Dead Gentleman (3.5e Creature)

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The Gentleman

Dead Gentleman

CR 43

	NE Medium Outsider (Evil, Undead)
Init/Senses	+50/Listen , Spot
AC	93 (10 natural, 51 deflection, 10 Dex), touch 83, flat-footed 83
hp	2549 (43d12 + 2666 HD)
Fort/Ref/Will	65/42/65
Speed	35 ft. (7 Squares)
Melee	staff +53 melee (1d6 + 10/19-20/x3) or +5 unholy power icy blast rope dart +53 ranged (1d8 + 10 + 3d6 + 3d6 vs. good) or
Melee	staff +53/+48/+43/+38 melee (1d6 + 10/19-20/x3) or +5 unholy power icy blast rope dart +53/+48/+43/+38 ranged (1d8 + 10 + 3d6 + 3d6 vs. good)
Space/Reach	5 ft./5 ft.
Base Atk/Grp	+43/+53
Special Actions	Spell-like Abilities
Abilities	Str 30, Dex 30, Con -, Int 38, Wis 36, Cha 40
SQ	Lifesense 130 ft., Rebuke Undead(CL 25), Immortality, Malific Properties: Anathemic Secrecy, Impervious to the Divine, King of Undead
Feats	Undead Mastery, Zone of Animation, Negotiator, Polyglot, Leadership (31000 Gray Walkers), Epic Leadership, Legendary Commander, Whirlwind Defense
Skills	Knowledge (all) +50, Survival +30, Diplomacy +70, Stealth +60, Listen +39, Spot +38
Advancement	—
Anathemic Secrecy	The Dead Gentleman is immune to all Divination effects.
Impervious to the Divine	The Dead Gentleman has immunity to all Divine Spells.
Spell-Like Abilities	At Will—Upheaval 3/day—Total Eclipse, True Creation(The cloud that ensued from the Great Dying(5000000 cubic miles 40% ash, 29.99% SO2, 29.99% CO2 .02% other gasses) only.
King of Undead	All creatures that die within 1000 miles of The Dead Gentleman rise as zombies. All existing undead creatures must make a DC 60 Will Save or become his slaves.
Immortality	The Dead Gentleman reincarnates daily, so that if you kill him he reappears the next day ready to kill you. The only way to kill him is trap him in the sunlight, keeping him there for 2 rounds. It must be light from a nuclear reaction so Megaton will do, as will simply grappling him and casting this spell with Earth as a destination, and sticking him in a fission reactor.

Strategies and Tactics

The Gentleman typically has his minions handle his enemies. If he must fight, he stands back, targeting arcane spellcasters first.

Sample Encounters

“	You first see a scamper of movement, then you see a skeletal figure in a white top hat and tails come into the torchlight, carrying a cane. He gestures to the side. The next thing you know, Lirianne and Amiri fall to the floor, and Sajan rips the arm of a zombie. "You were expecting a Lich, maybe," says the skeletal creature.	”
—Unknown

The Gentleman +2d20 Zombies +2d20 Skeletons

Ecology

The Gentleman is a unique creature. He is found in most planes from time to time, as long as The Sun is not strong at that time.

Environment:Anywhere not sunny.

Typical Physical Characteristics: Tall, wearing a White Top hat and a suit with tails most of the time. Generally resembles some sort of dead humanoid walking.

Lore

Knowledge (History) DC 50 The Gentleman is a sworn enemy of the Explorer's society. All his unlife,he has stopped at nothing to get a soul. Knowledge (History) DC 55 The Gentleman reincarnates every day, but burns in sunlight. DC 60 The Gentleman is not Undead. Rather, he is a outsider like Orcus, except his race is unique. If he had a race, they are long gone from the Great Wheel. DC 65 The Gentleman comes from the space between planes, remaining there until the first explorer Theomithillus came through a gate to a plane of cowfolk, and unwittingly freed The Gentleman.

Sample Lair

A Zeppelin armed with 50 rows of cannons. It is crewed by 150 zombies.

Typical Treasure

Top hat and suit with tails(90 gp), a staff with a skull head that pops off to reveal a Rope Dart that has Deeper Darkness cast on it, and 5d6 gp.

Signs

Unquiet Dead:

Faint:

Strange sounds come from graveyards. At night, 1 or 2 zombies walk about, and gravekeepers keep disappearing.

Moderate:

The air is infested with Gray Rot. Everyone must make a DC 12 fortitude save, or contract Ghoul Fever every hour spent not underground

Strong:

Gray Rot spores now cover the planet. Powerful undead now walk the streets, killing all who get too close. All light is reduced by one step as long as this persists. Only the Underdark offers protection from the Gray Rot, and the DC is raised to 15

Overwhelming:

Now, the Gray Rot chokes the air, and the DC is raised to DC 25 for anywhere but the Underdark, where it is DC 12.

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