Goya (El Maestro de Pintor)

 It was difficult to choose the right class for this villain. In the end, I choose something that would allow him to work with tools and instruments. I greatly appreciate the works of the historical Goya, so it’s difficult for me to see him as the bad guy, but I understand why his obsession for “form” and the hallucinatory scenes of his last paintings would suggest Aaron to use him this way.

It was also difficult to decide if his powers in The Broken Brides of Europe are more tied to illusion or transmutation. In the end, I used a mix of the two.

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Goya (El Maestro de Pintor) CR 20

Human occultist (Reliquarian) 17/bound 8

Medium NE humanoid (human)

Init +3, amazing initiative; Senses Perception +25

Defense

AC 23, touch 18, flat-footed 20 (+5 armor, +3 Dex, +5 profane)

hp 121 (17d8+17+24)

Fort +11, Ref +8, Will +15

Defensive Abilities force of will, hard to kill, mythic saves, recuperation, unstoppable; Immune reverse gravity

Offense

Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee snakebite dagger +13/+8/+3 (1d4+1)

Special Attacks mythic power, surge +1d10

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th, concentration +17)

At will (spending mental focus)- binding pattern, cloak image, conjure implement, forced alliance, minor figment, mirage, obey, outer horror, psychic fog, servitor, shadow beast, size alteration, sudden insight, watchful eye; DC 19

At will (spending mythic power)- bound pact (eldritch wish)

17 rounds/day- master’s illusion (DC 23)

8/day- copycat

4/day- contractual obligation (greater planar ally; aberration)

3/day- disorienting touch (8 rounds),

Once- claim my soul (greater planar ally)

Occultist Spells Known (CL 17th; concentration +18)

6th Level (2/day)- animate objectsM, baleful shadow transmutation*M  (DC 20), call construct, legend lore, misleadD (DC 20), shadow transmutation*M (DC 20), symbol of insanityM (DC 19), triggered hallucination (DC 20)

5th Level (4/day)- baleful polymorph* (DC 18), contact entity III*M, dominate personM (DC 18), fabricate, false visionD, lesser planar binding (DC 18), remote viewing, scripted hallucinationM (DC 19)

4th Level (4/day)- complex hallucinationM (DC 18), confusionD (DC 17), contact other planeM, majestic image (DC 17), major creation, mass charm person (DC 17)

3rd Level (6/day)- anthropomorphic animal* (DC 16), contact entity II*M, displacement, forced mutation, magic vestment, minor creation, nondetectionD, suggestion (DC 16)

2nd Level (6/day)- apport object, disguise other, enter imageM, greater detect magic, investigative mind, invisibilityD

1st Level (6/day)- charge object, command (DC 14), disguise selfD, instant portraitM, mindlink, silent image (DC 15)

0-Level (at will)- create water, daze (DC 13), ghost sound (DC 14), mage hand, read magic

Domain Trickery

Statistics

Str 10, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 21, Cha 10

Base Atk +12; CMB +12; CMD 25

Feats Craft ConstructM, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wondrous Item*, Dreamed Secrets, Eldritch HeritageM (Impossible), Extra Mental Focus, Fabulous FigmentsM, Implement FocusM (Enchantment, Illusion), Magnum Opus, Possessed Hand, Skill Focus (Knowledge/engineering), Spell Focus (Illusion)

Skills Craft (painting) +28, Knowledge (arcana) +23, Knowledge (engineering) +29, Knowledge (planes) +26, Knowledge (religion) +26, Perception +25, Spellcraft +23, Use Magic Device +20

Languages Italian, French, Portuguese, Spanish

SQ aura sight, binding circles, distracting pattern 3/day (15 rounds, +7), fast circles, focus powers (cloud mind, legacy weapon; DC 19), impossible spell knowledge, magic circles, magic item skill +8, mental focus (28), mythic craft, mythic major hex (beast’s gift, 17 min.), mythic spellcasting, mythic spiritualist, object reading, outside contact 3, patron mark, relativity, shift focus, spontaneous generation

Gear implements (bowl [Conjuration], censer [Enchantment], planchette [Divination], prism [Illusion], snakebite dagger [Transmutation]) (9,800 gp), marvelous pigments (4,000 gp), masterwork artisan tools (55 gp), +4 padded armor (16,165 gp), refocusing rod (5,000 gp), sorcerous pigments (9,900 gp), occultist’s kit (45 gp), 35 gp

Goya perfected the art to create trompe-l’oil monsters (often with the savage mythic template) and is an expert in the Seeded Doom occult ritual. His tattooed possessed hand is the relic that grants him domain abilities.