Azata, Storyweaver Lilend

This creature has the body of a seductive, winged elven woman from the waist up, and that of a snake from the waist down.

Stroryweaver Lilend Azata CR 13

XP 25,600
Spellcaster (arcane)
CE Large outsider (azata, chaotic, extraplanar, good)
Init +6; Senses low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +5

DEFENSE

AC 28, touch 15, flat-footed 22 (+6 Dex, +13 natural, -1 size)
hp 195 (17d6+136)
Fort +13, Ref +11, Will +15
Immune electricity, petrification, poison; Resist cold 10, fire 10

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., fly 120 ft. (average) Melee +2 longsword +18/+13 (2d6+12/19-20), tail slap +11 (2d6+4 plus grab and poison)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft.
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th, concentration +21)

• 3/day–darkness, geas/quest, hallucinatory terrain (DC 18), knock, light, quickened suggestion (DC 17)
• 1/day–dominate monster (DC 23), dominate person (DC 19), legend lore, speak with animals, speak with plants

Bard Spells Known (13th, concentration +17)

• 5th (1/day) mass suggestion (DC 21), mind fog (DC 21)
• 4th (4/day)–cure critical wounds, locate creature, modify memory (DC 20), neutralize poison
• 3rd (5/day)–clairaudience/clairvoyance; cure serious wounds, glibness, major image (DC 17), scrying
• 2nd (6/day)–alter self, detect thoughts (DC 16), hold person (DC 18), invisibility, sound burst (DC 16)
• 1st (6/day)–cure light wounds, identify, sleep (DC 17), silent image (DC 15), undetectable alignment, unseen servant
• 0 (at will)–dancing lights, daze (DC 16), detect magic, lullaby (DC 16), mage hand, read magic

Special Attacks bardic performance (34 rounds/day), constrict (2d6+4), gaze (charm monster, DC 22)

STATISTICS

Str 28, Dex 23, Con 26, Int 15, Wis 20, Cha 19
Base Atk +8; CMB +18 (+22 grapple); CMD 34 (can’t be tripped)
Feats Combat Casting, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wondrous Item, Eschew Materials, Hover, Greater Spell Focus (enchantment), Spell Focus (enchantment), Quicken Spell-Like Ability (suggestion), Spellsong
Skills Bluff +24, Craft (any one) +22, Knowledge (history, local) +22, Linguistics +6, Spellcraft +22, Survival +26; Racial Modifier +4 Bluff, +4 Survival
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal; truespeech, speak with animals, speak with plants
SQ profane gift

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Bardic Performance

A storyweaver lillend has the bardic performance ability of a 13th-level bard, granting her access to the abilities countersong, dirge of doom, fascinate, inspire courage, inspire competence, inspire greatness, soothing performance, and suggestion.

Poison (Ex)

contact; save Fort DC 26; onset 1 minute; frequency 1/round for 6 rounds; effect 2d4 Wis damage; cure 2 consecutive saves. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Profane Gift (Su)

Once per day as a full-round action, the storyweaver lillend may grant a profane gift to a willing humanoid creature by touching it for 1 full round. The target gains a +6 profane bonus to an ability score of his choice. A single creature may have no more than one profane gift at a time. As long as the profane gift persists, the storyweaver lillend can communicate telepathically with the target across any distance (and may use any mind-affecting spells or spell-like abilities through the connection). The profane gift is removed by dispel evil. The storyweaver lillend can remove it as well as a free action (causing 2d6 Charisma drain to the victim, no save).

Spellcasting

A storyweaver lillend casts spells as a 13th-level bard.

ECOLOGY

Environment any
Organization solitary
Treasure standard (+2 longsword, masterwork harp)

A lillend can lead herself down a long path of self-corruption when she tires of cataloging tales, and desires to make her own. Frustrations build as mortals and fate refuses to meet the lillend’s thematic desires, and the storyweaver learns it’s best to not leave events to chance. Eventually, mortal life or freedoms becomes paltry concerns in comparison to the azata’s art.

The storyweaver lillend may approach potential -actors- as a powerful patron offering grand gifts to gain favor. She may also blackmail or control after wearing down resistance with a poisoned caress. Some storyweaver lillend’s try to stay hands off, preferring to set up the dominoes and watch them fall, while others might like to play roles within her drama.