Torturer (3.5e Monster)

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	Torturer
Size/Type:	Medium Outsider (Chaotic, Demon, Evil, Extraplanar)
Hit Dice:	10d8+60 (105 hp)
Initiative:	+5
Speed:	40 ft. (8 squares), climb 40 ft.
Armor Class:	26 (+6 Dex, +10 natural), touch 16, flat-footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple:	+10/+30
Attack:	Arm scythe +18 melee (2d4+9/×4) or whip +18 melee (1d3+8 nonlethal) or claw +18 melee (1d6+8)
Full Attack:	Arm scythe +18/+13 melee (2d4+9/×4) plus Arm scythe +18/+13 melee (2d4+5×4) or whip +18/+13 melee (1d3+8 nonlethal) or 2 claws +18 melee (1d6+8)
Space/Reach:	5 ft./5 ft. (10 ft. with claws or arm scythes and 15 ft. with whip)
Special Attacks:	Arm scythe, deny death, improved grab, master grappler, rip and tear, sadism, spell-like abilties, stretch and contort
Special Qualities:	Blindness/Deafness, Blindsight 60 ft., damage reduction 10/cold iron or good, evasion, immunity to electricity, light effects, poison and sonic, resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10, scent, spell resistance 20, telepathy 100 ft.
Saves:	Fort +13, Ref +13, Will +10
Abilities:	Str 27, Dex 23, Con 23, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 18
Skills:	Climb +29, Concentration +18, Escape Artist +27, Gather Information +17, Intimidate +25, Jump +33, Knowledge (local and nature) +16, Listen +10, Sense Motive +16, Spot +10, Use Rope +19
Feats:	Improved Initiative, Improved GrappleB, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (scythe arm)
Environment:	A chaotic evil-aligned plane
Organization:	Solitary
Challenge Rating:	10
Treasure:	Standard
Alignment:	Always chaotic evil
Advancement:	10-18 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment:	+4

Fluff here

Torturers represent everything sadistic and masochistic that exists within the abyss. They have the form of muscle-bound women harnassed in black leather, whose every square inch of visible skin is heavily scarred, with their faces completely concealed within a skintight black cowl. There scarcely clad forms are festooned with spiked belts and black leather collars, pinned into their very flesh with nails and bolts. Most still bear residual stumps from the wings they possessed before they fell, and all have learned to subvert the intense pain of falling and torture to a heightened state of arousal fed by the suffering of themselves and those around them. The cowl on their head constricts their senses, limiting a torturer's perception of her surroundings to their incredibly powerful sense of smell, and her blindsight.

Torturers stand 6 feet tall and weigh in at roughly 175 pounds.

Combat

As the prospect of battle renders them ecstatic, a torturer flings herself into combat with sadistic glee, eagerly using her powerful attacks and spell-like abilities to inflict maximum pain upon her targets. Tough and nearly indomitable, the suffering of those around her grants her a vicious strength and focus. A torturer uses her immense physical power to dominate, crush, flay and rip her enemies apart, slowly and viscerally, and before they know it, their bodies are knit together again for the process to start all over.

A torturer is blind and deaf. As such, they are immune to any attack based on sight or sound (such as gaze attacks, and light and sonic effects.

A torturer’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons she wields are treated as chaotic-aligned and evil-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.

Arm Scythes: A torturer may unfurl a set of scythe blades from their upper forearms. They tear from the skin and extend from her claws like a mantis's limbs. They act like +1 scythes that, together with the torturer's natural reach become her most lethal mode of attack. A torturer's arm scythes ar treated as manufactured weapons that are light for the purpose of two-weapon fighting.

Deny Death (Su): A torturer can prevent a wounded creature from succumbing to its injuries and dying. A creature so designated by the torturer, brought to negative hit points by her attacks is forced to maintain consciousness and is effectively helpless, only capable of screaming in pain and pleading for mercy. The affected creature gains fast healing 1 while at negative hit points, but can never recover past -1 hit point. A coup de grace can finish off a creature affected by this ability normally.

Improved Grab: To use this ability, a torturer must hit with a claw attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.

Master Grappler: Torturers are grapplers of formidable skill. Their grapple attempts ignore freedom of movement; a creature so protected merely gains a +8 competence bonus to opposed grapple checks against a torturer. They maintain their Dexterity bonus to Armor Class when grappling and are capable of grappling two creatures of size Medium or lower at once, taking a -4 circumstance penalty to any grapple check when they do. While grappling a single creature, a torturer is capable of making an extra move-equivalent or standard action during her turn in addition to any actions she is allowed in her grapple. When attempting a move during a grapple, the creature she is grappling must succeed on an opposed grapple check or be powerlessly dragged along. Finally, a torturer does not have to concentrate to use any spell-like abilities while grappling.

Rip and Tear (Ex): When a creature starts its turn pinned by a torturer, she deals double claw damage on a successful grapple check. Instead of dealing more damage, she may instead try to dismember or flay the victim; the torturer and the grappled creature make opposed Strength checks, and if the torturer's check beats the defender's, she may choose to tear off either an arm or a leg, or flay them for 1d6 Constitution damage. If the grappled creature is below one-quarter total hit points, the torturer may also choose to crush or tear off the creature's head, effectively killing them.

Sadism: Torturers totally get off on blood, gore and screams, especially when they are the ones inflicting it. As such, their weapon attacks are made to maximize pain and suffering. A torturer gains hit points equal to half of all weapon damage she deals up until her maximum. Furthermore, at the end of every turn, a torturer may select a creature that she has dealt damage with her attacks that turn. The creature must be one capable of feeling pain (humanoids, monstrous humanoids, fey, giants, dragons and most aberrations and outsiders). The selected creature must make a Fortitude save with a DC equal to 10 + the torturer's most damaging attack dealt against it, or be nauseated for 1 round and scream out in agony. This grants the torturer a +1 morale bonus to subsequent attack rolls against that particular creature from next her next turn onwards. If the creature saves successfully, the torturer's morale bonus does not increase and the creature is only sickened for one round instead. If the same creature fails its save against this ability multiple times, the morale bonus to attack rolls against it stacks.

If a torturers kills a creature, she gains a +4 enhancement bonus to Strength and Constitution and a +2 morale bonus to Will saves for 1 minute.

Stretch and Contort: Despite their muscular bodies, torturers are incredible contortionists, able to twist and flex their limbs and shape in ways impossible for regular creatures, including but not limited to stretching and contorting their arms in unnatural ways, twisting their necks a full 360 degrees, and bending their spines and fingers at unattainable angles. Torturers have a +8 racial bonus to Climb, Jump and Escape Artist checks. Any weapons involving their limbs, such as their claws or scythe arms, may be freely treated as reach weapons when favorable, without losing the ability to target adjacent creatures when necessary.

As a standard action, a torturer may extend one of her arms out to 30 feet to grab an object or attack a creature within range with one claw or arm scythe attack.

Spell-Like Abilities: At will—deathwatch, unholy blight (DC 18), inflict light wounds (DC 15); 3/day—dispel good (DC 19), fear (DC 18); 1/day—harm (DC 20). Caster level 10th. Save DCs are Charisma-based.

Skills: Torturers have a +8 racial bonus to grapple and Intimidate checks.

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