Elder Evils

CHAPTER 5
THE LEVIATHAN
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Aspect of the Leviathan CR 16
hp 594 (33 HD); fast healing 5; DR 15/lawful
CN Colossal aberration (aquatic, chaotic)
Init +4; Senses blindsight 500 ft., darkvision 60 ft., low-light
vision, true seeing; Listen +13, Spot +13
AC 26, touch 2, flat-footed 26
Immune anathematic secrecy (malefi c property), elder evil
immunities (page 6), fi re
Resist acid 10, cold 20, electricity 10; SR 28
Fort +23, Ref +11, Will +19
Speed 20 ft. (4 squares), swim 60 ft. (12 squares)
Melee bite +32 (4d6+16) and
4 slams +31 each (2d8+8) and
tail slap +30 (4d6+8)
Space 50 ft.; Reach 20 ft.
Base Atk +24; Grp +56
Atk Options Awesome Blow, Combat Reflexes, Improved
Bull Rush, Improved Grab, Improved Overrun, Power
Attack
Special Actions chaotic surge, swallow whole
Abilities Str 42, Dex 10, Con 30, Int 6, Wis 13, Cha 7
SQ nondetection sign (eerie weather), true death (malefi c
property)
Feats Alertness, Awesome Blow, Combat Reflexes, Great
Fortitude, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Grab, Improved
Initiative, Improved Natural Attack (slam), Improved
Overrun, Multiattack, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (slam)
Skills Listen +13, Spot +13, Swim +32
True Seeing (Su) As the true seeing spell; continuous; caster
level 20th.
Chaotic Surge (Sp) Once per day, an aspect of the Leviathan
can release a burst of pure chaotic energy. All creatures
in a 60-foot radius must make a DC 24 Fortitude save or
suffer a random chaotic effect, as determined on the following
table.
d% Effect
01–05 Dazed
06–10 Blinded (50%) or deafened (50%) for 1d4 rounds
11–20 Blinded and deafened for 1d4 rounds
21–30 Fascinated for 1d4 rounds
31–45 Stunned for 1d4 rounds
46–60 Confused for 1d4 rounds
61–75 Take 1d4 points of damage to a random ability
76–90 Take 1d3 points of drain to a random ability
91–95 Take 1d6 negative levels
96–99 Paralyzed for 1d4 rounds
100 Dead
Swallow Whole (Ex) An aspect of the Leviathan can try to
swallow a grabbed opponent of up to Huge size by making
a successful grapple check.
The swallowed creature takes 3d8+10 points of
bludgeoning damage and 2d8+4 points of acid damage
per round from the aspect’s gizzard. A swallowed creature
can cut its way out by using a light slashing or piercing
weapon to deal 42 points of damage to the gizzard
(AC 22). Once the creature exits, muscular action closes
the hole; another swallowed opponent must cut its own
way out.
The gizzard of an aspect of the Leviathan can hold
2 Huge, 8 Large, 32 Medium, 128 Small, or 512 Tiny or
smaller opponents.
Improved Grab (Ex) To use this ability, an aspect of the Leviathan
must hit an opponent of up to Gargantuan size with
a bite attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a
free action without provoking attacks of opportunity. If it
wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can try
to swallow the opponent in the following round.
Skills An aspect of the Leviathan has a +8 racial bonus
on any Swim check to perform some special action or
avoid a hazard. It can always choose to take 10 on a
Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. It can use
the run action while swimming, provided it swims in a
straight line.
Anathematic Secrecy (Su) The Leviathan is immune to all
divine divination spell effects.
Nondetection (Su) As the nondetection spell; continuous;
caster level 20th.
True Death (Su) Any creature that dies within 1,000 miles
of an aspect of Leviathan cannot be raised by any
means. In addition, all spells and spell-like effects that
have the death descriptor are cast at +4 caster level.
This property does not come into effect until the Leviathan
truly wakes (when its overwhelming eerie weather
sign manifests).
AXIHUATL
“Long have the air-breathers plagued my people. Long have they
interfered with our destiny. Their dominion over this world shall
soon end, drowned beneath the mighty waters. The Leviathan shall
rise, my people, and we shall be its masters!”
—Axihuatl, priest of Demogorgon
The vampiric ixitxachitl called Axihuatl is nearly three
centuries old and has grown to enormous size and power.
A faithful priest of Demogorgon, Axihuatl is an exemplary
member of his species, which is to say he is cruel, hateful,
violent, and nothing less than fanatical in his desire to rid
the world of the hated surface-dwellers.
GOALS
The ixitxachitls always knew that the Leviathan exists—in
the depths of the seas, it’s hard to miss such a vast creature—but
they remained ignorant of the beast’s true nature and power.
During his years spent studying ancient and near-forgotten
lore, Axihuatl discovered how to harness the Leviathan’s
chaotic energy for his people’s use.
It is his intention to use rituals to rouse the Leviathan—but
not to wake it completely, since that would end the world as
well as Axihuatl and his people. In a state of semiwakefulness,
however, the Leviathan is susceptible to at least partial control,
and its enormous destructive powers can be channeled
against specific targets. Axihuatl intends to turn it against
the surface-dwellers and their hated continents, leaving
the world under miles of water where the ixitxachitl can
rule unopposed. Axihuatl finds it deliciously ironic that, in
the guise of the human cult-leader Enshaddon, he uses the
surface-dwellers to perform those portions of the ritual that
must be carried out on land.
USING AXIHUATL
Axihuatl does not make his presence known immediately.
For much of the time, the PCs see him as Enshaddon and
believe that he is nothing more than a demented human