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Misdirection (Sp): To put hunters and predators off the
scent, the skitterjinx can attempt to misdirect them. It
does this as a standard action. The ability has a range
of 250 feet and can affect up to 15 creatures, no two
of whom may be more than 30 feet apart. Affected
creatures must make Charisma-based Will saving throws
(DC 20). Those who fail suffer a suggestion that the
direction in which they are travelling is wrong and that
they should alter their course slightly. A creature who
successfully saves against a skitterjinx’s misdirection
cannot be affected by the ability from that skitterjinx
again for 24 hours.
Spell-like Abilities: The skitterjinx uses these abilities
as a 14 th level sorcerer. 3/day – chaos hammer, dispel
law, entropic shield; 1/day – animate objects, word of
chaos.
Whiteladies
Medium Outsider (Cold, Evil)
Hit Dice: 16d8 (72 hp)
Initiative: +9
Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares), swim 30 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Armour Class: 20 (+5 Dex, +5 natural), touch 15, flatfooted
15
Base Attack/Grapple: +16/+16
Attack: Slam +21 melee (1d4 plus 1d6 cold plus energy
drain)
Full Attack: 2 slams +21 melee (1d4 plus 1d6 cold plus
energy drain)
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: Energy drain, snow blindness, spelllike
abilities, spells, spell resistance 25, terrible laugh
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 10/cold iron and
good, darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, ice penetration,
outsider traits, unnatural aura
Saves: Fort +10, Ref +15, Will +12
Abilities: Str 10, Dex 20, Con 11, Int 11, Wis 15, Cha
22
Skills: Bluff +25, Diplomacy +16, Gather Information
+11, Knowledge (arcana) +9, Knowledge (history)
+14, Knowledge (the planes) +10, Listen +13, Perform
(dance) +25, Spot +12, Survival +21, Swim +19,
Tumble +14
Feats: Combat Casting, Combat Reflexes, Deflect
Arrows, Dodge, Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed
Strike B , Track B , Weapon Finesse
Environment: Cold hills and underground
Organisation: Solitary, nest (2–5 plus 50% chance of
one Grun) or community (3–12 plus one Grun and one
queen)
Challenge Rating: 13
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always neutral evil
Advancement: 17–32 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: —
The whiteladies are horrors distantly remembered in
some elven folktales. Delirious travellers lost in the
snow sometimes see them gliding above the ground or
hear their inhuman laughter. Often mistaken for undead,
they are actually creatures from a plane of endless ice,
drawn to the earth by the prospect of souls to devour.
They can subsist on the bland souls of animals but
enjoy the richer souls of intelligent creatures far more.
They enjoy playing with illusions, creating mirages to
mislead the lost.
Whiteladies make their lairs in ice caves. As they can
move through ice as easily as water, they lurk close to
the surface, sometimes pretending to be human women
embedded in the ice. They have stark white skin, dark
eyes and black lips, and never smile except when they
feed.
Whiteladies have short lifespans, perishing in ecstasy
when they have devoured sufficient souls (approximately
a hundred). Depending on how many victims they
can reach, this may take only a few months or many
years. Their remains disintegrate into a slush which is
reverently carried back to the queen, who then consumes
it. All whiteladies hatch out from pearly eggs laid by
the queen. The single male of the brood is called a Grun
(see below) and is wholly unlike his sisters, resembling
an ogre covered with white fur.
A whitelady’s slam attacks and any weapons she wields
count as evil-aligned weapons for the purposes of
overcoming damage reduction.
Energy Drain (Su): A whitelady’s slam attack bestows
two negative levels upon the target. A Charisma-based
Fortitude saving throw (DC 24) removes one negative
level.
Ice Penetration (Su): Whiteladies can pass through
ice as if it were water. They use their Swim skill to
manoeuvre when they are encased in ice. They cannot
pass through snow, though they can swim in water.
While in an ice square, a whitelady gains concealment
(20% miss chance) and a +4 shield bonus to Armour
Class. She can attack adjacent opponents and be
attacked. If there are one or more whole ice squares
between the whitelady and an opponent, the opponent
does not have line of effect and must break through the
ice or melt it somehow in order to reach her. When
wounded, whiteladies flee deep into the ice to recover,
aware that very few foes can come after them there.
Snow Blindness (Sp): Whiteladies can attempt to afflict
their victims with snow blindness as a standard action.
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