Best Santa write-ups?

Whizbang Dustyboots

Gnometown Hero
Back when the Dragon was a lot wackier than it is today, Santa Claus and similar write-ups were common. They weren't ever amazing, but they were always amusing and fun. Anyone seen any good ones recently? I keep fantasizing about a write-up as good as the Halloween write-ups in the Pumpkin Patch PDF, but no luck so far. Maybe someone else knows ...
 

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Here's my version, the Divine Santa:
Santa Claus
Rank 3 Demigod
Medium Outsider (Native, Good, Christmas)
HDs: 20d8+20d6, hit points 800
Initiative +1
Speed 50ft
AC: 46 (+1 Dex, +19 Natural, +3 divine, +15 deflection)
Base Attack/Grapple: +33/+36
Attacks: Punch +33 melee or Switch +38 melee
Full Atk: 4 punches +33/28/23/18 melee (1d3+1/20/x2) or 4 switches +38/33/28/23 melee (2d4+d6+6 nonlethal/20/x2)
Space/Reach: 5ft/5ft
Special Qualities: DR15/epic, Fire Resistance 8, SR 35, Remote Sensing, Portfolio, Divine Aura, Bard abilities
Special Attacks: Divine Abilities
Saves: Fort +25/Will+25/Ref +25
Abilities: Str 16, Con 35, Dex 13, Int 16, Wis 15, Cha 40
Skills: Sense Motive +40, Spot +40, Sleight of Hand +30, Speak Lanquage (all), Escape Artist +20, Profession (toymaker) +30
Feats: Investigator, Iron Will, Nimble Fingers, Great Fortitude x3, Deft Hands, Diehard, All metamagic feats, Stealthy
Organization: Solo or with 1d100 "elves" (Gnome Exp5)
CR: 32
Treasure: Huge amounts of toys!
Environment: North Pole, or anywhere where there are children
Alignment: LG

Santa Claus has all the abilities of a 20th-level Bard.
His Portfolio consists of: Good, Children, Christmas, Winter
He grants the Good, Weather, Creation and Luck domains (if there is a Cold domain, he also grants it).
He can use all spells which deal cold damage or have the cold subtype as a 20th-level sorcerer.
He can cast an extended Time Stop as a spell-like ability.
Salient Divine Abilities: Frightful Presence, Rejuvenation, True Knowledge
Possessions: Sack (an infinite Bag of Holding)
Sleigh (a standard sleigh, drawn by eight or nine advanced Celestial Reindeer, which can move at any speed up to and including instantaneous travel)
Clothes (allow him to fit down any chimney, no matter how small)
Switch- used to punish naughty children and to defend himself if attacked, this birch twig counts as a +5 Merciful Holy Axiomatic weapon. He can choose to count it as a whip or a Spiked Chain which deals slashing damage, and make it manifest the Icy Burst property at will. In anyone else's hands, it is an ordinary non-magical twig. If it is lost or destroyed, he can simply pluck another one from a tree and it will manifest the same properties.
Pipe: Casts Prestidigitation (with smoke only) and Fog Cloud at will.
 

Realms of Evil games had a Christmas contest a while back, with people statting out evil versions of Saint Nick. The top three can be found in the first issue of The Stygian. 3.0, but interesting nonetheless!
 


Dave Turner said:
That's a great version. It would be hard to top that one without taking a different angle on St. Nick. :)

Not necessarily as far as stats, but the Dragon article was a favorite of mine because it attempted to work out his stats based on the information we know about Santa.

He's said to be a "jolly old elf" but he's clearly not an elf, so he must be a half-elf. Going up and down chimneys indicates he can cast levitate and reduce person so he must have magic-user levels. He's known as Saint Nick, so he should have some cleric levels.
 

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