Fantasy NPC: Taylamanas, The Usurer From Hell

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Taylamanas, The Usurer From Hell

A tall, almost unnaturally lanky individual in a long, opulent robes, with black eyes, hooked nose, and a long, thin goatee.

CR 7; 3,200 XP

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

Init +8; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +19

Defense
AC 20, touch 14, flat-footed 16 (+2 armor, +4 Dex, +4 natural)
hp 85 (10d10+30); regeneration 5 (gold)
Fort +10, Ref +7, Will +11

DR 10/gold and magic; Immune charm, compulsion, fire, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10, electricity 10; SR 18

Offense
Speed 30 ft.

Melee 4 claws +15 (1d4+5)

Ranged 3 hellfire bolts +14 touch (3d6)

Special Attacks I own you 

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 10th, concentration +12)

Constant—disguise self (5th level, DC 19, always takes the same appearance), magic fang

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

Statistics
Str 18, Dex 18, Con 16, Int 15, Wis 15, Cha 15

Base Atk +10; CMB +14; CMD 28
Feats Ability Focus (disguise self), Alertness, Improved Initiative, Improved Iron Will, Iron Will

Skills Appraisal +15, Bluff +15, Diplomacy +15, Intimidate +15, Knowledge (planes) +15, Perception +19, Profession (usury) +15, Sense Motive +19

Language Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.

SQ infernal loan

Hellfire Bolts (Su) Taylamanas can fire bolts of hellfire with 60 feet range and no range increments. He can fire single bolt as a standard action or three bolts as a full-round action.

I Own You (Sp) Taylamanas can take control over one of his debtors whose soul he owns, for one day, as if using dominate person, without a saving throw, once in the debtor's lifetime. If the debtor is protected from domination somehow (e.g. Taylamanas fails to penetrate Spell Resistance, or the target has protection from evil effect), the ability is not expended, and Taylamanas can attempt to take control again in more favorable circumstances. This is an equivalent of a 5th level spell.

Infernal Loan (Su) Taylamanas offers loans to those who need them, or merely want them. He provides the recipient with 1,000 gp in high quality coins of foreign making in return for a signed IOU, and requires being paid back twice that amount after a year and a day—those who fail to repay it in due time forfeit their souls and suffer a curse that undermines all their enterprises and business activities until they repay the sum or die (allowing Taylamanas to reap their souls). The debtors can delay payment by another year if they present Taylamanas with another person that will take such a loan. They also get another 1,000 gp in cash (and 2,000 gp in debt to be returned on the next due date). Recipients that hold an office in a community or rights to a fief can take the loan in the name of their settlement or domain, getting loan equal to the settlement's purchase limit. Instead of being repaid in cash, however, Taylamanas demands that after a year and a day, at least a tenth of the settlements denizens be beholden to hell, by contract, deed, or religion (and those who already belonged to hell before the loan do not count). If that condition is not meet, the settlement is struck with a series of accidents, monster infestations, or other catastrophes, until the denizens fulfill their side of the bargain, the settlement ceases to exist, or a major quest is taken to purify the place. The money loaned are conjured during the deal and can't be stolen until the loan is finalized. The debt repayments are immediately teleported away to a safe extraplanar storage as well.

Taylamanas is a devilish investor (and a bit of a gambler), offering loans of gold for those who are willing to risk their soul. He is particularly willing to provide money to public servants and feudal overlords, in return for their effort at damning their constituencies and serfs to hell.

Taylamanas true visage underneath the illusion of mundane (if disturbingly creepy) individual doesn't differ much, aside of small horns, grey skin, hoofed legs, and having four arms. Oh, and his long fingernails are really iron-hard talons.