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Message: <blockquote data-quote="steeldragons" data-source="post: 5371689" data-attributes="member: 92511">The FeastfrightYou enter the shadowed hall, obviously a dining room/banquet hall of  a former age. cobwebs and dust cover the floor and walls and extend into the darkness of the rafters. The long feast table, however, is devoid of any such decay. Sparkling silver platters and serving bowls, forks and large sharp knifes, goblets of gold encrusted with gems. The table is strewn with an autumnal feast: roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, yams and fresh baked breads and rolls. The aromas are so enticing you can't help put seat yourself at this luxurious spread.When you sit, a matronly but beautiful woman materializes from behind you...or out of the shadows?...you can't be sure the smells of the meal filling your mind with a heady euphoria. She carries a decanter and with a polite warm smile fills the goblet at your place with a rich ruby colored wine.She then sets about grabbing dishes and platters and piling your plate with items from the feast. She returns your inquiries with her polite unwavering smile. With your first bite and sip of the wine, your taste buds are in heaven...and your soul is soon to follow.Your friends try to forcably remove you from the table, the hostess' visage changes, twists and scowls into a horrific visage and suddenly, that wonderful warm filling feeling turns into the chill of death within your gullet. The hall is filled with an echoing lamenting moan and the silverware flies from the table, to carve at your companions. The Feastfright is the spectral undead reflection of a long dead hostess/noblewoman who's lovingly-prepared feast was never enjoyed in life, for some reason (most likely, the the feast was to celebrate the return of her lord and warriors who were killed in a battle/war and never returned). It is a poltergeist of a sort, mainly just replaying it's incredible feast over and over until someone can actually enjoy it.When first encountering the spectral feast, Will saves must be made to overcome the alluring charm of the ghostly smells. If failed, the character willingly and happily seats themselves at the dining table and begins to enjoy the feast. This save must be made every round that the party can smell the food (i.e. using a stinking cloud to cover the smells would offset the need for saves.Any such attempts to "spoil" the meal or remove anyone from her table set the Feastfright into a frenzied attack immediately.Every bite of the incorporeal food accrues a temporary d4 of Constitution damage. If Constitution is reduced to 0, the character's body is dead, his soul trapped and consumed by the Feastfright. Every sip of the spectral wine require another Will save to break the Feastfright's charm. Failure means the character will not fight the poltergeist but contentedly continue to enjoy the feast, regardless of what goes on around him. The character regains these Con points at a rate of 2 per round after he stops eating or the Feastfright is destroyed or dematerializes (at which point the food, the finery, perhaps even the table and chairs also disappear).If, after 3 rounds in the room with the feast, no one has seated themselves at her table, the Freastfright will materialize and make herself known. Holding her decanter, with a friendly smile and invitingly beckoning towards the table. If still noone sits or moves toward the table within the next round following her invitation, she will attack using her Frightful moan and Telekinesis to send a volley of the sharp silver utensils at the party. She will redirect any that do not make contact as long as she is not distracted/attacked directly.Any character she touches directly suffers cold (negative energy) damage (d6/d8) and the same d4 draining touch to their Con. Any incapacitated characters she will attempt to pour some of her wine down their throat (no save) to get them to go eat at her table.When reduced to 0 hit points, the Feastfright simply discorporates and will rejuvenate herself (and her elegant feast) in 24 hours.Anyone who is able to drink the wine from her decanter "for real" on the ethereal plane will put the Feastfright to her final rest and receive a d4 Con Bonus for the next 24 hours. Feastfright <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#sizeAndType" target="_blank">Size/Type</a>: <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/combat/movementPositionAndDistance.htm#bigandLittleCreaturesInCombat" target="_blank">Medium</a> <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/typesSubtypes.htm#undeadType" target="_blank">Undead</a> (<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/typesSubtypes.htm#incorporealSubtype" target="_blank">Incorporeal</a>)<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#hitDice" target="_blank">Hit Dice</a>: 7d12 (45 hp)<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#initiative" target="_blank">Initiative</a>: +7<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#speed" target="_blank">Speed</a>: 40 ft. (8 squares), <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#fly" target="_blank">fly</a> 80 ft. (perfect)<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#armorClass" target="_blank">Armor Class:</a>  15 (+3 Dex, +2 deflection), touch 15, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/conditionSummary.htm#flatFooted" target="_blank">flat-footed</a> 13<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#baseAttackGrapple" target="_blank">Base Attack/Grapple</a>: +3/—<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#attack" target="_blank">Attack</a>: Incorporeal touch +6 melee (1d6 plus draining touch)<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#fullAttack" target="_blank">Full Attack</a>: Incorporeal touch +6 melee (1d8 plus draining touch)<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#spaceReach" target="_blank">Space/Reach</a>: 5 ft./5 ft.<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#specialAttacksAndSpecialQualities" target="_blank">Special Attacks</a>: Aromatic charm, Draining touch (d4 Con), Frightful moan, Manifestation, Telekinesis<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#specialAttacksAndSpecialQualities" target="_blank">Special Qualities</a>: <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#darkvision" target="_blank">Darkvision</a> 60 ft., incorporeal traits, rejuvenation, +4 <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#turnResistance" target="_blank">turn resistance</a><a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#saves" target="_blank">Saves</a>: Fort +2, Ref +5, Will +7<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#abilities" target="_blank">Abilities</a>: Str <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#strength" target="_blank">Ø</a>, Dex 16, Con <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/specialAbilities.htm#constitution" target="_blank">Ø</a>, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 15<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#skills" target="_blank">Skills</a>: <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/hide.htm" target="_blank">Hide</a> +8, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/listen.htm" target="_blank">Listen</a> +8, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/search.htm" target="_blank">Search</a> +8, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/skills/spot.htm" target="_blank">Spot</a> +8<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#feats" target="_blank">Feats</a>: <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#alertness" target="_blank">Alertness</a>, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#blindFight" target="_blank">Blind-Fight</a>, <a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/feats.htm#improvedInitiative" target="_blank">Improved Initiative</a><a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#environment" target="_blank">Environment</a>: Any land and underground<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#organization" target="_blank">Organization</a>: Solitary<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#challengeRating" target="_blank">Challenge Rating</a>: 7<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#treasure" target="_blank">Treasure</a>: None<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#alignment" target="_blank">Alignment</a>: Neutral Evil<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#advancement" target="_blank">Advancement</a>: 8-14 HD (Medium)<a href="http://www.d20srd.org/srd/monsters/intro.htm#levelAdjustment" target="_blank">Level Adjustment</a>: —Happy Thanksgiving!--Steel Dragons</blockquote>

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