Vendenopterix
This elven woman's allure is obfuscated by her ragged insectile wings and long, clawlike nails.
Vendenopterix (CR 4)
Medium Outsider (Chaotic, Extraplanar, Shapechanger)Alignment: Chaotic Neutral
Initiative: +3
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Low-Light Vision; Perception +9
Speed: 30 feet, Fly 50 feet (average)
Space: 5 feet
Defense
Armor Class: 18, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 natural)Hit Points: 39 (6d10+6)
Saving Throws: Fort +3, Ref +8, Will +7; +2 vs. enchantments
Damage Reduction: 5/cold iron
Immunity: sleep
Energy Resistance: electricity 10, fire 5
Spell Resistance: 15
Offense
Melee: 2 claws +9 (1d6+1 plus poison)Reach: 5 feet
Special Attacks: ability drain, poison
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 6th; Concentration +8):
- 3/day- Charm Person (DC 13), Darkness, Locate Creature
- 1/day- Dimension Door, Ethereal Jaunt (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), heightened Charm Person (DC 16), Suggestion (DC 15)
Statistics
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 (+1) | 16 (+3) | 13 (+1) | 10 (+0) | 11 (+0) | 14 (+2) |
CMB +7
CMD 21
Feats: Dodge, Iron Will, Weapon Finesse
Skills: Bluff +11 (+19 when passing hidden messages), Diplomacy +11, Disguise +11, Knowledge (planes) +6, Perception +9, Perform (dance) +8, Survival +9 (+13 when tracking) Languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Elven; telepathy 10 ft.
Special Qualities: Change Shape (any humanoid; alter self), swift tracker
Special Abilities
Ability Drain (Su)
A vendenopterix drains energy from a mortal she lures into an act of passion, such as a kiss. An unwilling victim must be grappled before the vendenopterix can use this ability. The vendenopterix's kiss inflicts 1 point of Intelligence, Wisdom, or Charisma drain (her choice). The kiss also has the effect of a suggestion spell, asking the victim to accept another act of passion from the vendenopterix. The target must succeed at a DC 15 Will save to negate the suggestion. The save DC is Charisma-based.Poison (Ex)
- Delivery: Claw-injury
- Fortitude Save: 16
- Frequency: 1/round for 6 rounds
- Track: Moderate Dexterity
- Saves: 2 consecutive saves
The save DC includes a +2 racial bonus.
Swift Tracker (Ex)
A vendenopterix can move at her normal speed while using Survival to follow tracks without taking the normal -5 penalty. She takes only a -10 penalty (instead of the normal -20 penalty) when moving at up to twice her normal speed while tracking.Ecology
Environment: AnyOrganization: solitary or pair
Treasure: standard
Beautiful, seductive, and ruthless, vendenopterixes are servitors of Calistria tasked with hunting down and punishing enemies of the faith. Though they typically take female form, vendenopterixes are comfortable taking the shape of any gendered humanoid (including polygendered creatures) but avoid genderless shapes.
A vendenopterix's purpose is to punish, but not necessarily to kill. She may be tasked with exposing a creature's secrets or convincing a creature to do so itself in an embarrassing way, and she is just as likely to drain her victim's mental facilities until it acts like a buffoon or clod as she is to poison her target so it appears to be afflicted with (or even dying from) a venereal pox.
Vendenopterixes stand about 6 feet tall and range in weight from a slender 140 pounds to a curvaceous 240.
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