Fantasy NPC: The Egg Of Yr

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The Egg Of Yr

An enormous ovoid of a luminescent crystal floats over a metal platform walking on four spider legs of bronze and steel.

CR 12; 9,6400 XP

N Gargantuan Construct

Init +5; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, deathwatch; Perception +18

Defense
AC 27, touch 11, flat-footed 26 (+5 deflection, +1 Dex, +15 natural, –4 size)
hp 157 (15d10+60); fast healing 10
Fort +12, Ref +13, Will +15

Defensive Abilities crystalline shell; DR 10/epic; Immune acid, cold, construct traits, electricity, fire

Offense
Speed 40 ft.

Melee 3 claws +21 (2d6+10)

Space 20 ft.; Reach 10 ft.

Special Attacks prismatic pulse (100 ft., DC 20)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 20th, concentration +23)

Constant—deathwatch

At Will—gentle repose (a single Large or smaller body stored within at a time, indefinitely)

Statistics
Str 30, Dex 13, Con —, Int 16, Wis 17, Cha 17

Base Atk +15; CMB +29; CMD 40 (46 vs. trip)
Feats Critical Focus, Great Fortitude, Improved Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative,  Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Staggering Critical, Toughness

Skills Knowledge (nature) +18, Knowledge (planes) +18, Knowledge (religion) +18, Perception +18, Sense Motive +18

Language telepathy 100 ft.

Crystalline Shell (Ex) The Egg's crystalline form has +5 deflection bonus to AC and +5 resistance bonus to all saving throws, it also has 50% chance of reflecting any ray back on the attacker.

Prismatic Pulse (Su) Once engaged in combat, the Egg's luminescence starts to shimmer and throb with a steadily increasing rate. Every 1d4+1 rounds thereafter, the Egg can release a pulse of prismatic energy washing over everyone within 100 feet as a full-round action, affecting each creature that lacks total cover as if it was exposed to a random color of prismatic spray spell (saving throw DC 20). The Egg becomes dazed for one round after releasing the pulse. If the Egg is destroyed, it releases one more pulse that spreads up to 1 mile from its current location. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based.

Source Of Rebirth (Su) The Egg Of Yr can return a Large or smaller dead creature to life by absorbing the corpses inside and rebuilding the target over 20d6 hours, though it always needs a mostly intact head of the deceased to proceed (though it could have been preserved in multitude of ways as long as there are no major missing parts nor too much decay). If the mostly complete body was provided, the creature will be revived as if resurrection was used. If the body was heavily damaged or the victim died of old age, a new body of a random species is grown, as per reincarnate spell (though it can revive creatures that died to death effects or even outsiders). The revived creature comes back to life with no negative levels.

If the stories are true, the Egg Of Yr might contains the essence of life itself within its crystalline frame. Who bound that power and give it such shape, no one knows, but if found, the Egg can be persuaded to revive the dead. At other times, it comes and offers to return the dead to life of its own volition—though projections of its inhuman thoughts can be hard to interpret. It always demands a task to be fulfilled by the family, friends, and companions of the beneficiary, or maybe from a seemingly random passerby—sometimes easy, sometimes hard, always enigmatic and occasionally weird. There seems to be a limit on how often the Egg can return the dead to life, for it never provides such aid multiple times in a short period of time or to multiple victims of a single event, though the exact limits of its powers are unknown.