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held off asking this for a while but tis the season and all. Do you think Atropus would have had a divine/profane herald and if so what would it have been? Or would the putried angels just suffice for servitors or that role?

Atropus is a primordial, and the closest equivalent in Pathfinder are the Great Old Ones and Outer Gods, which traditionally (at least in PF1E, which is all I'm up on) don't have heralds.

But of course the GM has the final say, and if you think a Herald of Atropus would be cool, a la the Silver Surfer and Galactus, go for it.

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Avatar of Atropus

Image © Wizards of the Coast, by Izzy.

[Commissioned by @tar-baphon. Atropus is the most powerful of the Elder Evils in the book of the same name, an entire planet that can only by fought by going up there and beating up this headless hulk. Very video gamey--I feel like Atropus owes a lot to Final Fantasies IV and V, and Legend of Zelda: Majora’s Mask. My version of the statistics borrows abilities from my earlier atropal conversion, and makes reference to the angel of decay I wrote up near this blog’s beginning.

Of note: Pathfinder canonically has in it a version of Atropos, one of the Three Fates, as a psychopomp usher. This may lead to confusion in your campaign. Maybe that’s intentional. The commissioner’s idea for Atropus’ origin is that it was created in Earthfall, by Avacna dying in steering the moon to absorb most of the meteorites. A bitter undead goddess who sacrificed herself and now hates those she died for is a cool concept, but I wanted to open it up to multiple possible interpretations/roles. I do assume a weird version of canon in these entries--I typically avoid references to Pathfinder’s canonical gods, but demigods like demon lords and archdevils are open season. I’m not really sure why; possibly as a relic of when I was trying to sell these in the 3pp market.]

Avatar of Atropus CR 25 NE Undead This headless giant is clearly dead, with rotting flesh and withered limbs. Its belly is swollen as with decay or pregnancy, or possibly both. Oily black fluid oozes from its surface, running down its body in rivulets.

Atropus, the Dead World, is a sapient evil planetoid. Some say that it is the castoff of creation, a force of Death to counterbalance the existence of Life. Others say that it is a fragment of a planet or moon destroyed through some magical cataclysm, infused with the mind of a dead god and forever enraged at its abandonment by the faithful. Still others claim that Atropus is a shard of the Negative Energy Plane given life and intelligence. Whatever its true origins, Atropus is a planet killer. It drifts through the space between worlds, and when it takes up orbit around a planet, it drains the life from it until all that are left on its surface are the walking dead.

Atropus itself cannot be fought, or slain, in any conventional manner. Those exploring the world find it truly lifeless. It is a low gravity, airless place with the minor negative dominant trait across its entire surface and the major negative dominant trait in fissures and cracks oozing profane ichor. This world is crawling with undead—angels of decay and atropals are the most notable, but not the only, denizens. Coordinating these monsters is the avatar of Atropus, its will concentrated into a perverse, corpse-like body.

The avatar of Atropus remains on the surface of its own planetoid, a final line of defense against anyone powerful or foolish enough to visit the Dead World. Its very presence drains life from creatures, creating an army of spectres wherever it goes. It can channel negative energy and cast deadly magic as surely as the strongest mortal necromancers and clerics, and has crushing physical force in order to pulverize creatures that resist necromantic magics. Only by slaying the avatar can Atropus be once again cast into interstellar space, but the means have not yet been discovered to forever end the threat of the Dead World.

Avatar of Atropus CR 25 XP 1,640,000 NE Gargantuan undead Init +5; Senses blind, blindsight 500 ft., Perception +42 Aura desecration (60 ft.), life suppression (60 ft.) Defense AC 43, touch 12, flat-footed 41 (-4 size, +1 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 profane, +31 natural) hp 583 (30d8+390 plus 60); fast healing 20 Fort +26, Ref +15, Will +30; channel resistance +5 DR 20/good and epic; Immune cold, gaze attacks, undead traits, visual spells and abilities; Resist acid 20, fire 20; SR 36 (40 vs. divination) Defensive Abilities freedom of movement, profane ichor, rejuvenation Offense Speed 50 ft.. air walk Melee 2 claws +40 (4d8+22 plus 2d6 unholy plus Constitution drain plus energy drain) Space 20 ft.; Reach 20 ft. Special Attacks call meteor shower, channel negative energy (10d6, 15/day, DC 43), create spawn, divine scourge, energy drain (3 negative levels, DC 37), profane channeling Spell-like Abilities CL 25th, concentration +37 Constant—air walk, freedom of movement, nondetection At will—control undead (DC 29), create greater undead, greater dispel magic, harm (DC 28), mass fester (DC 28), mass inflict serious wounds (DC 29) 3/day—quickened greater dispel magic, heart clutch (DC 30), empowered horrid wilting (DC 30), waves of exhaustion 1/day—overwhelming presence (DC 31), power word: kill, wail of the banshee (DC 31) Statistics Str 50, Dex 13, Con -, Int 25, Wis 28, Cha 35 Base Atk +22; CMB +46 (+50 bull rush, sunder); CMD 57 (59 vs. bull rush, sunder) Feats Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Command Undead (B), Dodge, Empower SLA (horrid wilting), Greater Bull Rush, Greater Sunder, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Initiative, Improved Sunder, Mobility, Power Attack, Quicken SLA (greater dispel magic), Spring Attack, Toughness, Whirlwind Attack Skills Acrobatics +34 (+42 jumping), Climb +53, Intimidate +45, Knowledge (arcana, religion) +40, Knowledge (geography, planes) +37, Perception +42, Sense Motive +42, Spellcraft +40, Stealth +22 Languages Aboleth, Aklo, Azlanti, Draconic, Eoxian, Necril, truespeech, telepathy 500 ft. Ecology Environment any (Atropus) Organization unique Treasure standard Special Abilities Aura of Desecration (Su) The avatar of Atropus radiates an aura of evil energy as per the desecrate spell in a radius of 60 feet. It is treated as being an altar to an evil deity for determining the strength of the desecrate spell, and the bonuses for the spell are calculated into its statistics above. Call Meteor Shower (Su) As a standard action three times a day, the avatar of Atropus can cause meteors to fall in a 100 foot radius around itself. All creatures in the area take 15d6 points of bludgeoning and 15d6 points of fire damage (Reflex DC 37 halves). The area is treated as difficult terrain after the meteor shower. The save DC is Charisma based. Channel Negative Energy (Su) The avatar of Atropus can channel negative energy as a 20th level cleric. The save DC is Charisma based. Constitution Drain (Ex) A creature struck by the avatar of Atropus’s claw attack must succeed a DC 37 Fortitude save or take 2d4 points of Constitution drain. On each successful attack, the atropal gains 5 temporary hit points. The save DC is Charisma based. Create Spawn (Su) Any creature killed the avatar of Atropus’ life suppression aura rises as a free-willed spectre in 1d4 rounds. A humanoid with 15 or more HD rises instead as a free willed angel of decay in 1d4 rounds. Divine Scourge (Su) As a swift action once per day, the avatar of Atropus can cause all divine spellcasters and extraplanar outsiders within 100 miles to become sickened for 1d4 hours. Creatures affected must succeed a DC 37 Fortitude save or take damage equal to the avatar’s HD plus Charisma modifier (42 damage). The save DC is Charisma based. Life Suppression Aura (Su) All living creatures within 60 feet of the avatar of Atropus gain 5 negative levels. This never results in permanent negative levels, and these negative levels are removed when the creature leaves the aura, but creatures with 5 or fewer Hit Dice are automatically slain by this effect. A creature under protection from evil, death ward or any spell or ability that has a similar effect is immune to the life suppression aura. All undead in the area gain fast healing 5 and channel resistance +5 as long as they remain in the area. Profane Channeling (Su) Whenever the avatar of Atropus uses its channel negative energy, it can choose to do so as a swift action, to maximize the damage dealt (or healded), or double the area. The avatar of Atropus can choose only one of these enhancements at a time. Profane Ichor (Su) The avatar of Atropus gains a +4 profane bonus to its AC and saving throws. In addition, it deals an extra 2d6 damage with its natural attacks to any non-good creature, as if its natural attacks were unholy weapons. Rejuvenation (Ex) When the avatar of Atropus is slain, Atropus is launched into interstellar space, where it remains adrift for 1000 years before the avatar of Atropus can reconstitute itself. The planetoid Atropus can only be destroyed by powerful deific or mythic magic (subject to GM approval), and only when its avatar has been slain. Truespeech (Su) The avatar of Atropus can automatically communicate with all creatures that have a language, as per a tongues spell.

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Still far from done but update on my WIP

My lvl 20 mythic tier 5 Paladin Maura vs the avatar of Atropus, the World Born Dead

So, my band Tortile has a CD coming out soon. It's going to be sold in 7 different record stores starting sometime in the middle or beginning of September. Go buy that shit when it comes out if you live in Maryland and like Death metal. It's called Atropus, once again, it's by my band Tortile. No I'm not bullshitting you, and no we do not have a record deal, we just managed this small deal, and I'm supposed to promote the fuck out of it, so here's my promotion. It's $5. 10 tracks, and three bonus tracks. We have not been told what stores yet, we just know the person we scored the deal with owns them, and a lot of people go through all seven. ALSO! we are taking donations at the end of August to better the production of the album, it would go towards getting proper cases and CDs and covers so they don't look unappealing. Otherwise we'd be stuck buying shit from Staples. It's also going to be sold at our show with Blood Feast and Deceased on September 13th at Empire in Springfield, Virginia

#maryland death metal #maryland deathfest #death metal #tortile #atropus #go buy it. now