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Mask Wight

Long ago, two immensely powerful demonic beings created an allegiance. Whether out of love, convenience, or other, they devised a plan to truly exterminate any and all rivals, picking a list of those they wished to see wiped from existence. Working together, they conceived of a recipe for the perfect assassin.

Stealing the bodies of death knights from under the nose of a powerful arch-lich, sacrificing thousands of condemned souls and sealing their essence into ivory masks, and then hammering the masks onto each body, and leaving the armored husks sitting at the bottom of the memory-draining Styx for 600 years. After this time, each body rose and marched out onto the planes to carry out the most intense campaign of destruction through history. While not all have survived, and each death is a permanent loss to the ancient plans, many mask wights have been extremely cautious, running their campaigns from behind the scenes and out of sight, readying centuries of plans to bring about their final victory.

Secretly however, each of the two created a mask wight for the other, keeping it locked away as a final safeguard in case the other should consider betrayal.

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Pathfinder 2e

The identity of which demon lords created the mask wights remains unknown, but they make their cautious plans in the background of the Abyss. While a few target Empyreal Lords or Infernal Dukes, most are assigned to other Demon Lords. Mask wights are known to be hunting Abraxas, Kostchtchie, and Shax, while one was apparently hunting Deskari but failed to successfully use its wail of the forgotten to ensure his complete elimination. Others certainly exist, but have remained under the radar, or more worryingly were successful and no one even remembers the being they destroyed.

Mask Wight Creature 13 Rare Medium Undead Unholy Wight Perception +22; darkvision, truesight Languages Common, Diabolic, Jotun, Necril Skills Athletics +25, Deception +23, Diplomacy +23, Intimidation +25, Religion +22, Stealth +23 Str +6, Dex +4, Con +7, Int +2, Wis +3, Cha +4 Items +1 resilient full plate, +1 striking khopesh AC 34; Fort +25, Ref +22, Will +23 HP 205; Immunities bleed, death effects, disease, paralyzed, poison, unconscious; Resistances acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; Weaknesses spirit 10 Speed 35 feet Melee khopesh +26 (magical, trip), Damage 2d8+14 slashing plus Oblivion Melee spiked gauntlet +25 (agile, free hand, magical), Damage 2d4+14 piercing plus 2d4 void damage Divine Innate Spells DC 33 ; 7th dispel magic, illusory disguise (at will), truespeech; 6th enlarge, shrink; 5th gecko grip; Constant truesight Oblivion (divine) If the mask wight hits a creature with its khopesh, that creature must attempt a DC 33 Will save. On a failure, one material object cherished by the creature disappears from the universe, and only the creature retains any memory of it. This item can be as large as a building, but it can't be a living entity and it can't be on the creature's person or within their line of sight. Single-Minded Purpose The mask wight has a +2 status bonus to attack rolls against followers of the creature it is tasked to destroy and those in the target's employ (whether they are aware of the connection or not), as well as the target itself. Wail of the Forgotten [2 actions] (divine, sonic) The mask wight emits an ear and soul piercing wail, dealing 7d12 sonic damage in a 30-foot emanation. All creatures in that area must attempt a DC 35 Fortitude save. A creature reduced to 0 HP must attempt a DC 37 Will save. On a failure, the target and all memories, written, and pictoral rerferences to them are eliminated. The only creatures that remember the creature are those who witnessed their death. The mask wight can't use Wail of the Forgotten again for 1d6 rounds. Critical Success The target is unaffected. Success The target takes half damage. Failure The target takes full damage and is deafened for 1 hour. Critical Failure The target takes double damage and is permanently deafened.

13th Age

The original mask wights were stolen from the Lich King by a pair of powerful demons. These demons are independent of the Diabolist, at least it is assumed, as she destroyed a mask wight hunting for her destruction some time ago. Others are presumed to be targeting other Icons, as well as other unique and powerful demons, remaining hidden among the citizens of the Dragon Empire or the demons of the Abyss with magical disguises.

Mask Wight 7th level elite troop [undead] Initiative: +11 Vulnerable: Holy Khopesh of Oblivion +12 vs. AC – 25 damage. Natural 18+: Unless the target succeeds on an immediate normal save (11+), one cherished item belonging to them disappears from existence. Enervating Gauntlet +12 vs. PD – 15 negative energy damage. Hit: Unless the target succeeds on an immediate normal save (11+) they lose one death save (they die after failing three death saves). This effect is cumulative. Double Attack: The mask wight can make one khopesh of oblivion and one enervating gauntlet attack as a standard action. C: Wail of the Forgotten +12 vs. PD (1d4 nearby enemies) – 20 negative energy damage and the target is hampered (save ends). Natural 11+: If the target dies before the end of the battle, they are completely erased from existence, with all memories, written, and pictoral references to them fading away and their body being destroyed. The only creatures that remember the target’s existence are those who witnessed their death, and no mortal magic can restore them to life. Limited Use: 1/battle. Resist Energy Damage 14+: When an acid, cold, fire, lightning, or negative energy attack targets this creature, the attacker must roll a natural 14+ on the attack roll or it only deals half damage. Nastier Special Single-Minded Purpose: The mask wight has a +2 bonus to attack rolls against agents and followers of its target (whether they’re aware of this fact or not), as well as the target itself. It has a -2 penalty to attacks against all other creatures. AC 23 PD 20 MD 19 HP 148

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This conversion is coming very early in my Kobold Press conversions as a request by one of my Patreon backers. He was looking for a 13th Age conversion for the devil shark for some water adventures, and the devil shark from the Creature Codex was a selected option for it. If you'd like to make your own monster requests, you can back my Patreon to add your voice!

Devil sharks are massive predators that can handle themselves in a fight with most other aquatic creatures. Aggressive and voracious, they gorge themselves on as much food as possible to sustain themselves through month or year long dormancies. Sea devils occasionally attempt to work with devil sharks, offering them sacrifices as food to curry its favor, though rarely can they actually direct one to targets to their advantage. Rather, generally they can simply buy themselves safety from the shark's predation - at least until they fail to provide enough food to satisfy it, at which point they become the next meal.

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Pathfinder 2e

Devil Shark Creature 13 Gargantuan Aquatic Beast Perception +24; blood scent, scent (imprecise) 100 feet Languages Aquan, Telepathy 120 feet Skills Athletics +28, Intimidation +21, Stealth +21, Survival +24 Str +7, Dex +2, Con +6, Int +2, Wis +5, Cha +2 Blood Scent The devil shark can smell blood in the water from up to 1 mile away. Shark Telepathy (mental, telepathy) The devil shark can communicate telepathically with sharks within range of its telepathy. It can communicate only simple concepts like “come,” “guard,” or “attack.” AC 32; Fort +25, Ref +21, Will +22; +1 status to all saves vs. magic HP 236; Immunities cold; Resistances fire 15 Speed swim 60 feet Melee jaws +28 (reach 10 feet), Damage 3d12+13 piercing plus Improved Grab Melee tail +28 (reach 15 feet), Damage 3d8+11 plus Push 15 feet Breach [1 action] (attack, move) The devil shark Swims up to its swim Speed, then Leaps vertically out of the water up to 25 feet high, making a Strike against a creature at any point during the jump (this lets it attack a creature within 35 feet of the water’s surface or 40 feet with its tail). After the Strike, the shark splashes back down into the water. Freezing Breath (cold, magical) The devil shark sprays supernaturally cold water that deals 11d8 cold damage in a 60-foot cone (DC 32 basic Reflex save). A creature that fails the save is also pushed 10 feet away from the devil shark (or 20 feet on a critical failure). Savage [1 action] Requirement The devil shark hit with a jaws Strike on its most recent action this turn. Effect The creature the shark hit takes 3d12 slashing damage. Swallow Whole [1 action] (attack) Huge, 3d8+7 bludgeoning, Rupture 24

13th Age

Devil Shark Large 4th level wrecker [beast] Initiative: +8 Jagged Jaws +9 vs. AC - 20 damage. Natural Even Hit: The target is swallowed if it’s smaller than the shark (see below). Miss: 10 damage. Slashing Tail +9 vs. AC - 15 damage. Quick Use: The shark can make this attack as a free action if it has no enemies swallowed after making a jagged jaws attack during its turn. C: Freezing Breath +9 vs. PD (1d4 nearby or far away enemies in a group) - 15 cold damage. Natural Even Hit: The target pops free from each enemy it’s engaged with and loses its next move action. Miss: 5 cold damage. Limited Use: 1/battle, when the escalation die is 2+. Blood Frenzy: The devil shark gains a bonus to its attacks and damage equal to the escalation die when it attacks staggered enemies. Creatures with no blood (constructs, oozes, plants, many undead) don’t trigger this ability. Swallow Whole: While a creature is swallowed whole, it takes 4d6 acid damage at the start of its turn, and is stuck, hampered, and unable to attack or affect anything outside the shark’s stomach (and vice-versa). It can attack the shark’s stomach from inside, but any weapons it uses have their damage dice reduced to d6’s if they were higher. If the shark takes 15 or more damage during a single turn, it must make a hard save (16+); on a failure, it is forced to regurgitate all swallowed enemies and spits them out somewhere nearby. Swimmer. Resist Cold 16+. AC 19 PD 18 MD 14 HP 120

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After a few double updates, I need a bit of a break. This Pathfinder 1e monster hasn't appeared in 2e or 13th Age, so it will be the only conversion this week, getting to appear in both games.

The dread charybdis is an immensely dangerous sea monster, massive and heavily armored. Tales have spread of it breaking ships in half to feed on the helpless crew within, or causing great whirlpools that drag smaller boats down to their doom. Its claws punch through armor with ease, its gigantic maw swallows people whole, and it shrugs off ballista fire with ease. Some even call it a vengeful avatar of a god. All that can be assured is that it is massive and voracious, devouring entire crews when it attacks a ship, and disappearing into the depths between meals.

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Pathfinder 2e

Charybdis Creature 13 Rare CN Gargantuan Aberration Aquatic Perception +23; darkvision, wavesense (imprecise) 60 feet Skills Athletics +27, Survival +23 Str +8, Dex -1, Con +7, Int -3, Wis +4, Cha -2 AC 34; Fort +26, Ref +18, Will +23 HP 235; Immunities acid; Resistances cold 15 Speed 20 feet, swim 50 feet Melee jaws +25, Damage 3d10+16 piercing plus Grab Melee claw +25 (agile), Damage 3d6+14 slashing plus Rending Claws Fast Swallow [reaction] Trigger The charybdis Grabs a creature. Effect The charybdis uses Swallow Whole Rending Claws The charybdis' claw Strikes ignore up to 10 points of Hardness. Swallow Whole [one action] Huge, 3d6+9 bludgeoning and 3d6 acid, Rupture 23 Trample [three actions] Huge or smaller, claw, DC 32. Vortex [two actions] (water); Requirement The chayrbdis is immersed in water. Effect The charybdis creates a great vortex in the water surrounding it. Each creature within 60 feet of the charybdis takes 6d10 bludgeoning damage and must attempt a DC 32 Fortitude save. The charybdis can't use Vortex again for 1d4 rounds. Critical Success The target is unaffected. Success The target takes half damage and is pulled 5 feet directly toward the charybdis. Failure The target takes full damage and is pulled up to 20 feet directly toward to the charybdis. Critical Failure The target takes double damage and is pulled up to 40 feet directly toward the charybdis. If the creature ends this movement within 5 feet of the charybdis, the charybdis can make a Strike against the creature as a free action using its jaws.

13th Age

Charybdis  Huge 8th level blocker [aberration]  Initiative: +10 Big Gaping Mouth +13 vs. AC - 80 damage. Natural Even Hit: The target is swallowed whole if it’s smaller than the charybdis (see below). Miss: 40 damage. Rending Claws +13 vs. AC (2 attacks) - 40 damage. Natural Even Hit: The target takes a cumulative -1 penalty to AC until the end of the battle (max -3). Miss: 20 damage. C: Vortex +13 vs. PD (1d4+1 nearby enemies in the water with the charybdis) - 35 damage and the target pops free from all enemies except the charybdis. Natural 14+: The target also moves next to the charybdis, which engages it. Natural 18+: The target is swallowed whole if it’s smaller than the charybdis (see below). Limited Use: 1/battle, when the escalation die is 2+, and the charybdis is in a body of water. Swallow Whole: While a creature is swallowed whole, it takes 4d10 acid damage at the start of its turn and is stuck, hampered, and unable to attack or effect anything outside of the charybdis’ stomach (and vice-versa). It can attack the charybdis, but only with small weapons (max damage die d6). Any time a creature swallowed by the charybdis deals 40 or more damage to it in a single turn, the charybdis must make an easy save (6+); on a failure, it regurgitates all swallowed creatures. The save becomes normal if the charybdis takes 60 or more damage in a single turn, or hard if it takes 80 or more damage. Swimmer. Resist Acid 14+. AC 25 PD 22 MD 16 HP 474