Epic Level Handbook

Spot +24, Use Rope +6; Craft Magic Arms and Armor,Craft Wondrous Item, Create Portal, Delay Spell,Improved Initiative, Improved Spell Capacity (10th),Improved Spell Capacity (11th), Improved Spell Capacity(12th), Magical Artisan (Create Portal), MaximizeSpell, Multispell, Quicken Spell, Scribe Scroll, SkillFocus (Spellcraft), Spell Focus (Enchantment), SpellFocus (Transmutation), Spellcasting Prodigy.Arcane Fire (Su): Halaster may cast any spell as anenergy bolt (range 600 ft., damage 5d6 + 1d6 points perspell level).Arcane Reach: Halaster’s touch spells have a 30-footrange.Mastery of Counterspelling: When Halaster successfullycounterspells any spell subject to spell turning,he reflects it fully back on the original caster. Aspell not subject to spell turning is merelycounterspelled.Mastery of Elements: Halaster canprepare any arcane spell he knows withthe acid, cold, fire, electricity, or sonicdesignator to be cast as a different element. For example, a fireball may beprepared to deal sonic damageinstead of fire damage.Enhanced Ability Scores:Halaster has used wish spells toincrease his Intelligence andWisdom each by 3 points.Magic Abilities: Throughpermanency and wish spells,Halaster has the followingcontinuous abilities: move incomplete silence, pass withouttrace, protection from arrows, trueseeing, walk on air as if it werefirm land (as the 12th-levelability of the phantom steedspell).Undermountain Entrenchments(usable onlywhen Halaster is withinUndermountain):Longevity: Halaster does notage.Image Projection: Halastermay manifest up to thirty projected images of himselfin different parts of Undermountain (he does not needvisual contact with them, may cast spells through them,and may transfer himself to the place of any projectionas a free action).Portal Control: Halaster knows if any portal in Undermountainis used. He may activate, deactivate, orchange the destination of any portal within Undermountainas a standard action.Wizard Spells per Day: 4/6/6/6/6/5/5/2/4/3/1/1/1.Base DC 20 + spell level, 22 + spell level for Enchantmentand Transmutation spells. Caster level 30th.Possessions: Ring of regeneration, horned ring (teleport3/day when within Undermountain, negate arcane lockor nonprismatic magical barriers by touch, acts as aring of freedom of movement, absorbs all magic missile andelectricity effects), 1d20 flying daggers (animatedflying objects with a +1 enhancement bonus), robe ofeyes, ring of protection +5. In addition to these items thathe always carries, Halaster has caches of magic itemsall over Undermountain containing powerful itemsof all sorts.The creator of Undermountain, HalasterBlackcloak is widely and correctly thoughtof as a very old, very powerful wizard . . .who is also completely insane.The ancient mage is expert insuch diverse talents as gemcutting,engineering, and the breeding andcontrol of monsters (living andundead) from other planes. Hisinsanity makes him constantly chuckleand mutter to himself, and he seemsunable to follow arguments or conversationsfor long. However, hisinsanity does not prevent himfrom seeing danger or menacewhen it threatens—or defendinghimself with lightning speedand efficiency.Halaster possesses hundredsof magic items, and when inUndermountain (where he’susually “hidden in the walls,”employing his own secret networkof passages), he can command constructssuch as golems, helmedhorrors, and crawling claws.Halaster can also call on contingencyspells, clones of himself,and the tricks and traps ofUndermountain, including a“moving portal” that can snatchup himself or others and whiskthem elsewhere.Halaster’s moments of sanityin Undermountain are rare, butoutside it he’s usually lucid. On such occasions, Halasteris fastidious, meticulous, dignified, cold, and proper. Heremembers any slight or aid given him and brooks noinsolence—and also tries to get his own way in everything,caring nothing for the destruction or harm hemay do in the process.The Blackcloak’s chief interests include collectingnew monsters and magic. After thousands of years,little of either is really “new” to him. While waiting forsuch delights, he amuses himself by manipulatingevents and politics to his whims.APPENDIX 1:EPIC NPCSOF FAERÛN295