Fantasy NPC: Kleyssigh The Stewardess

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Kleyssigh The Stewardess

A short, scrawny lady in neat but dour robes. She wears her hair tied tightly under a bonnet. Her face bears a wide, grinning smile, but her eyes are cold.

CR 4; 1,200 XP

LE Medium Outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful)

Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +3

Defense
AC 17, touch 15, flat-footed 14 (+2 deflection, +3 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 42 (5d10+15)
Fort +7, Ref +4, Will +7

DR 5/silver; Immune fire, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10

Offense
Speed 30 ft.

Melee 2 slams +8 (1d6+3) or beating rod +8 (4d6 nonlethal plus pain)

Special Attacks beating rod (DC 13)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 5th, concentration +6)

Constant—shield of faith, tongues

At Will—infernal healing, magic hand, prestidigitation, putrefy food and drink (DC 11), spark

Statistics
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 13, Wis 17, Cha 13
Base Atk +5; CMB +8; CMD 23
Feats Endurance, Improved Initiative, Nimble Moves

Skills Bluff +9, Intimidation +9, Knowledge (local) +9, Knowledge (nobility) +9, Profession (steward) +11, Sense Motive +11, Stealth +11
Language Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.; tongues

SQ mark servant

Beating Rod (Su) A short birch-rod that Kleyssigh always seems to have somewhere on her person that she can use to deliver an immensely painful strike as a standard action, dealing 4d6 points of nonlethal damage and staggering the target with pain for 1d4 rounds. A successful Fortitude saving throw (DC 13) prevents the staggered effect. In truth she could use anything remotely resembling a rod or a stick to deliver equally painful strike, even a cleaning duster. Use of this ability is a pain effect. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based.

Mark Servant (Su) Kleyssigh can place an invisible mark on those who are formally subordinate to her, similar to arcane mark, by touching the target as a standard action. She can locate any one specific marked servant by concentrating for a round as long as the target is within 1 mile. She can teleport nearby the located target by concentrating for second round, always stepping out of a door, passage, or even a shadowy corner that was out of sight of any humanoid witnesses. The mark vanishes if the subject is no longer subordinate to her. This is a curse effect that can be easily automatically removed with curse-breaking spells and abilities, dispel evil, or erase.

Kleyssigh The Stewardess is a lesser devil serving in the mortal world as a steward overseeing daily matters at a court. Her duty is boring most of the time, but she is especially apt at sucking out fun of any festivities, feasts, and special occasions. She takes her time making sure her contemptible minions are exhausted with overwork and hateful of each other, that her peers bicker over duties and favors, and their supposed betters are stuck in a web of convoluted etiquette and bitter disdain for their families and friends.

Most of the time, she is excessively demanding of her inferiors, snarky, and contemptuous, with an occasional touch of mocked compassion and care at the right moment, though she reserves outright cruelty for punishing actual transgressions, however minor they might be.

Kleyssigh loves her duties, watching with a sadistic glee  when a family dinners turn into bitter arguments, and suffocation protocols suck the joy out of festivals.