Thalia, Muse of Comedy

Very soon on The Bardess’ Library #4! I published the stats for this Muse as a demigod once. Here are her mythic monster stats.

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Thalia, Muse of Comedy

This beautiful woman appears imposing and regal, yet there’s a light of mockery and mischievousness in her eyes.

Thalia CR 24 MR 9

XP 1,228,800

CG Medium fey (mythic)
Init +13; Senses blindsight 120 ft., low-light vision; Perception +23

Defense

AC 43, touch 30, flat-footed 24 (+4 armor, +11 deflection, +9 Dex, +9 natural)
hp 419 (17d6+306+54)
Fort +21, Ref +30, Will +24
Defensive Abilities muse’s ward, mythic immortality, unearthly grace; DR 15/cold iron and epic (25/epic when below 0 hit points); Immune sonic

Offense

Speed 60 ft.
Melee +5 bewildering singing crook +33/+28 (1d6+14 plus 1d6 sonic)
Ranged 5 sound strikes +33 ranged touch (4d6 sonic)
Special Attacks bardic performance 59 rounds/day (swift action; as a 16th-level bard), clown, mythic power 21/day, surge +1d10
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 17th; concentration +28)

1/level/day- comprehend languages, expeditious retreat, hideous laughter (DC 22), lesser confusion (DC 22), protection from evil, protection from law; align weapon (chaos), align weapon (good), detect thoughts (DC 23), memory lapse (DC 23), touch of idiocy; fly, magic circle against evil, magic circle against law, rage, speak with dead (DC 24); chaos hammer (DC 25), confusion (DC 25), divination, holy smite (DC 25), moonstruck (DC 25); dispel evil (DC 26), dispel law (DC 26), nightmare (DC 26), true seeing; animate objects, blade barrier (DC 27), cloak of dreams (DC 27), find the path, modify memory (DC 27), phantasmal killer (DC 27), phantasmal web (DC 27), planar ally (azata); holy word (DC 28), insanity (DC 28), legend lore, word of chaos (DC 28); cloak of chaos (DC 29), discern location, holy aura (DC 29), moment of prescience, scintillating pattern; foresight, summon monster IX (chaos), summon monster IX (good), weird (DC 30)

Bard Spells Known (CL 16th; concentration+27)

6th (3)—brilliant inspiration, subjective reality
5th (5)—greater dispel magic, greater heroism, frozen note (DC 26), shadowbard
4th (6)—break enchantment, denounce (DC 25), heroic finale, untold wonder, virtuoso performance
3rd (8)—exquisite accompaniment, glibness, good hope, haste, purging finale
2nd (8)—absurdity (DC 23), babble (DC 23), eagle’s splendor, gallant inspiration, honeyed tongue, share memory (DC 23)
1st (8)—hideous laughter (DC 22), biting words, identify, saving finale, solid note, timely inspiration
0 (at will)—detect magic, ghost sound (DC 21), lullaby (DC 21), message, prestidigitation, summon instrument

Statistics

Str 14, Dex 29, Con 20, Int 25, Wis 16, Cha 33
Base Atk +8; CMB +10; CMD 47
Feats Defensive Combat Training, Extra PerformanceM, Improved Initiative, Inspiring Mentor, Lingering PerformanceM, Skill FocusM (Perform [all], Skill Focus (Craft [all]), ToughnessM, Weapon FinesseM
Skills Craft (all) +33, Escape Artist +29, Knowledge (all) +19, Linguistics +19, Perception +23, Perform (all) +39, Spellcraft+24, Stealth +29, Use Magic Device +29
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Gnome, Halfling, Sylvan; telepathy 100 ft.; truespeech
SQ art is life, change shape (Small or Medium humanoid; alter self), inspiration, path abilities (clown, divine source x3 [Chaos/Whimsy, Good/Azata, Knowledge/Memory, Madness/Insanity], mythic immortality, mythic spellcasting, Parnassus’ ward, potent message, sardonic wit, unending performance)

Ecology 

Environment any (Olympus, Parnassus)
Organization solitary or circle (the Nine Muses)
Treasure triple (+5 bewildering singing crook, mask of the comedian, other equipment)

Special Abilities

Art is Life (Ex) A muse is the master of all forms of art; she counts Craft and Perform as single skills and all Knowledge skills as class skills. She can use versatile performance as a bard for all categories of Perform. A muse’s blindsight is sound-based.

Buffoonery (Ex) Thalia uses the bardic performances from the Prankster bard archetype rather than those of a regular bard.

Inspiration (Su) A muse can inspire art and passion in her targets, as per a nymph’s inspiration. The muse has a constant status spell cast on the creatures she is inspiring, and can project her senses to one of them, or teleport to a location within 100 feet of one of them, as a standard action. She can inspire a number of creatures equal to her Charisma bonus.

Parnassus’ WardM (Su) A mythic muse incorporates solid music into her jewelry and clothing, granting her (but not others) a +5 armor bonus to AC and allowing her to add her Charisma bonus to her attack roll and to her Constitution bonus when calculating hit points. The notes also act as masterwork instruments for all types of Perform.

Unearthly Grace (Su) A muse adds her Charisma modifier as a racial bonus on saves, and as a deflection bonus to AC.