The Black Beast of Chaos (3.5e Vestige)

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The Black Beast of Chaos[edit]

The beast of an apocalypse foretold, its reign was denied yet it shall one day have its revenge.

Level: 5th

Binding DC: 23

Special Requirement: No

Legend[edit]

Fate would not be stopped so easily. A prophecy came to pass, perhaps by the machinations of creatures even greater than the gods themselves. It stated that the world would be destroyed by a terrible monster, an apocalypse waiting to happen. These prophecies are common amongst legends of many people, and being so terrible there were a few each generation brave or foolish enough to find the great and terrible monster known as the Black Beast of Chaos and attempt to slay it.

All failed. Fate would not be stopped so easily.

The time of the end was fast approaching. The signs were there, the stars were right, and in the final generation the would be heroes took a different approach. If they could not defeat the beast, they would defeat fate itself. If the future could be changed, however slight of a chance, they should take it. It was a long and difficult fight with many casualties but in the end they achieved an event known as a Timebreak, shattering the reigns of fate long enough for the impossible to happen. The end times were permanently placed off and the beast, long waiting, never arose to perform its fated duty. Without purpose, it vanished from existence and the world would continue on without it.

But... fate would not be stopped so easily.

No longer in existence the beast wails from beyond the great void of non-being. To any who would hear its cry and bind it, the beast would be allowed to roam free in a greatly reduced state as it tries to undo the events that brought its unraveling.

Manifestation[edit]

The ground sinks into a smoking black pit of oily liquid which seethes and bubbles, seeming to move with a tentacled presence just below it. Jets of steam somehow both searingly hot and impossibly cold escape this murk as a deep growl is heard, and a voice calls for release. By drinking the substance, the binder begins the contract and the hideous transformation into The Beast.

Sign[edit]

The binder takes on the form of The Black Beast of Chaos, a being superficially resembling an oily black hydra with five or more heads, and six limbs as it clambers along the ground.

Influence[edit]

Spiteful and full of rage, The Black Beast lavishes in any opportunity or excuse to revel in destruction and war. While the binder won't be required to attack on sight, if brought to hostilities they will go above and beyond to break their opponents and their surroundings as they see fit.

Granted Abilities[edit]

Aura of Chaos and Evil[edit]

You radiate an aura of chaos and evil as a chaotic evil outsider of your HD. You count as a chaotic evil outsider as well as a member of your original type, regardless of your actual alignment.

This ability is only available in Beast form.

Devour[edit]

As a move action the binder can feed on a dead organic creature in range which heals the binder 1 hp per HD of the creature it has devoured, and 1 point of ability damage. This occupies one of the heads which cannot be used that round, and provokes an attack of opportunity. This mauls the body even if it is not fully consumed, rendering it unsuitable for raise dead.

This ability is only available in Beast form.

Form of the Beast[edit]

All of the Black Beast's abilities are only available when in the shape of The Beast. Those who have made a good pact can choose to suppress this transformation and return to their original shape as a standard action or revert to beast form. When the binder first binds this vestige, they automatically transform as part of the bind. While transforming they take half damage from incoming attacks as they shift and morph into their new state.

Treat this as the change shape ability with the following alterations: the hydra has a 20 ft climb speed in addition to its standard movement speeds. You start with a five headed hydra which can only attack with all its heads as a full attack action, and gain an additional head at binder level 11th and every level beyond (to a maximum of 12 heads at binder level 17th). You can reduce your effective level by 2 to obtain an acid breathing variant called the acitihydra. It has breath weapons as a pyro or cryohydra, except it deals 1d6 points of acid damage per HD you possess, and damage from multiple breath weapons overlaps, it does not stack. If you have overlapping areas, creatures in this overlap must save twice instead of once regardless of the number of lines overlapping. As typical for breath weapons, it is on a 1d4 round cooldown when used.

If you lost any heads, you can regenerate a head by taking 15 points of damage as a free action. The head regrows after 1 round. As long as you have this vestige bound you have the Shapechanger subtype.

Though the binder lacks the hydra's regeneration and ability to have more than its original number of heads, they automatically stabilize when dying and are immune to bleed damage.

Lesser Anathemic Secrecy[edit]

The binder is under the constant effect of nondetection against divine sources, with the exception of Aura of Chaos and Evil which bypasses this.

This ability is only available in Beast form.

World Asunder[edit]

The binder can take a full round action to make a single sunder attack with all of its heads at once. It counts all damage done as a single attack for the purpose of bypassing hardness, and adds +1 per head to any Strength check made to sunder any object. They also benefit from the Wallcrasher feat.

This ability is only available in Beast form.


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AuthorEiji-kun +
Binding DC23 +
Identifier3.5e Vestige +
Level5th +
RatingUndiscussed +
SummaryThe beast of an apocalypse foretold, its reign was denied yet it shall one day have its revenge. +
TitleThe Black Beast of Chaos +