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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Garnfellow" data-source="post: 1333164" data-attributes="member: 1223">King TereusThe King is easily the most feared figure on the entire Frounter. He single-handedly united many disparate tribes of ruck-men into a single nation, and he has been the architect of their devastating invasion. He is infamous for his cruelty, intolerance of dissent, and hatred of the Pentian world. The PCs have never encountered King Tereus directly, but they have already faced many of his proxies. Tereus had seven sons, wicked ruck-princes who are nearly as feared as their father: Argus, Briareus, Busirane, Nestor, Proteus, Serapis, and Typhon. Of these seven sons, four have already fallen: Proteus was killed during the invasion several years ago, and then Mendelor himself killed Prince Briareus in single combat. Prince Argus was recently captured and is currently imprisoned, and the PCs have helped Prince Nestor convert to worship of the Five.King Tereus, though, has a great secret, a secret that not even his sons know. Tereus is actually an angel, originally sent by the Five over two hundred years ago to forcibly convert the ruck-man tribes. However, while on earth he was corrupted. After slaying several ruck-man chieftains, Tereus found that the idolatrous rucks clamored to worship him directly. And he was all-too-eager to accept their adulation.Tereus was built using rules from Sean K Reynold’s most excellent Anger of Angels supplement. (I can’t recommend this book highly enough if you’re using a cosmology that in any way resembles Judaism, Christianity, or Islam.) Tereus is a malakim angel, with the Outcast and Rebellious templates applied. Many of his feats are also from either Anger of Angels or the Epic Level Handbook. The Resounding Blow feat is from the Book of Exalted Deeds. His scabbard of venoms is from the Book of Eldritch Might II.====KING TEREUS         CR 24Male rebellious malakite fighter 18N Medium outsider (extraplanar)Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft, low-light vision; Listen +5, Spot +5Aura courageLanguages Celestial, Common, Ruckish0-----AC 27, touch 16, flat-footed 24hp 234 (20 HD); DR 10/magicResist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10Immune electricity, fear, petrificationSR 29Fort +20 (+24 vs. poison), Ref +11, Will +9-----Spd 30 ftMelee +3 flaming ruckblade of speed +34/+29/+24/+19/+34 (2d4+21/15–20 plus 1d6 fire and poison) or +3 flaming ruckblade of speed with 10-point Power Attack +24/+19/+14/+9/+24 (2d4+41/15–20 plus 1d6 fire and poison)Ranged mwk shortbow +23/+18/+13/+8 (1d6/x3)Base Atk +20; Grp +27Atk Options Great Cleave, Power Attack, Resounding BlowSpecial Atk poison (DC 16, 1d4 Con/1d4 Con)Spell-Like Abilities (CL 2nd): At will—light, virtue; 1/day—bless weapon (personal weapon only), true strike-----Abilities Str 24, Dex 15, Con 23, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 16SQ fighter equivalenceFeats Cleave, Epic Weapon Focus (ruckblade), Epic Weapon Specialization (ruckblade), Great Cleave, Greater Weapon Focus (ruckblade), Greater Weapon Specialization (ruckblade), Improved Critical (ruckblade), Improved Damage Reduction, Improved Energy Resistance, Improved Initiative, Improved Spell Resistance, Minor Spell Resistance, Power Attack, Power Critical (ruckblade), Resounding Blow, Weapon Focus (ruckblade), Weapon Specialization (ruckblade).Skills Bluff +8, Craft (swordmaking) +5, Handle Animal +8, Intimidate +32, Jump +9, Knowledge (religion) +5, Knowledge (the planes) +5, Listen +5, Move Silently +4, Ride +12, Spot +5Possessions Scarander, +3 flaming ruckblade of speed, major cloak of displacement, ring of protection +3, +4 scale mail, belt of giant strength +4 (reflected in statistics above), amulet of health +4 (reflected in statistics above), scabbard of venoms, masterwork shortbow and 20 arrows.-----Aura of Courage (Su): Each ally within 10 feet of Tereus gains a +4 morale bonus on saving throws against fear effects. This ability functions while Tereus is conscious, but not if he is unconscious or dead.Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 16, initial and secondary damage 1d4 Con. A blade sheathed in Tereus’s scabbard of venoms, when removed, is coated with a single dose of this poison. The scabbard can produce only 10 doses of poison each day.Fighter Equivalence (Ex): Tereus counts his outsider Hit Dice as fighter levels to determine what feats he can take.-----Physical Description: King Tereus is a large, imposing humanoid dressed in scale mail made of a glittering, copper-colored metal. In public he always wears a great hawk mask that conceals his entire face, made of the same material as his armor. He has large, black, immaterial wings that are normally folded back, opening up only when he is enraged.</blockquote>

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