Fantasy NPC: Feillevert, The Publisher Infernal

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Feillevert, The Publisher Infernal

A portly man in impeccable purple frock coat, with cuffs and jabot of his peach-colored shirt extending from underneath. His thin hair are receding and his eyes are hidden behind the pair of purple-tinted glasses.

CR 8; 4,800 XP

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

Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +21

Defense
AC 21, touch 17, flat-footed 18 (+4 armor, +4 deflection, +3 Dex)
hp 102 (12d10+36); regeneration 5 (chaotic or good)
Fort +11, Ref +7, Will +12

DR 10/magic and silver; Immune exhaustion, fire, poison, sleep; Resist acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10

Offense
Speed 30 ft.

Melee paper knife or scissors +16/+16/+11/+6 (1d6+4, ×3)

Ranged paper knife or scissors +16/+16/+11/+6 (1d6+4, ×3)

Special Attacks paper-cutter

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th, concentration +14)

Constant—comprehend languages (written only), mage armor, shield of faith

At Will—arcane mark, erase, greater teleport (self and 50 lbs. of gear only)

Statistics
Str 16, Dex 16, Con 16, Int 19, Wis 15, Cha 15

Base Atk +12; CMB +15; CMD 28
Feats Alertness, Combat Casting, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Nimble Moves, Persuasive

Skills Bluff +21, Diplomacy +21, Knowledge (arcana) +19, Knowledge (local) +19, Knowledge (nobility) +19, Knowledge (religion) +19, Linguistics +16, Perception +21, Profession (editor) +17, Sense Motive +21
Language Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal; dozen or so other languages; telepathy 100 ft.; comprehend languages (written only)

SQ damned copyists

Damned Printers (Sp) Feillevert can conjure multiple damned souls, specifically precontracted to act as translators, editors, and printers. He requires a closed room, and a supply of paper, writing supplies, and book-binding materials, and over a single night, the summoned damned will make 2d6 copies of a full-scale book, 2d6 × 10 copies of shorter written works, or 2d6 × 100 pamphlets of few pages long, or up to 2d6 × 1000 copies of a single page written works. All the books and notes manufactured by the damned copyists are particularly resistant to flame, gaining 10 points of fire resistance. Feillevert always has his personal writing tools and ink on his person. This is an equivalent of a 5th level spell.

Paper-Cutter (Su) Scissors, paper knives, and similar paper-cutting tools become dangerous weapons in Feillevert's hands, acting as +1 speed light weapons dealing 1d6 points of damage with a ×3 critical multiplier. He can draw them or pick them up from anywhere in his reach as a free action and throw them with 20 feet range increment.

Feillevert is an editor and publisher that specializes in distribution of works that are obscene, revolutionary, subversive, criminal, forbidden, or otherwise considered harmful by weak mortals. An infernal charter he holds authorizes him to produce works "touching the mortal spirits and testing the social and political mores" superseding any mortal laws that might forbid him from doing so, so he happily offers his services to revolutionaries, heretics, madmen, lewd poets, and scholars at odds with censors. There are no topics that are taboo to him. He will even publish works that strike at the hell itself—he prides himself on his professional integrity of "publishing anything". His professional integrity doesn't cover maintaining strict confidentiality, though, and he occasionally denounces (anonymously or not) authors to authorities—though not before the work is properly disseminated.

Sometimes Feillvert tampers with the texts he publishes, though he does that rarely—much more often he openly offers suggestions and corrections. He loves to add unsolicited evil spells and rituals to spell books and occult tomes, however.