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Slaad Lord, Ygorl

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[I’ve been meaning to finish the slaad lords for months now, but my overall levels of exhaustion and the work that goes into making a demigod have kept me from doing so. I’m taking advantage of the holiday break to finish this particular project.

Ygorl is probably the slaad lord who’s gotten the most coverage. Versions of him have appeared in every edition, although only in quasi-canonical forms in 3e (a video game where he doesn’t even look like a slaad) and 5e (a PDF release for charity). As such, there’s lots of different interpretations of his powers and MO out there. This version is likewise different, not hewing closely to any particular edition. I’ve altered his philosophy from “utter destruction” to “destruction of everything but slaadi”, befitting my take on slaadi as cosmic invasive species. In so doing, I’ve made him a bit of a chaotic equivalent of Wastri the Hopping Prophet ]

Slaad Lord, Ygorl CR 24 CN Aberration This frog-like humanoid is skeletally thin, and has a head like a horned skull. It stands twice as tall as a man, and clutches a scythe in its hands. Its skin is a deathly gray, with red and black accents, especially along its membranous wings.

Ygorl, Lord of Entropy, Bringer of Endings CN male slaad lord of death, entropy, and natural selection Domains Chaos, Darkness, Death, Strength Subdomains Competition, Entropy, Loss, Slaad Worshipers nihilists, racial supremacists, social Darwinists Minions shadow creatures, slaadi, undead Holy Symbol the word “death” written in the Slaadi tongue Favored Weapon scythe Obedience Kill a creature of Tiny or larger size and spend an hour destroying its body. Gain a +4 sacred bonus to saves against death effects and level drain Boons: 1: shatter 2/day; 2: enervation 2/day; 3: disintegrate 2/day

Ygorl the Bringer of Endings is among the most powerful of the slaad lords, and certainly the most active. He was the first black slaad, who traveled to the Negative Energy Plane to watch the unmaking of reality and was changed in the process. It is Ygorl’s ultimate goal to eliminate all non-slaadi animal life, flattening ecosystems and transforming them into monocultures throughout the cosmos. He claims to have created the Spawning Stone, and even those slaadi that know the truth of their origins typically see this as a useful lie for motivating their kin to greater expansion.

Ygorl’s cult is mostly made of slaadi, as is befitting for his conviction that they are the ultimate form of life. Racial supremacists of other types are sometimes drawn to his banner. Ygorl accepts their worship and coddles them for a while, but views non-slaadi worshipers as tools to be disposed of or transformed into perfect slaadi forms. The protean choirs view Ygorl as an interesting experiment, and most proteans do their best to stay out of his way and observe his progress from afar.Unlike other slaad lords, Ygorl cannot shapechange, which he proclaims as a badge of honor, that he is not ashamed of or hides from his true form. Ygorl’s slaadi followers often make a point of not shapechanging, favoring overt action to covert.

Ygorl’s very presence makes creatures and objects alike weaker and fragile. His opening move in combat is to merely uncover his blade—Ygorl typically keeps a symbol of death marked on its surface, slaying lesser enemies without having to take any direct action. Assuming this is not sufficient, Ygorl typically conjures an orb of nothingness, a sphere of annihilation-like entropic weapon that obeys his commands.  While directing this around the battlefield to disintegrate enemies, he unmakes foes one at a time, preferring to target the strongest enemy first as a show of dominance. Ygorl has not lived as long as he has by being foolish, however, and retreats from a losing battle to plot his revenge.

Like other slaad lords, Ygorl collects followers, sycophants and minions. He has two allies of great power worth noting. His oldest companion is Shkiv, an entropic great brass wyrm who has grown disgusted with human expansion and dominance, and allied with Ygorl in order to take revenge on humanity. Perhaps the strongest slaad under Ygorl’s wing is Sorel (female CN death slaad bard 12), who is attempting to generate her own cult as a slaad lord of riots and revolutions. How long this partnership will last remains to be seen—Ygorl has killed several slaadi who attempted to become slaad lords in their own right. If Ygorl is encountered with both Shkiv and Sorel, this is a CR 25 encounter.

Ygorl     CR 24 XP 1,230,000 CN Large aberration (chaotic, extraplanar, slaad, slaad lord) Init +9; Senses arcane sight, darkvision 120 ft, lifesense 60 ft., Perception +33, see in darkness, true seeing Aura cloak of chaos (DC 28), entropic (30 ft., Fort DC 35) Defense AC 42, touch 22, flat-footed 33 (-1 size, +9 Dex, +4 deflection, +20 natural) hp 525 (30d8+395); fast healing 25 Fort +26, Ref +25, Will +27 DR 20/epic and lawful; Immune death effects, energy drain, mind-influencing effects, sonic; Resist acid 20, cold 20, electricity 20, fire 20; SR 34 Defensive Abilities all-consuming life, shadow blend Offense Speed 40 ft., fly 60 ft. (good) Melee +5 adamantine scythe +40/+35/+30/+25 (2d6+24/19-20x4 plus 2d6 chaotic), bite +29 (2d10+6 plus 2d6 chaotic) or 2 claws +34 (2d8+13 plus 2d6 chaotic), bite +29 (2d10+13 plus 2d6 chaotic) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks anarchic attacks, channel negative energy (13/day, 10d6, DC 35), orb of nothingness, spellstrike, unmaking Spell-like Abilities CL 24th, concentration +34 Constant—arcane sight, cloak of chaos (DC 28), true seeing At will—astral projection, cone of cold (DC 25), contagion (DC 24), deeper darkness, enervation, greater dispel magic, greater teleport, poison (DC 24), slay living (DC 25), telekinesis (DC 25), vampiric touch 3/day—control undead (DC 27), empowered disintegrate (DC 26), earthquake, finger of death (DC 27), quickened harm (DC 26), plane shift (DC 27), word of chaos (DC 27) 1/day—mage’s disjunction (DC 29), meteor swarm (DC 29), power word kill, summon slaadi, symbol of death (DC 28), wail of the banshee (DC 29) Statistics Str 37, Dex 29, Con 34, Int 26, Wis 22, Cha 31 Base Atk +22; CMB +36 (+40 sunder); CMD 59 (61 vs. sunder) Feats Combat Reflexes, Dazzling Display, Empower SLA (disintegrate), Greater Sunder, Improved Critical (scythe), Improved Sunder, Intimidating Prowess, Lightning Reflexes, Mounted Combat, Power Attack, Quick Channel, Quicken SLA (harm), Shatter Defenses, Toughness, Weapon Focus (scythe) Skills Acrobatics +36, Bluff +34, Fly +40, Intimidate +37, Knowledge (arcana, engineering, nature, religion) +32, Knowledge (planes) +35, Perception +33, Ride +33, Sense Motive +30, Spellcraft +35, Stealth +40, Use Magic Device +34; Racial Modifiers +8 Stealth Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Common, Draconic, Necril, Protean, Slaadi, Sylvan, telepathy 300 ft. SQ no breath, slaad lord traits Ecology Environment any land or underground Organization unique Treasure double standard (+5 adamantine scythe, other treasure) Special Abilities All-Consuming Life (Ex) Ygorl is healed by both positive and negative energy effects. Anarchic Attacks (Su) Ygorl’s natural weapons and manufactured weapons deal an additional 2d6 points of damage to non-chaotic targets, as the anarchic weapon quality. Channel Negative Energy (Su) Ygorl can channel negative energy as if he were a 20th level cleric. The save DC is Constitution based. Entropic Aura (Su) All creatures and objects within a 30 foot radius must succeed a DC 35 Fortitude save or gain vulnerability to piercing, slashing and bludgeoning damage for as long as they remain in the aura and for 1 minute thereafter. A creature or object that succeeds on this save is immune to Ygorl’s entropic aura for the next 24 hours. Slaadi are immune to this ability. The save DC is Charisma based. Orb of Nothingness (Su) As a standard action, Ygorl may create a 5 foot diameter sphere of nothingness. Any creature or object that touches the orb is subject to a disintegrate effect (CL 20th, DC 35). Ygorl may move the orb up to 60 feet as a move action. The sphere remains for 1 minute, or until Ygorl and the orb are more than 300 feet apart. Ygorl may use this ability three times a day, but may only have one orb in existence at a time. The orb is immune to dispel magic, but is dispelled with a mage’s disjunction, and is affected by a gate spell or rod of cancellation as if it were a sphere of annihilation. The save DC is Charisma based. Shadow Blend (Su) In any condition of illumination other than full daylight, Ygorl disappears into the shadows, giving it concealment (50% miss chance). Artificial illumination, even a light or continual flame spell, does not negate this ability; a daylight spell, however, does. Ygorl can suspend or resume this ability as a free action. Spellstrike (Su) Whenever Ygorl uses a spell-like ability with a range of “touch”, he can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, Ygorl can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell. If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell. Unmaking (Su) Any creature killed by Ygorl is converted into quintessence. Any spell or spell-like ability used to return a creature killed by Ygorl to life by any means must succeed a caster level check against his spell resistance.

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The slaadi, chaotic neutral denizens of Limbo; more of Charlie Stross’ contributions to D&D lore (Russ Nicholson illustrations, AD&D Fiend Folio, TSR, 1981):

Top to bottom, left to right -- the red and blue slaadi which despise each other, the green and grey (executioner) slaadi who are more powerful spellcasters, a death slaad (of whom only 4 are known to exist, and which usually appear disguised in human form), and the 2 slaad lords Ssendam, Lord of the Insane (read his name backwards) and Ygorl, Lord of Entropy (who appears on his own plane as a large black slaad).

Their original appearance in the 1st ed Fiend Folio established this hierarchy of different color types, but it wasn’t until 2nd edition that we learned the red slaad could implant eggs in humanoid hosts.  The Planescape setting further described their complex patterns of parasitic reproduction, in which a red slaad egg produces a blue slaad, and vice versa.  An egg implanted into a spellcaster host produces a green slaad, which can morph into higher forms over time.

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