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Infernal, Curator
negates. The save DC is Charisma-based. These penalties are
cumulative with subsequent attacks.
Resistances (Ex): Each curator has resistance of 20 to two
of the following: acid, cold, electricity, fire.
Telepathy (Su): Curators can communicate via telepathy
with any creature within 90 feet that is capable of understanding
it, though they usually choose to speak aloud.
Darksight (Su): Curators can see clearly in absolutely any
kind of darkness, magical or otherwise.
Soul Mark (Su): Curators can place an invisible mark upon
any soul marked for collection, which includes anyone they kill
as well as souls sold in deals. This mark ensures that the soul
will remain in this realm after death, until the Infernals collect
it. Anyone under the effects of a protection from evil spell is
immune to this effect under involuntary circumstances only.
Paladins, clerics (of all kinds), and other religious servant PC
classes are immune to this ability, though they may forego this
immunity voluntarily. At the DM’s option characters that, while
not paladins or clerics, who are particularly pious might be
allowed a Will save (DC 25) to resist this. Circumstances such
as bearing a holy symbol or being on holy ground might, at the
DM’s option, add a circumstance bonus to the save.
Spell-like Abilities: At will—arcane mark, detect magic, invisibility,
mage hand, read magic, sending; 3/day—charm person (DC 15),
clairvoyance/clairaudience, detect thoughts (DC 16), dispel good (DC
19), dispel magic, greater teleport, hold person (DC 17), legend lore, lesser
geas (DC 18), mage armor, scrying, suggestion (DC 17), true seeing;
1/day—geas/quest (DC 20); Caster level 11th (equals HD).
The save DC is Intelligence-based. The spells geas/quest and
lesser geas can only be cast upon a subject to force him to fulfill
a contractual agreement.
Spells: All curators have the spellcasting abilities of wizards
equal in level to their hit dice. Virtually all curators specialize
in one school of magic, although general abilities vary
greatly. The schools of Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment
and Illusion are slightly more common than others.
Spell Resistance (Ex): All curators have spell resistance 10
+ their HD.
Summoning (Su): A curator can summon additional
Infernals to Caen in certain circumstances. One is when it delegates
its contractual duties to a myrmidon level Infernal for
execution, in which case it summons the necessary myrmidon,
instructs it about its duties, and then departs. Another is as a
defense mechanism whereby the curator summons a myrmidon
to fight in its place by literally swapping places with it instantaneously
as a free action (the myrmidon comes to Caen, and
the curator returns home).
Skills: *When a curator answers a summons it gains a +4
circumstance bonus to Intimidate checks from its warped environment.
See Infernal Presence for more detail.
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Specialization
In addition to those qualities common to all curators, every
curator bears some form of specialization. A typical curator
will has 1d4–1 of these abilities. What follows are merely
examples; some are far more common than others.
Tricks of the Trade (Ex): Because of their individual
personality or because of advantages garnered in past deals,
curators oftentimes have a specialty area when it comes to
bargaining. When negotiating deals where they are able to play
these advantages they gain a +4 circumstance bonus to Bluff,
Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Sense Motive checks.
Some examples of advantages are as follows:
Contagious Wrath: The curator has a knack for stoking the
fires of anger within an individual. It gains a bonus when vengeance
upon another is at stake in a deal.
Deferred Payment: These Infernals have a penchant for setting
circumstances up for greater future gains, rather than immediate
gains, and will take deferred forms of payment that oftentimes
seem quite innocuous. They gain a bonus versus subjects
whose needs are very immediate.
Well Connected: The infernal has many connections on Caen.
It gains a bonus when negotiating in regards to setting deals up
through human (or humanoid) contacts.
Bargaining Chips: The infernal has established a treasure
hoard of some sort somewhere on Caen that it uses in negotiating
(it does not desire wealth itself). It gains a bonus when
wealth is the desired gain of a contract.
Fruits of Desire (Su): The curator has the ability to
summon illusory visages in a negotiating target’s mind of the
target’s greatest desires. This is an Enchantment effect, and
protection against such effects affects this ability. Victims
receive a Will save (DC 21) to resist this ability. Those that
fail suffer a –4 penalty to saves versus additional Enchantment
(charm) spells cast by the curator during that particular negotiation.
Additionally, the curator gains a +2 circumstance bonus
to Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Sense Motive
checks against the target.
Nocturnal Terror (Su): Once the Infernal has sealed
a contract with a given individual, it may reappear in that
individual’s dreams, turning them into horrid nightmares at
the center of which is always the curator. The Infernal may
not use any special abilities while in these dreams, nor may it
be affected in absolutely any way. Curators frequently use this
ability to terrorize dealmakers into making further deals and
committing acts outside the bounds of their agreement. Once
the victim completes its contractual obligation, the Infernal
may no longer exercise this ability over him.
Pain Lightning (Su): The infernal may shoot forth streaks
of purple lightning from its fingertips. These function just as
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