Shade
Climate/Terrain: Any in Anuire
Frequency: Unique awnsheghlien
Organization: Solitary
Activity cycle: nocturnal
Diet: carnivore, esp. rats
Intelligence: high (16)
Treasure: Table of Belinik, 2 GB
Alignment: neutral evil (true neutral, as per white noise)
Armor Class: 0, -4 in shadowform
Movement: 12, 6 in shadowform
Hit Dice: 13 (hp. 77)
Thaco: nil
# attacks: 1
Dmg attacks: 1d4 and -1 to strength (see below)
Special attacks: spells, chill touch, hypnosis
Special defenses: spells, +1 or more to hit, +3 or more in shadowform
Magic resistence: 25%
Size: medium (5'9")
Bloodline: Azrai Great 63
Bloodabilities: Whitenoise (major), Bloodform (great), Shadowform
(great), Snake eyes (minor ),Ironwill (minor), Resistence (minor), Migrant
blood (minor)
XP Value: 12,000
This awnshegh looks like a faceless vos warrior. he is completely hairless
and smooth, with deep purple- red skin. His voice appears to come from
all around. He appears cool to the touch, but is impossible to get a grip
on; attempting
to grasp him more than just lightly causes the grasping hand to pass
through him as if through smoke. He walks slowly, gracefully at times,
but when it is required he can flit about like the shadows thrown by a
bonfire.
Combat: The Shade tends to avoid physical combat at all costs.
He prefers to allow his enemies to destroy themselves. However, when combat
is truly neccessary, he uses his spells to attack. He casts his spells
at 12th level ability.
He also has the ability to cast chill touch at will. This is used at
first level ability.
The shade also has the ability to turn into a liquid, mobile shadow
form. Although he can do this at will, it takes one full round for the
change to take place. Thus he uses this ability to escape combat only when
the situation is desperate.
History: Once the commoner Ankin Skildaker, the shade was born
in the kingdom of Aerenwe. He gained his awnsheghlien powers when he slew
the former king of Aerenwe to allow his friend and ally Liliene Swordwraith
to ascend the throne. The dark blood of the dead king then surged into
his veins, and Ankins eyes were opened to greed. He saw the power of the
Table of Belinik and he sought to make use of its dark powers. When Liliene
learned of what happpened to her friend she was distraught. She knew that
she would have to slay him, but she did not want to risk passing his bloodline
to some other person. Thus she walled him into the tower with the Table
of Belinik.
In the tower Ankin survived, slowly absorbing the power of the table,
and eating the rats that would enter. By the time that he was freed by
Liliene's son, Gavin, He was a full- fledged awnshegh.
Plans: The Shade plans to gain Gavin's trust until he deems it
appropriate to give the regent Sheghsleibhenn the sword that will
ultimately prove his downfall. The Shade will then usurp the throne
of Aerenwe.
By Bearcat
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