Drow Magic. Sorcery Of Endless Night.pdf - RoseRed

Awaken the Dark Mother
Black ceremony
Effect: Summoning (DC 120)
Materials: 100 participants (DC -30), extremely
complex materials (DC -30), female only (DC -5),
DC 40 Knowledge (religion) sub-check (DC -20), DC
30 Perform (dance) sub-check (DC -10)
Completion Time: 1 week (DC -10), exacting
commitment (DC -15)
Range: Universal (DC +75)
Target: Single target (DC +/-0)
Duration: A single day (DC -15)
Final DC Check: 63
The black ceremony awaken the Dark Mother is
perhaps the most holy of all black ceremonies, closely
and jealously guarded by the priestess queens of the
church of the Dark Mother of Spiders. The immense
power of awaken the Dark Mother is the only way to
shatter the veil between dimensions and reach into the
depths of the Cocoon of Endless Hunger, where the
Dark Mother herself waits, crouching in the centre of
the black web which hangs, glittering, in the heart of
the multi-verse.
The week long ceremony to summon the avatar of the
Dark Mother is a feverish celebration of all it means
to be a drow; murder, rape, betrayal and other, darker
acts, all are offered up to the Dark Mother in the hopes
of bringing her forth to rend and slay the enemies of
the drow people. At the conclusion of the ceremony,
a score of priestesses must tear their own throats open
with their bare hands and then fling themselves onto
an enormous bonfire. If the final ceremony check is
successful, a void between worlds opens and an avatar
of the Dark Mother heaves herself through the gap, to
feast on the flesh and spirit of the surviving ceremony
participants.
Kanathanx, Avatar of the Dark
Mother of Spiders
Large Outsider (Lawful, Extraplanar, Evil)
Hit Dice: 12d8+96 (150 hp)
Initiative: +7 (+4 Improved Initiative, +3 Dexterity)
Speed: 60 ft. (12 squares), climb 60 ft.
Armour Class: 25 (-1 Size, +3 Dexterity, +13 Natural
Armour), 12 touch, 22 flat-footed
Base Attack/Grapple: +12/+21
Attack: Bite +16 melee (1d8+5 plus poison) or four
claws +14 melee (1d6+2)
Full Attack: Primary scimitar +14/+9/+4 melee (1d8+5
plus optional poison) and 3 scimitars +10 melee (1d8+2
plus optional poison) and bite +14 melee (1d8+2 plus
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BLACK CEREMONIES
poison) and web spitter +12 ranged (entanglement);
or bite + 14 melee (1d8+5 plus poison) and 4 claws
+14 melee (1d6+2) and web spitter +12 ranged
(entanglement)
Space/Reach: 10 ft./10 ft.
Special Attacks: Acid venom, command spiders, spelllike
abilities, vengeful strike, webspiter
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 15/good, fast
healing 1, spell resistance 22
Saves: Fort +13, Ref +11, Will +9
Abilities: Str 21, Dex 17, Con 20, Int 12, Wis 11,
Cha 13
Skills: Balance +10, Bluff +6, Diplomacy +10,
Intimidate +10, Hide +10, Jump +12, Knowledge
(religion) +12, Listen +8, Move Silently +10, Search
+12, Sense Motive +6, Spot +12
Feats: Improved Initiative, Leadership, Multiattack,
Multiweapon Fighting
Environment: The Cocoon of Endless Hunger
Organisation: 12
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always Lawful Evil
Advancement: None
Level Adjustment: -
Believed to be formed from the flesh sacrificed in
the Dark Mother’s name, Kanathax appears as a
terrible hybrid of a spider and something resembling
a dire ape and a spider. Ebony skin drawn tight over
powerful muscles and thick coarse hairs cover his broad
shoulders and the backs of his four arms. Each arm
ends in a fistful of vicious claws, which perpetually drip
with gore, and more often than not weild four scimitars
crafted from pure obsidian and handled with flayed elf
skin. His head is comprised solely of a maw of fangs
and an array of eight eyes, which reach up to the top
of his forehead.
Combat
A powerful opponent, Kanathax, is keen to engage in
slaughter in his master’s name, charging into battle
with his four obsidian scimitars weaving a web of
death before him and many an elven warrior has fallen
before realising they have been struck. He will often
expectorate poison onto the blades of his weapons
should the tide of battle turn against him.
Spell-like Abilities: At will – magic fang, greater, jump,
spider climb, speed poison, virulence; 3/day – become
swarm, swarm boil, spider gorge, soul poison.
Acid Venom (Ex): The venom of Kanathax is a highly
potent acid. Any victim bitten by Kanathax must make
an immediate Fortitude save (DC 18) or be completely