Lens: Aleax

Lens: Aleax

Book of Exalted Deeds has a pretty interesting monster section. The section starts with a template - the aleax. A deity can send an aleax to punish someone who enrages it. An aleax looks like its intended victim, but has glowing eyes. It is very difficult to harm by anyone other than the intended victim, but if the intended victim slays the aleax, it absorbs some of the divine essence. Also, the divine wrath is nullified.

Aleax [Book of Exalted Deeds, page 158]

670 points

Applicable to: Any creature.

Advantages: Dark Vision [25]; DR 50 (Bane, Intended Victim, -10%; Force Field, +20%) [275]; Doesn’t Breathe [20]; Doesn’t Eat or Drink [10]; Doesn’t Sleep [20]; High Pain Threshold [10]; Immunity to Metabolic Hazards [30]; Immunity to Mind Control [30]; Injury Tolerance (Homogenous, No Blood) [45]; Magic Resistance 5 (Improved, +150%) [25]; Morph (Magical, -10%) [90]; Regeneration (Fast) [50]; See Invisible (Magical; Magical, -10%; True Sight, +50%) [21].

    Searing Light: Burning Attack 3d (Gaze; Magical, -10%; Tight-Beam, +0%) [14].

    Sudden Death: Affliction 1 (HT; Accessibility, Can only affect the intended victim, -80%; Advantage, Divine Essence, +300%; Backlash, Instant Death, Triggered by being killed by the intended victim, -300%; Cosmic, No die roll required, +100%; Cosmic, No active defense allowed, +300%; Extended Duration, Truly Permanent, +300%; Single Use, x1/5) [15]. Note: “Divine Essence” is IQ+1 [20] and Magic Resistance 2 (Improved, +150%) [10].

Disadvantages: Obsession (Slay the intended victim) (No self-control roll) [-12].

Perks: Vanishes with all its equipment upon death [1]; Victim vanishes with all his equipment upon death [1].

Creature Type: Construct.