Vault Keeper
Creature 14 (rare) — earth, elemental
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
WeaverCrasherLANDVERTICALearthelemental
The vault keepers lost Sairazul's spark and have life spans of two to three millennia. They maintain and protect the xiomorns' many experiments. When Sairazul created xiomorns, they were immortal. She created 65,536, all in her own image, and all imbued with a piece of her divine spark. During her imprisonment, Ayrzul used visions of a future extinction to manipulate them into sacrificing their power to him. This sacrifice split xiomorns into two classes: 32,768 vault builders who kept Sairazul
Source: rage-of-elements-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +26; darkvision, tremorsense (imprecise) 120 feet
Languages orvian, petran; telepathy 300 feet
Skills acrobatics +26, arcana +26, athletics +26, crafting +26, nature +24, Planar Lore +28, thievery +24
Str
+4
Dex
+8
Con
+6
Int
+8
Wis
+4
Cha
+6
AC 36
Fort +24
Ref +28
Will +22
HP 200
Immunities bleed, paralyzed, poison, sleep, radiation
Resistances physical (except adamantine) 15
Speed 35 feet, climb 35 feet
Offense
Melee Claw (agile, finesse, magical, unarmed) +28, Damage 3d10+10 slashing plus Constraining Crystal
Melee Crystal Wand (finesse, magical, radiation) +28, Damage 3d4+10 piercing plus 4d6 poison
Ranged Crystal Shard (earth, magical) +28, range increment 100 feet, Damage 5d6+6 piercing
Abilities
Tremorsense (Imprecise) 120 feet — Tremorsense allows a monster to feel the vibrations through a solid surface caused by movement. It is an imprecise sense with a limited range (listed in the ability). Tremorsense functions only if the monster is on the same surface as the subject, and only if the subject is moving along (or burrowing through) the surface.
Telepathy 300 feet (aura, magical) — A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.
+2 Status to Recall Knowledge About Earth —
Craft Crystal Wand (exploration) — Frequency twice per day
Effect The vault keeper spends 10 minutes creating a magic wand out of radioactive green crystal, containing any 5th-rank or lower earth spell of their choice. The wand can be used by other creatures, but it crumbles to sand at the end of the day and has no monetary value.
Effect The vault keeper spends 10 minutes creating a magic wand out of radioactive green crystal, containing any 5th-rank or lower earth spell of their choice. The wand can be used by other creatures, but it crumbles to sand at the end of the day and has no monetary value.
Item Caster — The vault keeper can Cast a Spell from any item (such as a staff or wand) as though it were on their spell list.
Attack of Opportunity —
Constraining Crystal (earth, magical) — When the vault keeper deals damage with a claw Strike, glowing green crystals cluster at the site of the attack. The target must succeed at a DC 31 Fortitude save or become Clumsy 1 for 1 hour (or Clumsy 2 on a critical failure). If the creature is already clumsy due to constraining crystal, additional failures increase that clumsy value instead, to a maximum of clumsy 4.
Crystal Burst (arcane, earth) — An explosion of razor-sharp splinters deals 15d6 piercing damage in a 30-foot burst within 120 feet, with a DC 35 Reflex save. The vault keeper can't use Crystal Burst again for 1d4 rounds.
Slashing Surge — The vault keeper Strides or Climbs and makes two claw Strikes at any point during that movement. Each Strike must target a different creature. The multiple attack penalty doesn't increase until after both attacks.
Arcane Innate Spells DC 34, attack +26
6th Petrify, Scrying
5th Speak With Stones (At Will), Wall of Stone
4th Shape Stone (At Will), Translocate, Translocate (At Will)
3rd Earthbind (At Will)
2nd Shatter (At Will), Summon Elemental (Earth Only)
WORKS WELL WITH
AnvilLAND / VERTICALAnvil holds foes inside constraining crystal area and crystal burst range for maximum value
FlankerLAND / VERTICALFlanker drives enemies into constrained positions where crystal burst covers more targets
SniperLAND / VERTICALSniper capitalises on slowed and debuffed targets from constraining crystal at range
PUNISHES
✖ clumping✖ low Fortitude✖ standing still
Works well with · Punishes · Pairing advice
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