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=LIVING VAULT=

{{3.5e Monster Classic
|style=
|creature=
|size=Colossal|type=Construct  
|hd=96d10+80  |hp=608
|init=–2 ([[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]])  
|speed=10 ft. (can’t run)  
|ac=60 (–8 size, –2 [[SRD:Dexterity|Dex]], +60 natural)   |touch=0  |flat=60 
|bab=+72|grapple=+123
|at=Slam +99 (10d6+35) melee
|full_at=2 slams +99 (10d6+35) melee
|space=30 ft. |reach=20 ft.  
|sa=''Imprisonment''
|sq=Recognition, ''safekeeping,'' [[SRD:Construct Type|construct traits]], magic immunity, DR 15/epic and [[SRD:Adamantine|adamantine]]  
|fort=+32|ref=+30|will=+33  
|skills=[[SRD:Jump Skill|Jump]] +0
|str=80|dex=7|con=– |int=–|wis=12|cha=1  
|env=Any  
|org=Solitary  
|cr=33  
|treas=Standard (see text)  
|align=Neutral  
|adv=None  
}}
To access a vault, its creator must call the vault from where it is [[SRD:Sequester|sequester]]ed through the use of a ''[[SRD:Sending|sending]]'' spell. The vault has no obvious opening; however, items can be stored and retrieved by naming them (the living vault provides an inventory to its creator on request). The item to be stored appears to sink into the living vault’s form as if made of mud. Likewise, items retrieved pop out of the living vault’s form. Storing and retrieving items in this fashion takes one [[SRD:Round|round]] per transaction. Creatures other than the vault’s master who [[SRD:Wish|wish]] to access the inventory must destroy the vault to do so. If a vault is destroyed, all the objects and creatures stored within immediately emerge.  

A living vault’s [[SRD:Natural Weapons|natural weapons]] are treated as epic for the purpose of overcoming [[SRD:Damage Reduction|damage reduction]].

===Combat===

'''''Imprisonment'' ([[SRD:Sp|Sp]]):''' As a [[SRD:Free Actions|free action]] twice per day, a living vault can project a 60-foot cone. Creatures caught in the cone must make a [[SRD:Saving Throw|Will save]] ([[SRD:DC|DC]] 58) or be affected as by the ''[[SRD:Imprisonment|imprisonment]]'' spell, except creatures are stored within the vault’s interior. The living vault can hold two Gargantuan creatures, eight Huge creatures, thirty-two Large creatures, one hundred twenty-eight Medium-size creatures, and so on. This assumes that the rest of the vault is also relatively empty, so a large hoard of treasure reduces the number of creatures a living vault can hold at any one time. If ''[[SRD:Freedom|freedom]]'' is later cast upon the very spot where the victim of ''[[SRD:Imprisonment|imprisonment]]'' disappeared, the victim is freed, though it doesn’t appear where it disappeared, but in a space adjacent to wherever the living vault is currently physically located.  

'''Recognition ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' Once made, a living vault responds only to its owner; no other being can access the vault’s interior. The vault is not fooled by disguised creatures, and can distinguish between its true master and false duplicates, even penetrating disguises used in conjunction with ''[[SRD:Shapechange|shapechange]], [[SRD:Alter Self|alter self]], [[SRD:Disguise Self|disguise self]], [[SRD:Polymorph (Spell)|polymorph]], [[SRD:Seeming|seeming]],'' and ''[[SRD:Simulacrum|simulacrum]]'' and similar effects. The vault does, however, respond to the product of a ''[[SRD:Clone|clone]]'' spell.  

'''''Safekeeping'' ([[SRD:Sp|Sp]]):''' At will, a living vault can use a power that combines the effects of ''[[SRD:Sequester|sequester]]'' and ''[[SRD:Plane Shift|plane shift]]'' to render the vault [[SRD:Invisible|invisible]] to any form of sight or [[SRD:Divination|divination]], and at the same time transfer it to a random portion of the [[SRD:Astral Plane|Astral Plane]]. When in safekeeping mode, the living vault responds to a ''[[SRD:Sending|sending]]'' by its master, returning to the location from which it left and becoming tangible once again. Creatures and objects that are stored within the vault are treated as if under the effects of ''[[SRD:Sequester|sequester]],'' whether the vault itself is or not. Often, creatures are brought into the vault via ''[[SRD:Imprisonment|imprisonment]],'' but sometimes [[SRD:Unconscious|unconscious]] or otherwise subdued creatures are stored as an object, in which case they receive no [[SRD:Saving Throw|saving throw]] to resist the effect.  

'''[[SRD:Construct Type|Construct]] Traits:''' Immune to [[SRD:Mind-Affecting Effect|mind-affecting]] effects (charms, compulsions, [[SRD:Phantasm Subschool|phantasm]]s, patterns, and morale effects), and to [[SRD:Poison|poison]], ''[[SRD:Sleep|sleep]],'' [[SRD:Paralysis|paralysis]], [[SRD:Stunned|stunning]], [[SRD:Disease|disease]], death effects, [[SRD:Necromancy School|necromantic effects]], and any effect that requires a [[SRD:Saving Throw|fortitude save]] unless it also works on objects. Cannot heal Damage (though [[SRD:Regeneration|regeneration]] and [[SRD:Fast Healing|fast healing]] still apply, if present). Not subject to [[SRD:Critical Hit|critical hits]], [[SRD:Nonlethal Damage|nonlethal damage]], [[SRD:Energy Drain, Negative Levels, and Level Loss#Energy Drain (Su)|Energy Drain]], [[SRD:Ability Score Loss#Ability Damage|Ability Damage]], [[SRD:Ability Score Loss#Ability Drain|ability drain]], or [[Energy Drain, Negative Levels, and Level Loss (SRD Special Ability)#Energy Drain (Su)|Energy Drain]]. Not at risk of death from massive Damage, but destroyed when reduced to 0 [[SRD:Hit Points|hit points]] or less; cannot be raised or resurrected. [[SRD:Darkvision|Darkvision]] 60 ft.  

'''Magic Immunity ([[SRD:Ex|Ex]]):''' A living vault is immune to all magical and supernatural effects, except as follows. A ''[[SRD:Freedom|freedom]]'' spell cast on it causes it to defer the use of its own ''[[SRD:Imprisonment|imprisonment]]'' power for 10 rounds.  


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Alignment	Neutral +
Challenge Rating	33 +
Environment	Any +
Level Adjustment	— +
Size	Colossal +
Title	Living Vault +
Type	Construct +