Skogsra
(skogs-rau) Creature from Swedish folklore
Deep in the woods lives the Skogsrå, the most beautiful of women. She is a cross between a nymph and a dryad, and she is the mistress of the forest. The animals of the forest are under her protection. However, as good-natured as the Skogsrå may sound, she is a neutral force of nature, and being of the fey, is capable of anything.
She appears as a beautiful naked maiden, and can distort the vision of onlookers and change shape from the most exquisitely beautiful creature to the most repulsive. On closer inspection, he back is hollow, the skin there like the bark of a tree, and she hides a tail of which she is deeply ashamed. Pulling the tail is known to embaress Skogsrås into running away, though shaming a Skogsrå is a deadly game, for she shall come back to seek vengance when the offender is sleeping.
Skogsra
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Medium Fey
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Hit Dice:
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6d6+6 (27 hp)
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Initiative:
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+3
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Speed:
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30 ft. (6 squares), swim 20 ft.
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Armor Class:
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17 (+3 Dex, +4 deflection), touch 17, flat-footed 14
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Base Attack/Grapple:
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+3/+3
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Attack:
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Dagger +6 melee (1d4/19-20)
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Full Attack:
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Dagger +6 melee (1d4/19-20)
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Space/Reach:
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5 ft./5 ft.
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Special Attacks:
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Blinding beauty, spells, spell-like abilities
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Special Qualities:
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Damage reduction 10/cold iron, speak to animals, low-light vision, unearthly grace
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Saves:
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Fort +7, Ref +12, Will +12
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Abilities:
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Str 10, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 16, Wis 17, Cha 19
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Skills:
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Concentration +10, Diplomacy +6, Escape Artist +12, Handle Animal +13, Heal +12, Hide +12, Listen +12, Move Silently +12, Ride +5, Sense Motive +12, Spot +12, Swim +8, Use Rope +3 (+5 with bindings)
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Feats:
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Combat Casting, Dodge, Weapon Finesse
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Environment:
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Temperate forests
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Organization:
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Solitary
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Challenge Rating:
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8
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Treasure:
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Standard
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Alignment:
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Usually true neutral
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Advancement:
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7-12 HD (Medium)
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Level Adjustment:
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+7
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A creature so beautiful that it brings tears to your eyes lies before you on a serene moss-covered rock. She is a naked, nymph-like creature with flowing long hair and piercing deep eyes.
Combat
Blinding Beauty (Su): This ability affects all humanoids within 30 feet of a Skogsrå. Those who look directly at her must succeed on a DC 17 Fortitude save or be blinded permanently as though by the blindness spell. A belle dame sans merci can suppress or resume this ability as a free action.
The save DC is Charisma-based.
Speak to Animals (Su): Like a gnome, the Skogsrå can speak in the tongue of animals. However, as a queen of the forest, a Skogsrå can also command creatures to come to her aid. A Skogsrå can direct any nearby animals or vermin that are native to her forest as if she had summoned them.
Spell-Like Abilities: Once per day, Skogsrå can slip through a dimension door, as the spell, dissapearing without a trace. 1/day-dimension door. Caster level 7th.
Spells: A Skogsrå casts divine spells as a 7th-level druid.
Typical Druid Spells Prepared (6/5/4/3/1, save DC 13 + spell level): 0-cure minor wounds, detect magic, flare, guidance, light, resistance; 1st-calm animal, cure light wounds, entangle, longstrider, speak with animals; 2nd-barkskin, heat metal, lesser restoration, tree shape; 3rd- call lightning, cure moderate wounds, protection from energy; 4th-rusting grasp.
Unearthly Grace (Su): A Skogsrå adds her Charisma modifier as a bonus on all her saving throws, and as a deflection bonus to her Armor Class. (The statistics block already reflects these bonuses).
Skills: A Skogsrå has a +8 racial bonus on any Swim check to perform some special action or avoid a hazard. She can always choose to take 10 on a Swim check, even if distracted or endangered. She can use the run action while swimming, provided she swims in a straight line.
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