The Revised Kolyarut

This came of a discussion Tshern and I had, as we felt that monsters above a certain level basically stopped performing except in very specific conditions. This did not work for us, and we felt we had to amend this. Hence, this.

Kolyarut (CR 12)
LN Medium outsider (Extraplanar, Lawful)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60ft, low-light vision, see invisibility; Listen +19, Spot +19
Aura auras; Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, and the native language of their first target
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AC 33, touch 12, flat-footed 31 (+11 armour, +2 Dexterity, +10 natural)
136 hp (13d8+78 ), fast heal 5; DR 10/chaotic
Immune construct traits
Resist SR 22 (CR+10)
Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +11
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Speed 30ft. (6 squares), 20ft. in armour, fly 30ft (good), 20ft in armour
Melee +3 short sword +18/+18/+13 (1d6+5, 19-20/x2)
Melee vampiric touch +15 touch (5d6)
Ranged enervation ray +15 touch (1d4 negative levels)
Base Atk +13; Grp +15
Atk Options spell-like abilities, sneak attack +5d6+13, Snap Kick
Combat Gear two +3 shortswords, +3 mithral full plate
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Spell-like Abilities (CL 13th) (all SLAs assumed to be included in the statblock where appropriate)
Constant—see invisibility (if this is dispelled, it can be recast as a free action)
At will—discern lies, disguise self, fly, hold person, invisibility, locate creature, suggestion (DC 20)
1/day—hold monster, mark of justice (DC 20)
1/week—geas/quest (DC 20)
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Abilities Str 14, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 18
Feats Craven, Two-Weapon Fighting, Snap Kick, Improved Toughness
Skills Concentration +21, Diplomacy +20, Disguise +9, Gather Information +9, Knowledge (arcana) +17, Knowledge (local) +17, Knowledge (religion) +17, Knowledge (the planes) +17, Listen +19, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +19, Spot +19
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Enervation Ray (Su): A kolyarut can fire a black ray at any target within 200ft. The effect is identical to an enervation spell (CL 13th).

Vampiric Touch (Su): As a melee touch attack, a kolyarut can steal the life force of its opponent, identically to the vampiric touch spell (CL 13th).

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Some of the most important changes involve changing feats for stuff that actually matter and raising ability scores (and removing all odd scores). The AC is quite decent, although definitely not a strength of the monster in question.

Essentially, hit invisibility, toss Enervation and reactivate Invisibility. A DM might want to stick Quicken SLA there somewhere for either of those abilities.

Incidentally, we had a few things that were wrong. Here's the update:

Kolyarut (CR 12)
LN Medium outsider (Extraplanar, Lawful)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60ft, low-light vision, see invisibility; Listen +19, Spot +19
Aura auras; Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, and the native language of their first target
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AC 33, touch 12, flat-footed 31 (+11 armour, +2 Dexterity, +10 natural)
136 hp (13d8+78 ), fast heal 5; DR 10/chaotic
Immune construct traits
Resist SR 22 (CR+10)
Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +11
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Speed 30ft. (6 squares), 20ft. in armour, fly 30ft (good), 20ft in armour
Melee +3 short sword +18/+13/+8 (1d6+5, 19-20/x2)
Melee vampiric touch +15 touch (5d6)
Ranged enervation ray +15 touch (1d4 negative levels)
Base Atk +13; Grp +15
Atk Options spell-like abilities, sneak attack +5d6+13, Snap Kick
Combat Gear two +3 shortswords, +3 mithral full plate
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Spell-like Abilities (CL 13th) (all SLAs assumed to be included in the statblock where appropriate)
Constant—see invisibility (if this is dispelled, it can be recast as a free action)
At will—discern lies, disguise self, fly, hold person, invisibility, locate creature, suggestion (DC 20)
1/day—hold monster, mark of justice (DC 20)
1/week—geas/quest (DC 20)
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Abilities Str 14, Dex 14, Con 20, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 18
Feats Craven, Quicken spell-like ability (Invisibility), Two-Weapon Fighting, Improved Toughness
Skills Concentration +21, Diplomacy +20, Disguise +9, Gather Information +9, Knowledge (arcana) +17, Knowledge (local) +17, Knowledge (religion) +17, Knowledge (the planes) +17, Listen +19, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +19, Spot +19
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Construct Body (Ex): A kolyarut has the immunities of a construct.

Enervation Ray (Su): A kolyarut can fire a black ray at any target within 200ft. The effect is identical to an enervation spell (CL 13th).

Vampiric Touch (Su): As a melee touch attack, a kolyarut can steal the life force of its opponent, identically to the vampiric touch spell (CL 13th).

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Added Construct Body and changed Snap kick for Quicken SLA.

AHHH the forum has a gasp of life left in it after all.

Now I await your new and extra crunchy version of the Marut.

Reddie is working on his internet connection and I am expecting some resuscitation to occur when he gets online more often.

How do you like the monster?

Deo you said some time ago you wanted to talk to me but you haven't been online? What's up? (yes, im stealing this thread for my own personal reasons)

Jolkuna wrote:Deo you said some time ago you wanted to talk to me but you haven't been online? What's up? (yes, im stealing this thread for my own personal reasons)

Yes, I wanted your opinion on my idea for an arcane metamagic-using PrC. I'll run it by you whenever I see you.

Tshern wrote:How do you like the monster?

It's not as cool as a Marut.

Like your avatar, btw.

And you should post the PrC here. To another thread, obviously, but to the forum.

More technical difficulties. Our formating was far from flawless:

Kolyarut (CR 12)
LN Medium outsider (Extraplanar, Lawful)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60ft, low-light vision, see invisibility; Listen +19, Spot +19
Aura auras; Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Infernal, and the native language of their first target
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AC 33, touch 12, flat-footed 31 (+11 armour, +2 Dexterity, +10 natural)
136 hp (13d8+78 ), fast heal 5; DR 10/chaotic
Immune construct traits
Resist SR 22 (CR+10)
Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +11
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Speed 30ft. (6 squares), 20ft. in armour, fly 60ft (good), 40ft in armour
Melee +3 short sword +18/+13/+8 (1d6+5, 19-20/x2)
Full attack 2x+3 short sword +16+13+8/+16 (1d6+5, 19-20/x2)
Melee vampiric touch +15 touch (5d6)
Ranged enervation ray +15 touch (1d4 negative levels)
Base Atk +13; Grp +15
Atk Options spell-like abilities, sneak attack +5d6+13, Snap Kick
Combat Gear two +3 shortswords, +3 mithral full plate
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Spell-like Abilities (CL 13th, save DC 14+spell level, save DCs are charisma-based) (all SLAs assumed to be included in the statblock where appropriate)
Constant—see invisibility (if this is dispelled, it can be recast as a free action)
At will—discern lies, disguise self, fly, hold person, invisibility, locate creature, suggestion
1/day—hold monster, mark of justice
1/week—geas/quest
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Abilities Str 14, Dex 15, Con 20, Int 12, Wis 16, Cha 18
Feats Craven, Improved Toughness, Quicken spell-like ability (Invisibility), Two-Weapon Fighting
Skills Concentration +21, Diplomacy +20, Disguise +9, Gather Information +9, Knowledge (arcana) +17, Knowledge (local) +17, Knowledge (religion) +17, Knowledge (the planes) +17, Listen +19, Sense Motive +8, Spellcraft +19, Spot +19
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Construct Body (Ex): A kolyarut has the immunities of a construct.

Enervation Ray (Su): A kolyarut can fire a black ray at any target within 200ft. The effect is identical to an enervation spell (CL 13th).

Sneak attack (Ex): A kolyarut can use sneak attack as if he had levels in Rogue equal to his racial hit dice-4.

Vampiric Touch (Su): As a melee touch attack, a kolyarut can steal the life force of its opponent, identically to the vampiric touch spell (CL 13th).

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Looks like good work, and I can see how that would make a sensible CR12 monster. It's true to the original material and still neatly improved.

Could you guys consider updating monsters on request?

Sure. And yes, I can make Mister Sinister to work with me.