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Naiad Queen

Creature 7 (uncommon) — amphibious, fey, nymph, water

Naiad queens rule over pristine wildernesses centered around untouched lakes, massive rivers, or other collective bodies of fresh water. Bards' songs and artists' paintings of these powerful nymphs tend to depict naiad queens in their slightly more humanoid forms, which they don when they make the rare journey into civilized lands to garner allies, gather news, or gauge threats. Most naiad queens treat those who respect their domains with kindness, but they're fierce—and quick to eliminate foes

Source: pathfinder-monster-core

Perception +18
Skills acrobatics +16, athletics +9, diplomacy +20, medicine +15, nature +15, performance +20, stealth +14, survival +15
Str
+0
Dex
+5
Con
+4
Int
+3
Wis
+4
Cha
+7
AC 26 Fort +15 Ref +18 Will +17
HP 100
Resistances fire 10
Weaknesses cold-iron 10
Speed 25 feet, swim 25 feet

Offense

Melee Aqueous Fist +18, Damage 2d8+6 bludgeoning
Ranged Water Orb +18, Damage 4d6 bludgeoning

Abilities

Animal Empathy — The naiad can ask questions of, receive answers from, and use the Diplomacy skill with animals.
Tied to the Land — The queen is tied to a body of water or area with a great deal of water features. A nymph queen is intrinsically tied to a specific region. As long as the queen is healthy, the environment is exceptionally resilient, allowing the nymph queen to automatically attempt to counteract any spell that would harm the environment (such as the Blight ritual), using her spell DC with a counteract rank equal to the highest-rank druid spell she can cast. When the nymph queen becomes physically or psychologically unhealthy, however, her warded region eventually becomes twisted or unhealthy as well. In that case, restoring the nymph queen swiftly heals the entire region.
Constant Spells — Constant Spells
Nymph's Beauty (aura, emotion, mental, primal, visual) — 30 feet. A creature that fails its save is Stunned 1 and becomes stunned 1 each time it starts its turn within the aura for the next 24 hours, even if it can't see the naiad queen. Creatures that start their turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 23 Will save or suffer an effect described in the nymph queen's entry.
Water Healing (healing, primal, vitality) — For every 10 minutes a naiad spends soaking in any body of water in her domain, she regains 30 healing{30 Hit Points}.
Change Shape (polymorph, primal) — Nymph queens can transform between their original form, which looks much like a typical nymph of their kind, and any Small or Medium humanoid form, typically choosing a more humanoid-looking version of their natural form. Change Shape
Focus Beauty (emotion, mental, primal, visual) — If a target already affected by nymph's beauty fails its save, the image of the queen sears into the creature's mind, effectively blinding the creature until its vision is restored with sound body or a similar effect. The naiad queen can Dismiss the effect. The nymph queen focuses her beauty upon a target, who must attempt a save against her nymph's beauty aura (DC 23 Will save). If the creature fails and was already affected by the aura, it takes a greater effect described in the nymph queen's entry. A nymph queen can Focus Beauty on a given creature only once per turn.
Inspiration (emotion, mental, primal) — The nymph queen inspires a single intelligent creature by giving that creature a token of her favor, typically a lock of her hair, though it can be some other significant object as well. As long as the creature carries her token and remains in good standing with her, the creature gains a +1 status bonus to all Crafting checks, Performance checks, and Will saves. If the nymph grants her token to a bard, and she's the bard's muse, the queen chooses one additional benefit granted by her token: a +1 status bonus to all Lore checks, a +2 status bonus to Performance checks when determining the effects of compositions, a +4 status bonus to untrained skill checks, or a +2 status bonus to Will saves against fey.

Spells

Aqueous Orb (rank 3)
Earthbind (rank 3)
Animal Messenger (rank 2)
One with Plants (rank 2)
Revealing Light (rank 2)
Air Bubble (rank 1)
Charm (rank 1)
Create Water (rank 1)
Detect Magic (rank 1)
Fleet Step (rank 1)
Frostbite (rank 1)
Guidance (rank 1)
Gust of Wind (rank 1)
Heal (rank 1)
Hydraulic Push (rank 1)
Light (rank 1)
Stabilize (rank 1)
Summon Animal (rank 1)
Tidal Surge (rank 1)

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