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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Andrew D. Gable" data-source="post: 788623" data-attributes="member: 4144">Here's an NPC I worked up for a friend of mine.  She's a 20th-level sorceress lich, with some unique abilities.  Comments welcome, especially on CR (a rough estimate).I realized as I was writing her up this is one scary chica!The Green EmpressMedium-Size Undead Hit Dice: 20d12 (167 hp)Initiative: +10 (+6 Dex, +4 Improved Initiative)  Speed: 30 ft.AC: 21 (+6 Dex, +5 natural)Attacks: Touch +10 melee; 2 claws +10 melee; or staff +10 melee Damage: Touch 1d8+5 and paralysis; claw 1d6; staff 1d6 and transformationFace/Reach: 5 ft. by 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Cursed staff, damaging touch, fear aura, paralyzing touch, alternate form, gaze, rebuke/command undeadSpecial Qualities: Undead, damage reduction 15/special, immunities, corrosion, holy aversion, sunlight vulnerabilitySaves: Fort +8, Ref +12, Will +14Abilities: Str 11, Dex 22, Con -, Int 20, Wis 15, Cha 20 Skills: Alchemy +21, Concentration +20, Craft (bronzeworking) +15, Diplomacy +18, Handle Animal +13, Hide +14 Knowledge (arcana) +28, Listen +12, Move Silently +14, Scry +25, Search +13, Sense Motive +22, Spellcraft +28, Spot +10Feats: Brew Potion, Craft Staff, Great Fortitude, Heighten Spell, Improved Initiative, Scribe Scroll, Silent Spell, Still Spell Climate/Terrain: AnyOrganization: UniqueChallenge Rating: 26Treasure: Standard coins, double goods, double itemsAlignment: Lawful evilAdvancement: By character classAlternate Form (Su): The Green Empress can assume the shape of an albino animal, either a huge viper (cobra) or giant owl.  Otherwise, this is as the vampire power.Corrosion (Su): Any non-magical weapon that strikes the Green Empress must make a Fortitude save or suffer 2d8 points of acid damage (bypasses hardness).  In addition, any wooden weapon short of artifact status that strikes her crumbles to dust (no save).Cursed Staff (Ex): The Green Empress uses a cursed staff of the woodlands.  A creature struck with the staff must make a Fortitude save (DC 25) or be transformed into a shambling mound.  In addition, any living being using her staff must also make the save or suffer the same consequences.  Each power invoked from the staff adds +1 to the DC of the save.Damage Reduction (Ex): The Green Empress' damage reduction can be negated by +1 or better magical weapons, or by the attacks of shambling mounds, felines, or feline monsters.Gaze (Su): The Green Empress possesses a gaze attack.  At her will, she may use either charm person or hold monster through her gaze. To resist, make a Will save at DC 25 (if undead, the DC increases to 35).  Holy Aversion (Ex): It is impossible for the Green Empress to enter any holy grounds.Rebuke/Command Undead (Sp): The Green Empress has the ability to rebuke or command undead as an evil cleric.  Undead commanded by her are especially resistant to being commanded by others; treat these undead as having +5 Hit Dice.Sunlight Vulnerability (Ex): If struck by a beam of pure, nonmagical sunlight, the Green Empress must make a Will save (DC 35) or have her corporeal form destroyed.  Her spirit flies away in the form of a small will o' wisp, and the next night will possess a female corpse (dead or undead).  The corpse becomes the new incarnation of the Empress.Spells: 6/8/7/7/7/7/6/6/6/6; 0 - Dancing lights, detect magic, detect poison, disrupt undead, flare, ghost sound, light, mage hand, read magic; 1 - Cause fear, change self, magic missile, summon monster I; 2 - Darkness, daylight, ghoul touch, scare, summon monster II; 3 - Dispel magic, halt undead, lightning bolt, summon monster III, wind wall; 4 - Enervation, phantasmal killer, shadow conjuration, summon monster IV; 5 - Animate dead, magic jar, nightmare, summon monster V; 6 - Circle of death, greater dispelling, mislead, summon monster VI; 7 - Finger of death, forcecage, summon monster VII; 8 - Horrid wilting, screen, summon monster VIII; 9 - Soul bind, summon monster IX, weird.</blockquote>

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