The Drow War Book Two. The Dying Of - RoseRed

Change Shape (Su): A saidakh can assume any
humanoid form, or revert to her own form, as a standard
action. Saidakhu often take the forms of people known
to have drowned at sea, in order to intimidate their
victims and put them in mind of their crimes. When
she is not in her own form, a saidakh cannot use her
chilling gaze attack. A saidakh remains in one form
until she chooses to assume a new one. A change in
form cannot be dispelled, but the saidakh reverts to her
natural form when killed. A true seeing spell reveals
her natural form.
Chilling Gaze (Su): The empty eyes of a saidakh turn
her victims’ muscles to icy water, leaving them without
the strength to resist her embrace. The saidakh’s gaze
attack has a range of 30 feet and deals 1d4 Strength
drain. This can be resisted with a Fortitude saving
throw (DC 24). The save DC is Charisma-based.
Create Spawn (Su): Any humanoid female slain by a
saidakh has a 20% chance to arise as a new saidakh 1d4
days after the event. Males never become saidakhu.
Energy Drain (Su): The icy touch of a saidakh bestows
two negative levels on the target. A negative level can
be removed by a Fortitude saving throw (DC 24), which
is Charisma-based. Each negative level bestowed grants
the saidakh five temporary hit points.
Energy Immunity: A saidakh is immune to all forms
of energy damage, with the exception of cold damage,
which slows her for one round per five points of damage
dealt without harming her, and fire damage, which
affects her normally.
Find Victim (Sp): A saidakh single-mindedly pursues a
creature or group of creatures who have disturbed a given
corpse or location. She tracks them down unerringly, as
though guided by discern location. Saidakhu prefer to
dispose of their victims one at a time, rather than take
them on in groups.
Kiss of Drowning (Su): A saidakh who successfully
pins an opponent of Large size or smaller can kiss him,
which forces cold salt water into his lungs. This attack
does not affect creatures who do not need to breathe
or who have the ability to breathe water. A creature
subjected to the saidakh’s kiss must make a Charismabased
Fortitude saving throw (DC 23) or begin to
drown. Immediately after the kiss, the creature falls
unconscious. On the second round, if the pin has been
maintained, the creature drops to –1 hit points and is
dying. On the third round, the creature dies. A creature
who holds its breath when the saidakh carries out this
attack gains a +2 circumstance bonus to its saving
throw. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Mist Veil (Sp): At will, as a standard action, a saidakh
can surround herself with a pall of sea mist. This
functions identically to the obscuring mist spell, with
the exception that the saidakh can see through her own
mists without difficulty.
Quench (Su): The saidakh’s touch extinguishes torches,
campfires, exposed lanterns and other open flames of
nonmagical origin if these are of Large size or smaller.
She can dispel magical fire she touches as dispel
magic (caster level 14 th ). In addition, she can attempt
to counter any fire spell as it is cast by giving up one
of her limited-use spell-like abilities. To counter, she
must successfully identify the spell being cast with a
Spellcraft check (DC 15 + spell’s level). The use of the
spell-like ability is lost whether her check is successful
or not.
Spell-Like Abilities: At will, as 14 th level sorcerer
– control water, curse water; 3/day – create undead,
summon nature’s ally IV (water elemental only); 1/day
– control weather.
Skills: A saidakh has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim
check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard.
It can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even
if distracted or endangered. It can use the run action
while swimming, provided it swims in a straight line.
2. Chamber of the Amma Hadrak
The walls of this room are so crowded with objects that
you can hardly see where they begin and end. They
are hung with items from countless ships: nets, wheels,
anchors large and small, boathooks, oars, hollow balls
of green glass, rumpled and torn maps, coils of tarry
rope, hanks of sailcloth, belaying pins in their hundreds
and even black skillets and saucepans from the galleys.
It is as if a fleet of ships had exploded in slow motion
and plastered its fragments across the room’s walls and
ceiling.
In the midst of all this chaos is a low cradle of rope,
like a hammock. A gimbal hangs beside it, containing
something that fumes and smokes. The smell of it is
acrid and sickly at the same time and makes you feel
light-headed.
The ship fragments are a second revered reliquary.
Ships are treated like people in Sea Harrier culture and
the walls of the amma hadrak’s chamber bear relics of
beloved ships that have now been lost.
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