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Posted - 24 Jun 2025 : 10:10:03EILISTRAEE The Dark Maiden, Lady of the Dance, Lady Silverhair, the Dark Dancer, the Dancing Goddess Lesser Power of Ysgard Symbol Silver longsword over a silver moon with a nimbus of silver hair or an unclad female drow with long hair dancing before a full moon with a silver bastard sword Realm Svartalfheim (Ysgard/Nidavellir) Alignment Chaotic Good Aliases none Superior none Allies Callarduran Smoothhands, Fionnghuala, Haela Brightaxe, Lurue, Mystra, the Seldarine, Selune, Skerrit Foes Blibdoolpoolp, the Dark Seldarine, Deep Duerra, Diinkarazan, Diirinka, the Great Mother, Gzemnid, Ilsensine, Ilxendren, Juiblex, Laogzed, Laduguer, Maanzecorian (dead), Malar, Piscaethces, the Queen of Air and Darkness, Refnara Servants Qilué Veladorn (Chosen; shared with Mystra) Servitor Creatures aasimon (particularly lights), asuras, cath shee, einheriar, eladrins, elven cats, feystags, frosts, hollyphants, incarnates of faith and hope, lythari, mercury dragons, mist dragons, moon dogs, moon-horses, mortai, pixies, normal-looking animals with solid silver-colored eyes, radiance quasielementals, reverend ones, silver dogs, silver dragons, silver-striped tabby cats, sprites, sunflies Manifestations a high, far-off hunting horn call; a silvery radiance, sometimes accompanied by a wordless snatch of song or a few echoing harp notes; moonfire (among males) Signs of Favor silver radiance that transforms the recipient's hair into a mane of silver fire Worshipers aasimar, artists, bards, dancers, good drow, hunters, repentant drow, singers, tieflings Cleric Alignments CG, CN, NG Specialty Priests Sword Dancer Holy Days none Important Ceremonies Circle of Song, High Hunt, Last Dance, Run Portfolio beauty, dance, hunting, moonlight, song, swordwork Domains Chaos, Charm, Drow, Elf, Good, Hunt, Lust, Moon, Night, Portal Favored WeaponMoonsword (bastard sword)
EILISTRAEE Female Bard 35, Sword Dancer 20 CG Medium Outsider (Chaotic, Extraplanar, Good) Divine Rank 7 Init +30 (+22 Dex, +8 Superior Initiative), Supreme Initiative; Senses 7-mile-radius; Listen +80, Spot +47; remote sensing (5 locations), portfolio sense; darkvision, low-light vision Aura divine (700 ft.; Will DC 66); Languages can communicate with any living creature; Words of Creation ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
AC 86, melee 108, touch 66 [melee 88], flat-footed 64 [melee 86] (+22 deflection, +22 Dex, +1 Dodge, +7 divine, +20 natural, +4 sacred); Battlesense hp 1,535 (35d6 + 25d10 plus 1,045), divine shield 19/day (230 hp); DR 30/epic, evil and cold iron Immune ability damage, ability drain, antimagic, banishment, cold, death effects, disease, disintegration, energy drain, fear, imprisonment, mind-affecting effects, paralysis, poison, sleep, sonic, stunning, transmutation; Weaknesses light blindness (Daylight Adaptation) Resist electricity 27, fire 27; SR 66 Fort +46 Ref +64 (+86 melee) Will +51 (+53 against spells, spell-like abilities, and enchantment effects) ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Speed 60 ft. (12 squares) Melee 2 moonswords +99/+99/+94/+89 (1d10 + 44 plus 3d6 holy and 1 negative level/18-20/x2 plus 6d6 holy and 2 negative levels) or Melee touch +74 or Ranged touch +62 Base Atk +33; Grp +52 Atk Options divine blast 25/day (7 miles, 30d12 points of damage); Arcane Strike, Combat Expertise, Improved Combat Reflexes, Improved Whirlwind Attack, Power Attack, Spring Attack Special Actions alter reality, alter size, bardic music as a 39th level bard 35/day, charm 7/day (+4 Cha for 1 minute), epic spellsong, lust 7/day (+55 Cha for 1 round), moonlights, spellsong, turn or destroy lycanthropes 25/day (check +20, damage +76) Combat Gearmoonswords
Spell-like Abilities (CL 55th; +1 chaos and good spells) At will – aid, analyze portal, animal shapes, animate objects, antipathy (DC 48), banishment (DC 45), bear’s endurance, blade barrier (DC 45), calm emotions (DC 41), cat’s grace, chaos hammer (DC 43), charm monster (DC 44), charm person (DC 40), clairaudience/clairvoyance, cloak of chaos (DC 47), cloak of dark power, commune with nature, control weather, demand (DC 47), deep slumber (DC 42), deeper darkness, dimension door, dimensional anchor, discern lies (DC 43), discern location, dispel evil (DC 44), dispel law (DC 44), dominate monster (DC 48), etherealness, faerie fire, fear (DC 43), find the path, foresight, gate, greater dispelling screen, greater planar ally, greater shadow evocation (DC 47), greater teleport, heroism, hide from animals, holy aura (DC 47), holy smite (DC 43), holy word (DC 46), insanity (DC 46), invisibility, lesser planar ally, liveoak, locate creature, magic circle against evil, magic circle against law, maze, moon blade, moon path, moonbeam (DC 41), moonfire (DC 48), nightmare (DC 44), permanent image (DC 45), phantom steed, plane shift (DC 44), protection from evil, protection from law, refuge, scrying (DC 44), shades (DC 48), shatter (DC 41), sleep (DC 40), snare, shadow walk (DC 45), spiderform, suggestion (DC 42), summon monster I, summon monster IX (chaos or good only), sunburst (DC 47), symbol of persuasion (DC 46), sympathy (DC 47), teleport, trap the soul (DC 48), tree stride, true strike, waves of exhaustion, word of chaos (DC 46) 1/day - dancing lights
Abilities Str 34, Dex 55, Con 42, Int 46, Wis 40, Cha 54 SQ avatar (5), bardic knowledge +59, craft epic swords, detect active or inactive portals as a normal secret door (DC 20), divinity, drow traits, godly realm (Ysgard 14 miles), immortality, maiden’s sword, silverhair armor, singing sword Feats Arcane Strike, Chaos Music, Combat Expertise, Combat Reflexes, Craft Magic Arms and Armor (swords only) (B), Create Portal, Daylight Adaptation, Dodge, Greater Two Weapon Fighting, Greater Weapon Focus (bastard sword), Greater Weapon Specialization (bastard sword), Improved Critical (bastard sword), Improved Initiative, Improved Two Weapon Fighting, Lightning Reflexes (B), Lyric Spell, Melodic Casting, Mobility (B), Point Blank Shot (B), Power Attack, Skill Focus (Perform [dance]), Spring Attack (B), Weapon Focus (bastard sword), Weapon Specialization (bastard sword), Whirlwind Attack, Words of Creation (B) Epic Feats Battle Dance, Craft Epic Magic Arms and Armor (swords only) (B), Epic Inspiration, Epic Reflexes, Epic Skill Focus (Perform [dance]), Epic Weapon Focus (bastard sword), Epic Weapon Specialization (bastard sword), Improved Combat Reflexes, Improved Whirlwind Attack, Perfect Two Weapon Fighting, Superior Initiative Salient Divine Abilities Battlesense, Blade Dance (unique salient divine ability), Clearsight (70 ft.), Divine Bard (7 miles), Divine Celerity (7 minutes), Divine Skill Focus (Perform [dance]), Divine Weapon Focus (bastard sword), Divine Weapon Specialization (bastard sword), Radiance of the Dark Maiden (unique salient divine ability), Song of the Dark Maiden (unique salient divine ability), Supreme Initiative Skills Balance +93, Bluff +64, Concentration +73, Craft (weaponsmithing) +83, Diplomacy +97, Disguise +74 (+78 acting), Escape Artist +74, Gather Information +80, Intimidate +54, Knowledge (arcana, history, local, religion, the planes) +70, Knowledge (nature) +76, Hide +87, Jump +83, Listen +80, Move Silently +87, Perform (dance) +117, Perform (sing) +87, Search +37, Sense Motive +80, Spellcraft +76, Spot +47, Survival +67 (+49 tracking, +71 above ground and extraplanar), Tumble +83 Possessionsmoonswords
Alter Reality Eilistraee is an embodiment of divine power and reality is hers to alter as she sees fit. This effectively functions as the wish spell that costs her no XP and requires a standard action to implement. In effect, this allows Eilistraee to duplicate any effect as long as it relates to her area of influence. For example, she can duplicate any class skill, ability or spell that relates to singing or swordplay. She can inspire hope and repentance in those who gaze upon her dance and swordplay, call forth the spirits of redeemed drow to aid her and call upon the light of the Moon to provide succor or wrath. She can draw forth songs of glory and redemption that have never been fully composed from hidden dreams, bestow near-unparalleled bladework upon those she deems worthy and grant beauty and charm upon those she sees fit.
Lady Silverhair can create temporary, nonmagical objects, magic items or creatures for up to 7 hours, and can also create permanent nonmagical objects. She can also render a magical or supernatural effect permanent and reshape landscapes. The limits to these abilities are fully defined in Deities and Demigods.
Alter Size As a free action, Eilistraee can assume any size from Fine to Colossal. She also can change the size of up to 700 pounds of objects she touches.
Avatar Eilistraee can have five avatars at any given time. Lady Silverhair appears as an unclad, glossy-skinned female drow. She is 9 feet in height with ankle-length, sweeping hair of glowing silver. Her hair and wandering silvery radiances cloak her body in a smooth, continuously moving array of beauty. She sometimes appears during a dance in her honor, leaping amid the flames of the feast unharmed. She also appears, radiance dimmed and clad in a plain, cowled cloak, at the campfires of wayfarers in the woodlands by night to test their kindness.
Blade Dance (unique salient divine ability) Eilistraee is exceedingly graceful in her swordplay. She uses her Dexterity modifier for the purposes of attack and damage rolls when wielding a bastard sword. In addition, Eilistraee is treated as a fighter of her Hit Dice for the purpose of qualifying for combat feats when wielding a bastard sword.
Furthermore, for the purpose of her swordsong ability, Eilistraee treats her bardic spells as clerical spells, and she can choose to bestow the everdancing weapon property in place of dancing upon any sword she affects with her Sword Dance. In addition, she can bestow epic variants of the magical weapon properties allowed by her Singing Sword ability in place of the standard versions allowed (for example, she can bestow fiery blast in place of flaming).
Finally, when making an attack or full attack action with a bastard sword, Eilistraee can make a special Perform (dance) check. For every 10 points of her check, she gains a +1 insight bonus to her attack and damage rolls.
Craft Epic Swords (Su) Eilistraee can craft epic magic swords as if she had the Craft Epic Magic Arms and Armor feat. This ability works only on her attuned swords, but the magic abilities given to the sword persist even if she loses her attunement to the sword. She may add any epic properties (including enhancement bonuses) to the sword as long as she meets the property's other prerequisites.
Divine Blast Eilistraee can create a ray of divine power that extends for up to 7 miles, dealing up to 30d12 points of damage, as a ranged touch attack with no saving throw. Eilistraee can unleash a divine blast 25 times per day, and alter the visual, auditory and sensation-based qualities of her divine blast as she desires. Eilistraee’s divine blasts generally take the form of bolts of silvery moonlight.
Divine Shield As a free action 19 times per day, Eilistraee can create a shield that lasts 10 minutes and stops 230 points of damage from attacks. Once the shield stops that much damage, it collapses. Any damage Eilistraee is naturally immune to does not count towards the shield’s limits.
Drow Traits Eilistraee has a +2 racial bonus on Will saves against spells, spell-like abilities, and enchantment effects of other sorts. She has darkvision (120 ft.) and is entitled to a Search check when within 5 feet of a secret or concealed door as though actively looking for it. She also has light blindness (blinded for 1 round by abrupt exposure to bright light, -1 penalty on all attack rolls, saves, and checks while operating in bright light).
Epic Spellsong Eilistraee can spontaneously cast mass restoration, righteous burst, righteous exile, righteous wrath of the faithful, sublime revelry and tomb of light through her bardic spell slots.
Maiden's Sword (Su) Eilistraee can craft magic swords as if she had the Craft Magic Arms and Armor feat. This ability only works on her attuned swords, but the magic abilities given to the sword persist even if she loses her attunement to the sword. She may add any properties (including enhancement bonuses) to a sword as long as she meets the property's other prerequisites.
Moonlights (Su) At will and as a free action, Eilistraee can create 20 small lights equal to those produced by the dancing lights spell. These lights are under her control but cannot move more than 5 feet from her body.
Radiance of the Dark Maiden (unique salient divine ability) Eilistraee sometimes manifests as a silvery radiance that surrounds either bladed weaponry or envelops a living or good-aligned undead creature, such as a baelnorn, granting them various benefits for up to 7 rounds. Bladed weaponry affected in this manner becomes indestructible and always deals maximum damage for as long as the radiance persists. Creatures enveloped by the radiance benefit from a +7 sacred bonus to Initiative checks, a +7 sacred bonus to Armor Class that stacks with any pre-existing sacred bonus, or a +7 sacred bonus to attack rolls as Eilistraee desires.
Elistraee’s radiance can be used in this manner up to 7 times per day. She can also bestow the effects of her radiance with her touch as she desires, but the duration remains unchanged.
Silverhair Armor (Su) Eilistraee’s hair is infused with divine energy and glows softly with silver light that illuminates a radius equal to 220 feet. She can suppress and activate this glow as a free action.
As long as Eilistraee’s hair is glowing and she is not wearing armor or using a shield, she gains a +4 sacred bonus to her Armor Class.
Singing Sword (Su) Eilistraee can select a single sword to infuse with her divine power; this sword must be one that she has previously attuned herself to. Once the attuned sword is infused, it gains the ability to use bardic music to inspire courage as a 55th level bard once per day. Activating the sword's song is a free action for Eilistraee as long as she is wielding the sword.
Additionally, Eilistraee can select any two of the following magic weapon qualities to add to the singing sword. The power fades away if the sword ever leaves her possession for more than 1 minute, but it returns instantly if she regains possession. • +1 enhancement bonus. This quality may be added multiple times; its effects stack. • Bane. This quality may be added multiple times, but each time a new bane type must be selected. • Defending • Flaming • Frost • Shock • Keen • Spell Storing • Thundering
Song of the Dark Maiden (unique salient divine ability) Eilistraee can cause harps, flutes and horns to sound and echo with her wordless song. Whenever she desires, her bardic music can affect any evil creature or undead with a repulsion effect that only allows such creatures with more than 27 Hit Dice to make a saving throw (Will DC 66) to resist the effect or can cause up to 7 listeners per round to be stunned for 1d6 rounds (Fort DC 66 negates).
Furthermore, for as long as her bardic music is active, Eilistraee can cast any spell from the Moon or Night domains as a quickened spell-like ability each round.
Spellsong (Su) Eilistraee can spontaneously cast bardic spells of 6th level or lower as any of her domain spells. Any spell she casts in this manner always has a verbal component, in addition to their normal components.
Sword Dance (Su) Eilistraee can attune herself to a particular sword (which may be the same sword as her singing sword). Once attuned to the sword, she may use it as if it had the dancing or everdancing property 10 times per day.
Sword Shield (Su) As a free action Eilistraee may command her dancing sword to fight in a defensive manner, taking a penalty of up to -5 on the sword's attacks in order to add the same number (up to +5) to her Armor Class as an armor bonus. The changes to the sword's attack rolls and her Armor Class last until her next action. She can only use this ability on one dancing sword at a time.
Sword Song (Su) Eilistraee can attune herself to a particular sword (magical or not), a process that takes one tenday. Once attuned to this sword, whenever she wields it the sword sings heroic songs, granting her a +2 morale bonus on attack and damage rolls with the sword and a +3 morale bonus on saving throws against mind-affecting spells and effects. This ability is a sonic, mind-affecting effect, and can be used for 32 rounds pet day. If this ability is applied to a dancing sword, the dancing sword gains the attack and damage bonus, but the saving throw bonus still applies to Elistraee.
Possessions Eilistraee carries the moonswords, a pair of +7 everdancing, harmonizing and holy power bastard swords of singing and speed. Once per round, the swords can generate a spell turning effect around Eilistraee or create nine silvery magic missiles that unerringly inflict 2d4 +7 points of damage each to all creatures (double damage to undead and evil creatures). Each blade can manifest separate or identical effects in the same round and can do so during an attack or full attack action.
When she desires to appear clothed, Eilistraee wears a dappled green cloak that shifts its colors to match the foliage around it, providing a +30 bonus to Hide checks and bestowing invisibility as per superior invisibility when in natural environments. She also wears deep brown leather boots with the combined powers of boots of the hinterlands and boots of tracklessness that also provide her a +30 bonus to Move Silently checks and the ability to alter her tracks into that of any other native animal or magical beast. These items have not been incorporated into the above statistics.
Other Divine Powers As a lesser power, Eilistraee may take 10 on any check. Eilistraee treats a 1 on an attack roll or saving throw normally and not as an automatic failure. She is immortal. Senses Eilistraee can see (using normal vision or darkvision), hear, touch, and smell at a distance of seven miles. As a standard action, she can perceive anything within seven miles of her worshippers, holy sites, objects, or any location where one of her titles or name was spoken in the last hour. She can extend her senses to up to five locations at once. She can block the sensing power of deities of her rank or lower at up to two remote locations at once for ten hours. Portfolio Sense Eilistraee senses any act of genuine repentance from a drow as long as the event in question affects at least five hundred people. She is similarly aware of any act of song or dance if the event is of similar magnitude. Automatic Actions Eilistraee can use any skill associated with her portfolio as a free action whether or not she has ranks in it, as long as the DC for the task is 20 or lower or Perform (dance) is the DC is 27 or lower. Eilistraee cannot do anything as a free action if the task would be a move action or part of a move action. He can perform up to five such free actions each round. Create Magic Items Eilistraee can create any kind of magic item that affects or involves hunting, dance or song, or any sword, as long as the item's market price does not exceed 30,000 gp.
NEW FEAT Chaos Music (Anarchic) [Dragon #326] The power of chaos improves your bardic music ability. Your performance becomes frenetic and completely discordant. Something about it speaks to some forgotten aspect of your primal consciousness. Prerequisite: Perform 4 ranks, bardic music ability. Benefit: Your effective bard level increases by +4 for the purposes of determining which bardic music abilities you can use. This feat can't increase your effective bard level beyond your Hit Dice. However, if you can't benefit from the full bonus immediately, but you later gain non-bard Hit Dice, you may apply the rest of the bonus.
For example, a human 5th-level bard/3rd-level fighter who selects this feat would increase his effective bard level from 5th to 8th (since he has 8 HD), allowing him to use the suggestion ability and increasing his inspire courage bonus to +2. If he later gained another non-bard level, he would gain the remainder of the bonus and his effective bard level for bardic music abilities would become 9th (since he now has 9 HD).
This does not affect your spells per day or spells known. It only increases your effective bard level in regards to using your bardic music ability. Special:Aura of Chaos: A character with at least one anarchic feat radiates an aura of chaos with a power equal to his character level (see the detect chaos spell), as if he were a cleric of a chaotic deity.