The Tortured Vestige
Gargantuan shadow animate (undead)
Level 20 Solo Lurker XP 14000

Traits

☼ Menacing Presence (fear) ✦ Aura 5

Enemies within the aura take a -2 penalty to attack rolls, skill checks, and ability checks. If the Tortured Vestige takes radiant damage, its aura is negated until the start of its next turn.

Eater of Souls (healing)

At the start of its turn, if the Tortured Vestige has one or more creatures engulfed, it regains 20 hit points and can use dread menace at any point during its turn as a free action. If the Tortured Vestige takes radiant damage, it cannot regain hit points from this power until the start of its next turn.

Eternal Darkness

The Tortured Vestige re-forms at full hit points 1 hour after being slain. As long as Moil endures, the Vestige's unliving essence cannot be destroyed.

Standard Actions

(⚔) Mist Tendril (necrotic) ✦ At-Will

Attack: Melee 5 (one creature); +25 vs. AC

Hit: 2d8 + 9 damage, and ongoing 10 necrotic damage (save ends).

⚔ Lashing Mist ✦ At-Will

Effect: The Tortured Vestige uses mist tendril four times, but no more than twice against a single target. If two attacks hit the same target, the target is grabbed.

Minor Actions

⚔ Engulf (necrotic) ✦ At-Will

Attack: Melee 5 (one creature grabbed by the Tortured Vestige); +23 vs. Will

Hit: 2d10 damage plus 2d10 necrotic damage, and the target is engulfed by the Tortured Vestige. The Tortured Vestige pulls the target into its space. While engulfed, the target is restrained. When the Tortured Vestige moves, the target moves with it, remaining in the vestige's space. An engulfed creature has line of effect only to the vestige, and only thevestige has line of effect to the engulfed creature. When an engulfed creature escapes, it appears in a space of its choice adjacent to the vestige.

Sustain Minor: Each engulfed creature takes 15 necrotic damage.

ᗕ Dread Menace ✦ At-Will

Attack: Close burst 5 (one creature in the burst); +23 vs. Fortitude

Hit: The Tortured Vestige pushes the target 3 squares.

Triggered Actions

ᗕ Death Storm (necrotic)

Trigger: The Tortured Vestige is first bloodied, or it drops to 0 hit points.

Attack (No Action): Close burst 20 (one creature in the burst); +23 vs. Fortitude

Hit: 2d10 + 10 damage, and the target is slowed and weakened (save ends both).

Miss: Half damage, and the target is slowed (save ends).

Str 20 (+15)                Dex 23 (+16)                Wis 21 (+15)
Con 28 (+19)                Int 19 (+14)                Cha 16 (+13)

Alignment Chaotic Evil        Languages -

Published in Tomb of Horrors, page(s) 57.