I Dream of Djinni

July 14th, 2010

Welcome again to Masters and Minions, where I strive to give you interesting NPCs and encounters that can be placed easily into your game. This week’s encounter is for level 1-2 characters and gives them a chance to team up against a powerful foe. After fighting their way through many zombies and skeletons they find the keeper of this crypt: the necromancer, Nehrem. Standing before Nehrem is the djinni, Ajdim. Unlike most djinni, Ajdim is chaotic evil. Ajdim commissioned Nehrem to create for him a powerful magic scimitar forged from the souls of the dead. After having some trouble acquiring the souls, Nehrem decided to double the asking price for the sword to make up for his losses. Suffice it to say, Ajdim was not happy with this increase in price. When the PCs arrive they find the djinni and the necromancer at each other’s throats. Ajdim offers to pay the PCs the original asking price of 2000gp if they help him take the sword from the necromancer. Nehrem offers the PCs the scimitar if they help him deal with the djinni. You can find stats for djinni in the Pathfinder Bestiary. The sword is a +1 scimitar.

Nehrem

CR 4

XP 19,200
Male human necromancer 5
NE Medium humanoid (human)
Init +6; Senses Perception +0
DEFENSE
AC 16, touch 12, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +2 Dex)
hp 29 (5d6+15)
Fort +2, Ref +3, Will +4
OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft
Melee staff +1 (1d6-1)
Special Attacks grave touch* (7/day), power over undead* (7/day, DC 18)
Spells Prepared (CL 5th)
3rd—fireball (DC 17), vampiric touch
2nd—scorching ray, spectral hand, touch of idiocy
1st—chill touch (2), mage armor (precast), magic missile
0—bleed (DC 14), detect magic, mending, read magic
Prohibited Schools illusion, transmutation
*Necromancer power (Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook, pages 81–82)
STATISTICS
Str 8, Dex 14, Con 12, Int 18, Wis 10, Cha 13
Base Atk +2; CMB +1; CMD 13
Feats Combat Casting, Create Magic Arms and Armors, Eschew Materials, Improved Initiative, Scribe Scroll, Toughness
Skills Craft (weaponsmithing) +12, Knowledge (arcana) +12, Knowledge (religion) +12, Linguistics +12, Spellcraft +12
Languages Aquan, Auran, Common, Draconic, Dwarven, Elven, Ignan, Terran, Undercommon
Treasure Pearl of Power, 1st-level spell; Potion of Cure Moderate Wounds