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Honorable Lamarquand Till
A tall, respectable-looking ghost wearing an elegant wig and a burgundy coat.
CR 12; 19,200 XP
Male ghost human aristocrat 10/expert 6
LE Medium Undead (augmented humanoid, devil, incorporeal)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +25
Aura impartial grounds (20 ft.)
Defense
AC 16, touch 16, flat-footed 16 (+6 deflection)
hp 168 (16d8+96)
Fort +11, Ref +7, Will +16; +4 resistance against chaos, evil, good, and law
Defensive Abilities channel resistance +4, rejuvenation; Immune undead traits; Resist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10
Offense
Speed fly 30 ft. (perfect)
Melee corrupting touch +12 incorporeal touch (12d6, Fort DC 24 half)
Ranged hellfire blast +12 touch (12d6)
Statistics
Str —, Dex 10, Con —, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 23
Base Atk +11; CMB +11; CMD 27
Feats Alertness, Improved Iron Will, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Persuasive, Skill Focus (Knowledge [planes]), Skill Focus (Profession [barrister]), Weapon Focus (hellfire), Weapon Focus (touch)
Skills Bluff +25, Diplomacy +29, Fly +27, Intimidate +29, Knowledge (nobility) +22, Knowledge (planes) +22, Linguistics +22, Perception +25, Profession (barrister) +21, Sense Motive +25
Language Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, Common, Infernal, and others; telepathy 100 ft.
SQ incorporeal, infernal passport
Hellfire Blast (Su) The Right Honorable Lamarquand Till can cast bolts of infernal flames against targets within 120 feet, dealing unholy damage. Any creature wounded by the flames becomes tainted with evil for 1d4 rounds, gaining an evil aura and reacting to other effects as evil being during that time. When a mortal creature dies while tainted in such way, it has to succeed a Will saving throw (DC 24) or its body incinerates into ashes and the victim reincarnates in hell as a tiefling. Good creatures receive +4 bonus to their saving throw. Tieflings killed while tainted may embrace their evil and be reborn as a devil with HD not exceeding their total HD effectively becoming a completely new creature. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based.
Impartial Grounds (Su) Honorable Lamarquand Till projects an aura that acts as double-strength magic circle against chaos, evil, good, and law (+4 bonuses, 20 ft. radius). While it does protect against possession and exercising magical compulsions, creatures within the aura can voluntarily relinquish their protection, with prior written statements and contracts counting for that purpose, as long as they were signed with adequate understanding and sound mind (though belief in their truthfulness is not necessary). Impartial grounds also suppresses any spells and spell-like abilities with alignment descriptor of 3rd or lower level.
Infernal Passport (Ex and Su) Due to his prior, ah, arrangements and agreements, Honorable Lamarquand Till counts as devil when it is favorable to him, though he retains his nominally mortal nature otherwise, he can also consider himself a honorary tiefling, if it ever came to be a factor in his endeavors. His soul is his own to possess, he has the right of safe travel across the hell (and can always choose to leave hell and reform in 1d10–1 days in his office as per rejuvenation ability), and he can't be attacked by lesser devils unless he takes an offensive action against them. During the solstices and equinoxes he can perform a ritual that links his location to hell, as if using gate spell—either to travel between the mortal plane and hell, or contact and conjure hell's denizens, though while he has the lore required he needs assistance of one or more physical beings capable of sapient thought, speech, and manual skill to prepare the rite and perform its corporeal elements for it to work (the ritual itself takes 1d4 days of preparations and 1 hour to perform either at dawn or dusk).
Rejuvenation (Su) The Right Honorable Lamarquand Till reforms in his old office in the club he was member of within 1d10–1 days of having his ghostly form destroyed (it is possible for him to reform immediately if the roll results in 0). If his old club is ever destroyed, according to specific arrangements he made, the club, its grounds, and the surrounding estate are drawn into the hell where they reform as twisted reflections of themselves within 1d10 days, fully staffed by damned souls and lesser fiends. Only destroying the reformed estate in hell might end Till's existence. Unless he finds yet another loophole allowing him to escape the oblivion.
Idle rich find various pastimes, some of them more questionable than others. In the highly civilized, refined, over-entitled, and bored circles that Lamarquand Till frequented, pacting with devils became such dubious entertainment. While it was viewed as amusement at first, it slowly grew as a hidden way of rebuilding failing fortunes, acquiring promotions that were denied before (completely unjustly, we can assure you), and gaining position and prominence gentlefolk felt they deserved.
The Right Honorable Lamarquand Till was already a barrister of some renown and skill, and found counseling those who would make deals with hell an interesting change of pace and an adequate challenge to his underused talents. His natural obsessiveness and self-centered intellect helped him master the nuances of the bargaining arts beyond the skills of his peers, making him foremost, if not-quite-public authority of the matter in the high society.
While he advised many in the matter of infernal bargains, including those who made soul pacts, he never made a bargain for his soul himself—he did accumulate favors, here and there, exchanging them and accumulating in bigger favors, but he never sold his soul. Instead, he took steps to make sure his soul remains in his own possessions, lasting beyond his death. The exact details remain vague—while his professional pride might desire the well deserved fame, the same profession also taught him the benefits of confidentiality.
Now, the Right Honorable Lamarquand Till resides within the gentlefolk club he was member during his lifetime, occasionally offering legal advice, if the matter appeals to his sense of curiosity, feels like a proper challenge, a worthwhile favor is promised to him, or an old favor is called. His passage to undeath was smooth, as he was never swayed by the pleasures of the flesh, at least beyond satiating his pride in wearing fashionable outfits, always preferring intellectual pursuits. Being a ghost of higher order, he is free to come and go as he pleases unrestricted by lesser bonds.
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