Fantasy NPC: Needler Fine, The Tattooist

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Needler Fine, The Tattooist

A slender figure, with long and sinewy arms covered in abstract tattoos... Except you know that if you look close enough, long enough, you will see the inherent pattern, the shapes, you need to focus enough...

CR 8; 4,800 XP

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

Init +10; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +18

Defense
AC 21, touch 16, flat-footed 15 (+3 armor, +6 Dex, +2 natural)

hp 102 (12d10+36); regeneration 5 (good or silver)
Fort +11, Ref +10, Will +11

DR 5/good or silver; Immune cold; SR 19

Offense
Speed 30 ft., climb 30 ft.

Melee 2 tattooing needles +15/+10/+5 (1d4+3, 17–20/×2)

Ranged tattooing needles +19/+14/+9 (1d4+3, 17–20/×2)

Special Attacks tattooing needles, unnerving gaze (30 ft., DC 19)

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th, concentration +15)

At Will—greater teleport (self with 50 lbs. of gear only)

Statistics
Str 14, Dex 22, Con 16, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 17

Base Atk +12; CMB +14; CMD 30
Feats Bleeding Critical, Combat Reflexes, Critical Focus, Improved Initiative, Inscribe Magical Tattoo^B, Nimble Moves, Skill Focus (Craft [tattoo])

Skills Acrobatics +21, Bluff +18, Climb +10, Craft (tattoo) +23, Intimidate +18, Linguistics +17, Perception +18, Sense Motive +18, Stealth +21

Language Abyssal, Common, Draconic, Infernal, and twelve other languages

SQ tattooing master

Tattooing Master (Su) Needler Fine can make tattooing process intensely pleasant, intensely painful, or both at the same time, or he can choose to make it perfectly tolerable, if somehow boring. He can even tattoo a sleeping person without waking them up, though they usually suffer from rather unpleasant dreams in meantime. Tattoos inked by Needler Fine are often easy to misread or misinterpret, with clients always seeing what they asked for, while others looking at them might see quite different images formed of the same lines, often reflecting the client's (or the observer's) secrets, sins, flaws, or past misdeeds.

Tattooing Needles (Su) Needler Fine has all the needles he'll ever need. He can always draw a new one as a free action if he is ever disarmed or throws it, and can attack with two of his needles without penalties. His tattooing needles count as +1 keen silver and cold steel daggers that ignore up to 10 points of damage reduction of living and undead corporeal beings. Dropped, stolen, or thrown needles turn into dust after an hour.

Unnerving Gaze (Su): A creature that succumbs to Needle Fine's unnerving gaze (or more accurately, his unnerving tattoos) becomes fascinated.

Needler Fine is a master of his art, but cruel and manipulative one. He will cover your body with tattoos that you will love, but for others, they will be a window into the darkest depths of your soul–or so they will think. He will cover your body with tattoos of highest quality, but you will suffer pain of highest quality in return. He will cover your body with tattoos you desire, but you will carve the pleasure of his needles piercing your skin again even more.