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Many of those luckless fools do not quietly disappear, however. | Many of those luckless fools do not quietly disappear, however. | ||
Maddened Dictats are huge swollen masses of flesh and shadow and ectoplasm, with no semblance of | Maddened Dictats are huge swollen masses of flesh and shadow and ectoplasm, with no semblance of features, no eyes, mouth, or any other recognizable feature. Their eerie voices boom and squeak, irritating the ears and resonating directly into minds with no rhyme or reason. They are uniformly terrible. | ||
Dictats will deign to work with Maddened Magnates, and such lesser fiends are often found near Dictats, mixed in with the ghastly remnants of former allies and enemies. | Dictats will deign to work with Maddened Magnates, and such lesser fiends are often found near Dictats, mixed in with the ghastly remnants of former allies and enemies. | ||
Maddened Dictats are the pinnacle of the Maddened 'cult' in the Prime Material plane. The origins of Dictats are uncertain, their motives are insane, their methods a | Maddened Dictats are the pinnacle of the Maddened 'cult' in the Prime Material plane. The origins of Dictats are uncertain, their motives are insane, their methods a convulsion of seemingly random acts. But their goals are simple: Kill everybody, and everything. | ||
Dictats are vast swollen masses of filmy membrane, filled with swollen organs, the entire unwholesome mass floating about supported by | Dictats are vast swollen masses of filmy membrane, filled with swollen organs, the entire unwholesome mass floating about supported by ethereal tendrils and fronds. Eerie, eldritch power flows to and from the Dictat at all times, and they are often surrounded by animated fragments of other creatures, lesser Maddened that seek an audience with the font of power, and other clans and clades of monstrosity. | ||
Dictats must be opposed, | Dictats must be opposed, because even if they look like they are quiescent, bitter experience has taught the world to expunge these affronts to reality as fast as the force to do so can be mustered. | ||
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| RangedAtkIncrementDistance = | | RangedAtkIncrementDistance = 300 | ||
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| Ability-2-Description = Up to once per round per enemy struck by a Tendril of Nothingness attack, the Dictat may choose to activate their Prison of Pain ability. Enemies affected by Prison of Pain must make a Will saving throw against a DC of {{Save-DC}}. If they fail this save, they are [[paralyzed]] by the inconceivable wracking agony that floods through their bodies. If they make this save, they suffer the [[Burned]] condition, inflicting {{dmg|rugosic}} damage as the agony tears at their mind and body, but they are able to fight through the suffering and take actions as normal. | | Ability-2-Description = Up to once per round per enemy struck by a Tendril of Nothingness attack, the Dictat may choose to activate their Prison of Pain ability as a free action. Enemies affected by Prison of Pain must make a Will saving throw against a DC of {{Save-DC}}. If they fail this save, they are [[paralyzed]] by the inconceivable wracking agony that floods through their bodies. If they make this save, they suffer the [[Burned]] condition, inflicting {{dmg|rugosic}} damage as the agony tears at their mind and body, but they are able to fight through the suffering and take actions as normal. | ||
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| Ability-4-Name = | | Ability-4-Name = Rampageous Goad | ||
| Ability-4-Type = | | Ability-4-Type = Ex | ||
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| Ability-4-Action-Required = | | Ability-4-Action-Required = Swift Action | ||
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Free Action 1/Rnd, Free Action 1/Enc, Always On, Auto At Start of Encounter, Auto Upon Death, etc. --> | Free Action 1/Rnd, Free Action 1/Enc, Always On, Auto At Start of Encounter, Auto Upon Death, etc. --> | ||
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| Ability-4-Description = | | Ability-4-Description = A Dictat may choose to impose their chaotic reality directly upon their foes, whipping the ground, air, space itself, into battering them around the battlefield. They may choose up to four enemies within 300 feet, to whom they have line of sight and line of effect, all of whom must be within 50 feet of each other. All of the chosen enemies take {{Special-Swift-Dmg}} of {{dmg|fracturing}} damage, and the Dictat may [[Slide]] them up to {{CR|n=5|op=div}} squares in any direction, including into empty space, making them take [[falling damage]] if they have no usable movement types. Affected creatures may make a Will save against a DC of {{Save-DC}} in order to take half damage and cut the Slide movement in half (drop fractions). As always, victims may fall [[prone]] at any time to stop this forced movement, and move resistance always applies. | ||
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