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<blockquote data-quote="demiurge1138" data-source="post: 2637755" data-attributes="member: 7451"><p><strong>KYOSO NO ONI</strong></p><p><strong>Large Outsider (Chaos, Evil, Extraplanar, Shadowlands Oni)</strong></p><p><strong>Hit Dice:</strong> 15d8+75 (142 hp)</p><p><strong>Initiative:</strong> +8</p><p><strong>Speed: </strong> 40ft (8 squares), burrow 30ft</p><p><strong>Armor Class:</strong> 32 (-1 size, +4 Dex, +15 natural, +4 deflection), touch 17, flat-footed 28</p><p><strong>Base Attack/Grapple: </strong> +15/+24</p><p><strong>Attack:</strong> Claw +19 melee (1d6+5) or soulfire globe +18 ranged touch (1d6 Charisma)</p><p><strong>Full Attack:</strong> 4 claws +19 melee (1d6+5) or 2 soulfire globes +18 ranged touch (1d6 Charisma)</p><p><strong>Space/Reach: </strong> 10ft/10ft</p><p><strong>Special Attacks: </strong> Fear aura, soulfire globe, spell-like abilities, <em>Tainted aura</em></p><p><strong>Special Qualities: </strong> Amorphous, change shape, damage reduction 10/good and jade, darkvision 60ft, immune to disease and poison, regeneration 5, resistance to cold 10, electricity 10 and fire 10, spell resistance 27, tremorsense 60ft, telepathy 100ft</p><p><strong>Saves: </strong> Fort +18, Ref +17, Will +18 </p><p><strong>Abilities:</strong> Str 21, Dex 18, Con 21, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 24, Taint 14</p><p><strong>Skills:</strong> Bluff +25, Concentration +23, Diplomacy +11, Disguise +25* (+27* acting), Hide +19, Knowledge (planes) +23, Listen +23, Move Silently +23, Sense Motive +23, Spot +23, Spellcraft +23, Survival +23</p><p><strong>Feats: </strong> Ability Focus (soulfire globe), Empower Spell-like Ability (<em>cloud of Taint</em>), Improved Initiative, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Quicken Spell-like Ability (<em>suggestion</em>), Track(B)</p><p><strong>Environment:</strong> Tarterian Depths of Carceri (Shadowlands)</p><p><strong>Organization: </strong> Solitary</p><p><strong>Challenge Rating:</strong> 15</p><p><strong>Treasure:</strong> Standard</p><p><strong>Alignment: </strong> Always chaotic evil</p><p><strong>Advancement: </strong> 16-30 HD (Large), 31-45 HD (Huge)</p><p><strong>Level Adjustment:</strong> -</p><p></p><p><em>You see a grotesque mass of thick purple flesh, undulating from a shapeless blob to a wormlike form. Growing from this is the torso of a humanoid woman with four arms, each tipped in dark claws. The woman’s face is featureless save for two red eyes, and nine horns curve from her head.</em></p><p></p><p>Kyoso no oni are the consummate assassins of the oni, infiltrating mortal society and eliminating dangers to the oni with an array of spell-like abilities. Fiercely cunning, the kyoso no oni are adept at blending into human society, often using seduction and trickery to gain close access to their targets before isolating and murdering them. Potential prey that proves resistant to these methods is not abandoned, however; the kyoso no oni merely assumes normal form in secret and stalks its victim underground.</p><p></p><p>A kyoso no oni’s length varies between 10 and 20 feet, and they weigh about 500 pounds.</p><p></p><p><strong>Combat</strong></p><p>A kyoso no oni attacks its prey from ambush, hoping to eliminate it quickly with its spell-like abilities and soulfire globes. They only fight with their claws as a last resort. If overpowered, they will gladly flee in order to plan another strike.</p><p></p><p>The natural attacks of a kyoso no oni, as well as any weapon it wields, are treated as chaotic aligned and evil aligned for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction.</p><p></p><p><strong>Fear Aura (Su): </strong> A kyoso no oni can emit a 30ft radius aura of fear as a free action. Affected creatures must succeed on a DC 24 Will save or be affected as though by a <em>fear</em> spell (caster level 15th). A creature that successfully saves against a kyoso no oni’s fear aura cannot be affected by that oni’s aura for 24 hours. Other oni are immune to the aura. The save DC is Charisma based. </p><p></p><p><strong>Soulfire Globe (Su): </strong> A kyoso no oni can hurl globes of black fire at its opponents. These attacks have a range of 60 feet with no range increment. A creature struck by a soulfire globe must succeed a Will save (DC 26) or take 1d6 points of Charisma damage. A creature reduced to 0 Cha is killed. The save DC is Charisma based.</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Spell-like Abilities:</strong></em> At will – <em>death knell, darkness, greater teleport </em> (self plus 50 lbs only), <em>suggestion</em> (DC 20), <em>telekinesis</em> (DC 22), <em>vampiric touch</em>; 3/day – <em>cloud of Taint </em> (DC 21), <em>dispel good </em> (DC 22), <em>enervation, Mordenkainen’s sword</em>; 1/day – <em>blade barrier </em> (DC 23), <em>blasphemy</em> (DC 24), <em>horrid wilting </em> (DC 25). Caster level 15th. The save DCs are Charisma based.</p><p></p><p><strong>Tainted Aura (Sp):</strong> A kyoso no oni acts at all times as if protected by the <em>Tainted aura </em> spell. All creatures striking a kyoso no oni must succeed on a DC 25 Fortitude save or gain a Taint score of 1d3. The save DC is Charisma based. The bonuses to armor class and saving throws are reflected in the statistics block.</p><p></p><p><strong>Amorphous (Ex):</strong> A kyoso no oni’s body does not have organs and vitals like most other creatures do, granting it a 50% chance to negate critical hits and sneak attacks.</p><p></p><p><strong>Regeneration (Ex):</strong> A kyoso no oni takes normal damage from jade weapons, good aligned weapons, and spells or effects with the Good descriptor. </p><p></p><p>Demiurge out.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="demiurge1138, post: 2637755, member: 7451"] [B]KYOSO NO ONI Large Outsider (Chaos, Evil, Extraplanar, Shadowlands Oni)[/B] [B]Hit Dice:[/B] 15d8+75 (142 hp) [B]Initiative:[/B] +8 [B]Speed: [/B] 40ft (8 squares), burrow 30ft [B]Armor Class:[/B] 32 (-1 size, +4 Dex, +15 natural, +4 deflection), touch 17, flat-footed 28 [B]Base Attack/Grapple: [/B] +15/+24 [B]Attack:[/B] Claw +19 melee (1d6+5) or soulfire globe +18 ranged touch (1d6 Charisma) [B]Full Attack:[/B] 4 claws +19 melee (1d6+5) or 2 soulfire globes +18 ranged touch (1d6 Charisma) [B]Space/Reach: [/B] 10ft/10ft [B]Special Attacks: [/B] Fear aura, soulfire globe, spell-like abilities, [I]Tainted aura[/I] [B]Special Qualities: [/B] Amorphous, change shape, damage reduction 10/good and jade, darkvision 60ft, immune to disease and poison, regeneration 5, resistance to cold 10, electricity 10 and fire 10, spell resistance 27, tremorsense 60ft, telepathy 100ft [B]Saves: [/B] Fort +18, Ref +17, Will +18 [B]Abilities:[/B] Str 21, Dex 18, Con 21, Int 20, Wis 20, Cha 24, Taint 14 [B]Skills:[/B] Bluff +25, Concentration +23, Diplomacy +11, Disguise +25* (+27* acting), Hide +19, Knowledge (planes) +23, Listen +23, Move Silently +23, Sense Motive +23, Spot +23, Spellcraft +23, Survival +23 [B]Feats: [/B] Ability Focus (soulfire globe), Empower Spell-like Ability ([I]cloud of Taint[/I]), Improved Initiative, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Quicken Spell-like Ability ([I]suggestion[/I]), Track(B) [B]Environment:[/B] Tarterian Depths of Carceri (Shadowlands) [B]Organization: [/B] Solitary [B]Challenge Rating:[/B] 15 [B]Treasure:[/B] Standard [B]Alignment: [/B] Always chaotic evil [B]Advancement: [/B] 16-30 HD (Large), 31-45 HD (Huge) [B]Level Adjustment:[/B] - [I]You see a grotesque mass of thick purple flesh, undulating from a shapeless blob to a wormlike form. Growing from this is the torso of a humanoid woman with four arms, each tipped in dark claws. The woman’s face is featureless save for two red eyes, and nine horns curve from her head.[/I] Kyoso no oni are the consummate assassins of the oni, infiltrating mortal society and eliminating dangers to the oni with an array of spell-like abilities. Fiercely cunning, the kyoso no oni are adept at blending into human society, often using seduction and trickery to gain close access to their targets before isolating and murdering them. Potential prey that proves resistant to these methods is not abandoned, however; the kyoso no oni merely assumes normal form in secret and stalks its victim underground. A kyoso no oni’s length varies between 10 and 20 feet, and they weigh about 500 pounds. [B]Combat[/B] A kyoso no oni attacks its prey from ambush, hoping to eliminate it quickly with its spell-like abilities and soulfire globes. They only fight with their claws as a last resort. If overpowered, they will gladly flee in order to plan another strike. The natural attacks of a kyoso no oni, as well as any weapon it wields, are treated as chaotic aligned and evil aligned for the purposes of overcoming damage reduction. [B]Fear Aura (Su): [/B] A kyoso no oni can emit a 30ft radius aura of fear as a free action. Affected creatures must succeed on a DC 24 Will save or be affected as though by a [I]fear[/I] spell (caster level 15th). A creature that successfully saves against a kyoso no oni’s fear aura cannot be affected by that oni’s aura for 24 hours. Other oni are immune to the aura. The save DC is Charisma based. [B]Soulfire Globe (Su): [/B] A kyoso no oni can hurl globes of black fire at its opponents. These attacks have a range of 60 feet with no range increment. A creature struck by a soulfire globe must succeed a Will save (DC 26) or take 1d6 points of Charisma damage. A creature reduced to 0 Cha is killed. The save DC is Charisma based. [I][B]Spell-like Abilities:[/B][/I] At will – [I]death knell, darkness, greater teleport [/I] (self plus 50 lbs only), [I]suggestion[/I] (DC 20), [I]telekinesis[/I] (DC 22), [I]vampiric touch[/I]; 3/day – [I]cloud of Taint [/I] (DC 21), [I]dispel good [/I] (DC 22), [I]enervation, Mordenkainen’s sword[/I]; 1/day – [I]blade barrier [/I] (DC 23), [I]blasphemy[/I] (DC 24), [I]horrid wilting [/I] (DC 25). Caster level 15th. The save DCs are Charisma based. [B]Tainted Aura (Sp):[/B] A kyoso no oni acts at all times as if protected by the [I]Tainted aura [/I] spell. All creatures striking a kyoso no oni must succeed on a DC 25 Fortitude save or gain a Taint score of 1d3. The save DC is Charisma based. The bonuses to armor class and saving throws are reflected in the statistics block. [B]Amorphous (Ex):[/B] A kyoso no oni’s body does not have organs and vitals like most other creatures do, granting it a 50% chance to negate critical hits and sneak attacks. [B]Regeneration (Ex):[/B] A kyoso no oni takes normal damage from jade weapons, good aligned weapons, and spells or effects with the Good descriptor. Demiurge out. [/QUOTE]
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