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Lady-in-Waiting
Medium Undead (Incorporeal)
Hit Dice: 9d12 (58 hp)
Initiative: +7
Speed: Fly 60 ft. (good) (12 squares)
Armor Class: 17 (+3 Dex, +4 deflection),
touch 17, flat-footed 14
Base Attack/Grapple: +4/—
Attack: Incorporeal touch +7 melee (1d8
plus 1d6 Charisma drain)
Full Attack: Incorporeal touch +7 melee
(1d8 plus 1d6 Charisma drain)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Charisma drain, hateful
gaze
Special Qualities: +2 turn resistance,
darkvision 60 ft., incorporeal traits, lowlight
vision, undead traits
The figure is stunning—a finely-dressed
female with flawless features and sorrowful eyes.
When she meets your gaze, you feel a sense of
melancholy and sadness... but also one of dread
and malevolence.
Combat
A lady-in-waiting often chooses a particular
individual or a couple to be the object of its
malicious attention. It then shadows its targets,
waiting for the best moment to strike. When
possible, it traps the lovers together, using its
hateful gaze to drive them to destroy one another.
Alternatively, the lady-in-waiting may
employ its gaze against only one of the couple,
perhaps even retreating from its victim to fool it
into believing that the spirit has been defeated. The
victim then “escapes” and returns to the lover —
whom he or she now sees as a deadly enemy. The
lady-in-waiting then uses its deadly incorporeal
touch attack to finish the heartbroken victim.
Charisma Drain (Su): Living creatures hit
by a lady-in-waiting’s incorporeal touch attack
must succeed on a DC 18 Fortitude save or take
130
Saves: Fort +3, Ref +6, Will +7
Abilities: Str —, Dex 17, Con —, Int 14,
Wis 12, Cha 18
Skills: Diplomacy +6, Hide +15, Intimidate
+16, Listen +13, Search +14, Sense Motive
+13, Spot +13, Survival +1 (+3 following
tracks)
Feats: Blind-Fight, Combat Expertise,
Flyby Attack, Improved Initiative
Environment: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 7
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: 10-18 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
1d6 points of Charisma drain. The save DC is
Charisma-based. Those reduced to Charisma 0
by a lady-in-waiting’s touch become so loathsome
and repulsive to themselves that they retreat into
a comatose state and are no longer aware of
themselves or their environment. In this comatose
state, the creature loses 2d10 hit points per day
until it perishes or awakens. These hit points
cannot be regained until the creature awakens,
and can then be recovered by normal or magical
healing.
Hateful Gaze (Su): Range 30 feet, caster
level 9th, Will DC 18 negates. The save DC is
Charisma-based. A creature that fails its save
against the lady-in-waiting’s hateful gaze believes
that its closest friend or lover is a hated enemy
and seeks at once to kill the “enemy,” using the
most efficacious means at its disposal. Unlike a
standard gaze attack, the lady-in-waiting must
use a standard action, and those merely looking at
it are not affected. The effect lasts 2d6 hours, or
until the lady-in-waiting is destroyed. The effect of
the hateful gaze can be removed with a successful
dispel magic or remove curse.