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Drow Noble

CR 3.00 Humanoid CE Medium

Description

About one out of every 20 drow is gifted with special powers from birth—the overwhelming majority of these exceptional drow are female, and as a result, drow society tends to be matriarchal in nature. These special births are engineered and encouraged among the ruling caste, and are far more likely to occur when the mother is of noble heritage. Strangely, the status of the father seems not to increase or decrease the chances of a child being born a drow noble. Common drow children born to nobles are usually put to death—sacrificed to one of the many demon gods to whom the drow offer worship. It is rare for a drow noble to be born to common parents, but those who are usually murder their parents or family before they come of age in order to hide the truth of their base upbringing and to ease the processes of joining one of their society's noble houses. Drow nobles are more powerful than the majority of their kin, and as such they quickly rise to power within their houses. Advancement through the hierarchy of a drow noble house is usually accomplished through a combination of assassination, seduction, and treachery, leading most drow in power to be overly paranoid.

Drow nobles are defined by their class levels—they do not possess racial Hit Dice. A drow noble's challenge rating is equal to her class level. Drow nobles possess all of the racial traits listed above for drow characters, plus the following.

Ability Scores

STR

DEX

CON

INT

WIS

CHA

Combat Stats

HP: 20 (3d8+3)
AC: 21, touch 13, flat-footed 18 (+6 armor, +3 Dex, +2 shield)
Speed: 20 ft.
Init: +3
Melee: mwk rapier +4 (1d6+1/18-20)
Ranged: hand crossbow +5 (1d4/19-20plus poison)
BAB: +2
CMB: +3
CMD: 16
Fort: +4
Ref: +4
Will: +6; +2 vs. enchantment
SR: 14
Racial Modifiers: +2 Perception

Proficiencies

Weapons: Simple

Special Attacks

bleeding touch (6/day)

channel negative energy (4/day, 2d6, DC 12)

touch of chaos (6/day)

Special Qualities

poison use

Feats

Channel Smite, Weapon Finesse

Special Abilities

Channel Smite from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> Before you make a melee attack roll, you can choose to spend one use of your channel energy ability as a swift action. If you channel positive energy and you hit an undead creature, that creature takes an amount of additional damage equal to the damage dealt by your channel positive energy ability. If you channel negative energy and you hit a living creature, that creature takes an amount of additional damage equal to the damage dealt by your channel negative energy ability. Your target can make a Will save, as normal, to halve this additional damage. If your attack misses, the channel energy ability is still expended with no effect.</p>

Weapon Finesse from Feat

<p class="stat-block-1"> With a light weapon, rapier, whip, or spiked chain made for a creature of your size category, you may use your Dexterity modifier instead of your Strength modifier on attack rolls. If you carry a shield, its armor check penalty applies to your attack rolls.</p>

Skills

Knowledge (religion) +6, Sense Motive +9, Spellcraft +6

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Magic, At will—Dancing Lights, At will—Deeper Darkness, At will—Faerie Fire, At will—Feather Fall, At will—Levitate, 1/day—Divine Favor, 1/day—Dispel Magic, 1/day—Suggestion

spells prepared:

2nd—Death Knell, 2nd—Hold Person, 2nd—Silence, 1st—Bless, 1st—Cause Fear, 1st—Cure Light Wounds, 1st—Protection From Law, 0—Bleed, 0—Detect Poison, 0—Read Magic, 0—Resistance

Details

Type: Humanoid
Alignment: CE
Size: Medium
Senses: darkvision 120 ft.; Perception +5
Languages: Elven, Undercommon
Source: Bestiary

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Uses feat: Channel Smite (Feat)

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Uses feat: Weapon Finesse (Feat)

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Knows spell: Detect Magic (Spell)

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Knows spell: Dancing Lights (Spell)

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Knows spell: Deeper Darkness (Spell)

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Knows spell: Faerie Fire (Spell)

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Knows spell: Feather Fall (Spell)

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Knows spell: Levitate (Spell)

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Knows spell: Divine Favor (Spell)

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Knows spell: Dispel Magic (Spell)

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Knows spell: Suggestion (Spell)

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Knows spell: Death Knell (Spell)

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Knows spell: Hold Person (Spell)

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Knows spell: Silence (Spell)

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Knows spell: Bless (Spell)

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Knows spell: Cause Fear (Spell)

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Knows spell: Cure Light Wounds (Spell)

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Knows spell: Protection From Law (Spell)

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Knows spell: Bleed (Spell)

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Knows spell: Detect Poison (Spell)

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Knows spell: Read Magic (Spell)

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Knows spell: Resistance (Spell)

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