The Vorpal Tribble
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This is still somewhat a work in progress, as I'm not sure if an undead is proper for her...
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Woman In Black
Type: Medium Undead (dreamborn, mnemonic, psionic)
Hit Dice: 4d12 (30 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 40 ft., fly 30 ft. (good)
AC: 12 (+2 dex) 20% miss-chance
BAB/Grapple: +2/+2
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Attack: -
Full attack: -
Special Attacks: Death Urge, Love's Curse, Storm of the Heart
Special Qualities: Dark of Mind, Dreamborn, Embracing Darkness, Immune to Bludgeoning, Damage Reduction 4/Positive Energy, Mnemonic, Undead Traits
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +8
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 14, Con -, Int 15, Wis 18, Cha 21
Skills: Bluff +12, Diplomacy +12, Escape Artist +9, Listen +11, Ride +9
Feats: Improved Initiative, Lightening Reflexes
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Environment: Any warm or temperate land
Organization: Solitary
CR: 5-6
Alignment: Neutral Good
Treasure: None
Advancement: -
Woe is the curse of this once very human woman, woe that knows as many seperate sorrows as there are raindrops in a thunderstorm... for such is indeed the case.
The embodiment of darkest depression and lost love, the Woman in Black is a pitiful creature, cursed to walk forever in darkness, each patter of rain a reminder of what she does, yet never able to speak of it.
She is utterly beautiful, with soulful eyes filled with a hopeless sorrow. Her clothes are those of a mourner who never knows a moment of anything but sadness and loss.
Combat:
A Woman in Black does not fight physically, but emotionally, tying the man to her and then releasing him into the deadly, self consuming pit of despair.
During the height of a thunderstorm, she can be seen walking, weeping and disconsolate. The first male human, elf or maenad who comes to her usually falls in love with this poor creature and tries to console her. She often appears hesitant to trust, but soon relaxes into his arms. She will try to meet with this man several more times, solidifying his ardor. Four to eight nights later he will have a dream that he does not know from waking, and he will find his beloved's body having been in some horrible accident. When he awakes he will recall all that occured and will make an attempt to kill himself in any fashion he can.
Attacks that manage to hit her open up rips in her clothing that show nothing but the darkness that dwells within her.
Dark of Mind (Ex):
A Woman in Black fades away during daylight hours, but appears again at dusk to seek out the most recent man she has befriended.
Death Urge (Ps):
After awakening with the memory of the find of his love's body the victim of this horrible curse must make a DC 18 will save or attempt to kill himself. Even if the will save is made the memory persists and every week a new save must be made. Only a Remove Curse, Limited Wish, Wish, or similiar spells and abilities can permanently remove the affliction. Every victim that succumbs in this fashion becomes but one more raindrop in the Storm of the Heart.
Dreamborn (Ex):
A woman in black appears vaguely hazy and out of focus, such that all melee and ranged attacks against her are assessed a 20 percent miss chance. This 20-percent miss chance is not the same as concealment and does not preclude the possibility of effective sneak attacks.
Embracing Darkness (Ps):
A Woman in Black when threatened can fade away into the gloom of the storm as if using Invisibility, Greater and all sound and scent of her becomes nonexistent.
Love's Curse (Ps):
The one to offer comfort to the woman must make a DC 20 will check or fall completely in love with the woman, and acts as if Charmed.
Mnemonic (Ps):
A Woman in Black who is slain reappears at the site of her death. The one the killed her keeps a memory of her, which is enough substance for the curse to reconstruct the Woman.
Storm of the Heart (Su):
The Woman in Black, wherever she walks, is surrounded by a horrible storm that extends for 10 miles around her. This storm fades away at the approach of dawn, and builds up at the last light of dusk. Lightening and thunder clash about, though only within a mile of her does rain actually fall. Every drop is the soul of a man that has fallen in love with her, and has then killed himself, completely overcome by the death of his beloved. Those who taste of the raindrops discover they have the flavor of blood.
Each drop that falls upon the Woman In Black gives her a vision of the victim it once was.
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Woman In Black
Type: Medium Undead (dreamborn, mnemonic, psionic)
Hit Dice: 4d12 (30 hp)
Initiative: +6
Speed: 40 ft., fly 30 ft. (good)
AC: 12 (+2 dex) 20% miss-chance
BAB/Grapple: +2/+2
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Attack: -
Full attack: -
Special Attacks: Death Urge, Love's Curse, Storm of the Heart
Special Qualities: Dark of Mind, Dreamborn, Embracing Darkness, Immune to Bludgeoning, Damage Reduction 4/Positive Energy, Mnemonic, Undead Traits
Saves: Fort +1, Ref +5, Will +8
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 14, Con -, Int 15, Wis 18, Cha 21
Skills: Bluff +12, Diplomacy +12, Escape Artist +9, Listen +11, Ride +9
Feats: Improved Initiative, Lightening Reflexes
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Environment: Any warm or temperate land
Organization: Solitary
CR: 5-6
Alignment: Neutral Good
Treasure: None
Advancement: -
Woe is the curse of this once very human woman, woe that knows as many seperate sorrows as there are raindrops in a thunderstorm... for such is indeed the case.
The embodiment of darkest depression and lost love, the Woman in Black is a pitiful creature, cursed to walk forever in darkness, each patter of rain a reminder of what she does, yet never able to speak of it.
She is utterly beautiful, with soulful eyes filled with a hopeless sorrow. Her clothes are those of a mourner who never knows a moment of anything but sadness and loss.
Combat:
A Woman in Black does not fight physically, but emotionally, tying the man to her and then releasing him into the deadly, self consuming pit of despair.
During the height of a thunderstorm, she can be seen walking, weeping and disconsolate. The first male human, elf or maenad who comes to her usually falls in love with this poor creature and tries to console her. She often appears hesitant to trust, but soon relaxes into his arms. She will try to meet with this man several more times, solidifying his ardor. Four to eight nights later he will have a dream that he does not know from waking, and he will find his beloved's body having been in some horrible accident. When he awakes he will recall all that occured and will make an attempt to kill himself in any fashion he can.
Attacks that manage to hit her open up rips in her clothing that show nothing but the darkness that dwells within her.
Dark of Mind (Ex):
A Woman in Black fades away during daylight hours, but appears again at dusk to seek out the most recent man she has befriended.
Death Urge (Ps):
After awakening with the memory of the find of his love's body the victim of this horrible curse must make a DC 18 will save or attempt to kill himself. Even if the will save is made the memory persists and every week a new save must be made. Only a Remove Curse, Limited Wish, Wish, or similiar spells and abilities can permanently remove the affliction. Every victim that succumbs in this fashion becomes but one more raindrop in the Storm of the Heart.
Dreamborn (Ex):
A woman in black appears vaguely hazy and out of focus, such that all melee and ranged attacks against her are assessed a 20 percent miss chance. This 20-percent miss chance is not the same as concealment and does not preclude the possibility of effective sneak attacks.
Embracing Darkness (Ps):
A Woman in Black when threatened can fade away into the gloom of the storm as if using Invisibility, Greater and all sound and scent of her becomes nonexistent.
Love's Curse (Ps):
The one to offer comfort to the woman must make a DC 20 will check or fall completely in love with the woman, and acts as if Charmed.
Mnemonic (Ps):
A Woman in Black who is slain reappears at the site of her death. The one the killed her keeps a memory of her, which is enough substance for the curse to reconstruct the Woman.
Storm of the Heart (Su):
The Woman in Black, wherever she walks, is surrounded by a horrible storm that extends for 10 miles around her. This storm fades away at the approach of dawn, and builds up at the last light of dusk. Lightening and thunder clash about, though only within a mile of her does rain actually fall. Every drop is the soul of a man that has fallen in love with her, and has then killed himself, completely overcome by the death of his beloved. Those who taste of the raindrops discover they have the flavor of blood.
Each drop that falls upon the Woman In Black gives her a vision of the victim it once was.
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Great monster.
