Contemplative Meditant
Level 15Abilities
A monster with telepathy can communicate mentally with any creatures within the listed radius, as long as they share a language. This doesn't give any special access to their thoughts, and communicates no more information than normal speech would.
A contemplative meditant can always roll Dimension of Time Lore for initiative. When it does, it gains a +2 circumstance bonus to the roll as it acts on flashes of insight harvested from potential futures.
The contemplative senses all non-mindless creatures at the listed range.
A constant spell affects the monster without the monster needing to cast it, and its duration is unlimited. If a constant spell gets counteracted, the monster can reactivate it by spending the normal spellcasting actions the spell requires.
A contemplative's limbs are withered and incapable of significant physical exertion. A contemplative can't properly wield a two-handed weapon or object without dedicating its telekinetic powers to supporting the weapon, and even then, it takes a -2 penalty to Strikes with such a weapon. It also can't use its spells or fly as long as it wields a two-handed weapon or object.
Frequency once per round Effect The contemplative attempts to hinder a target creature's personal flow of time. The target must be within 60 feet, and once targeted must attempt a DC 36 will save, becoming Slowed 1 on a failure or Slowed 2 on a critical failure. Each time an affected creature ends its turn, its slowed value decreases by 1. A creature that critically succeeds on their save against Temporal Suppression is temporarily immune to it for 24 hours.
Description
Contemplative meditants focus their meditations and research on the vexing topic of time itself.
The ancestors of the Contemplatives of Ashok were humanoids of vast intellect who unlocked occult powers. They deliberately evolved their mental faculties at the expense of their physical forms, and their atrophied bodies dangle beneath giant brains.