Female Drow
10th Wizard (Conjurer)/10th Demonologist/10th
Binder/ 5th Oracle/ 6th Eldritch Master
Hit Dice: 36d4+5d6-123 (41 hit points)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 20 ft.
AC: 37 (+5 Legendary, +8 Deflection, +14 Armor)
BAB: +21/+16
Grapple: +7/+2
Attacks: +23/+18 Demonic Dagger
Special Attacks: Spell-Like Abilities
Special Qualities: SR 52, Darkvision 120', Light Blindness,
Siphon Demonic Energy, Multiple Summoning, Demonic
Vulnerability, Full Instruction, Greater Control, Binding, Perfect Communication,
Visions, Soul Searching, Enhanced Intelligence, Combat Prescience
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +16, Will +29 (+2 vs. spells and spell-like
effects)
Abilities: Str 4, Dex 10, Con 5, Int 32, Wis 19, Cha 20
Skills: Concentration +38, Craft (Alchemy) +55, Decipher Script +31,
Diplomacy +15, Intimidation +27, Knowledge (Arcana) +59, Knowledge (Demon Lore)
+56, Knowledge (Planes) +56, Knowledge (Religion) +15, Knowledge (Nobility and
Heraldry) +15, Knowledge (Undead Lore) +15, Knowledge (Religion) +15, Listen
+17, Scry +67, Search +23, Sense Motive +32, Spellcraft +55, Spot +26
Feats: Craft Magic Arms and Armor (wizard bonus), Craft Wondrous Item
(wizard bonus), Brew Potion, Spell Mastery, Skill Focus (Scry), Eidetic Memory,
Leadership, Wisdom of Ages, Knowledge of Millennia, Eyes of Fury*, Fearsome
Appearance**, Commanding Presence***, Permanent Control, Dark Speech, Epic Spellcasting,
Improved Spell Capacity, Quicken Spell (Eldritch Master bonus), Automatic Quicken
Spell (Eldritch Master bonus), Blindfight (virtual feat granted by fiendish
ear)
Climate/Terrain: Erelhei-Cinlu
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 41
Treasure: Amulet of Mental Fortitude (cf.
Encyclopaedia Arcane: Demonology by Mongoose Publishing), Demon's Bane
Dagger (cf. Encyclopaedia
Arcane: Demonology by Mongoose Publishing), Rod of Summoning (cf. Encyclopaedia Arcane: Demonology by Mongoose
Publishing), 3 Soul Gems (cf. Encyclopaedia Arcane: Demonology
by Mongoose Publishing), Sacrificial Knife (cf. Book of Vile Darkness),
Ring of Epic Protection +8, Ring of Weapon Breaking, Bracers of Epic Armor +14,
Eldritch Staff, +5 Demonic Dagger
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
"There, in a dark, cluttered, and filled chamber that smelled of old
parchment, they came upon Sabalisstra Alounace, the witch of the Elder Times. The woman was as ancient
as the oldest dragon ever seen. Her skin was like wrinkled black leather, something
nearly unheard of among the fey races. Yet her glowing red eyes were like sparks
from a forge, alive and vibrant." ~Illithid Slayer
Chronicles XIV
Sabalisstra
Alounace is the last of House Alounace,
a Drow House that died out generations ago (elf generations to boot). She now
counts her years in millennia; how old she is, none knows, nor do any know how
she achieved her extraordinary longevity. She claims to be older than Sha'a.
Thousands of years ago, a young Sabalisstra studied
wizardry, and found she had a knack for conjuration/summoning magic. She also
found she was completely inept at casting transmutation magic. As she grew
in power and in knowledge, she became zwy'il, and
was on the paths of Lolthtanchwi. When she first
showed she had ambition, drive, and a willingness to put herself before others,
she was given the Chwineka, the Test of Darkness, by mighty Lolth. She had no doubt when the time came, and her arrogance
carried her through the test, as her dark mistress watched her undertake a difficult
lesson of magic. Young Sabalisstra began committing
horrid acts of murder, fraud, deception, and coercion. The Chwikezzar
was upon her. She learned that a rival student of her mistress had discovered
a rare and powerful artifact. Young Sabalisstra used
deceit to gain the location, and used trickery to gain the artifact first, risking
the ire of a very powerful House. She gifted the item to her dark mistress,
and was rewarded with additional spells, and a higher position in the black
school. She was also introduced to the coveted dark art of demonology.
Cruel, twisted, and utterly evil from birth, she followed the Dark Road as a
means to ultimate power. Hungry and rapacious, she cared little for the pain
and suffering she soon caused; she was interested only in crushing those who
stood before her. Soon enough, though, she was given the most infamous of Lolth's
tests – the Chwidridera, the Test of the Drider.
She had proven herself as having high aspirations, and as being a skilled backstabber
and conniver. She soon had disturbing visions of her body being consumed from
the inside by a mass of spiders. She began to fear spiders, such was the power
of the dreams, and her paranoia increased. Her strong will, however, asserted
itself, and she managed to control her irrational fears, and the fears vanished.
She had passed.
Young Sabalisstra became more and more adept at summoning
demons and instructing them to do as she commanded. Then she was presented
with the Chwiakrell, the Test of Lies. The web of intrigue and doublecrossing
she was involved in was tightening around her. She planted seeds of lies and
deception with the dual purpose of bringing down an enemy House and propelling
herself higher up the ladder of status. She heard a rumor about herself that
she was only a half-drow, and had human blood in her. She quickly quashed the
rumor and the perpetrator of the rumor by utterly humiliating her enemy, removing
her from her position of power – and had her killed.
Lolth became jealous of young Sabalisstra's
power, and she wanted all of young Sabalisstra's spell
books – her entire library. She saw Lolth's messenger crawling along her books,
and she knew that the Chwidencha, the Test of Sacrifice, was upon her. She packed
up her library and donated it to the Temple of Lolth.
At this point she found herself unable to restore any of the spells she knew
because she had no spellbooks.
It did not take long for her to gain new spellbooks
and build a new library of dark tomes and vile scrolls. She passed the Chwidevbril by betraying her lover, killing her after destroying
her reputation among the drow. She had resumed her study of wizardry by this
point. She then saw a spider crawl across a map showing territory controlled
by illithids. She knew the Chwihendrell, the Test
of Domination, was upon her. She summoned up demons and other horrors, and
attacked a community of illithids, destroying them utterly, and capturing their
thralls, making them drow slaves. She enjoyed the experience so much, that
she went to the surface and captured an entire city of humans – and the ruling
Chaos Lord. All were killed or enslaved by her and her demons.
Sabalisstra learned
early to tell exactly what a person wanted by just looking at them, and could
often determine a person's sexuality and their main sexual kinks or fetishes.
She learned she could pitch an irresistible deal to people, and would summon
demons to sexually pleasure her customers. She soon had a regular stable of
magical creatures, summoned or captured, that she would offer her customers
as sexual playthings. She eventually opened an otherworldly brothel in Erelhei-Cinlu.
She ran it personally for many decades, then sold most of her ownership when
she tired of it.
Sabalisstra was now much older, and in her prime,
and she had begun learning the skills of the binder, a very specialized branch
of demonology, using her knowledge and skill to first summon demons, and then
bind them within magical items to harness their energies. For several centuries
she was called upon as one of the greatest of magic-crafters. Rulers of Houses
demanded swords, shields, and armors enchanted by her, and she found she could
create powerful artifacts.
Several centuries went by, and Sabalisstra found herself
reaching a pinnacle of her existence as a creator of magic items. She soon
began to have visions. In these visions, Lolth taunted
her, berated her, and belittled her. Lolth degraded
her victories and revealed her weaknesses. Deprived of the restful meditation
that all elves require, Sabalisstra started seeing
hallucinations of the demon-queen of spiders. Then, one day, the visions stopped
abruptly. Sabalisstra knew she had to face Lolth.
She fought for her life against a proxy of Lolth,
and she brought all the demonic forces at her command against the proxy, sacrificing
much of her power to bring down the deadly divine being. She killed the proxy.
She passed the last test, the Chwilolth, the Test of Lolth. However,
during the fight, she lost one of her ears. She summoned a powerful demon who
grafted a fiendish ear in the lost ear's place.
For another hundred years or so, Sabalisstra continued
to create magic items, binding demons to them, and selling the items. Eventually,
she tired of this. Sabalisstra felt the need to change vocations, and she sought
out fresh bloodroot, and ate it each morning for a week. Surviving, she soon
began to manifest the strange powers of an oracle. Her new powers of foresight
and intuition brought her new demand from the heads of the Houses, and she found
new power.
As the millennia passed, she soon found herself becoming an eldritch master,
and learned even to cast divine magic as arcane magic. She traveled the planes
for centuries, particularly the Abyss, and has stayed in the palaces of several
demon princes as a guest (and enjoyed several of their beds) more than once.
Currently, however, she had retreated from drow society several hundred years
ago, and much of modern drow society has forgotten her. Events have occurred
recently that has her wishing to be reintroduced to the powers and Houses of
Erelhei-Cinlu, the drow city where she resides
in a forgotten and darksome district. Although she does not draw much income
from her divinations, and draws a complete lack of demand for her demon-bound
magical artifacts, she still gains a modest income from her brothel of otherworldly
pleasures. Although she no longer runs the brothel, she is still part owner.
Spell-Like Abilities: 1/day Dancing lights, darkness, and faerie
fire. These abilities are as the spell cast by a sorcerer of 41st
level.
Light Blindness (Ex): Abrupt exposure to bright light blinds her for 1
round. In addition she suffers a -1 penalty to all attack rolls, saves,
and checks while operating in bright light.
Siphon Demonic Energy (Su): The demonologist has the ability to siphon
demonic energies to fuel her own spellcasting as described on page 21 of Encyclopaedia Arcane:
Demonology by Mongoose Publishing.
Full Instruction (Ex): The demonologist is truly skilled at controlling
demons and forcing them to do her bidding. The limit for each instruction issued
is twenty words.
Multiple Summoning (Su): The demonologist is so adept at her art that
she may now summon more than one demon at a time.
Demonic Vulnerability (Ex): She may add +1 to her casting level whenever
targeting a creature from the infernal planes with arcane magic spells.
Greater Control (Ex): Her mastery of her art is complete. She can extend
her control over demons in the material world for three hours, and each successive
control check to retain the services of the demon for longer allow it to stay
a further three hours instead of just one.
Binding: The binder is skilled in the practice of binding demons into
inanimate objects and may use the rules presented in Bound Demons on page 35
of Encyclopaedia Arcane: Demonology by Mongoose Publishing. She has
six Demonic Ability Slots available to her per item.
Perfect Communication: Once per day the character can use this ability,
which lasts for one hour. While it is in use, the character functions as if
she had been the target of both a comprehend languages and a tongues
spell.
Visions: The oracle gains the ability to cast the following twice per
day: clairaudience/clairvoyance and scry. In addition, she gains
a +10 bonus to all Scry checks (already accounted for in the skills section
above).
Soul Searching: Three times per day, the oracle can divine the true nature
and intent of any character that she can see (or within 30 feet that she cannot
see). It is a full round action and functions as if the oracle had cast detect
thoughts, know alignment, and true seeing on the target as
a spell caster of 41st level.
Enhanced Intelligence: The oracle gains a +4 legendary bonus to intelligence.
Combat Prescience: The oracle gains a +5 legendary bonus to AC because
she can see where blows might land before the blows are made.
Detect Magic (Sp): At will, the eldritch master can detect
magic.
Spell Boost: The eldritch master can cast two eleventh level spells.
Spell Dilettante (Su): The eldritch master can choose cleric spells and
can cast them as arcane spells.
Powerful Presence (Su): The eldritch master gains a +2 to Diplomacy and
Intimidate checks. Once per day, as a standard action, she can force all living
beings within a 30 foot radius to make a Will save (DC 21) or suffer a -2 morale
penalty on attacks, saves, and skill checks for 6 rounds.
Spells Prepared: 4/7/7/7/6/6/6/6/5/5/3/2 (+1 conjuration spell per spell
level): All spells up to 3rd level (inclusive) are quickened.
0 level (DC 21): Arcane Mark, Read Magic, Prestidigitation, Create Water
1st level (DC 22): Black Bag, Extract Drug, Nether Tail, Sacrificial
Skill, Summon Monster I, True Strike, Mage Armor, Unseen Servant
2nd level (DC 23): Addiction, Entice Gift, Summon Monster II,
Web, Arcane Lock, Protection from Arrows, Locate Object, Misdirection
3rd level (DC 24): Drown, Wall of Chains, Summon Monster III,
Suggestion, Phantom Steed, Dread Word, Devil's Eye
4th level (DC 25): Liquid Pain, Abyssal Might, Wall of Deadly
Chains, Summon Monster IV, Damning Darkness, Mirror Sending, Lesser Geas
5th level (DC 26): Call Dretch Horde, Call Nightmare, Wall of Ooze, Summon Monster
V, Contact Other Plane x2, Hold Monster
6th level (DC 27): Alert Bebilith, Summon Monster VI, Planar Binding, Geas/Quest, Mass
Suggestion, Chain Lightning, Mislead
7th level (DC 28): Wall of Eyes, Creeping Doom, Heal, Prismatic
Spray, Summon Monster VII, Limited Wish, Greater Scrying
8th level (DC 29): Greater Planar Binding, Maze, Monster Summoning
VIII, Phantasmal Thief, Symbol, Binding
9th level (DC 30): Monster Summoning IX x2, Utterdark,
Wish, Gate, Dominate Monster
10th level (DC 31): Quickened Monster Summoning VI, Quickened
Heal, Quickened Chain Lightning, Quickened Greater Dispelling
11th level (DC 32): Quickened Power Word: Stun, Quickened
Banishment
Disjunction Ward
Abjuration
Spellcraft DC: 30
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: Touch
Target: 10 ft. radius spherical emanation, centered on target.
Duration: 24 hours
Saving Throw: None
Spell Resistance: Yes
To Develop: 270,000 gp; 6 days; 10,800 XP. Seed: Ward (DC 14).
Factor: Nullify 9th level Spell (+16 DC)
This spell grants protection from the spell Mordenkainen's Disjunction.
Sabalisstra casts this spell on herself every morning.
Summon Vrock Fiend of Possession
Conjuration (Summoning) (Chaotic, Evil)
Spellcraft DC: 48
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 1 minute
Range: 75 ft.
Target: One summoned critter
Duration: 20 Rounds (D)
Saving Throw: Will negates (see text)
Spell Resistance: Yes (see text)
To Develop: 387,000 gp; 8 days; 15,480 XP; Seeds: Summon (14 DC);
Factors: Summon CR 1 9 Creature (+34 DC); Seed within Specialist School (-5 DC)
You can summon one Vrock with six levels of Fiend of Possession (Fiend Folio).
It appears where you designate and acts immediately, on your turn, if its spell
resistance is overcome and it fails a Will saving throw. It attacks your opponents
to the best of its ability. If you can communicate with the outsider, you can
direct it not to attack, to attack particular enemies, or to perform other actions.
Summon Succubus Playmate
Conjuration (Summoning) (Chaotic, Evil), Abjuration
Spellcraft DC: 33
Components: V, S
Casting Time: 10 minutes
Range: 75 ft.
Target: Two succubae
Duration: 64 Minutes (D)
Saving Throw: Will negates (see text)
Spell Resistance: Yes (see text)
To Develop: 297,000 gp; 6 days; 11,880 XP; Seeds: Summon (14 DC), Ward
(+14 DC); Factors: Summon CR 9 Creature (+14 DC); Nullify Third Level
Supernatural Power (Energy Drain) (+4 DC); Increased duration to 40 rounds (+2
DC);
Increased duration to 80 rounds (+2 DC);
Increased duration to 160 rounds (+2 DC);
Increased duration to 320 rounds (+2 DC);
Increased duration to 640 rounds (+2 DC); Seed within Specialist School (-5 DC);
Mitigating Factors: 10 minute casting time (-18 DC)
You can summon a succubus (or incubus). It
appears where you designate and acts immediately, on your turn, if its spell
resistance is overcome and it fails a Will saving throw. It attacks your
opponents to the best of its ability. If you can communicate with the
outsider, you can direct it not to attack, to attack particular enemies, or
to perform other actions. The spell suppresses its energy drain attack
for the duration. Sabalisstra used this spell to summon succubae for sexual reasons for various clients.
Eldritch Staff
Elements: Susceptible Target (Chaotic Outsiders suffer a -4 save penalty
to any spell cast while this staff is wielded. However, Dragons are immune
to all spells cast by the wielder of this staff.); Embedded Spell (Vision
– can be cast in place of any other prepared 7th level spell, however,
if she ever prepares Shadow Walk, she suffers a 50% arcane spell failure chance);
Embedded Spell (Soul Bind - can be cast in place of any other prepared
9th level spell, however, if she ever prepares Power Word Kill, she
suffers a 50% arcane spell failure chance); Calling Stick (Any summon monster
spell cast while wielding the staff causes one additional monster to appear
if a random number is summoned. Also, the duration of the summons is increased
by 4 rounds. All summoned monsters receive a +1 morale bonus to attack rolls
and saving throws for the duration of the spell. However, the spell Antimagic
Field becomes forever incomprehensible. She cannot even use a magic item
that uses that spell).
+5 Demonic Dagger: This dagger has a bound succubus. The dagger Energy
Drains whatever it hits (Fort DC 18, or take one negative level); it can attempt
to summon a balor with a 10% chance of success 1/day; The dagger also grants
the wielder use of Alternate Form, and gives the wielder +8 to all listen and
spot checks.
*Eyes of Fury [General] (from Kingdoms of Kalemar)
Your great skill (or appearance of great skill) causes enemies
to doubt themselves in battle.
Prerequisite: Cha 13+
Benefit: Your stern gaze causes enemies who fail a
Will save (DC 10+Cha bonus) to become shaken for one round. This ability
is an extraordinary gaze attack. You may use this ability as a free action
against one opponent each round in melee combat.
**Fearsome Appearance [General] (from Kingdoms of Kalemar)
Your presence in battle sows doubt amid your enemies and
weakens their will to attack you.
Prerequisite: Cha 13+, Eyes of Fury
Benefit: Opponents must make a Will save (DC 10 +
Cha bonus) to make an attack of opportunity against you.
***Commanding Presence [General] (from Kingdoms of Kalemar)
Your stern gaze leaves your enemies quaking in fear.
Prerequisite: Cha 13+, Eyes of Fury, Fearsome Appearance
Benefit: You frighten enemies who fail a Will save
at DC 10 + your Cha bonus. An opponent who is frightened immediately flees
(using any means in their possession, even magic), if able. If unable
to flee, the opponent may stay and fight, though it suffers a -2 morale penalty
on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, and saving throws. This ability
is a gaze attack that you can use as a free action.