Effective level 8 bad guy (Warded against Halivar)

[Quartz]

She's the main villain for the nonce? Then she should be 11/11 or 12/12. Give her an item which can cause a Disjunction effect but make sure the PCs get good warning of it.

 

[Nifft]

She's the main villain for the nonce? Then she should be 11/11 or 12/12. Give her an item which can cause a Disjunction effect but make sure the PCs get good warning of it.

Woah, really?!

CR 8 Cleric + CR 5 Quasit + 16 HD worth of skeletons...

4 HD worth of rats (used as alarms, no CR)
6 HD: Troll skeleton (CR 3)
6 HD: human warrior skeletons (CR 1) with heavy xbows (1 shot) and then claws

Add poison to the xbow bolts if you wish (have the Quasit apply it, he's immune). And perhaps gestalt the Quasit?

Quasit 3 / Rogue 3 // Sorcerer 6 (CR 7)

Spells:
1: Grease, Protection from Good, Mage Armor, Ventriloquism
2: Glitterdust, Scorching Ray
3: Suggestion

Tactics: Invisibly cast scorching ray for 6d6 fire damage. If possible, blind people with glitterdust and then hit them with more scorching ray spells.

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That would boost the EL up to 10 (CR 8 + 7 + 3 + human skeletons).

Cheers, -- N

 

[Sejs]

10 Dread Necromancer / 10 Duskblade.

Undeadlyness and Asswhoopery all in one package.

 

[Thurbane]

I was going to suggest Dread Necromancer/Hexblade gestalt...