Knight of Malice

Level 16

Creature· aberrationRareMediumRemaster

AC 38

HP 330

Speed 30 ft.

Fort +30

Ref +28

Will +25

Perc +27

Size Medium

Rare

aberration

Immunities controlled

Resistances mental 15

Languages aklo, jotun, thassilonian

Senses darkvision

Speeds 30 ft., fly 25 ft.

Skills athletics +32, deception +30, intimidation +30, acrobatics +28, stealth +28, survival +27

Recall Knowledge occultism DC 40

Attacks

Melee Halberd +32/+27/+22(magical, reach 10 ft., versatile S)

Damage: 1d6 fire + 3d10+15 piercing

Melee Jaws +31/+27/+23(agile)

Damage: 3d10+15 piercing

Effect: sinful bite

Melee Claw +31/+26/+21

Damage: 3d8+15 slashing

Abilities

Sin Scentinteraction

A knight of malice can smell envious creatures as the scent ability, but as a precise sense. The GM determines which creatures are appropriately envious.

+1 Status to All Saves vs. Magicdefensive

+4 Status to All Saves vs. Mentaldefensive

Jealous Enmity↺defensive

Requirements The knight of malice Seethed during their last turn

The knight of malice Strides up to 15 feet and makes a melee Strike against the same creature. The knight of malice who rolled a higher result on their attack becomes Quickened for 1 round and can use the extra action only to Seethe or Stride.

Reactive Strike↺defensive

Trigger A creature within the monster's reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using. Effect The monster attempts a melee Strike against the triggering creature. If the attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, the monster disrupts that action. This Strike doesn't count toward the monster's multiple attack penalty, and its multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to this Strike.

Spiteful Eyedefensive(aura, emotion, visual)

30 feet. Knights of malice hate to see others succeed and sabotage the efforts of other knights whenever they can. The knight of malice takes a –2 circumstance penalty to Reflex saving throws and their Strikes deal an extra 1d6 mental damage if there's at least one other knight of malice in the aura.

Seethe◆offensive(emotion, mental)

Requirements Another knight of malice is within the area of the knight's spiteful eye aura

The knight of malice ruminates on their unjust treatment and plots a new method of overthrowing and outshining another knight. The knight of malice gains a second reaction until the start of their next turn, though they still can't use more than one reaction on the same triggering action.

Sinful Biteoffensive(arcane, emotion, mental)

A creature hit by the jaws Strike of a knight of malice must attempt a DC 37 will save as it's assaulted by envious thoughts. Critical Success The creature is unaffected. Success The creature is Stupefied 1 for 1 round. Failure The creature is Stupefied 2 and Confused for 1 minute. For as long as it remains stupefied, the flat check to end the confused condition when the creature is damaged is DC 14. Critical Failure As failure, but Stupefied 3.

Description

Knights of malice are powerful, winged sinspawn, cultivated for the abundance of jealousy and hatred in their hearts. The knights scheme and strive to undermine each other, nourishing their animosity like any other soldier might train to foster camaraderie and teamwork with their allies. Each knight dreams of the day they prove their power and worthiness to the runelord of envy and reap their just rewards.

A Source of Malice

While other runelords abandoned the original sinspawn creation ritual in favor of using minor runewells, Belimarius instead innovated and perfected the original ritual used to create sinspawn, using it to empower a sinspawn through repeated and nested castings. Her knights of malice are washed in the souls of dozens of envious creatures each, reaching greater heights of envy than any other sinspawn.