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<blockquote data-quote="ElectricDragon" data-source="post: 7466440" data-attributes="member: 10778"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 15px">Example Lich Kings</span></strong></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 12px"><strong>1. LIZARDFOLK LICH KING</strong></span></p><p><strong>Yoshi, 11th level cleric of Nethrancor</strong></p><p> <em>Medium Undead</em> (Reptilian)</p><p><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 13d12 (84 hp)//31d12 (208 hp)</p><p><strong>Initiative:</strong> +5//+9</p><p><strong>Speed:</strong> 30 ft. (6 squares)</p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 16 (+5 natural, Dex +1), touch 11, flat-footed 15</p><p><strong>Base Attack/Grapple:</strong> +9/+11//+14/+16</p><p><strong>Attack:</strong> Claw +11//+16 melee (1d4+2) or scythe +12//+17 melee (2d4+3) or javelin +10//+15 ranged (1d6+2) or <em>paralyzing touch</em> +11//+16 melee touch (1d8+5 plus paralysis)</p><p><strong>Full Attack:</strong> 2 Claws +11//+16 melee (1d4+2) and bite +6//+11 melee (1d4+1d8+6 plus paralysis) or scythe +12/+7//+17/+12/+7 melee (2d4+3) and bite +6//+11 melee (1d4+1d8+6 plus paralysis) or javelin +10//+15 ranged (1d6+2) or <em>paralyzing touch</em> +11//+16 melee touch (1d8+5 plus paralysis)</p><p><strong>Special Attacks:</strong> Fear aura, death touch 1/day (11d6), paralyzing touch, spells, turn undead 9/day (1d20+5; damage 2d6+14)</p><p><strong>Special Qualities:</strong> Aura of 11th level evil cleric, DR 15/bludgeoning and magic, evasion, immunities, spontaneous casting, turn resistance +4, //energy resistance (fire 20/acid 20/sonic 10)</p><p><strong>Space/Reach:</strong> 5 ft./5 ft.</p><p><strong>Saves:</strong> Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +10</p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 15, Dex 12, Con —, Int 12, Wis 18, Cha 17</p><p><strong>Skills:</strong> Balance +10, Concentration +12//+30, Hide +14, Jump +10, Knowledge (arcana) +6//+24, Knowledge (religion) +7//+25), Listen +12, Move Silently +14, Search +9, Sense Motive +12, Spellcraft +6//+24, Spot +12, Swim +7, Use Magic Device —//+21</p><p><strong>Feats:</strong> Eschew Materials, Extra Turning, Improved Initiative, Martial Weapon Proficiency (scythe) [epic], Multiattack, Skill Focus (Concentration), Weapon Focus (scythe) [domain]//Energy Resistance 20 (fire) [epic], //Energy Resistance 20 (acid) [epic], //Energy Resistance 10 (sonic) [epic], //Superior Initiative [epic], </p><p><strong>Environment:</strong> Temperate marshes</p><p><strong>Organization:</strong> Solitary or troop (Yoshi, 2 ogre crown liches, and 2 kobold crown liches)</p><p><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 17//20</p><p><strong>Treasure:</strong> Standard coins; double goods; double items</p><p><strong>Alignment:</strong> Neutral Evil</p><p><strong>Advancement:</strong> By character class</p><p><strong>Level Adjustment:</strong> +5</p><p>Yoshi is 7 feet tall with gray scales, some few are missing showing desiccated flesh beneath. Its tail is used for balance and is 4 feet long. Yoshi weighs 249 pounds.</p><p>Yoshi speaks Common, Draconic, //Abyssal, //Celestial, and //Infernal</p><p>COMBAT</p><p>Yoshi prefers frontal assaults and massed rushes, mainly from his summoned creatures and guards while he stands back and lobs spells.</p><p><em>Touch Attack (Su):</em> Yoshi has a touch attack that deals 1d8+5 negative energy damage (Will save DC 20 for ½ damage).</p><p><em>Fear Aura (Su):</em> Yoshi is shrouded in a dreadful aura of death and evil. Creatures of less than 5 HD in a 60-foot radius that look at him must succeed on a Will save DC 20 or be affected as though by a <em>fear</em> spell from an 11th level sorcerer. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by Yoshi’s aura for 24 hours.</p><p><em>Paralyzing Touch (Su):</em> Any living creature Yoshi hits with his touch attack must succeed on a Fortitude save DC 20 or be permanently paralyzed. <em>Remove paralysis</em> or any spell that can remove a curse can free the victim (see the <em>bestow curse</em> spell description).</p><p>The effect cannot be dispelled. Anyone paralyzed by Yoshi seems dead, though a DC 20 Spot check or a DC 15 Heal check reveals that the victim is still alive..</p><p><strong>Turn Undead:</strong> Yoshi can rebuke undead up to 5 times per day with a Charisma check (1d20+5). Turning damage is 2d6+14.</p><p><strong>Cleric Spells:</strong> 6/6/5/5/4/2/1; <strong>Domains:</strong> Death and War; <strong>Save DC</strong> 14 + spell level; as a 29th level caster (with crown) as an 11th level caster (without crown)</p><p><strong>Spells usually memorized:</strong></p><p>0th <em>detect magic x3, inflict minor wounds, mending, read magic</em></p><p>1st <em>bane x2, divine favor x2, magic weapon (D), protection from good, shield of faith</em></p><p>2nd <em>aid, desecrate x2, doom, silence, spiritual weapon (D)</em></p><p>3rd <em>animate dead (D), bestow curse, dispel magic, invisibility purge, locate object, prayer</em></p><p>4th <em>discern lies, dismissal, divine power (D), giant vermin, summon monster IV</em></p><p>5th <em>flame strike (D), symbol of sleep, unhallow</em></p><p>6th <em>create undead (D), word of recall</em></p><p><strong>Domain Powers:</strong> Martial Weapon Proficiency (scythe), Weapon Focus (scythe); death touch 1/day (11d6)</p><p><strong>Commanded Undead:</strong> Yoshi has 2 kobold crown liches commanded and has hired 2 ogre crown liches as guards (use the crown lich examples).</p><p><strong>Spontaneous Casting:</strong> Yoshi can spontaneously lose a memorized non-domain spell, replace it with the appropriate level <em>inflict spell</em> and cast the <em>inflict</em> spell as a full round action.</p><p><strong>//Crown Spells:</strong> 1/day each, save DC 14+ spell level as an 18th level caster.</p><p>0th <em>acid splash, detect magic, disrupt undead, mage hand, mending, read magic, touch of fatigue</em></p><p>1st <em>cause fear, chill touch, expeditious retreat, mage armor, mount, ray of enfeeblement, true strike</em></p><p>2nd <em>acid arrow, command undead, pyrotechnics, scare, spectral hand, web</em></p><p>3rd <em>arcane sight, halt undead, ray of exhaustion, stinking cloud, vampiric touch</em></p><p>4th <em>animate dead, bestow curse, contagion, enervation, fear</em></p><p>5th <em>blight, cloudkill, symbol of pain, teleport, waves of fatigue</em></p><p>6th <em>circle of death, create undead, eyebite, symbol of fear, true seeing</em></p><p>7th <em>control undead, finger of death, symbol of weakness, waves of exhaustion</em></p><p>8th <em>create greater undead, horrid wilting, symbol of death</em></p><p>9th <em>energy drain, summon monster IX, wail of the banshee</em></p><p><strong>Turn Resistance (Ex):</strong> Yoshi has +4 turn resistance. </p><p><strong>Damage Reduction (Su):</strong> Yoshi’s undead body is tough, giving him damage reduction 15/bludgeoning and magic. His natural weapons are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.</p><p><strong>Immunities (Ex):</strong> Yoshi has immunity to cold, electricity, polymorph (though he can use polymorph effects on himself), and mind-affecting attacks.</p><p><strong>Skills:</strong> Because of his tail, Yoshi has a +4 racial bonus on Jump, Swim, and Balance checks. As a lich Yoshi has a +8 racial bonus on Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot checks.</p><p>Treasure: <em>Ring of evasion</em>, <em>wand of wall of fire</em> (32 charges), <em>cloak of elvenkind</em>, <em>boots of elvenkind</em>, and 11 emeralds (2x 400 gp, 2x 500 gp, 3x 700 gp, 1x900 gp, 2x 1,100 gp, and 1x 1,500 gp).</p><p><strong>Note:</strong> Stats and abilities after a double slash are for when Yoshi is wearing the <em>Lich’s Crown</em>.</p><p></p><p>Yoshi uses the elite array.</p><p></p><p>Yoshi made a deal with Nethrancor and has acquired the ritual to change souls stored in the <em>Lich’s Crown</em> into larvae. He still owes the required service to Nethrancor. He has 8 souls stored at this time as well as 4 crown liches as servants/guards. He hasn’t figured out an easy method of disposing of crown liches yet and so hasn’t changed any of his captured souls into larvae. He is still gathering the required components of the ritual.</p><p></p><p><strong>Yoshi’s phylactery</strong></p><p></p><p>Yoshi’s phylactery is a small darkwood coffer with electrum hinges and latch. It has a steel lock inset into it. The lock is superior quality and thus has an Open Locks DC of 40. The coffer is not trapped but it is locked. Yoshi keeps the key around his neck on a chain under his clothes. Yoshi uses the coffer to store his gems; hoping the coffer might be mistaken for just a piece of artwork. Caster Level 11, 40 hp, hardness 20, Break DC 40</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ElectricDragon, post: 7466440, member: 10778"] [b][size=4]Example Lich Kings[/size][/b][size=4][/size] [size=3][b]1. LIZARDFOLK LICH KING[/b][/size] [b]Yoshi, 11th level cleric of Nethrancor[/b] [i]Medium Undead[/i] (Reptilian) [b]Hit Dice:[/b] 13d12 (84 hp)//31d12 (208 hp) [b]Initiative:[/b] +5//+9 [b]Speed:[/b] 30 ft. (6 squares) [b]Armor Class:[/b] 16 (+5 natural, Dex +1), touch 11, flat-footed 15 [b]Base Attack/Grapple:[/b] +9/+11//+14/+16 [b]Attack:[/b] Claw +11//+16 melee (1d4+2) or scythe +12//+17 melee (2d4+3) or javelin +10//+15 ranged (1d6+2) or [i]paralyzing touch[/i] +11//+16 melee touch (1d8+5 plus paralysis) [b]Full Attack:[/b] 2 Claws +11//+16 melee (1d4+2) and bite +6//+11 melee (1d4+1d8+6 plus paralysis) or scythe +12/+7//+17/+12/+7 melee (2d4+3) and bite +6//+11 melee (1d4+1d8+6 plus paralysis) or javelin +10//+15 ranged (1d6+2) or [i]paralyzing touch[/i] +11//+16 melee touch (1d8+5 plus paralysis) [b]Special Attacks:[/b] Fear aura, death touch 1/day (11d6), paralyzing touch, spells, turn undead 9/day (1d20+5; damage 2d6+14) [b]Special Qualities:[/b] Aura of 11th level evil cleric, DR 15/bludgeoning and magic, evasion, immunities, spontaneous casting, turn resistance +4, //energy resistance (fire 20/acid 20/sonic 10) [b]Space/Reach:[/b] 5 ft./5 ft. [b]Saves:[/b] Fort +7, Ref +7, Will +10 [b]Abilities:[/b] Str 15, Dex 12, Con —, Int 12, Wis 18, Cha 17 [b]Skills:[/b] Balance +10, Concentration +12//+30, Hide +14, Jump +10, Knowledge (arcana) +6//+24, Knowledge (religion) +7//+25), Listen +12, Move Silently +14, Search +9, Sense Motive +12, Spellcraft +6//+24, Spot +12, Swim +7, Use Magic Device —//+21 [b]Feats:[/b] Eschew Materials, Extra Turning, Improved Initiative, Martial Weapon Proficiency (scythe) [epic], Multiattack, Skill Focus (Concentration), Weapon Focus (scythe) [domain]//Energy Resistance 20 (fire) [epic], //Energy Resistance 20 (acid) [epic], //Energy Resistance 10 (sonic) [epic], //Superior Initiative [epic], [b]Environment:[/b] Temperate marshes [b]Organization:[/b] Solitary or troop (Yoshi, 2 ogre crown liches, and 2 kobold crown liches) [b]Challenge Rating:[/b] 17//20 [b]Treasure:[/b] Standard coins; double goods; double items [b]Alignment:[/b] Neutral Evil [b]Advancement:[/b] By character class [b]Level Adjustment:[/b] +5 Yoshi is 7 feet tall with gray scales, some few are missing showing desiccated flesh beneath. Its tail is used for balance and is 4 feet long. Yoshi weighs 249 pounds. Yoshi speaks Common, Draconic, //Abyssal, //Celestial, and //Infernal COMBAT Yoshi prefers frontal assaults and massed rushes, mainly from his summoned creatures and guards while he stands back and lobs spells. [I]Touch Attack (Su):[/i] Yoshi has a touch attack that deals 1d8+5 negative energy damage (Will save DC 20 for ½ damage). [i]Fear Aura (Su):[/i] Yoshi is shrouded in a dreadful aura of death and evil. Creatures of less than 5 HD in a 60-foot radius that look at him must succeed on a Will save DC 20 or be affected as though by a [i]fear[/i] spell from an 11th level sorcerer. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by Yoshi’s aura for 24 hours. [i]Paralyzing Touch (Su):[/i] Any living creature Yoshi hits with his touch attack must succeed on a Fortitude save DC 20 or be permanently paralyzed. [i]Remove paralysis[/i] or any spell that can remove a curse can free the victim (see the [i]bestow curse[/i] spell description). The effect cannot be dispelled. Anyone paralyzed by Yoshi seems dead, though a DC 20 Spot check or a DC 15 Heal check reveals that the victim is still alive.. [b]Turn Undead:[/b] Yoshi can rebuke undead up to 5 times per day with a Charisma check (1d20+5). Turning damage is 2d6+14. [b]Cleric Spells:[/b] 6/6/5/5/4/2/1; [b]Domains:[/b] Death and War; [b]Save DC[/b] 14 + spell level; as a 29th level caster (with crown) as an 11th level caster (without crown) [b]Spells usually memorized:[/b] 0th [i]detect magic x3, inflict minor wounds, mending, read magic[/i] 1st [i]bane x2, divine favor x2, magic weapon (D), protection from good, shield of faith[/i] 2nd [i]aid, desecrate x2, doom, silence, spiritual weapon (D)[/i] 3rd [i]animate dead (D), bestow curse, dispel magic, invisibility purge, locate object, prayer[/i] 4th [i]discern lies, dismissal, divine power (D), giant vermin, summon monster IV[/i] 5th [i]flame strike (D), symbol of sleep, unhallow[/i] 6th [i]create undead (D), word of recall[/i] [b]Domain Powers:[/b] Martial Weapon Proficiency (scythe), Weapon Focus (scythe); death touch 1/day (11d6) [b]Commanded Undead:[/b] Yoshi has 2 kobold crown liches commanded and has hired 2 ogre crown liches as guards (use the crown lich examples). [b]Spontaneous Casting:[/b] Yoshi can spontaneously lose a memorized non-domain spell, replace it with the appropriate level [i]inflict spell[/i] and cast the [I]inflict[/I] spell as a full round action. [b]//Crown Spells:[/b] 1/day each, save DC 14+ spell level as an 18th level caster. 0th [i]acid splash, detect magic, disrupt undead, mage hand, mending, read magic, touch of fatigue[/i] 1st [i]cause fear, chill touch, expeditious retreat, mage armor, mount, ray of enfeeblement, true strike[/i] 2nd [i]acid arrow, command undead, pyrotechnics, scare, spectral hand, web[/i] 3rd [i]arcane sight, halt undead, ray of exhaustion, stinking cloud, vampiric touch[/i] 4th [i]animate dead, bestow curse, contagion, enervation, fear[/i] 5th [i]blight, cloudkill, symbol of pain, teleport, waves of fatigue[/i] 6th [i]circle of death, create undead, eyebite, symbol of fear, true seeing[/i] 7th [i]control undead, finger of death, symbol of weakness, waves of exhaustion[/i] 8th [i]create greater undead, horrid wilting, symbol of death[/i] 9th [i]energy drain, summon monster IX, wail of the banshee[/i] [b]Turn Resistance (Ex):[/b] Yoshi has +4 turn resistance. [b]Damage Reduction (Su):[/b] Yoshi’s undead body is tough, giving him damage reduction 15/bludgeoning and magic. His natural weapons are treated as magic weapons for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. [b]Immunities (Ex):[/b] Yoshi has immunity to cold, electricity, polymorph (though he can use polymorph effects on himself), and mind-affecting attacks. [b]Skills:[/b] Because of his tail, Yoshi has a +4 racial bonus on Jump, Swim, and Balance checks. As a lich Yoshi has a +8 racial bonus on Hide, Listen, Move Silently, Search, Sense Motive, and Spot checks. Treasure: [i]Ring of evasion[/i], [i]wand of wall of fire[/i] (32 charges), [i]cloak of elvenkind[/i], [i]boots of elvenkind[/i], and 11 emeralds (2x 400 gp, 2x 500 gp, 3x 700 gp, 1x900 gp, 2x 1,100 gp, and 1x 1,500 gp). [b]Note:[/b] Stats and abilities after a double slash are for when Yoshi is wearing the [i]Lich’s Crown[/i]. Yoshi uses the elite array. Yoshi made a deal with Nethrancor and has acquired the ritual to change souls stored in the [i]Lich’s Crown[/i] into larvae. He still owes the required service to Nethrancor. He has 8 souls stored at this time as well as 4 crown liches as servants/guards. He hasn’t figured out an easy method of disposing of crown liches yet and so hasn’t changed any of his captured souls into larvae. He is still gathering the required components of the ritual. [b]Yoshi’s phylactery[/b] Yoshi’s phylactery is a small darkwood coffer with electrum hinges and latch. It has a steel lock inset into it. The lock is superior quality and thus has an Open Locks DC of 40. The coffer is not trapped but it is locked. Yoshi keeps the key around his neck on a chain under his clothes. Yoshi uses the coffer to store his gems; hoping the coffer might be mistaken for just a piece of artwork. Caster Level 11, 40 hp, hardness 20, Break DC 40 [/QUOTE]
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