Epic Level Handbook

Skills and Feats: Concentration +29, Diplomacy +31,Knowledge (religion) +30, Spellcraft +30, WildernessLore +24; Combat Casting, Craft Magic Arms andArmor, Empower Spell, Epic Spellcasting, Extend Spell,Great Wisdom, Martial Weapon Proficiency (battleaxe),Maximize Spell, Quicken Spell, Survivor.Divine Emissary: Telepathically communicatewith outsiders that serve Auril or are neutral evil, 60-foot range.Hierophant Special Abilities: Blast infidel, divinereach, spell power +2, spell-like abilities (cone of cold 2/dayand ice storm 4/day).Immune to Cold: Iyraclea has used a miracle spell tomake herself completely immune to cold.Imbue with Spell Ability: Spell-like ability usable at will.Sacred Defense: +2 bonus on saves against divinespells and the supernatural and spell-like abilities ofoutsiders.Transcendence: protection from good as a free action,usable at will; +2 bonus on Charisma-based skill and abilitychecks when dealing with followers of Auril.Cleric Spells per Day: 6/9/8/8/8/8/5/6/5/6; base DC 19 +spell level. Deity: Auril. Domains: Air (turn earth/rebukeair 6/day), Storm (electricity resistance 5), Water (turnfire/rebuke water 6/day). Caster level 25th.Epic Cleric Spells per Day: 2; save DC 29.Possessions: Staff of frost (45 charges; can’t usewall of ice function), +3 icy blast baltleaxe,+5 fire resistance full plate, +5 moderate fortificationlarge steel shield, +5 mighty icyburst composite shortbow (+2 Str bonus),50 +5 arrows, ring of evasion, ring of freedomof movement, rod of flame extinguishing,periapt of Wisdom +6, amulet of naturalarmor +3, cloak of resistance +2, rod ofabsorption, minor circlet of blasting.The self-styled Ice Queen, Iyraclealives in or beneath a castle ofsculpted ice somewhere in thenorthern reaches of the GreatGlacier. She is a mighty cleric ofAuril, and embodies the Frostmaiden’sfury in her relentlessassaults on the people of Sossal. Sheis served by gelugons, called theIcy Claws of Iyraclea.Iyraclea is said to occasionallyuse spells to kidnap young, vigorouswizards from Sossal and eventhe southern lands of Vaasa andDamara. Some speculate that sheneeds their life essences to prolongher own, for she does seemto be very long-lived. Perhapsshe’s assembling a force of wizardsloyal to her or coercedinto her service, or somehow channelingtheir spell power to extend the Great Glacier’s reachonce again into the Cold Lands.Iyraclea is known for her fearsome epic spells, bearingsuch names as icerazor, ice fist, and cold claws.IcerazorEvocation [Cold]Spellcraft DC: 40Components: V, S, XPCasting Time: 1 actionRange: 300 ft.Effect: A bolt of cold 300 ft. long and 10 ft. wideDuration: InstantaneousSaving Throw: Reflex halfSpell Resistance: YesTo Develop: 360,000 gp; 8 days; 14,400 XP. Seeds:destroy (DC 29), energy (DC 19). Factors: 1-action castingtime (+20 DC), change target to area (+2 DC).Mitigating factors: burn 2,000 XP (–20 DC), 10d6backlash (–10 DC).This spell creates a slicing bolt of energy that deals10d6 points of damage plus 20d6 points of cold damageto creatures it strikes. If the target is killed ordestroyed by the bolt, the remains are utterly destroyedas if disintegrated.APPENDIX 1:EPIC NPCSOF FAERÛN303