Elisa
Medium natural humanoid (undead)
Level 8 Elite Lurker XP 700

Traits

Regeneration

Elisa regains 5 hit points whenever she starts her turn and has at least 1 hit point.

Standard Actions

(⚔) Swipe ✦ At-Will

Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +11 vs. AC

Hit: 1d6 + 5 damage, and ongoing 5 damage (save ends). If hideous transformation is active, Elisa grabs the target (escape DC 16).

⚔ Mental Trauma (psychic) ✦ Recharge ⚅

Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +11 vs. Will

Hit: 4d6 + 5 psychic damage, and ongoing 10 psychic damage. The target takes a -2 to all defenses (save ends both).

Echoes of Past Torment ✦ Recharge when all echoes are destroyed

Effect: Elisa summons 1d4 of any combination of echoes of despair and echoes of madness. They appear in unoccupied squares anywhere within the house.

⚔ Flesh Gobble (healing) ✦ Recharge ⚄ ⚅

Requirement: Elisa must have used hideous transformation.

Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +11 vs. AC

Hit: 3d8 + 5 damage. The target is dazed (save ends), and Elisa regains a number of hit points equal to the damage dealt.

Triggered Actions

Bound Soul

Trigger: Elisa is reduced to 0 hit points.

Effect (Immediate Reaction): Elisa is not destroyed. Instead, at the start of her next turn, she reappears with 35 hit points in an unoccupied square within the house.

Hideous Transformation

Trigger: When the Emotional Backlash skill challenge ends

Effect (Immediate Reaction): Elisa's form becomes twisted, ravaged, and half eaten. She loses her regeneration and insubstantial traits and can no longer use bound soul and echoes of past torment. She takes a -2 penalty to all defenses but gains a +2 bonus to attack rolls. She gains access to flesh gobble.

Skills Athletics +11, Stealth +13
Str 15 (+6)                Dex 19 (+8)                Wis 13 (+5)
Con 19 (+8)                Int 11 (+4)                Cha 21 (+9)

Alignment Chaotic Evil        Languages Common

Published in Dungeon Magazine 184.