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RUIN CHANTER CR: 14 XP: 38,400 CN Medium fey (air, earth) Init: +11; Senses: Low-light vision; Perception +26 __________________________________ AC: 32, touch 18, flat-footed 24 (+7 Dex, +1 dodge, +14 natural) hp: 210 (20 HD) Fort +12, Ref +19, Will +15 DR 15/cold iron and magic; Immune: Disease, poison; SR: 25 __________________________________ Speed: 40 ft., fly 40 ft. (perfect) Melee: +2 adamantine heavy mace +20/+15 (1d8+9) Special Attacks: Bardic performance (33 rounds/day; countersong, dirge of doom, distraction, fascinate, inspire competence +4, inspire courage +3, inspire greatness, soothing performance, suggestion; DC 23), call ruin elemental, infirmity of body, infirmity of mind Spell-Like Abilities (CL 20th, concentration +27, +15 melee touch): 3/day - Crushing despair (DC 21), rusting grasp (DC 21), spike stones (DC 21) __________________________________ Str 20, Dex 25, Con 23, Int 18, Wis 17, Cha 25 Base Atk: +10; CMB: +15; CMD: 33 Feats: Combat Expertise, Dodge, Endurance, Improved Initiative, Mobility, Spring Attack, Toughness, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (heavy mace), Whirlwind Attack Skills: Acrobatics +30, Fly +38, Intimidate +27, Knowledge (engineering) +24, Knowledge (history) +24, Perception +26, Perform (sing) +30, Spellcraft +24, Stealth +30, Survival +23 Languages: Auran, Common, Giant, Sylvan, Terran __________________________________ Environment: Any land (ruins) Organization: Solitary or pair plus 0-3 ruin elementals Treasure: Double __________________________________ Bardic Performance (Su): As a 12th-level bard. Call Ruin Elemental (Su): Once per week, when a ruin chanter is aware of interlopers within the ruins it calls home, it can conjure a ruin elemental after an hour-long ritual. During the ritual, a storm appropriate for the climate strikes the ruin chanter's home. When the ritual is complete, the storm disappears suddenly and a ruin elemental appears, ready to do the ruin chanter's bidding. Since the ruin elemental serves the ruin chanter until the elemental is destroyed, it's possible for a ruin chanter to have more than one ruin elemental serving it. Infirmity of Body (Su): By pointing its finger, a ruin chanter can prematurely age an enemy's body. Doing so imposes a -6 penalty to Strength, Dexterity, and Constitution, and causes the victim's hair to turn white, skin to wrinkle, and posture to stoop (Fortitude DC 27 negates). The penalty lasts for 1 hour or until the victim receives a remove curse spell. A ruin chanter cannot place both infirmity of body and infirmity of mind on the same creature. The save DC is Charisma-based. Infirmity of Mind (Su): With a wave of its hand, a ruin chanter can render a creature senile and unable to reliably tell friend from foe. This ability functions as a confusion spell (Will DC 27 negates) and makes victims appear elderly just as infirmity of body does. Infirmity of mind lasts for 1 hour or until the victim receives a remove curse spell. A ruin chanter cannot place both infirmity of body and infirmity of mind on the same creature. The save DC is Charisma-based.

SANTA CLAUS CR: 14 XP: 38,400 Male human druid (arctic) 13/cleric 5/rogue 2 NG Medium humanoid (human) Init: +4 (+10 in cold terrain); Senses: Perception +22 __________________________________ AC: 23, touch 10, flat-footed 23 (+8 armor, +5 natural) hp: 186 (20 HD) Fort +21, Ref +12, Will +26 Defensive Abilities: Arctic endurance, evasion; Immune: Aging; Resist: Cold 5, fire 5 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft. Melee: Santa's staff of animals +15/+10/+5 (1d6+2) Special Attacks: Channel positive energy (7/day, 3d6, DC 16), sneak attack +1d6, wild shape (4/day; beast shape III, elemental body III, plant shape II) Combat Gear: Bag of tricks (tan), restorative ointment (3), Santa's staff of animals Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th, concentration +13): At will - Clairaudience/clairvoyance 16 rounds/day - Speak with animals 11/day - Lore keeper (+23), touch of good (+2) Cleric Spells Prepared (CL 5th, concentration +13): 3rd - Magic circle against evilD, magic vestment, remove curse, water walk 2nd - Calm emotions (DC 20), detect thoughtsD, make whole, resist energy, shield other 1st - Command (DC 19), detect evil, protection from evilD, remove fear, sanctuary (DC 19), shield of faith 0 (at will) - Create water, detect magic, guidance, resistance D Domain spell. Cleric Domains: Good, Knowledge Druid Spells Prepared (CL 13th, concentration +21, +15 melee touch): 7th - Animal shapesD, heal(DC 25), true seeing 6th - Antilife shellD, find the path, mass cure light wounds (DC 24), transport via plants 5th - Awaken, beast shape III (animals only)D, control winds (DC 23), tree stride (2) 4th - Cure serious wounds (2, DC 22), dispel magic, freedom of movement (2), summon nature's ally IVD 3rd - Cure moderate wounds (DC 21), dominate animalD (DC 21), neutralize poison (DC 21), protection from elements, remove disease, sleet storm, summon nature's ally III 2nd - Barkskin, hold animalD (2, DC 20), lesser restoration, reduce animal, wood shape (2) 1st - Calm animalsD (DC 19), charm animal (DC 19), detect animals or plants, hide from animals, obscuring mist (2), pass without trace 0 (at will) - Detect poison, know direction, mending, purify food and drink D Domain spell. Druid Domain: Animal __________________________________ Str 14, Dex 10, Con 16, Int 13, Wis 26, Cha 18 Base Atk: +13; CMB: +15 (+17 disarm); CMD: 25 (27 vs. disarm) Feats: Combat Casting, Combat Expertise, Craft Staff, Craft Wondrous Item, Great Fortitude, Improved Disarm, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Leadership, Natural Spell, Toughness Skills: Craft (toys) +15, Diplomacy +18, Disable Device +7, Handle Animal +18, Knowledge (geography) +15 (+21 in cold terrain), Knowledge (nature) +17, Perception +22 (+28 in cold terrain), Profession (teamster) +13, Stealth +14 (+20 in cold terrain, +27 in flurry form), Survival +24 (+30 in cold terrain) Gear: Belt of control weather (3/day, CL 20th), boots of spider climbing (as the slippers), bracers of armor +8, cloak of resistance +4, flying sleigh (as 6 ft. by 9 ft. carpet of flying, needs reindeer for steering), hat of inspired wisdom +6 (as the headband), amulet of natural armor +5, sack of holding (as bag type 4, holds about 9,000 gp worth of toys and minor protective, healing, or nonviolent magic items), vest of weather resistance (provides cold and fire resistance 5). Languages: Common, Druidic, Gnome; truespeech SQ: Arctic native, flurry form, holiday spirit, icewalking, nature bond (Animal domain), nature sense, rogue talent (ledge walker), snowcaster, spontaneous casting (cure, summon nature's ally), trapfinding +1, wild empathy +17 __________________________________ Animal Domain: Santa Claus does not currently have an animal companion. All of his reindeer have been awakened and do not count as animal companions (they are now magical beasts instead of animals). He may acquire a new animal companion if he feels the need. Holiday Spirit (Su/Sp): Santa Claus is filled with holy power, granting him the truespeech ability (as tongues), immunity to aging, a +2 bonus to all his ability scores, and the ability to use clairaudience/clairvoyance at will as a spell-like ability. Santa’s Staff of Animals: This finely crafted wooden staff is adorned with gold, detailed emerald enamelwork, and bells; it’s crowned with a carving of a reindeer. It allows the use of the following spells: • animal trance (1 charge) • calm animals (1 charge) • charm animal (1 charge) • dominate animal (1 charge) • hide from animals (1 charge) • speak with animals (1 charge) Caster Level: 6th; Prerequisites: Craft Staff, animal trance, calm animals, charm animal, dominate animal, hide from animals, speak with animals; Market Price: 28,125 gp. Low CR: Although he is a 20th-level character, Santa Claus is not optimized for combat. His CR is lower than most characters of his Hit Dice.

SANTA'S COMPANIONS Santa Claus has a base Leadership score of 28 (30 for the purpose of attracting followers). His cohort is his wife, Mrs. Claus (NG female human adept 18). He has 135 1st-level followers, 13 2nd-level followers, 7 3rd-level, 4 4th-level, 2 5th-level, and 2 6th-level; nearly all of his followers are gnome commoners or experts who work as toymakers.

Santa's sleigh is pulled by a team of eight awakened reindeer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen. Some say he has a ninth reindeer whose muzzle glows as brightly as a daylight spell; these claims are unconfirmed.

In addition, Santa has several companions, including Belsnickel (CN male human rogue 10/fighter 5), Black Piet (NG male human bard 10), and Knecht Ruprecht (NG male human commoner 8), and the monstrous Krampus. His cohort, followers, reindeer, and companions all share his immunity to aging.

VODYANOI Vodyanoi are aquatic cousins - or perhaps forebears - of the common umber hulk. They have the aquatic subtype, the amphibious special quality, and a swim speed of 20 ft. They only have one set of eyes (the large multifaceted pair on the sides of the head) and lack the common umber hulk's confusing gaze ability.

TRULY HORRID UMBER HULK CR: 14 XP: 38,400 CE Huge aberration Init: -2; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +16 __________________________________ AC: 32, touch 6, flat-footed 32 (-2 size, -2 Dex, +26 natural) hp: 230 (20 HD) Fort +12, Ref +6, Will +15 Weakness: Light sensitivity __________________________________ Speed: 20 ft., burrow 20 ft. (10 ft. through stone) Melee: Bite +26 (3d8+12/19-20), 2 claws +25 (3d6+12) Space: 15 ft.; Reach: 15 ft. Special Attacks: Confusing gaze (DC 22) __________________________________ Str 34, Dex 6, Con 23, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 14 Base Atk: +15; CMB: +29; CMD: 37 Feats: Great Fortitude, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Natural Armor (x3), Improved Natural Attack (claw), Power Attack, Lightning Reflexes, Toughness, Weapon Focus (bite) Skills: Climb +35, Perception +26, Sense Motive +23, Stealth +13 Languages: Terran, Undercommon __________________________________ Environment: Underground Organization: Solitary Treasure: Standard