Monsters / Drow Noble

Drow Noble

CR 3 - 800 XP - CE Medium Humanoid

Stat block

AC21 (touch 13, flat-footed 18)HP20 (3d8+3)SavesFort +4, Ref +4, Will +6Meleemwk rapier +4 (1d6+1/18-20)Rangedhand crossbow +5 (1d4/19-20plus poison)Speed20 ft.AbilitiesStr 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 12BAB / CMB / CMD+2 / +3 / 16Sensesdarkvision 120 ft.; Perception +5
immune sleepvulnerable light blindnessSR 14

Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (4 rules)

Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.

lure (from lore)
Advancement through the hierarchy of a drow noble house is usually accomplished through a combination of assassination, seduction, and treachery, leading most drow in ...
skirmisher (from abilities)
abilities: Dex 17 over Str 12 - strike and slip away, never trade full attacks
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 120 ft.; Perception +5 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment CE, Int 10 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first

On-hit riders and breath

bleed2d6DC 12 Fortitude

From the entry

About one out of every 20 drow is gifted with special powers from birth-the overwhelming majority of these exceptional drow are female, and as a result, drow society tends to be matriarchal in nature. These special births are engineered and encouraged among the ruling caste, and are far more likely to occur when the mother is of noble heritage. Strangely, the status of the father seems not to increase or decrease the chances of a child being born a drow noble. Common drow children born to nobles are usually put to death-sacrificed to one of the many demon gods to whom the drow offer worship. It is rare for a drow noble to be born to common parents, but those who are usually murder their parents or family before they come of age in order to hide the truth of their base upbringing and to ease the processes of joining one of their society's noble houses. Drow nobles are more powerful tha...