Fantasy NPC: Grandmother Remembrance

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Grandmother Remembrance

An ancient looking woman wrapped in multiple thick blankets.

CR 5; 1,600 XP

N Medium Outsider (native)

Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +21

Defense
AC 18, touch 14, flat-footed 18 (+4 armor, +4 deflection)
hp 55 (10d10)
Fort +8, Ref +4, Will +12

Defensive Abilities undying; DR 10/epic; Immune death, disease, harmful divine magic

Offense
Speed 15 ft.

Melee inflict moderate wounds +10 touch (2d8+10)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th, concentration +13)

Constant—comprehend languages, resistance

At Will—detect poison, inflict moderate wounds (DC 15), mass inflict light wounds (10 targets, 1d8+5, DC 16), spark

Statistics
Str 10, Dex 10, Con 10, Int 27, Wis 19, Cha 13
Base Atk +10; CMB +10; CMD 24
Feats Ability Focus (inflict moderate wounds), Alertness, Diehard, Endurance, Skill Focus (Heal)

Skills Heal +23, Knowledge (all) +26, Perception +21, Perform (storytelling) +14, Profession (any) +9, Sense Motive +21
Language ancient speech of a long dead tribe; comprehend languages, can't read or write

SQ elder's advice, old wisdom

Elder's Advice (Ex) Following advice offered by Grandmother Remembrance grants +1d6 bonus to a single ability check, skill check, or a saving throw regarding a specific task, or to caster level of a single spell—her wisdom might be unmatched but a lot of what she knew was invalidated by merciless progress of time. Grandmother Remembrance can offer advice on up to 1 + the recipient's Intelligence bonus topics and tasks, though she must really like the recipient to dedicate so much of her time to them.

Old Wisdom (Ex) Grandmother Remembrance treats all Knowledges as class skills, can make any Knowledge or Profession checks untrained, and adds half her Hit Dice as a bonus to all Knowledge and Profession checks. She is completely incapable of reading or writing, though, even through magical means.

Undying (Su) Grandmother Remembrance is ancient and intends to live even longer. She heals from any wounds and ills, though it might take a season or two. Destroying her body might keep her down for a few years before she shows herself again, or maybe she just avoids places where she was supposedly destroyed. She might be destroyed forever if she was dealt a killing blow with a weapon inscribed with her original name... Except it was forgotten ages ago, maybe even by Grandmother herself.

Notable Gear thick blankets (+4 armor bonus, constant endure elements)

Grandmother Remembrance is terribly old. Older than dirt, say some. Older than death say others. Maybe as old as the land her people lived on. Once, she was a patron goddess of learning, wise elders, and passing on their knowledge to new generations. It was long-long ago, though, before reason killed wisdom, before spoken word was chained and trapped within glyphs and letters. Her tribe, her original worshippers are long gone but she still lingers at the outskirts of civilization, occasionally having her home absorbed by cities, only for them to crumble and fall, and new tribes come and live by her and listen to her teachings.

She is a rude and crude ancient crone now, oscillating between grumpy contempt toward modernity, and rather bawdy and ribald protectiveness of youth. She usually stays in a small tent, full of smoke and incense, occasionally tended to by descendants of one of many tribes she lived with.