Lancet Mastery (Su) An apocrisiarius kyton wields two lancets in combat. This effect functions as per zone of truth, save that it emanates from the kyton (not a fixed point in space) and thus moves along with the kyton. Treasure standard Special Abilities Aura of Truth (Sp) An apocrisiarius kyton exudes an aura of truth, making it difficult for anyone within 30 feet to utter a lie. Organization solitary, pair, or company (3–8) SQ lancet mastery, truthspeaker Ecology Environment any (Plane of Shadow) Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Aquan, Auran, Celestial, Common, Ignan, Infernal, Necril, Shadowtongue, Terran, Undercommon Skills Bluff +14, Diplomacy +14, Heal +12, Intimidate +14, Knowledge (arcana) +6, Knowledge (local) +6, Knowledge (nobility) +6, Knowledge (religion) +12, Linguistics +15, Sense Motive +12, Sleight of Hand +14 Spell-Like Abilities (CL 7th concentration +9)Īt will- mage hand, open/close, stabilizeģ/day- cure moderate wounds, poison (DC 16), sending, tonguesġ/day- order’s wrath (DC 16), plane shift (self only, to or from the Material Plane or the Plane of Shadow) Statistics Str 17, Dex 20, Con 18, Int 17, Wis 10, Cha 15įeats Dodge, Improved Initiative, Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Finesse, Weapon Focus (lancet)
Special Attacks unnerving gaze (30 ft., DC 16) Weaknesses vulnerable to electricity Offense Speed 40 ft. Hp 85 (9d10+36) regeneration 3 (good spells, good weapons, silver weapons)ĭR 5/silver or good Immune cold, poison SR 18 Perception +0Īura truth (30 ft., DC 14) Defense AC 19, touch 16, flat-footed 14 (+5 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 natural) LE Medium outsider (evil, extraplanar, kyton, lawful)
Ostiarius kytons torrent#
Apocrisiarius CR 7 Source Pathfinder #98: Turn of the Torrent pg. Slender surgical lancets pierce her body in numerous locations, yet these wounds do not bleed. Her eyes are colorless orbs, and tears of blood course down her cheeks. Kyton, Apocrisiarius This slender humanoid is clad in a severe black leather harness and long skirt decorated with curling twists of wire. All of this openness is, for many, simply a return to the model of the early church, and hence a Good Thing(TM).A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Zįamilies | Templates | Types | Subtypes | Universal Monster Rules Today, the metaphor now is more akin to the church as a hospital for wounded sinners. Like with excommunication, adding a bar to an voluntary organization is inherently counter-productive, but also not the point of the church in any event. The modernization and secularization of the culture has made this stance impossible to hold. In the Middle Ages, it was a powerful thing, and by its own admission, a self-selected elitist club. In general, the attitude of what the church is has shifted over the centuries. The ostiarious was literally one such symbol. Saying the mass in the venacular (as opposed to Latin), for example, was designed explicitly to knock down a barrier. The early church was a very open and flexible thing - Paul, for example, would say that he became "all things to all men so that by any means I might save some." Vatican II re-emphasized this, seeking to knock down all barriers that kept people from Jesus. In general, Vatican II is often hitched with a view towards opening the doors to the common man. Like the other minor orders and the subdiaconate, it is retained in Indult Catholic societies such as the Priestly Fraternity of St. The porter was not a part of Holy Orders administering sacraments but simply a preparatory job on the way to the Major orders: subdiaconate (until its suppression, after the Second Vatican Council by Paul VI), diaconate and the priesthood. The death knell for the ostiarious was Vatcian II. As the church grew in the Middle Ages, and by fiat the entire populace was assumed to be Christian, the role itself became vestigal. Just about any good house would have had a "bouncer" so to speak. It became fashionable, however, to adopt the roman custom.
While initially, (under church persecution) there was a need for protection from persecution, this did not become an official title until well after that need. The ostiarius (or door keeper) evolved after the legalization of the church from existing Roman customs.
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