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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Judou Ashita" data-source="post: 4210554" data-attributes="member: 59290">After a long-ish leave from monster-creating action, I've come back to submit another creature to the trial by fire! Let's see how THIS measures up...A lot of people would probably believe me if I said love can hurt. But, what would their reaction be if I took it one step further and said 'love can kill'? They'd probably look at me in a weird way...Chances are, they would rethink their position if they met... the Crimson Kiss!Crimson KissA stunning aura of beauty surround the healthy, alluring body of a beautiful female with pale, soft skin, and a finely chiseled face. The shining armor she wears seems to have been modeled especially for her graceful anatomy, and her eyes are full and red with passion, as are her thick lips and shining hair. However, a disquieting feature disturbs the otherwise stunningly beautiful sight. An extra pair of gnarled, clawed, grey-skinned arms extends itself above the woman's head, growing from behind her shoulders and nervously grasping at air.   Crimson Kiss CR 7Always NE Medium feyInit +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft, low-light vision; Listen +12, Spot +12DefenseAC 18, touch 13, flat-footed 15(+3 Dex, +5 masterwork breastplate)hp 33 (6d6+12)Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +8Damage Reduction 10/cold iron; SR 18 OffenseSpd 20 ft in plate mail; base speed 30 ft.Melee 2 claws +6 melee (1d8+1 plus withering) and 2 nails +4 melee (1d4)Space 5 ft; Reach 5 ft (10 ft with claws)Special Attacks Death kiss, improved grab, obsessing beauty, witheringTacticsBefore Combat A crimson kiss usually tries to study potential victims from a certain distance, singling out someone who looks more vulnerable and trying to attract him towards her lair while he's distanced from the group, either by calling to him or by making some kind of barely-audible, captivating sound.During Combat A crimson kiss usually opens up with her obsessing beauty ability to turn enemies into defenders. Adversaries who resist particularily well are subject to her claw and nail attacks. By forcng her lips upon helpless opponents, the crimson kiss steals away their life energy. A crimson kiss attacks any creature she thinks she can kill, but she particularily despises nymphs, elves and gnomes, with other good-aligned fey creatures as close seconds.Morale Crimson kisses are hardly brave. As soon as it becomes apparent that her opponents are a fighting match for her and her thralls, a crimson kiss will beat a hasty retreat, only fighting to the death if she has no other choice.StatisticsStr 12, Dex 17, Con 14, Int 14, Wis 17, Cha 19 Base Atk +3; Grp +8Feats Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Multiattack (B), Weapon FinesseSkills Bluff +13, Diplomacy +10, Disguise +4, Hide +9, Intimidate +6, Listen +12, Move Silently +9, Sense Motive +10, Swim +7, Spot +12Languages Common, SylvanEcologyEnvironment Temperate forestsOrganization SolitaryTreasure Standard Advancement 7-12 HD (Medium) or by character classLevel Adjustment—Special AbilitiesDeath Kiss (Su): A crimson kiss can kiss an helpless opponent, or a creature affected by her obsessing beauty ability, as a standard action. This ability functions like a vampiric touch spell cast by a 6th-level sorcerer, dealing 3d6 points of damage to the victim and healing the crimson kiss by the same amount. The same restrictions as the spell also apply. Improved Grab (Ex): In order to use this ability, a crimson kiss must hit a Small, Medium or Large creature with her claw attack. She can then make a grapple check as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity (grapple bonus +8, including a +4 racial bonus). If she pins her opponent, she may then use her death kiss ability on the helpless foe. Any further successful grapple checks in the following rounds automatically inflict claw damage and Strenght damage.Obsessing Beauty (Su): All living creatures within 30 feet of a crimson kiss must make a Will save (DC 17) or become obsessed with the otherworldly beauty of the creature. This obsession takes the form of a disease with instantaneous onset time, dealing 1d3 Con and 1d3 Wis damage every day, and also acts as a charm monster spell, causing its victims to see the fey as a lovable being to be protected and to pin after. A creature that makes his/her save is immune to that particular crimson kiss' obsessing beauty for 24 hours. Those who become obsessed become vulnerable to the creature's death kiss ability, and also keep taking ability damage every day, unless they succeed at a DC 17 Will save. Two consecutive successful saves mean that the victim has overcome his obsession, just like a normal disease. This obsession can also be healed by a remove curse, break enchantment or dispel evil spell.Obsessed creatures find themselves unable to shake off the crimson kiss' mental image. They will do anything to see the creature again, regardless of the danger, and will stand in admirating of the object of their affection without a care for anything else, blissfully waiting for their deaths with a vacant smile on their faces, and a glossy look in their eyes. Such enthralled creatures are a truly painful sight.The save DC is Charisma-based.Withering (Su): A living creature hit by a crimson kiss' claw attack also takes 1d3 points of temporary Strenght damage in addition to the usual damage, as their limbs atrofy at an abnormal rate. Grappled creatures take such Strenght damage every round they remain pinned. ----------Attractive and detached at the same time, crimson kisses represent the dark, self-destructive side of love: the suffering for the unreachable object of one's affection, the cruel mockery of the unreciprocated feeling, the morbid, unhealthy obsession for an unreal fetish. They mostly prey on humanoids, attracting them in their lairs and draining their life force with a single kiss, chilling and hot with passion at the same time.EcologyThe presence of a crimson kiss is almost always the telltale of a greater evil brewing up in that region, and usually coincides with the appearence of other evil fey or particularily ill-tempered dire animals. Any good-aligned fey, particularily the hated nymphs, is the prime object of a crimson kiss' wrath, as crimson kisses represent an obsessive distortion of beauty just like nymphs represent it in its most wholesome form. Crimson kisses do not seem to eat - all they require for sustenance is the life force of unfortunate individuals who get enthralled by their powers.With respect to other fey, a crimson kiss does not have empathic abilities towards animals, preferring to drain and slaughter them with the same hatred and cruelty they show for other living beings. Crimson kisses, in other words, hate all other life, and only rejoice in inflicting pain.Habitat and SocietyCrimson kisses dwell in natural places, favoring the proximities of crystal-clear rivers, small lakes in the midst of deep forests, and long-abandoned sanctuaries and shelters. They never stray too far from inhabited places, and prefer to make their home in natural environments of almost touching beauty - the ideal places for their lethal encounters with their lovers. A crimson kiss' behaviour is seductive yet unempathic, alluring yet mocking at the same time. They almost never gather in groups, nor associate with other evil fey, unless it is under the supervision of a greater power of evil that forces them to work together. In such rare occasions, they seem to work fairly well with kelpies, lunar ravagers and verdant princes.Physical CharacteristicsA crimson kiss resembles a human female in her very prime, healthy and brimming with beauty, standing about 5 ft. and 7 in. and weighing in proportion. Their eyes and hair are a vibrant red, and they don elaborate suits of armour. Their extra pair of malformed arms aside, their forms come close to aesthetical perfection. Crimson Kisses with Class LevelsSome crimson kisses advance by class levels, usually rogue or ranger (all the better to ambush their opponents and always be one step ahead of them), or bard (to assuage potential victims with their music and mind-affecting spells). Some of them have developed a knack for sorcery, and on rare occasions a crimson kiss has taken levels in the duskblade class (Player's Handbook II), complementing sword skills with the use of magic. Crimson kisses never become druids, as they hate nature... yet, rumour has it that one of these hateful fey actually became a druid just to spurn that path later on, and turn to the unspeakable ways of the blighter.AlignmentCrimson kisses are universally neutral evil. They care nothing for stratified society or anarchy, and are only interested in inflicting pain upon innocents. At the same time, while hate-filled and murderous, they are reasonable and can see the value of allies... at least, as long as such allies give them reasons to fear or have their uses.TreasureA crimson kiss usually possesses standard treasure for a creature of her CR, usually in the form of costly jewel that might be gifts from slain lovers, or loot from their kills. As for magic items, they keep an eye out for items that enhance their defense and/or their stealth abilities.----------Hehee, what can I say? I've always had a soft spot for evil fey, and their thriving in the latest Monster Manuals made me quite happy... as a result, this probably won't be my last venture into the darker side of fey-dom.Anyway, feel free to tell me what do you think of this latest creation of mine. Criticism welcome, as long as it is not a flame. In which case, I'll be glad to use it for my barbecue. I hope I'll be able to send something else soon! For now, I bid you farewell!</blockquote>

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