Elder Evils

ENCOUNTER 8-3
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NMOST VAULT
Encounter Level 23
SETUP
Avamerin spends all his time here in morbid contemplation
while the Vanguard is unleashed on the world; he
ventures out only when he needs to select a new agent.
The corrupted planetar stands near the skull of Sertrous.
Sertrous himself does not appear until the PCs defeat
Avamerin, either by slaying him or otherwise incapacitating
him to the point where he can no longer guard the
Inmost Vault. At this point, Sertrous is forced to resurrect
as his aspect, rather than in his true form. In this form, the
PCs might have a chance to defeat him. Four golothoma
demons writhe up out of the bog around the island to join
the fray at this time as well.
When the characters enter the vault, read:
The shaft opens into a vast bog dotted here and
there with sick, twisted trees nourished on
whatever their bulging roots can pull from the
rancid waters. Clouds of gnats buzz in the air,
and the sky above is the featureless gray of an
overcast day. The air is choking in its foulness.
The shaft’s exit rises from a low well at one end
of an hourglass-shaped area of soggy peat. At the
other end sits a slightly crooked and cracked
pillar, atop of which rests the skull of a snake with
five jaws arrayed around the head like the petals
of a dead rose.
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Avamerin CR 20
hp 250 (20 HD); regeneration 10; DR 10/evil
Advanced elite planetar
CE Large outsider (angel, extraplanar, good)
Init +10; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Listen
+28, Spot +28
Aura corrupted aura (20 ft.)
Languages Celestial, Infernal, Draconic; tongues
AC 41, touch 14, flat-footed 37
Immune acid, cold, critical hits, petrification, sneak attacks
Resist electricity 10, fire 10; SR 30
Fort +20, Ref +18, Will +19; +4 against poison
Speed 30 ft. (6 squares), fly 90 ft. (good)
Melee +3 speed greatsword +34/+34/+29/+24/+19
(3d6+21/17–20)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Base Atk +20; Grp +33
Atk Options Improved Bull Rush, Improved Sunder, Power
Attack
Special Actions Dark Speech
Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 17th):
9th—gate, implosion D (DC 26)
8th—cloak of chaos D (DC 25), quickened death ward, fire
storm (DC 25)
7th—quickened cure serious wounds, destruction
(DC 24), disintegrate D (+25 ranged touch, DC 24),
quickened dispel magic
6th—antilife shell, greater dispel magic, harm D (DC 23),
heal (2), quickened sound burst (DC 19)
5th—greater command (DC 22), mass inflict light
wounds D (DC 22), quickened divine favor, righteous
might, quickened shield of faith, slay living (+31 melee
touch, DC 22)
4th—chaos hammer D (DC 21), cure critical wounds (2),
divine power, freedom of movement, inflict critical
wounds (DC 21), poison (+31 melee touch, DC 21)
3rd—bestow curse (+31 melee touch, DC 20), contagion D
(+31 melee touch, DC 20), cure serious wounds (4),
protection from energy, searing light (+25 ranged
touch)
2nd—calm emotions (DC 19), cure moderate wounds
(4), hold person (DC 19), shatter D (DC 19), silence
(DC 19)
1st—command (DC 18), cure light wounds (4),
deathwatch, inflict light wounds D (+31 melee touch,
DC 18), sanctuary (DC 18)
0—cure minor wounds (2), guidance (2), mending (2)
D: Domain spell; Domains: Chaos, Destruction
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th):
At will—continual flame, dispel magic, holy smite
(DC 20), invisibility (self only), lesser restoration,
remove curse (DC 19), remove fear, speak with dead
(DC 19)
3/day—blade barrier (DC 22), flame strike (DC 21),
polymorph (self only), power word stun, raise dead,
waves of fatigue
1/day—earthquake (DC 24), greater restoration, mass
charm monster (DC 24), waves of exhaustion
Abilities Str 34, Dex 22, Con 26, Int 20, Wis 24, Cha 22
Feats Dark Speech, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Critical
(greatsword), Improved Initiative, Improved Sunder,
Power Attack, Quicken Spell
Skills Bluff +18, Concentration +31, Diplomacy +31, Hide
+29, Intimidate +31, Knowledge (arcana) +28,
Knowledge (history) +28, Knowledge (religion) +28,
Knowledge (the planes) +28, Listen +30, Move Silently
+29, Sense Motive +30, Search +28, Spot +30
Possessions +3 heavy fortification mithral breastplate, +3
speed greatsword, belt of giant strength +6
Corrupted Aura (Su) Avamerin’s protective aura has
become corrupted. It now provides a –4 penalty to AC
and a –4 penalty on saving throws to anyone but the
planetar within 20 feet. This aura suppresses any
protection from evil effects within its reach. This aura
can be dispelled, but the angel can create it again as a
free action on its next turn.
Regeneration (Ex) A planetar takes normal damage from
evil-aligned weapons and from spells and effects that
have the evil descriptor.