Elder Evils

Sickening Slime (Ex) All creatures within 5 feet of Dorn must
succeed on a DC 23 Fortitude save or take a –1 circumstance
penalty on attack rolls and skill checks for as long
as they remain within range.
Light Sensitivity (Ex) Dorn is dazzled in bright sunlight or
within the radius of a daylight spell.
Contagion (Su) As the contagion spell; 1/day; caster level
10th.
Corrosive Touch (Ex) Three
times per day, Dorn can
secrete a slime. The next
time he makes an unarmed
attack, that attack
does not provoke attacks
of opportunity and deals
an extra 2d6 points of
acid damage.
Corrosive Spew (Ex)
Once per day
as a standard
action, Dorn
can spew a
30-foot line
of corrosive
goo dealing
8d6 points of
acid damage to
any creature in the
area (Reflex DC 22
half).
Summon Demon (Sp)
Automatically summon
one demon that has
5 HD or fewer; 1/day;
caster level 15th. This
ability is the equivalent
of a 5th-level spell.
Summon Ooze (Sp) Automatically
summon a
gray ooze (MM 202),
ochre jelly (MM 202),
gelatinous cube (MM
201), or patch of green
slime (DMG 76); 1/day;
caster level 7th. This ability
is the equivalent of a 4th-level spell.
Summon Pudding (Sp) Automatically summon
one black pudding (MM 201); 1/day; caster
level 7th. This ability is the equivalent of a 4th-level spell.
VANESSA MACKELROY
“When they took me, I wept for seven days. I tried to escape, tried
to flee, but each time they pulled me back. I realized perhaps I was
supposed to be here, supposed to learn from these people—and
learn I did.”
—Vanessa Mackelroy, High Priestess of Zargon
An expert on dead gods, Vanessa had traveled the world
recovering samples from lost religions to understand the
cultures behind them. Her career came to an abrupt end when
she sought the Lost City. What she learned from the masked
inhabitants of the madhouse destroyed her respect for the
gods, setting a new course for her as a priestess of Zargon.
Dorn
GOALS
Vanessa’s time with the cult altered her personality. Instead
of the detached archeologist she once was, she is a wanton
hedonist, obsessed with pleasure and dulling her senses by
sampling the bizarre drugs used by the Cynidiceans. She craves
the oblivion that intoxication brings and fears she has reached
the limits of what these strange people can offer her.
USING THIS MINION
Like Dorn, Vanessa transforms over the course
of the campaign. When the PCs first meet
her, she should
be detached and
businesslike. She’s
friendly enough, but
has trouble connecting
with others. After she
falls in with the Cynidiceans,
she abandons her pursuit of knowledge,
looking into herself for the answers
she seeks. What she finds is emptiness—
perfect, endless emptiness.
At first, Vanessa relies on her archivist
abilities, but later she focuses on entropomancer
powers.
DESCRIPTION
Vanessa spent her entire life hiding
her tiefling heritage, wearing heavy
clothing to conceal the dark markings
speckling the skin of her arms
and chest. With her descent into
profligacy, she now exults in the
strangeness her fiendish blood
grants her. She has long black hair
and dark circles under her eyes.
The black spots on her skin move,
as though a creature were writhing
beneath her flesh. Her ears
are slightly pointed, upswept,
and pierced a dozen times each.
She cuts herself and packs the
wounds with powders, oozes, and
gels. She claims the pain is exquisite.
The wreckage of her flesh testifies to how often she
uses these strange drugs.
Vanessa Mackelroy CR 14
hp 86 (14 HD)
Female tiefling archivist HH 7/entropomancer CD 7
LE Medium outsider (native)
Init +6; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Listen +0, Spot +0
Languages Common, Draconic, Elven, Gnome, Goblin, Infernal,
Undercommon
AC 19, touch 13, flat-footed 17
Immune mind-affecting spells and abilities
Resist cold 5, electricity 5, fi re 5
Fort +15, Ref +7 Will +11; +2 against enchantments
Speed 30 ft.
Melee +2 defending longsword +11/+6 (1d8+3/19–20)
Ranged +2 light crossbow +12 (1d8+2/19–20)
Base Atk +8; Grp +9
Illus. by W. England
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