Ronen Kine (3.5e NPC)

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Ronen Kine

CR 41

	Male Patriarch Elan 2/ D'jed-Hai Monk 17/ Wilder 18
	LN Medium Aberration, Augmented, Psionic
Init/Senses	+12/Listen +20, Spot +20
Languages	Common, Quori, and Riedran. Bonus Languages: See Tongue of Sun and Moon.
AC	44, touch 44, flat-footed 44 (+3 AC Bonus, +6 Dexterity, +1 Dodge, +8 Insight, +8 Natural, +8 Wisdom)
hp	517 (18d6 +17d8 +2d10 HD); +361 hp, DR 10/-, Fast Healing 2
Immune	all natural diseases and poisons, possession
PR	27
Fort/Ref/Will	+24/+24/+26
Speed	110; Swim 110
Melee	Unarmed Strike +30 4d8 +12 (18*-20) x3 *Slashing only, (19-20) Bludgeoning/Piercing or
Melee	Flurry of Blows +30/+30/+30/+25/+20 4d8 +12 (18*-20) x3 *Slashing only, (19-20) Bludgeoning/Piercing
Space/Reach	5 ft./5 ft.
Base Atk/Grp	+23/+30
Atk Options	Fiery Fist, Greater Flurry of Blows, Quivering Palm, Stunning Fist, Unarmed Strike
Special Actions	Bind Psyche, Martial Maneuvers, Psionic Powers.
Combat Gear	Psicrystal, Vendalic Robes (MUE 33), Vendalic Tabi boots (MUE 33).
Power Points	777/777
Abilities	Str 25 (+7), Dex 23 (+6), Con 23 (+6), Int 32 (+11), Wis 27 (+8), Cha 28 (+9)
SQ	Abundant Step, Amphibious, Diamond Body, Diamond Soul, Elan Repletion, Elan Enhanced Resilience, Elan Resistance, Elude Touch, Greater Psionic Dominate, Improved Evasion, Ki Strike (Adamantine, Lawful, Magic), Psionic Charm, Psychic Enervation, Purity of Body, Slow Fall 80 ft., Still Mind, Superior Psionics, Surging Euphoria +2, Thrallherd, Timeless Body, Tongue of the Sun and Moon, Volatile Mind/4 power points, Wholeness of Body, Wild Surge +5.
Feats	D'jed-Hai Initiate; Dodge; Elan Resilience, Enhanced (CP 52); Enervation Endurance (CP 53); Epic Leadership; Fiery Fist (PH II 79); Improved Grapple; Improved Initiative; Inquisitor; Keen Strike; Maximize Power; Mental Juggernaut* (CP 56); Mobility; Narrow Mind; Practiced Manifester (CP 57); Psicrystal Affinity; Psicrystal Containment; Psionic Body; Psionic Mastery (CP 59); Psionic Meditation; Psychic Renewal (ToB 32); Quicken Power; Spring Attack; Stunning Fist; Superior Unarmed Strike (ToB 32); Swim-by Attack (StrmW 94); Toothed Blow (StrmW 94); Up the Walls; Vorpal Strike. Ronen has a litany of bonus feats acquired from class features, a deep crystal cave, and the Mind Seed entity (See History).* Ronen can invoke Mental Juggernaut as a free action, instead of an immediate action.
Skills	Autohypnosis +35 (20r), Balance +23 (5r), Climb +20 (8r), Concentration +23 (10r), Craft (blacksmithing) +21 (5r), Craft (gemcutting) + 21 (5r), Decipher Script +21 (5r), Diplomacy +23 (7r), Gather Information +21 (5r), Jump +25 (6r), Knowledge (Arch.& Eng.) +22 (5r), Knowledge (Dungeoneering) +21 (5r), Knowledge (Geography) +21 (5r), Knowledge (History) +21 (5r), Knowledge (Local) +21 (5r), Knowledge (Nature) +23 (5r), Knowledge (Nobility & Royalty) +21 (5r), Knowledge (Planes) +21 (5r), Knowledge (Psionics) +34 (15r), Knowledge (Religion, Aventernus) +21 (5r), Knowledge (Religion, Path of Inspiration) +21 (5r), Listen +20 (5r), Martial Lore +36 (20r), Profession (Sailor) +29 (15r), Psicraft +40 (22r), Sense Motive +28 (5r), Spot +20 (5r), Survival +18 (5.0r)*, Swim +25 (5r), Tumble +18 (5r). (*) Cross class skill.
Possessions	combat gear plus Deep Crystal Cave; Potnia Nadadora: A Folding Foiled War Canoe with Everfull sails. The Folding Foiled War Canoe looks like a small wooden box—about 12 inches long, 6 inches wide, and 6 inches deep. It can be used to store items like any other box. If a command word is given, however, the box unfolds itself to form a catamaran 10 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 2 feet in depth. A second command word causes it to unfold to a hydro-foiled trimaran (three hulled catamaran) 24 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 6 feet deep. Any objects formerly stored in the box now rest inside the boat or ship. A third word of command causes the boat or ship to fold itself into a box once again. In its smaller form, the catamaran has one pair of oars, an anchor, a mast, and a lateen sail. The boat can hold four people comfortably. In its larger form, the trimaran is a moderately sized war canoe, with two outriggers for stability. It has a small stepped mast with an Everful sail for sailing on open water as well as an advanced retractable hydrofoil system installed and designed by Ronen. Hydrofoils, or foils, increase the speed of a vessel drastically. A foil's shape and angle of attack generates lift (force generated perpendicular to flow) that is greater than the drag (force generated parallel to the flow) when moving through the water. This allows the trimaran to fly above the water, breaking free of the drag and rough ride of a board moving through the water. In essence, the multiplier for wind speed is nearly doubled. So when the wind multiplier is normally x1, the multiplier is now x2, a wind speed multiplier of x2 is now x3, and a wind speed multiplier of x3 is now x5. Foils must not be used in Severe strength or stronger winds as these forces will cause the foils to rip from the hull, resulting in the ship to founder. In it's larger form, the ship carries fifteen with ease. Gargantuan vehicle; Seaworthiness +0; Shiphandling +2; Speed wind × 20 ft. (average), 40 ft. (average) with foils deployed; Overall AC –3; Hull sections 18 (sink 4 sections); Section hp 50 (hardness 5); Section AC 3; Rigging Sections 1; Rigging hp 60 (hardness 0), AC 1; Space 25 ft. by 10 ft.; Height 5 ft. (draft 15 ft.) When foils are deployed the height is 16ft. (draft 5 ft.); Complement 16; Watch 1; Cargo 3 tons (Speed wind × 15 ft. if 1 ton or more), Faint transmutation; CL 6th; Craft Wondrous Item, Fabricate, creator must have 2 ranks in the Craft (shipmaking) skill as well as 5 ranks in Knowledge (Architecture & Engineering), Market Price: 21,000 g.p.; Tome of Worldly Memory: Three times per day, this tome can grant a +5 competence bonus to any one Knowledge check. This takes one minute. If the user has over 5 ranks in the skill in question, this takes a standard action. Also, if the user expends his psionic focus on a specific Knowledge check, he gains a +5 bonus on that check. This gives Ronen, considering his age, a 75% chance to substitute any Knowledge check (up to DC 40) with an Autohypnosis Memorize check. Silthilar* Grafts: Healing Blood, Improved (Bones +4, Muscles +5, Tendons +5). * See Silthilar Grafts (LoM 216-217).

History

A little less than a millennia and a half ago, Ronaan was an Aventi orphan discovered after Inspired from the Harmonious Sail dispatched some Sahuagin slave traders; and decided his aquatic blood would be a perfect empty vessel for an Elan candidate. After he was translated into a "New made" Elan, Ronaneth served the Harmonius Shield as a Water Soldier, before being promoted to the ranks of the Sleeping Sword. During his tenure, he became renowned by the authorities a formidable D'jed-Hai (a sublime dojo where initiates practice the Mental Grip discipline) master.

After the siege on Kasshta Keep in 702 AT (-100YK), the Inspired military devised a plan to create a super elan for the Edgewalkers and decided that Ronaneth (with his martial prowess and aquatic traits) would be the perfect candidate to meet the challenge. Ronaneth willingly agreed to this experiment with the hope of redeeming the il altas imprisoned inside him. In a high security kintam (Inspired military citadel), one high level psion (at least 19th level) representing each discipline plus an extra Telepath, Nomad, Kineticist, and Egoist (for a total of ten Psions) formed an even more powerful psionic entity using the Metaconcert power. Then this entity manifested Mind Seed on a willing 18th level Psion [Erudite] 9/Thrallherd 9. After the Mind Seed successfully germinated, the Psion [Erudite]/Thrallherd was sent to the Tashana tundra to gain more experience fighting creatures in the wild zones. When he returned as a 23rd level psion (14/9), he and a 21st level Wilder Fused. This fused being then manifested Mind Seed on Ronaneth; eventually granting him the powers and knowledge of a lesser version of the psionic entity formed by Metaconcert and later in series Fusion.

One day while on a mission outside his sentry tower, Ronaneth's strong psionic presence attracted two aboleths underwater off the coast of Dor Maleer and the Tashana Tundra in the Sea of Rage, and this is where things take a turn in Ronaneth's life. Having the prowess of such a powerful psionic entity housed in his mind the aboleths were unable to offer much of a fight to Ronaneth and he enfeebled and dominated their minds to reveal their hidden secrets before dispatching them. He learned their home was an underwater Deep Crystal Cave in the Tiiki river and he swam to its core to meditate in it knowing of such a cave's lore. He not only meditated for the eight hours required to receive the bonus feat, but he mediated for another four hours WITHOUT EVER HAVING FAILED A SAVE and gained the Patriarch template, or Paragon for this page's sake. After meditating those twelve hours, he pondered the validity of the Path of Inspiration and his efforts concluded it's evil nature which deprives a society of liberty. With this new knowledge and power, Ronaneth threw down his allegiance to the Inspired, becoming what the Dreaming Dark call a Dark Shadow, Ronaneth would later become known as the Darkest of the Dark Shadows. Ronaneth changed his name to Ronen and made a pilgrimage to the Aventus Islands to assist his "real" people, the Aventi.

Ronen then set sail on the Potnia Nadadora to the islands and even though he had been translated into an Elan, Ronen eventually rallied the Aventi tribes on the Aventus Islands and drove the Inspired from its shores (thus earning the Darkest of Shadows by the Inspired). He was then charged by an Aventi king with preventing the land of the Aventus island north of the horseshoe island from invasion and future occupation by the Inspsired. This island is called, "Kine", by the Aventi and thus, Ronen was given the title of Knight and renamed Ronen Kine by the Aventi king.

Combat and Tactics

As an Elan, Ronen has an indefinite lifespan, however he has an Astral Seed manifested should he ever meet an unforeseen fatal mishap during an Assassination on the Quori. Ronen's favorite tactic to dispatch a quori on Dal Quor (immediately after manifesting Dream Travel and Psychic Beacon) involves disabling it with a quickened Psionic Dimensional Anchor (DC 35) followed with an Ego Whip, thus preventing any attempt by the Quori to Teleport to escape while also attacking the Quori's charisma score. Any following rounds of combat involve Ronen using a move action to regain his psionic focus and then manifesting a maximized Ego Whip (with Wild Surge) until the Quori is disabled. Immediately following a successful encounter, Ronen binds the psyche of the quori. This keeps Ronen actively fighting the Inspired and Quori. If Ronen is drawn into melee combat, he engages with his powerful unarmed strikes and flurry of blows.

Amphibious: Ronen is capable of breathing in both air and water. He also has a swim speed equal to his land speed. Ronen also has a +8 racial bonus to any swim check and can always choose to take 10 on a swim check even if rushed.

Bind Psyche (Ex): Ronen developed this technique from enduring the process of Elan making and combined it with the way an Erudite Psion learns discipline powers and commits them to his repertoire, as well as observing the initiation ritual of making a Quori Mindhunter (MoE 77). Ronen projects himself into a pocket dreamscape, on the edge of Dal Quor by manifesting Dream Travel. Ronen then causes the dreamscape to produce random psychic emissions (Psychic Beacon), enough to attract a nearby quori to investigate. When this happens, Ronen must disable the quori in combat. When Ronen disables a Quori (and only Quori can be bound in this manner), he gains additional power from it. He must begin by establishing mental contact (one round of meditation with psionic focus) with the quori victim within 10 minutes of the quori becoming totally disabled. Once contact is made, a Psicraft check (DC 15 + HD of the disabled Quori) is required to bind the quori's psyche. Finally, Ronen must leave Dal Quor and immediately must expend his psionic focus to complete the binding. If Ronen is interrupted during this process, he can’t completely bind the psyche or gain the benefits. A quori that has been bound by Ronen cannot be restored to life through any means. There is no limit to the number of Quori psyches Ronen can bind in this fashion, but he only advances when Ronen binds a total number of Quori equal to his own Hit Dice and who has at least 10 HD, OR he can use that advancement energy to Mind Seed one of his believers. For example, Ronen can only advance by binding the psyches of 37 Quori who had at least 10 HD. Should Ronen choose to advance his HD, Ronen's Hit Dice, Manifester level, Intelligence, Charisma, and base attack bonus each increase by +1. He also adds power points to his reserve in the amount equal to the number of quori Ronen bound at his current level (this is in addition to any bonus power points Ronen may gain by his Charisma score increasing as well). His base saving throw bonuses improve according to his new Hit Dice. He gains additional skill points equal to 2 + his Intelligence modifier. If Ronen chooses to bestow one of his believers with Mind Seed, that individual (once the seed is fully integrated) becomes a Monk 13/Wilder 16 (CR 29) but does not acquire the Bind Psyche ability, any epic feats, nor the Patriarch template.

Elude Touch (Ex): Ronen’s intuition supersedes his intellect, alerting him to danger from touch attacks (including rays). He gains a +9 Charisma bonus to Armor Class against all touch attacks.

Mental Grip Maneuvers: (IL 17) Maneuvers Known 18, Readied 13, also known as D'jed-Hai: Forceful Blast, Great Tap, Hurl Self, Lift Self, Mental Might, Mighty Tap (x2), Psionic Insight, Rage of the Poltergeist, Strength of Will, Telekinetic Razor, Telekinetic Warrior, Thought Shield.

Psicrystal Info : Int: 17, Alertness, Deliver Touch Powers, Flight, Improved Evasion, Personality (Nimble: +2 Initiative checks), Power Resistance 16, Self-propulsion, Shared powers, Sighted, Telepathic link, Telepathic speech.

Psionic Powers: (ML 24; with Wild Surge applied 29): Powers gained through Mind Seed are below.* Powers made permanent for Ronen through Incarnate.

Unique Powers/day: 9

1st Level Powers (DC 32): Call to Mind; Conceal Thoughts*; Daze, Psionic¹; Detect Psionics*; Know Direction and location*; Mind Thrust¹; Synesthete

2nd Level Powers (DC 33): Body Equilibrium; Concussion Blast¹; Ego Whip¹; Energy Push¹; Mental Disruption; Psionic Lock; Psychic Beacon¹ (MoE 105); Thought Shield¹

3rd Level Powers (DC 34): Body Purification¹; Danger Sense*^{1 2}; Darkvision*, Psionic; Dispel Psionics; Energy Bolt¹; Eradicate Invisibility¹; Stun Quori Spirit¹ (MoE 106)

4th Level Powers (DC 35): Correspond; Detect Remote Viewing*; Mindwipe¹; Psychic Reformation; Trace Teleport¹

5th Level Powers (DC 36): Adapt Body; Celestial Conduit¹ (CP 80); Incarnate; Plane Shift, Psionic; Psychic Crush¹; Suppress Schism¹ (MoE 107); Tower of Iron Will¹; True Seeing, Psionic

6th Level Powers (DC 37): Cloud Mind, Mass; Mind Over Energy (CP 93); Overland Flight, Psionic; Retrieve¹

7th Level Powers (DC 38): Divert Teleport; Energy Conversion; Moment of Prescience, Psionic; Phase Door, Psionic

8th Level Powers (DC 39): Mindblank, Psionic; Teleport, Psionic Greater; True Metabolism

9th Level Powers (DC 40): Apopsi; Etherealness, Psionic; Reality Revision

1. Power can be augmented.
2. Ronen gains the benefits from Danger Sense as though he had augmented the power with 6 power points.

Psychic Enervation (Ex): Pushing oneself by invoking a wild surge is dangerous. Immediately following each wild surge, Ronen may be overcome by the strain of his effort. Ronen's chance of suffering psychic enervation is 25%.

When Ronen is overcome by psychic enervation, he loses 9 power points. Ronen keeps his psicrystal charged with psionic focus in the case he needs to invoke his Mental Juggernaut feat to keep from being dazed.

Repletion (Su): By spending 1 power point, Ronen can sustain himself without the need of food and water for 24 hours.

Resilience (Su): As an immediate action, Ronen can reduce the damage he is about to take by 4 points for every 1 power point spent.

Resistance (Su): As an immediate action, an elan can spend 1 power point to gain a +4 racial bonus on saving throws until the beginning of his next turn.

Superior Psionics: (Ps): Ronen manifests powers as a Wilder, but the DC's are Intelligence based. Plus, all Psion Discipline Powers are known and committed to Ronen's repertoire; this is because of the fused mental entity that manifested Mind Seed on Ronaneth. There is also a +10 bonus to the DC's of all powers manifested by Ronen due to the Metaconcert power manifested on the Psion who performed the Mind Seed on Ronaneth. Ronen also receives a +10 bonus to saves against all powers and psi-like abilities manifested against him.

Surging Euphoria (Ex): When Ronen uses his wild surge ability, he gains a +2 morale bonus on attack rolls, damage rolls, and saving throws for 4 rounds.

If Ronen is overcome by psychic enervation following his wild surge, he does not gain the morale bonus for this use of his wild surge ability.

Thrallherd: Ronen has Leadership score : 53, and due to his Epic Leadership feat, he is entitled to having a thrall who is 31st level (Fighter 2/Monk 13/Wilder 16, because the levels lost also reduce his Psion [Erudite]/Thrallherd levels). His current thrall is a Mind Seed who was a believer of his and excelled in his training. Ronen has a total of (2,300) 1st level believers, (230) 2nd level believers, (115) 3rd level believers, (57) 4th level believers, (28) 5th level believers, (14) 6th level believers, (7) 7th level believers, (4) 8th level believers, (2) 9th level believers, and (1) 10 level believer. This is in addition to Ronen's thrall who is also a Thrallherd (Leadership score: 42)and has his own thrall and group of believers. This "army" is the defense force for the islands Ronen is charged with protecting from any invasion from the Inspired.

Volatile Mind (Ex): Ronen’s temperamental mind is hard to encompass with the discipline of telepathy. When any telepathy power is manifested on Ronen, the manifester of the power must pay 4 power points more than he/she otherwise would have spent.

The extra cost is not a natural part of that power’s cost. It does not augment the power; they are simply wasted power points. Ronen’s volatile mind can force the manifester of the telepathy power to exceed the normal power point limit of 4 points. If the extra cost raises the telepathy power’s cost to more points than the manifester has remaining in his reserve, the power simply fails, and the manifester exhausts the rest of his/her power points.

Wild Surge (Su): Ronen can let his passion and emotion rise to the surface in a wild surge when he manifests a power. During a wild surge, he gains phenomenal psionic strength, but may harm himself by the reckless use of his power (see Psychic Enervation).

Ronen can choose to invoke a wild surge whenever he manifests a power. When he does so, he gains +5 to his manifester level with that manifestation of the power. The manifester level boost gives him the ability to augment his powers to a higher degree than he otherwise could; however, he pays no extra power point for this wild surge. Instead, the additional 5 power points that would normally be required to augment the power are effectively supplied by the wild surge.

Level-dependent power effects are also improved, depending on the power Ronen manifests with his wild surge.

This improvement in manifester level does not grant him any other benefits (psicrystal abilities do not advance, he does not gain higher-level class abilities, and so on).

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