Puppet Master

CR: 18 XP: 153,600

CE Medium humanoid (elf, human)

Init: +6 Senses: low-light vision Perception: +24

AC: 24, touch 16, flat-footed 21 (+4 armor, +3 deflection, +2 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 natural)

HP: 139 (19d6+70)

Fort: +13 Ref: +12 Will: +17, +2 vs. enchantments, +4 vs. mind-affecting

Defensive Abilities: mind blank, misdirection, spell turning

Resist: cold 30

Immune: electricity (120 points), fire (120 points)

Speed: 35 ft.

Melee: +1 dagger +9/+4 (1d4/19–20)

Special Attacks: aura of despair (19 rounds/day)

Spell-Like Abilities: (CL 19th; concentration +27) 11/day—dazing touch

Spells Prepared: (CL 19th; concentration +27) 9th—dominate monster (DC 29), power word kill, summon monster IX, weird (DC 27) 8th—horrid wilting (DC 26), incendiary cloud (DC 26), irresistible dance, mind blank, polymorph any object (DC 26) 7th—extended acid fog, quickened hold person (2, DC 23), mass hold person (DC 27), project image (DC 25), spell turning 6th—disintegrate (DC 24), greater dispel magic, greater heroism, mass suggestion (DC 26), quickened mirror image, repulsion (DC 24) 5th—cloudkill (DC 23), dominate person (DC 25), feeblemind (DC 25), hold monster (DC 25), mind fog (DC 25), teleport 4th—bestow curse (DC 22), charm monster (2, DC 24), crushing despair (DC 24), enervation, greater invisibility, phantasmal killer (DC 22) 3rd—displacement, fly, hold person (DC 23), magic circle against good, protection from energy (2), slow (DC 21) 2nd—acid arrow (2), ghoul touch (DC 20), misdirection, resist energy, touch of idiocy, web (DC 20) 1st—charm person (DC 21), expeditious retreat, feather fall, mage armor, obscuring mist, ray of enfeeblement (DC 19), reduce person (DC 19) 0 (at will)—bleed (DC 18), daze (DC 20), mage hand, mending Opposition Schools divination, evocation

Str: 8 Dex: 14 Con: 16 Int: 26 Wis: 10 Cha: 14

Base Atk: +9 CMB: +8 CMD: 24

Feats: Combat Casting, Craft Wand, Craft Wondrous Item, Dodge, Extend Spell, Fleet, Forge Ring, Greater Spell Focus (enchantment), Improved Initiative, Improved Iron Will, Iron Will, Quicken Spell, Scribe Scroll, Skill Focus (Perception), Spell Focus (enchantment)

Skills: Bluff +17, Craft (puppets) +16, Diplomacy +17, Disguise +12, Fly +15, Handle Animal +7, Intimidate +17, Knowledge (arcana) +26, Knowledge (dungeoneering, engineering, geography, nature, nobility, planes, religion) +16, Knowledge (history, local) +21, Perception +24, Perform (comedy) +12, Sense Motive +15, Spellcraft +21

SQ: arcane bond (ring of protection +3), elf blood, enchanting smile

Languages: Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Gnome, Halfling, Sylvan, Undercommon

Combat Gear: potions of cure serious wounds (3), scrolls of mage’s private sanctum (2), scroll of power word blind, scrolls of summon monster VI (2), wand of displacement (20 charges), wand of fly (20 charges), wand of tongues (20 charges)

Other Gear: +1 dagger, amulet of natural armor +4, belt of mighty constitution +4, cloak of resistance +4, figurine of wondrous power (obsidian steed), headband of vast intelligence +6, pearl of power (7th), pearl of power (4th), ring of protection +3, spellbook, 2, 036 gp