Sister Bethsabée, the Magpie

 “The Magpie wants the Key to the Moon…” the first major battle in The Broken Brides of Europe sets the heroines against a blaspheme false nun and a horde of Mythos lycanthropes. The girls fight for their souls and, ultimately, also for their forms…

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Sister Bethsabée (the Magpie) CR 20

Lamia matriarch sorcerer (Wildblooded) 8/archmage 8

CE Large monstrous humanoid (mythic, shapechanger)

Init +13, amazing initiative; Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +2

Defense

AC 33, touch 14, flat-footed 28 (+11 armor, +5 Dex, +8 natural, –1 size)

hp 178 (12d10+8d6+60+24)

Fort +9, Ref +15, Will +16

Defensive Abilities enduring armor, force of will, hard to kill, mythic saves, recuperation, unstoppable; Immune mind-affecting effects; SR 19

Offense

Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft., swim 40 ft.

Melee +1 conductive unholy scimitars +21/+21/+16/+16/+11/+6 (1d6+8/15–20, x3, +2d6 vs. good creatures, plus 1 wisdom drain on first hit each round) or unarmed strike +23/+23/+18/+18/+14/+9 (1d3+7 plus 1d4 Wisdom drain), bite +25 (1d6 + lycanthropy, DC 19)

Space 10 ft.; Reach 5 ft., 15 ft. with touch attack (long limbs)

Special Attacks archmage arcana (mage strike), contagious attack, mythic power 19/day, surge +1d10, wisdom drain

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th; concentration +20)

At will- charm monster (DC 22), ventriloquism (DC 18)

11/day- warp touch (DC 24)

3/day- deep slumber (DC 21), dream, major image (DC 21), mirror image, suggestion (DC 21)

Spells Known (CL 14th; concentration +22)

7th (4/day)- blasphemyM (DC 25)

6th (6/day)- blade barrierM (DC 24), dimensional blade

5th (7/day)- caustic bloodM (DC 25), contact entity III, shapechanger’s giftM

4th (8/day)- black tentaclesM, hunger for fleshM (DC 22), stoneskin, unholy ward

3rd (8/day)- excruciating deformationM (DC 23), haste, magic circle against good, tonguesB, toxic blood (DC 23)

2nd (8/day)- death knell (DC 20), extreme flexibility, invisibility, overstimulate, see invisibilityB, storm of bladesM

1st (8/day)- cure light wounds, divine favor, enlarge personB (DC 21), inflict light wounds (DC 19), mage armor, magic missile

0 (at will)- dancing lights, daze (DC 18), detect magic, ghost sound (DC 18), mage hand, mending, prestidigitation, read magic, touch of fatigue (DC 18)

Bloodline Warped

Statistics

Str 24, Dex 21, Con 17, Int 18, Wis 15, Cha 26

Base Atk +16; CMB +24; CMD 39 (can’t be tripped)

Feats Combat Casting, Double Slice, Eschew Materials*, Extend SpellM, Improved CriticalM (scimitar), Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Improved Unarmed Strike*, Iron Will, Sorcerous Strike, Spell FocusM (transmutation), Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon FocusM (scimitar)

Skills Acrobatics +9 (+12 jump), Bluff +35, Climb +15, Diplomacy +14, Disguise +14, Intimidate +35, Knowledge (arcana) +27, Knowledge (dungeoneering) +27, Spellcraft +27, Swim +15, Use Magic Device +35; Racial Modifiers +4 Acrobatics, +4 Bluff, +4 Use Magic Device

Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Common, Draconic

SQ abundant casting, bloodline arcana, change shape (fixed Medium humanoid form, alter self), eldritch breach, extended abundant casting, mindthrall, mythic bloodline, mythic spellcasting, undersized weapons

Gear two +1 conductive unholy scimitars(64,630 gp), 2 flasks of devil’s spit (120 gp), prophetic paraphernalia (2,000 gp), sleeves of many garments (200 gp), sorcerer’s kit (8 gp), 42 gp