Return of the Runelords Players Guide pg. 87
Acquired/Inherited Template Acquired
Simple Template No
Usable with Summons No
Before Alaznist created the first sinspawn through the use of her runewell, she experimented with several techniques to create sin-twisted servants. One foundation of the complex magical technique used to create sinspawn was known as runewarping. Through the use of runewarping, Alaznist and other powerful mages created horribly twisted creatures from their slaves and prisoners. These creators valued ability over aesthetics, so runewarped creatures were transformed by powerful magic into horrid mockeries of their previous forms. Runewarped creatures seek out sources of magic to consume, trying in vain to complete their transformation. Although a runewarped creature is recognizable as the creature it once was, the creature bears altered or additional limb joints, elongated fingers, and a massive jaw capable of delivering a powerful bite.
“Runewarped creature” is an acquired template that can be added to any animal, humanoid, or monstrous humanoid (referred to hereafter as the base creature). A runewarped creature uses the base creature’s statistics and special abilities except as noted here.
Challenge Rating: Base creature’s CR + 1.
Alignment: Any evil.
Type: The creature’s type changes to aberration. Do not recalculate its base attack bonus, saves, or skill ranks.
Senses: The creature gains darkvision with a range of 60 feet, low-light vision, and magic-scent.
Magic-Scent (Su): Runewarped creatures have scent that detects only creatures with the ability to cast spells. This scent allows the runewarped creature to know the location and power of all magic auras within range of its scent. Magic-scent always detects magic auras in a range of 60 feet and is not affected by wind.
Armor Class: Natural armor bonus increases by 2.
Hit Dice: Change all the creature’s racial Hit Dice to d8s. Hit Dice derived from class levels remain unchanged.
Defensive Abilities: A runewarped creature with 5 Hit Dice or more gains DR 5/magic (or DR 10/magic if it has 11 Hit Dice or more) and SR equal to its new CR + 6 (or SR equal to its new CR + 11 if it has 11 Hit Dice or more).
Melee: A runewarped creature gains a bite attack that deals damage based on the runewarped creature’s size but as if it were one size category larger than its actual size. If the runewarped creature already has a bite attack, the bite’s damage increases by one step, as if it had increased one size category.
Special Attacks: A runewarped creature loses any spells or spell-like abilities, but it retains all other special attacks and abilities of the base creature. A runewarped creature gains the following special attack.
Consume Magic (Su): A runewarped creature’s bite drains magical ability from creatures capable of casting spells or using spell-like abilities. The struck creature loses its highest-level prepared spell, spell slot, or spell-like ability unless it succeeds at a Will save to negate the effect. A creature can be affected by this ability only once per round, even if attacked multiple times or by multiple runewarped creatures. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Ability Scores: Str +4, Con +2, Int –4 (minimum 1), Cha –2.
Sinwarped CreaturesRunewarped creatures subjected to prolonged direct exposure to a runewell or sin magic gain additional powers related to a specific sin, seeking out magic and spellcasters associated with that sin.
Sinwarped creatures are runewarped creatures with the advanced creature simple template, magic-scent with a range of 120 feet, and spell-like abilities determined by the creature’s affinity to a particular school of sin magic: envy (resist energy and shield), gluttony (chill touch and false life), greed (barkskin and expeditious retreat), lust (hold person and hypnotism), pride (blur and color spray), sloth (cure moderate wounds and grease), or wrath (burning hands and darkness). Each spell-like ability is usable once per day. When a target loses a prepared spell, spell slot, or spell-like ability that is at least 3rd level to a sinwarped creature’s consume magic ability, the sinwarped creature regains all of these spell-like abilities it has used.
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