequently spend an entire round activating Channelled Revival and successfully revive them the following round (or later).
Casting the spell heals 5d8 +CL (average of 37). If a dead body's hit point total after receiving this healing is still negative but less negative than -Con, the body is resuscitated.
However, if a dead body's hit point total after receiving this healing is now positive, they remain dead.
It is going to be very difficult to hit that sweet spot between -Con and -1 with such a variable amount.
ABP: Charisma +6
Armour +3/+3
Weapon +4 to Monster
Independent Research:
In accordance with tradition, the names of such spells are prepended with an attribution (eg Bigby's, Melf's, Mordenkainen's, etc.) so in this case they are attributed to Sinecure, the sponsor of the research.
Since they have "cure" in the name, Jasmine adds them to the list of Spells Known and treats them as Necromancy spells.
1: Sinecure's Blood Money: costs 1 Str damage per 500GP substituted; this recovers at a rate of 1 per day.
7: Sinecure's Limited Wish: costs 1500GP to cast (which is explicitly 3 Str).
[2021-02-20 05:28:22] <mainstreet> "Oh, and you took a while to get here. Celia returned to the Guildhall and immediately conceded, saying she had no interest in leadership, so there will be no duel tomorrow. Grand Sorcerer Volquez asked me to give this to you, Jasmine." Emilia hands Jasmine a scroll.
[2021-02-20 05:35:47] <mainstreet> The scroll reads "Ms. Bitterleaf-
[2021-02-20 05:35:47] <mainstreet> As you are a spellcaster of arts including the arcane, and have proven your mastery of the arcane arts by defeating one of the Masters of our guild, we would like to offer you membership in the Mages' Guild of Grand Isle, and an immediate passage to the Mastery rank.
[2021-02-20 05:35:47] <mainstreet> Acceptance will require your primary home to be on Grand Isle, and come with the duties required of our Masters, but also provides a substantial salary. If you are interested, please see me at the Mages' Guild Tower.
[2021-02-20 05:35:47] <mainstreet> --Mariana Volquez, Grand Sorcerer of Grand Isle in the Hydralian Confederacy"
[2021-06-19 02:56:05] <Jas> https://www.d20pfsrd.com/magic/#TOC-Adding-Spells-to-a-Wizard-s-Spellbo suggests independent spell research "should probably take at least 1 week and cost at least 1,000 gp per level of the spell to be researched."
[2021-06-19 02:57:14] <mainstreet> Jas: Yeah, I'm going to say you have 2 months of time to research
[2021-06-19 02:57:24] <Jas> Fantastic, thanks.
[2021-06-19 02:57:38] <mainstreet> That is to say, 8 weeks.
[2021-06-19 02:58:17] <Jas> I should probably find if Wish is a level 8 spell on any of the spell lists... :-P
[2021-06-19 02:58:49] <mainstreet> I'll stop you right there and say spells with an XP cost cannot be researched in this manner.
[2021-06-19 02:58:51] <Jas> It was in jest :-p
[2021-06-19 02:59:14] <Iethloc> No xp costs in Pathfinder
[2021-06-19 02:59:25] <mainstreet> Oh. NVM then. :p
[2021-06-19 02:59:32] <Iethloc> Limited Wish is level 7. And limited
Buy Divine Scroll of 4: Blessing of Fervour and teach it to Ring of Spell Knowledge;
being a divine spell, this is not subject to the spell list tax arcane spells are.
[Level 16]
Hit points: 6
Skill points: 8 +1 (favoured class)
Ability: Cha +1
Channel energy: -8d6 / +7d6
ABP: Deflection +3; Natural Armour +3; TODO: either DEX+2 or CON+2
[Level n] Feats: Necromancy and Minions: 3rd: Versatile Channeller: channel both Positive and Negative energy: specify Variant Channelling to gain (death: bonus to stabilise; disease: ability healing; forge: construct healing; luck: skill checks; poison: combine this with Limp Lash!; undeath: Empowered healing for undead) 15th: Channelled Revival causes 3× Positive energy touch to heal and resurrect an ally (but requires positive energy instead, of course). Increase channelling DC with Channel Ray; Improved Channel then increase healing by +2d6 7th: Turn Living Will (DC 10 + 1/2 level + Cha) or Flee (1 minute) = DC 24 Undead Master CL +4 for Animate / Command Undead 1st: Craft Poppet: this is exactly what I had in mind when writing the backstory make creepy doll constructs if you can find a way to cast Mending and Make Whole (not Necromancy spells) You are treated as having both Craft Magic Arms and Armour and Craft Wondrous Item for the purpose of fulfilling the prerequisites for Craft Construct. Therefore could take Craft Construct next and burn gold making more minions. Once you have Craft Construct, take: Craft Half-Construct to gain a cohort. Die for Your Master: 1/day tumour makes a Reflex save to sacrifice itself to take damage meant for you if that attack would be lethal. Spellcasting: Spell Specialisation: CL +2 for one spell; update this spell to a better one every two levels Varisian Tattoo: CL+1 for all Necromancy spells Spell School Specialisation: CL+1 for whole school (req. level 15) Spell Penetration Greater Spell Penetration will start to become more important at higher levels. Skill Focus + Eldritch Heritage + Improved grants: New Arcana: can add any one spell from the sorcerer/wizard spell list to your list of spells known. This costs 3 feats. In comparison, Variant Multiclassing would cost 5 feats of which one is a sorcerer bonus feat from a list. Unsanctioned Knowledge: add 1 spell KNOWN at levels 1-4 from the spell lists of bard, cleric, inquisitor, or oracle. The character qualifies by virtue of being able to cast: Bed Of Iron, Litany Of The Red Crusader, and Positive Pulse (all 1st level Paladin spells). However, they do not become part of the Necromancy school, and so despite being known spells and on the character's (Paladin) spell list, they cannot be cast. Prestige classes: Envoy of Balance requires Neutral alignment; full spellcasting progression; fixes Channelling penalty; (probably) halts Monster progression; True Resurrection capstone ability Soul Warden gains (very) few useful spells such as Heal; stacks Channel Energy and spellcasting progression Arcane Savant gains nine exotic spells; no Channel Energy or Monster progression; 9/10 spellcasting progression Evangelist 9/10 progression for all facets of the base class; minor perks; gated boons Exalted full spellcasting progression; gain one Domain's spells as spell-like abilities plus Miracle (Su) Daivrat 9/10 spellcasting progression; one flexible spell selected each day
[Wealth]
+120000 Allowance for level 15 using ABP -25825 Scroll of Maximised Awaken Construct; effectively a 9th level spell when prepared by a 17th level Shaman -850 Spider-Silk Bodysuit for Jasmine -5150 Elven Chain for Monster -200 Sleeves of Many Garments -50 Iron Eye amulet to grant the monster +6 to its Intimidate roll within an hour. -150 Consecrated weapon on monster's fauchard adds - 3d6 (Will negates) to the first successful hit with the weapon within 24h -150 Consecrated weapon on headless horseman's scimitar - adds 3d6 (Will negates) to the first successful hit with the weapon within 24h -1000 Independent Research of Sinecure's Blood Money -7000 Independent Research of Sinecure's Limited Wish -24000 Ring of Spell Knowledge -700 divine scroll of Blessing of Fervour -54000 Metamagic Rod of Familiar Spell -750 Wand of Lesser Restoration to reverse the ability damage imposed by casting Blood Money; activation takes 3 rounds! -50 gems to add Construction Points to Monster at 2 HD -75 Ioun torch as the monster's headlight -14 Fauchard -10 Smoked Goggles ie sunglasses -1 indiscriminate quantities of Tea (at 2cp per dose... it's not worth micromanaging)... far cheaper than a Perpetual Teapot that only boils tea once per day -5 Travelling kettle... 5g seems pretty "steep"! free Mistletoe, used by Nature Clerics as a Holy Symbol. Sacred Necromancers are a reservoir and a focus. As such, you do not need to provide a divine focus to cast spells that list divine focus (DF) as part of the components. However if ever Jasmine needs to protest her innocence and deny being a necromancer, channelling positive energy via Mistletoe could tip the balance. 20 remaining [Gratis][Expenses]
TODO: buy Quarterstaff of Entwined Serpents for 5050g This is a +1 Quarterstaff simple weapon, not a Staff magic item. It grants Eschew Materials (already a Bonus Feat of the Sacred Necromancer) and at-will casting of Magic Missile with Caster Level 3 (not the wielder's CL; that only applies to Staff magic items). So that's 7HP auto-hit ranged damage per round to creatures only. Hardly world shattering. But for a modest investment, equip all undead minions with one each. Then spend a Standard Action to command, Don't cross the streams! to release a full salvo from your force-archers (Magic Missile is Force damage; I'm sure there's a Star Wars reference in there somewhere but with the necromantic theme all I could come up with was Ghostbusters.) TONOTDO: Undead Controlling is useless! TONOTDO: 50g for a Winged Fetish to grant +6 to the first save called for by an Undead attack within an hour.[Encumbrance]
2 Small Spider-Silk Bodysuit 2 Total Carrying capacity of a Small biped with Strength 5: 0-12 Light load 13-25 Medium load 26-37 Heavy load Carrying capacity of a Small biped with effective Strength 2 (as a result of casting Blood Money): 0-4 Light load 5-9 Medium load 10-15 Heavy load Encumbrance of Monster: 20 Medium mithral chainmail 10 Medium Fauchard 5 Heward's handy haversack 30 Female Halfling: Jasmine [2] Jasmine's load ?? Portable Hole, Bottle of Air, etc. 67 Total Carrying capacity of a Medium biped with Strength 30: 0-532 Light load 533-1064 Medium load 1065-1600 Heavy load
[Familiar]
Flowering Lattice is draped across the shoulders as a stole or over the hair as a hood. It attracts attention and initiates conversation the same way that walking an unusual pet at the park would. This provides a bonus to Diplomacy. Call it "Bob" after the tree which the mutant/zombie Harold from Fallout nurtures. A familiar is an animal chosen by a spellcaster to aid him in his study of magic. It retains the appearance, Hit Dice, base attack bonus, base save bonuses, skills, and feats of the normal animal it once was, but is now a magical beast for the purpose of effects that depend on its type. For the purpose of effects related to number of Hit Dice, use the master's character level. The familiar has half the master's total hit points. Use the master's base attack bonus. For each skill in which either the master or the familiar has ranks, use either the normal skill ranks for an animal of that type or the master's skill ranks, whichever is better. In either case, the familiar uses its own ability modifiers. Regardless of a familiar's total skill modifiers, some skills may remain beyond the familiar's ability to use. Familiars treat Acrobatics, Climb, Fly, Perception, Stealth, and Swim as class skills. Neutral Diminutive plant Low-light vision Speed: 5, climb: 5 HD/HP: 16/53 (as master/half master) [fast-healing 5] BAB: +12/+7 (as master) +4 (Size) +1 (Dex) AC: 23 (10 + 1 (Dex) + 4 (Size) +8 (Natural)) SR: 21 (master +5) Fort: +9 (10 (as master) -1 (Con)) Ref: +6 (5 (as master) +1 (Dex)) [improved evasion] Will: +6 (5 (as master) +1 (Wis)) Str: 1 Dex: 13 Con: 9 Int: 13 (from Familiar advancement) Wis: 12 Cha: 8 Low-light vision Immunity to: all mind-affecting effects (charms, compulsions, morale effects, patterns, and phantasms); paralysis, poison, polymorph, sleep effects, and stunning. Share Spells: The master may cast a spell with a target of "You" on his familiar (as a touch spell) instead of on himself. Deliver Touch Spells (Su): If the master and the familiar are in contact at the time the master casts a touch spell, he can designate his familiar as the "toucher". Speak with Master (Ex): A familiar and the master can communicate verbally as if they were using a common language. Speak with Animals of Its Kind (Ex): A familiar can communicate with animals of approximately the same kind as itself (including dire varieties). Such communication is limited by the Intelligence of the conversing creatures. Spell Resistance (Ex): A familiar gains spell resistance equal to the master's level + 5. Scry on Familiar (Sp): If the master is 13th level or higher, he may scry on his familiar (as if casting the scrying spell) once per day. Bountiful Fruits (Ex): Once per week, a flowering lattice produces a handful of small fruits or berries that remain ripe for 1 week. Eating all of the fruit takes 1 minute and affects the eater as if she had consumed a berry affected by goodberry. Craft:a 2 1 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Craft:s 2 1 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Bluff 15 16 -1 (Cha) [cross-class] Diplo 15 16 -1 (Cha) [cross-class] Lingui 5 4 +1 (Int) [cross-class; Whenever you put a rank into this skill, you learn to speak and read a new language: Common, Draconic, Elven, Vegepygmy] Know:a 6 5 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Know:l 6 5 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Know:n 6 5 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Know:p 6 5 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Know:r 2 1 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Perc 24 16 +3 (prof) +4 (feat) +1 (Wis) Perform 0 1 -1 (Cha) [cross-class] Ride 2 1 +1 (Dex) [cross-class] SenseM 19 16 +2 (feat) +1 (Wis) [cross-class] SpellC 17 16 +1 (Int) [cross-class] Stealth 32 16 +3 (prof) +12 (size) +1 (Dex) UseMagD 15 16 -1 (Cha) [cross-class] Languages: Common, Sylvan (spoken by plant creatures), Elven, and Speak With Master (Ex): Interpretive dance Perhaps this familiar can tell everyone "I am woot!" in different tones of voice. Some creatures do not have natural attacks. These creatures can make unarmed strikes just like humans do. All characters are proficient with unarmed strikes and any natural weapons they gain from their race. A Diminutive creature's natural attacks deal 1hp by default.
[Monster Companion]
Name: Johnny Five Quote: Life! Don't talk to me about life. Brain the size of a planet and they ask me to make a cup of tea. Call that job satisfaction? I don't. Chaotic Good Medium Construct (Undead traits) Char level: Lvl 1 Lvl 3 Lvl 7 Lvl 10 Lvl 11 Lvl 12 Lvl 13 Lvl 15 Lvl 16 Templ Total Speed 20 40 40 50 60 60 / Burrow, Fly (Poor) Hardn 5 0 0 NAC 2 3 9 10 11 13 +2 15 HD/HP 2/11 4/22 8/44 11/61 12/66 13/72 14/77 16/88 17/93 +17×Cha (
[Evil Dead: the Army of Darkness]
Level Source max HD total HD current HD casts/day duration forms [NB: values are stale and were correct at level 11]
Su Command Undead (Su) 15 15 0 12 
* is not Evil due to the Chirurgeon class feature
* creates a Small shadow due to being cast by a Small halfling (this is due to the spell description's listed changes not including "this changes your size to Medium"; cf Shadow Body which says "Your size doesn't change." Even though we all know sufficient light sources can prevent an object having a shadow, and a sunset causes an object to cast a shadow far larger than itself.)
* type becomes Undead (incorporeal):
** no Str: use Dex bonus for melee attack rolls (+11/+6/+1 +1 (size) +2 (dex) = +14/+9/+4)
** no Con: use Cha bonus for Fort saves (9 +9 (cha) +1 (racial) +5 (ABP) = 24)
** gain Darkvision 60
** healed by Negative energy
** immune to:
*** ability damage to Str (non-ability), Con (non-ability) and Dex
*** ability drain
*** bleed
*** death effects
*** disease
*** energy drain
*** exhaustion
*** falling damage
*** fatigue
*** grapple
*** mind-affecting effects
*** non-lethal damage
*** non-magical attack forms
*** paralysis
*** poison
*** sleep
*** stunning
*** trip
*** any effect requiring a Fort save (unless it works on objects or is harmless)
** take only half damage from:
*** spells, (Sp) and (Su)
*** magically enchanted weapons
** take full damage from:
*** incorporeal creatures
*** Force effects
*** Channel Energy (ie Turn Undead) class feature (but has Channel Resistance: +2)
* fly 40 (Good) and can move at full speed, navigating with an innate sense of direction even if unable to see (eg when passing through solid objects)
* melee attacks deal 1d6 Str damage
** incorporeal touch attacks pass through NAC, armour and shields but are affected by deflection and Force effects
* natural AC set to zero; deflection bonus equal to Cha mod (AC: 30; FF: 27; Touch: 22)
* racial +2 to Stealth changes to +4 in dim light; -4 in bright light
** movement is silent and cannot be detected by Perception
* can speak (Common), gesticulate and has Eschew Materials - therefore can cast spells in Shadow form
* as a spell with Range: Personal, this can be cast on the Familiar and Monster using Share Spells (Ex)
[Hayt Tleilax]
This minion is a Dullahan:
Cost: 500G
Alignment: Chaotic Good, not Evil
Intelligence: 10
Hit dice / points: 10 / 85
Blindsight 60 ft
Frightful presence: 30 ft; activated as Free action; Will DC 19 or creatures of < 10HD frightened for 5d6 rounds
Channel resistance: +4
Spell resistance: 18
Fast healing: 5
Cold, Keen, scimitar: +14/+9 (1d6+6/15-20 +1d6 cold) [ie 2d6+6, or 3d6+6 on a critical hit] [Will save or else +3d6 once per combat]
Death's Calling (Su): 1/day Fort 22 or 1d6 rounds staggered; 24h all critical threats confirm automatically; stabilisation checks fail automatically
Summon Mount (Su): speed 50
Although this specimen doesn't have magical Full Plate +1, it does use a shield, so its AC is as per stat-block for simplicity.
[David's arms]
Cost: 250G+ each
Align: Chaotic Good, not Evil
Type: Zombie (small)
Align: CG
Int: as David (at least 13)
HD/HP: as David (at least 10/48; no Con score, but +HD)
AB/AC: as David/12 (size; natural AC; Dex?)
Fort: as zombie (HD/3; no Con score)
Refx: as David (base and Dex bonus)
Will: as zombie (HD/2+2; no Wis bonus)
Move: fly 30 (poor)
Conc: Concentration (DC 18) with CL +Int +d20
Attack: Lightning BoltR 10d6 ×1/day each; DC as David.
Weak: Staggered: only one Move or Standard action per round
Flying creatures must Move half their speed (or more) every round to avoid needing to make a skill check.
Flying creatures have Fly as a class skill (+3 proficiency if they have skill ranks in that skill).
A zombie chunk has no skill ranks so its Fly skill checks are made with a +Dex +Size -Manœuvrability = +?+2-8 modifier.
A Fly skill check at DC 15 to Hover means a Staggered zombie does not waste its only action on mandatory movement, allowing it to spend it on a Standard Action such as casting its Spell-like Ability.
p(d20+Dex-6 ≥ 15) = p(d20+Dex ≥ 21) so unless David had a natural Dex of 12+, it is impossible for these flying zombie arms to ever use their daily Spell-like Ability on their own. They likely need to be mounted on something (in torpedo tubes built into the monster!)
[2021-02-20 02:53:15] <mainstreet> The devil attempts to follow Jasmine and attack her with its claws.
[2021-02-20 02:53:50] <mainstreet> Unfortunately for the devil, it doesn't really manage to even find Jasmine's location.
[2021-02-20 02:56:56] <mainstreet> The wizard tries to find Jasmine's general direction and sends a Lightning Bolt that way.
[2021-02-20 02:57:14] <mainstreet> He has no better luck at this, and the bolt hits harmlessly off the back wall.
[Gordon]
This minion is a Pharaonic guardian crafted from the corpse of a Gorgon:
Cost: 750G
Align: Chaotic Good, not Lawful Evil
Type: Incorporeal mummy (large)
Intelligence: 13
Hit dice / points: 15 / 142
Telepathy 100
Judging Gaze (Su): mind-reading gaze attack within 30
Insightful Strike (Ex): +4 to Hit previous targets of Judging Gaze (Su)
Soul-Rending Wings (Su): every 1d4 rounds, 2× 30-ft line inflict 1d4 Negative Levels (Ref 22 neg)
Guardian Sword and Shield (Su):
full attack: +19/+19/+14/+9 (2d6+8/17-20)
attack: +19 (6d6+8/17-20)