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Infernal, Curator
Medium Outsider (Infernal, Nonokrion Order)
Hit Dice: 11d8+33 (82 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 40 ft. (8 squares)
Armor Class: 31 (+5 Dex, +10 natural, +6 +4
leather armor), touch 15, flat-footed 26
Base Attack/Grapple: +11/+15
Attack: Claw +15 melee (1d4+4) or +2 longsword
+17 melee (1d8+6/19–20)
Full Attack: 2 claws +15 melee (1d4+4) or +2
longsword +17/+12/+7 melee
(1d8+6/19–20)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Pain touch, spell-like abilities, spells,
summoning
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 20/magic, darksight,
immunity to mind-affecting effects and
poison, infernal presence, languages, life
essence bargaining, metamagic mastery,
energy resistances, telepathy 90 ft., soul
mark, spell resistance 22
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +14, Will +15
Abilities: Str 18, Dex 20, Con 16,
Int 19, Wis 22, Cha 22
I
count myself quite fortunate that I’ve had only one
encounter with one of the class of Infernal known to
infernalists as the curator. I had been entrapped by a
fellow student, named Adney Arkhim, gone mad in my
early days at the university. I was bound and gagged, and the
would-be infernalist had planned to use my soul as a bartering
chip for some petty gains. Unfortunately for Arkhim, the
curator didn’t care for the particulars of the contract, and it
seems some additional terms of etiquette had been violated.
I’ve never in my whole existence seen anyone as brutally
tortured as that poor chap was. There were things done to
him that simply should not be repeated. How I escaped that
encounter with my own soul intact I’ll never know.
A complete treatment of the curators and their infernal
ilk is outside the scope of this tome, but I will mention a
few of their particulars here. Infernal curators are those designated
to negotiate contracts with infernalists (those foolish
enough to practice summoning them), make power plays
for the Infernals among the nations of men, and harvest as
many mortal souls as possible. They are cunning and powerful
manipulators, and only a dire fool would attempt to gain
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Skills: Bluff +20, Concentration +10,
Diplomacy +24, Forgery +11, Gather
Information +20, Intimidate +22*,
Knowledge (arcana) +18, Knowledge
(infernal lore) +18, Knowledge (any
other) +11, Listen +13, Move Silently
+12, Search +18, Sense Motive +20,
Spellcraft +20, Spot +13
Feats: Combat Casting B , Iron WIll B , Lightning
Reflexes B , and 4 additional feats from the
following: Blind-Fight, Quick Draw, Spell
Penetration, Weapon Finesse, Combo 1
(Dodge, Mobility, Spring Attack), Combo
2 (Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon
Defense, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting),
or Combo 3 (Power Attack, Cleave, Great
Cleave)
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 15
Alignment: Always lawful evil
Advancement: 12–18 HD (Medium);
19–30 HD (Large)
Level Adjustment: —
leverage over one through an infernalist contract. Any gains,
I can assure you, are illusory.
Fortunately, curators can only typically make their way
into this realm when directly summoned, although that summons
bears little control over them. Although humanoid in
appearance, they are always physically warped in torturous
ways. They boast an extremely wide range of supernatural
powers, and I have word that they are universally masters of
the arcane arts as well.
Combat
Curators tend to avoid direct conflict; when force is necessary
they will usually call upon the powers of a myrmidon
Infernal. If forced to defend themselves, they tend to rely on
their spells and spell-like abilities, although many are masters
with melee weapons as well.
Curator Qualities
These are abilities common to all infernal curators.
Equipment: All curators wear +4 leather armor that,
because of its strange design, incurs no penalties to move-
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