The ghostly Prismriver sisters are the best known musicians in Gensokyo, attracting fans from distant realms. As poltergeists, the sisters can play their instruments without touching, or even necessarily appearing within sight. In fact, the instruments themselves are phantoms, and create sounds not only audiable to the ear, but which resonate with the spirit.

However, their origin is a sad tale. Long ago, Count Prismriver died suddenly, leaving four orphaned daughters – Lunasa, Merlin, Lyrica and Layla. Whether the three eldest sisters died soon after or left home, the youngest, Layla, could not bear to leave, and prayed for her sisters to return. Three poltergeists took pity on her and assumed the form of the sisters, who cared for Layla until she too died. The phantom sisters can still be heard in the mansion to this day, invisibly practicing their music.

The eldest sister is Lunasa, a violinist. She dresses in black, with white trim. Lunasa’s music matches her gloomy demeanour, and possesses the ability to overwhelm weak-minded listeners with depression. Her violin is a phantom of an instrument said to outclass any crafted by human hands.

Lunasa Prismriver — Level 15 Controller
Medium undead humanoid — XP 1,200

Initiative +12 Senses Perception +15; darkvision
HP 148; Bloodied 74
AC 29; Fortitude 27, Reflex 27, Will 28
Immune Disease, poison
Speed 6, fly 6 (hover); phasing

Basic Melee Phantom Din (standard; at-will) ♦ Thunder
+20 vs AC; 1d10+6 thunder damage.

Ranged Spirit Strings (standard; at-will) ♦ Psychic
Ranged 5; +19 vs. Will; 2d8+6 psychic damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).

Blast String Performance (standard; recharge 5,6) ♦ Psychic
Close burst 5; targets enemies; +19 vs Will, 2d8+6 psychic damage, and the target is weakened (save ends).

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common
Skills Stealth +15
Str 14 (+9) Dex 21 (+12) Wis 17 (+10)
Con 21 (+12) Int 17 (+10) Cha 23 (+13)

Merlin, a trumpeter, often takes center stage at performances. She dresses in pink, with blue and black trim. Merlin’s music has the power to uplift the spirit, sometimes to the point of inspiring mania. Her instrument is said to be the phantom of a trumpet that has taken the blood of many musicians, but it’s not known if this is true.

Merlin Prismriver — Level 15 Controller
Medium undead humanoid — XP 1,200

Initiative +12 Senses Perception +15; darkvision
HP 148; Bloodied 74
AC 29; Fortitude 27, Reflex 27, Will 28
Immune Disease, poison
Speed 6, fly 6 (hover); phasing

Basic Melee Phantom Din (standard; at-will) ♦ Thunder
+20 vs AC; 1d10+6 thunder damage.

Ranged Trumpet Ghost (standard; at-will) ♦ Psychic
Ranged 5; +19 vs. Will; 2d8+6 psychic damage; the target slides 5 squares and is dazed (save ends).

Blast Dark Trumpet (standard; recharge 5,6) ♦ Psychic
Close burst 5; targets enemies; +19 vs Will, 2d8+6 psychic damage; the target moves 5 squares and makes a basic attack against its nearest ally.

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common
Skills Stealth +15
Str 14 (+9) Dex 21 (+12) Wis 15 (+9)
Con 20 (+12) Int 14 (+9) Cha 23 (+13)

The youngest sister is Lyrica, a keyboardist. She dresses in red, with pink and black trim. Merlin’s winged instrument possesses the ability to create incredible illusory sounds unlike any natural instrument. However, they do not resonate with the spirit like those of her sisters.

Lyrica Prismriver — Level 15 Controller
Medium undead humanoid — XP 1,200

Initiative +12 Senses Perception +15; darkvision
HP 148; Bloodied 74
AC 29; Fortitude 27, Reflex 27, Will 28
Immune Disease, poison
Speed 6, fly 6 (hover); phasing

Basic Melee Phantom Din (standard; at-will) ♦ Thunder
+20 vs AC; 1d10+6 thunder damage.

Ranged Dark Keys (standard; at-will) ♦ Psychic
Ranged 5; +19 vs. Will; 2d8+6 psychic damage, and the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls (save ends).

Blast Fazioli Dark Performance (standard; recharge 5,6) ♦ Psychic
Close burst 5; targets enemies; +19 vs Will, 2d8+6 psychic damage, the target is deafened and dazed (save ends).

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common
Skills Stealth +15
Str 14 (+9) Dex 21 (+12) Wis 14 (+19)
Con 21 (+12) Int 20 (+12) Cha 23 (+13)

See Also

• Part 1: Creatures of Gensokyo I: Lake of Fog (Cirno)
• Part 2: Creatures of Gensokyo II: Shrine of the Netherworld (Konpaku Youmu)

One of the shrine’s most unusual residents is a white-haired girl named Konpaku Youmu, half ghost and half human. Despite her youthful appearance, Youmu is over sixty years old and has spent most of that time mastering the two-sword style of combat. Youmu is a formidable opponent, and serves the realm’s princess as bodyguard and gardener.

Konpaku Youmu wields two blades whose legendary status in the netherworld exceeds her own. Roukan Blade, the “Tower-Watching Sword”, is believed to have been forged by spirits and is too long for a normal human to wield. Hakurou Blade, the “White Tower Sword”, is the ancestral sword of the Konpaku family and is said to have the power to dispel confusion.

Konpaku Youmu — Level 22 Elite Soldier (Leader)
Medium undead humanoid — XP 8,300

Initiative +19 Senses Perception +17; darkvision
Spirit Gardener aura 10; undead allies within the aura gain a +2 bonus to attack rolls
HP 380; Bloodied 190
AC 38; Fortitude 40, Reflex 37, Will 34
Immune Disease, poison
Resist 15 necrotic
Vulnerable 10 radiant
Saving Throws +2
Action Point 1
Speed 10, fly 10 (hover)

Basic Melee Roukan Blade (standard; at-will)
Reach 2; +29 vs AC; 1d10+5 damage. Roukan deals normal damage against insubstantial creatures.

Basic Melee Hakurou Blade (standard; at-will) ♦ Radiant
+29 vs AC; 1d8+5 plus 5 radiant damage

Melee Two Swords (standard; at-will) ♦ Radiant
Youmu can make one attack each with Roukan and Hakurou.

Burst Delusion of Enlightenment (standard; encounter) ♦ Radiant
Close burst 1; Youmu can make one attack with Hakurou against each target within the area. Each hit leaves the creature immobilized and knocked prone until the end of Youmu’s next turn.

Melee Karmic Punishment (standard; encounter) ♦ Radiant
Youmu can attack one target alternately with Roukan and Hakurou until one misses or five hits.

Burst Thousand Mile Slash (standard; recharge 5,6) ♦ Radiant
Close burst 2; +27 vs Reflex; 6d8+2 radiant damage

Swift Movement (move; recharge 4,5,6) ♦ Teleportation
Youmu can teleport 10 squares.

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common
Skills Athletics +21, Endurance +17, Religion +18
Str 20 (+16) Dex 22 (+17) Wis 14 (+13)
Con 15 (+12) Int 13 (+12) Cha 12 (+12)

Equipment Roukan blade, Hakurou blade

Youmu’s martial prowess attracts the attention of the more powerful spirits who have retired to the flower gardens of Hakugyokurou. She is frequently accompanied in battle by around twelve ghostly warriors.

Towerbound Spirit — Level 18 Minion
Medium undead humanoid — XP 500

Initiative +16 Senses Perception +9; darkvision
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 32; Fortitude 30, Reflex 31, Will 30
Speed fly 6

Basic Melee Touch of Unlife (standard; at-will)
+21 vs Will; 8 damage

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common
Str 22 (+15) Dex 25 (+16) Wis 22 (+15)
Con 16 (+12) Int 23 (+14) Cha 17 (+12)

See Also

• Part 1: Creatures of Gensokyo I: Lake of Fog (Cirno)

The Gensokyo setting is full of great mythology ready to inspire Dungeons & Dragons game material. Part of Touhou’s appeal is its massive list of characters, a cast which includes fairies, vampires, poltergeists, ghosts, half-ghosts, vampires, witches, magicians, healers, oni and Shinto shrine maidens.

Lake of Fog

Visitors to Gensokyo’s Lake of Fog are in constant danger of losing their way. Although its fey residents are normally peaceful, the snowflake-winged ice fairies who populate the lake during the winter are not always friendly to uninvited guests.

Of the lake’s delicate ice fairies, one named Cirno claims to be the strongest. An innocent, whimsical creature, Cirno is prone to mischief and is easily roused to anger by visitors who don’t respect her self-claimed strength. She possesses several formidable methods of ice magic.

Cirno — Level 5 Solo Artillery
Small fey humanoid (cold) — XP 1,000

Initiative +6 Senses Perception +6
Snowflake wind aura 2; any creature that begins its turn in the aura takes 5 cold damage and is pushed 2 squares.
HP 252; Bloodied 126; see also Diamond Blizzard
AC 19; Fortitude 19, Reflex 20, Will 17
Immune cold
Saving Throws +5
Speed 4, fly 6 (hover)
Action Points 2

Basic Melee Freezing Touch (standard; at-will) ♦ Cold
+12 vs AC; 1d10+4 cold damage

Basic Ranged Icy Barrage (standard; at-will) ♦ Cold
Ranged 20; +12 vs AC; 1d10+4 cold damage

Area Icicle Fall (standard; at will) ♦ Cold
Area blast 3 within 20; +10 vs Reflex; 1d6 damage and 1d6 cold damage. Squares adjacent to Cirno cannot be targeted.

Area Perfect Freeze (standard; recharge 5,6; recharges when first bloodied) ♦ Cold
Area blast 4 within 20; +10 vs Reflex; 1d10+9 cold damage, and target is slowed (save ends).

Area Diamond Blizzard (standard; usable only when Cirno is bloodied; at will) ♦ Cold
Cirno may make an Icicle Fall attack and an Icy Barrage. The same creature cannot be targeted by both.

Alignment Unaligned Languages Common, Elven
Skills Arcana +9, Endurance +7, Nature +9
Str 11 (+2) Dex 18 (+6) Wis 7 (+0)
Con 15 (+4) Int 9 (+1) Cha 15 (+4)

The Lake of Fog is inhabited in the winter by a great number of lesser ice fairies. Although individually timid, these creatures are dangerous in numbers.

Snowflight ice fairy — Level 1 Minion
Small fey humanoid (cold) — XP 25

Initiative +3 Senses Perception +2
HP 1; a missed attack never damages a minion.
AC 15; Fortitude 13, Reflex 14, Will 13
Resist cold 10
Speed 4, fly 6 (hover)

Basic Melee Freezing Touch (standard; at-will) ♦ Cold
+6 vs AC; 4 cold damage

Basic Ranged Icicle (standard; at-will) ♦ Cold
Ranged 10; +6 vs AC; 4 cold damage

Alignment Unaligned Languages Elven
Skills Nature +4
Str 10 (+0) Dex 16 (+3) Wis 11 (+0)
Con 13 (+1) Int 11 (+0) Cha 13 (+1)

DEEP CROW

This vile feathered creature appears at first a massive, corrupted crow. A disgusting multitude of eyes are mounted above a powerful antlike beak, and four lethal talons ready themselves before a heavy, swinging tail.

This terrifying creature is responsible for night raids on farms that are often mistakenly blamed on dragons or common cattle thieves. Swooping down out of the darkness on massive wings, the powerful bird simply lifts off with livestock in its talons. Its roost is frequently littered with the smashed skeletons of former meals, with recognisable skulls evidencing that the terrible creature has no compunctions about eating human flesh. Growing ever larger with age, truly ancient deep crows are fearsome creatures indeed.

(Game statistics follow behind the cut.)

Deep Crow—CR12

Always NE Huge magical beast
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60ft., low-light vision; Listen +10, Spot +11

Disclaimer: I haven’t playtested this yet. Let me know if you think the challenge rating is off.

STALAGMAN
This short, stocky creature resembles an angry, humanoid stalagmite. Furrowed eyes rest above a massive, jagged maw as its short arms clutch a crude stone spear.

Stalagmen are tenacious, vicious creatures. Stalagmen subsist chiefly on rock, with a special taste for rare ores. They inevitably come into conflict with any nearby underground societies such as dwarves, who compete with the stalagmen’s voracious appetite for metals and precious stones. Stone-destroying oozes are the stalagman’s natural enemy, although more resourceful tribes are known to cultivate gelatinous cubes as door guards.

(Game statistics follow behind the cut.)

Stalagman—CR1

Always N Medium elemental (earth)
Init -1; Senses darkvision 60ft., low-light vision; Listen +2, Spot +2
Languages stalagman

STALAGMAN GUARDIAN

Stalagman guardians are the elite warriors and leaders of stalagman society. A lifetime of chewing lead and rare minerals has made these creatures quick to anger and supremely tough.

Stalagman Guardian—CR6

Always N Medium elemental (earth), barbarian 5
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60ft., low-light vision; Listen +7, Spot +2
Languages stalagman

(Alright, that’s that. Next up, how about the Deep Crow?)

I’m told it’s some kind of Magic: The Gathering in-joke.

Gleemax, CR20
Advanced brain in a jar psion20 (telepath)
NE Tiny undead
Libris Mortis 90
Init +3; Senses blindsight 60ft., darkvision 60ft; Listen +14, Spot +14
Telepathy 100ft, language-dependant

AC 14, touch 14, flat-footed 11
hp 311 (29HD; turn resistance +8)
Immune undead traits
Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +20

Spd fly 30ft (good)
Space 1ft.; Reach –
Psionic powers known (CL 20th, 403pp/day);
    9th–affinity field, assimilate, psionic etherealness, microcosm, psychic chirurgery, reality revision
    8th–mind seed, recall death, true metabolism
    7th–crisis of life, decerebrate, insanity
    6th–mind switch, mass cloud mind, psionic disintegrate
    5th–mind probe, leech field, psychic crush, psionic true seeing
    4th–mind wipe, psionic dominate, psionic modify memory, telekinetic maneuver
    3rd–dispel psionics, false sensory input, psionic blast, time hop
    2nd–ego whip, brain lock, read thoughts, psionic suggestion
    1st–conceal thoughts, distract, inertial armor, mind thrust, psionic charm
Special Atk mind thrust, psionics, rebuke undead

Abilities Str —, Dex 16, Con —, Int 20, Wis 10, Cha 25
SQ Madness, +8 turn resistance
Feats Ability Focus (mind thrust), Alertness, Delay Power, Dodge, Force of Will, Greater Power Penetration, Improved Turn Resistance, Iron Will, Overchannel, Power Penetration, Psionic Dodge, Quicken Power, Skill Focus (Bluff), Skill Focus (Diplomacy)
Skills Concentration +20, Bluff +42, Diplomacy +42, Knowledge (history) +37, Knowledge (psionics) +37, Knowledge (religion) +37, Listen +14, Profession (game designer) +12, Psicraft +25, Spot +14

Mind Thrust (Su): As a standard action, Gleemax can deliver an assault on the mental pathways of one creature, dealing 2d10 points of damage to any creature which fails a DC 20 Will save.
Madness (Su): Anyone targetting Gleemax with thought detection, mind control or any sort of telepathic or psionic ability that makes direct contact with its tortured mind takes 1d4 points of Wisdom damage.
Psionics (Sp): 3/day–suggestion (DC20), telekinesis (DC22); 1/day–dominate person (DC20). Manifester level 20th.
Rebuke Undead (Su): Gleemax can rebuke or command undead as a level 9 cleric.
Unholy Toughness, aka Dragotha Rule (Ex): Gleemax gains a bonus to its hit points equal to its Charisma modifier x its Hit Dice, just because.

If you want to encourage the planetouched races in your game by giving them a little boost, here’s my house rules on the topic.

First, make the race a template – why should only humans get to have extraplanar ancestors? Thus there now exist in your world aasimar elves and tiefling dwarves. The character gains both the benefits of the base creature as well as the planetouched race, and these stack – for example, a tiefling elf has (amongst other things) +4 Dexterity, -2 Constitution, +2 Intelligence, and -2 Charisma, and treats both rogue and wizard as his favoured class. He retains the Outsider (native) type regardless of the base creature.

A “plain” aasimar or tiefling in this variant is simply a planetouched human. He is as the standard tiefling but with the bonus feat, the bonus skill point per level and can treat any class as his favoured class. An alternative to this is that

The effect of this on your game world is that planetouched should be more common to fit with how often players choose them, and there should be some explanation for this such as planar war in the world’s history. This also means that you will have planetouched monsters – good-aligned aasimar minotaurs guarding holy sites, well-organized bands of tiefling orcs with devil ancestors – but don’t overuse this! Remember that planetouched races have resistance 5 to several elements, which at low levels can make opponents immune to most of the wizard’s offensive spells.

In truth I haven’t worked out yet how tiefling-as-a-template affects a creature’s challenge rating – perhaps it brings a CR1/2 creature up to CR1, but then perhaps it’s not even worth that much. It’s probably something best decided on a case-by-case basis.

Tired of throwing the party up against weak, lifeless undead? Feel like you wasted ten levels taking the Doomguide prestige-class, only to find one undead that’s even a decent challenge by that level? Try Vaelen’s Fiendish SuperZombieâ„¢ – your newest rotting friend!

This creature is the result of taking the standard Colossal Zombie and advancing a standard 3.0 zombie it as far as the Monster Manual will allow – 96HD – then fudging things to add the Fiendish template. If your party’s also found that powerful undead foes are almost impossible to locate – barring high-level liches and vampires – this might be an interesting change. Time to break out the Undead band weapons again.

Author’s note: Unlike most of the creatures on this site, this monster hasn’t been updated to the new v3.5 rules. The new rules do not allow for 96HD Colossal zombies, and while a fiendish 20HD Huge zombie could be created, it would be balanced, and what fun would that be?

Fiendish Zombie
Colossal Undead

Hit Dice: 96d12+3 (627 hp)
Initiative: -2 (Dex)
Speed: 40 ft.
AC: 11 (-8 size, -2 Dex, +11 natural), flat 11, touch 0
Base Attack/Grapple: +48/+73
Attack: Slam +50 melee
Full Attack: Slam +50 melee
Damage: Slam 4d6+13
Face/Reach: 40 ft./25 ft.
Special Attacks: Smite Good
Special Qualities: Cold and fire resistance 20, damage reduction 10/+3, darkvision 60ft, partial actions only, spell resistance 25, Undead
Saves: Fort +32, Ref +30, Will +50
Abilities: Str 29, Dex 6, Con &en;, Int 3, Wis 10, Cha 3
Feats: Armor Proficiency (light, medium and heavy), Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Critical (slam), Leadership, Power Attack, Toughness, Shield proficiency, Weapon Focus (slam), and any one other feat
Climate/Terrain: Any land and underground
Organization: Solitary, gang (2-5), squad, (6-10) or mob (11-20)
Challenge Rating: 16
Treasure: None
Alignment: Usually neutral evil

Smite Good (Su): Once per day the fiendish zombie can make a normal attack to deal +20 additional damage against a good-aligned foe.

Undead: Immune to mind-influencing effects, poison, sleep, paralysis, stunning, and disease. Not subject to critical hits, subdual damage, ability damage, energy drain, or death from massive damage.

Partial Actions Only (Ex): Zombies have poor reflexes and can perform only partial actions. Thus they can move or attack, but can only do both if they charge (a partial charge).

Points to note about this particular fiendish zombie

• With the inclusion of the Fiendish template, the superzombie here gains the minimum intelligence score of 3. This puts him in the interesting position of being an intelligent undead, even allowing him to take character levels! However, the ECL of a ninety-six hit dice creature would be unbelievably high, making this is an unlikely career path for the zombie.
• It has a leadership score of 89, despite being composed mostly of rotting flesh. This means that it most likely has its “owner” as a cohort, as opposed to the traditional concept of the undead being slaves to their human masters. The superzombie would make an excellent addition to an undead army, especially since many of his 163 followers can be used to fight alongside undead hordes and simply raised as undead if killed. The zombie’s “owner” can also use Leadership in this way.
• It’s almost impossible to turn or rebuke this creature. Ninety-six hit dice is hard to beat, even if you’re a cleric with the Sun domain, a charisma score of 30 and the Empower Turning feat.
• For optimum results, you can simply have the zombie sit on his foes until they’re dead. A creature that size weighs a lot, and his ass attack (I’m not kidding!) can penetrate damage reduction of up to +3, dealing fistfuls of d6 in crushing damage.
• Don’t forget that the zombie can wear and use armor and magic items. An Amulet of Mighty Fists (from splatbook Sword and Fist) can give the zombie +5 attack and damage with his slam. Full plate armor, though unbelievably costly for a creature of this size, would definately be useful – Tarrasque armor, perhaps?

Selfish and malicious, the Cairn are an obscure white-skinned subterranean race with a penchant for the undead. Devout worshippers of The Lich God of Secrets, their leaders are exclusively clerics and are usually followed without question by those who dare not risk becoming their leader’s next undead slave.

The Cairn instantly are recognisable by their white, flaky skin and dull red eyes. Inexperienced adventurers stumbling upon their lairs have been known on occasion to flee at the mere sight of them, mistaking them for powerful undead.

Author’s Note: This race has been rewritten and renamed since the original version. The concept of an evil subterranean race is probably as clichéd as all getout, but they can provide an interesting side-story from the game’s usual underground inhabitants, or even replace the drow in a setting without elves.

Cairn, first level warrior
Medium-size Humanoid

HD: 1d8+2 (6hp)
Initiative: +0
Speed: 20ft (4 squares)
AC: 16 (+4 armor, +2 shield), touch 10, flat-footed 16
Base Attack/Grapple: +1/+2
Attack: Morningstar +1 melee (1d8)
Full Attack: Morningstar +1 melee (1d8)
Space/Reach: 5ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: —
Special Qualities: Darkvision 60ft., light sensitivity, undead affinity
Saves: Fort +4, Ref +0, Will +1
Abilities: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 14, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 9
Skills: Intimidate +3, Listen +4, Spot +4
Feats: Alertness
Environment: Underground
Organization: Gang (7-12 and a 3rd-level cleric), band (10-100 plus 10% noncombatants plus 1 3rd-level cleric with 3 skeletons per 20 adults and 1 cleric leader of 4th-6th level with 3 zombies per 2 levels), or tribe (40-400 plus 1 3rd-level cleric per 20 adults, 1 or 2 cleric lieutenants of 5th-7th level with 3 zombies per 2 levels, 1 cleric leader of 11th level with 6-8 ghouls)
Challenge Rating: ½
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Usually neutral evil
Advancement: By character class, usually cleric
Level Adjustment: +1

Light Sensitivity (Ex): Cairn suffer a -1 penalty to attack rolls in bright sunlight or within the radius of a daylight spell.

Undead Affinity (Su): Cairn clerics can command a number of undead equal to their cleric level dice plus two. However, they do not always choose to control the maximum possible number of undead – often, a cleric will leave just enough hit dice of undead free to create a zombie, as a warning to his subordinates that any one of them might be his next zombie.

A Cairn is generally outfitted with whatever weapons and armor he manages to make or steal himself. Comparatively few noncombatants exist in their society, since the females are just as tough and capable as the males and are treated as such. Those who are no longer able to fight (or refuse to) stand at risk of being sacrificed to Vecna by his clerics.

Their society tends to form a loose hierarchical structure. Small groups (often extended families or gangs) are each led by a cleric who pays fealty to a higher ranking cleric and his clan, who in turn pays fealty to a higher ranking cleric and so forth. Since an individual’s rank in society is primarily dependant on his spellcasting ability, Cairn clerics routinely make sacrifices to Vecna in hope of being granted greater power. As in drow society, sacrificing a higher-ranking cleric is a sure way of proving one’s strength and superiority, but of course is rarely an easy task.

The continual threshing of the Cairn society, where the weak and careless find themselves made into sacrifices or killed and raised as zombies, has made its remaining members strong in mind and body, if not especially numerous.

Cairn characters
Many Cairn become clerics of The Lich God of Secrets, favouring the Evil and Death domains. Those who find themself lacking the knack to be a cleric tend to become fighters, often finding themself in high demand as bodyguards for high-ranking chieftains.

Cairn possess the following racial traits.
— +2 Constitution, +2 Wisdom. Cairn are tough, like the undead they revere, and in such a cutthroat society the careless and aloof rarely survive.
—Medium size.
—An Cairn’s base land speed is 30 feet.
—Darkvision out to 60ft.
—Light sensitivity.
—Special Qualities (see above): Light sensitivity, undead affinity. —Racial skills: Due to their fearsome appearance and selfish attitude, Cairn gain a +2 racial bonus to Intimidate checks, but a -2 racial penalty to Diplomacy checks. They also gain a +2 racial bonus to Knowledge (religion) checks pertaining to undead.
—Automatic Languages: Undercommon. Bonus Languages: Common, Abyssal. Their society is heavily isolated and has little need for foreign languages.
—Favored Class: Cleric.
—Level adjustment: +1 The Cairn warrior presented here had the following ability scores before racial adjustments: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 8.

I watched Monty Python and the Holy Grail again and was inspired to write up this monster. The Holy Grail is a comedy film, however, so this creature probably shouldn’t be taken seriously. The Paragon template is from the Epic Level Handbook.

Paragon Rabbit
Tiny Animal

HD: 1d8+12 (950hp†)
Init: +17 (+13 dex, +4 Improved Initiative)
Speed: 90ft (18 squares).
AC: 54 (+2 size, +13 dex, +5 natural, +12 luck, +12 insight), flat 41, touch 49
Base Attack/Grapple: +0/+2
Attack: Bite +37 melee (1d4+35)
Full Attack: Bite +37 melee (1d4+35)
Space/Reach: 2½ft./0 ft.
Special Attacks: Spell-like abilities, Vorpal Bite
Special Qualities: Cold resistance 10, DR 10/epic, fast healing 20, fire resistance 10, Keen Bite, spell resistance 10
Saves: Fort +24, Ref +25, Will +23
Abilities: Str 30 (+10), Dex 37 (+13), Con 35 (+12), Int 17 (+3), Wis 33 (+11), Cha 28 (+9)
Skills: Bluff +21, Jump +22, Listen +30, Spot +30, Survival (Wilderness Lore) +26, Swim +22
Feats: Power Critical*(B), Improved Initiative
Environment: Temperate plains
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 18
Treasure: None
Alignment: Always neutral evil

Spell-Like Abilities (Su): 3/day — greater dispelling, haste, see invisibility, as a 15th level sorceror.

Keen, Vorpal Bite (Ex): The Holy Grail Rabbit’s bite attack naturally threatens a range of 15-20/x3. On a roll of a natural 20 it may decapitate any foe of up to three sizes larger than it (up to Large size). Even a standard critical hit is ususally sufficient to kill a weaker foe. The rabbit favours gory decapitation attacks, and has no compunctions against using them to defend itself.

* Power Critical, from Complete Warrior.
† Seriously, 950HP. That’s what the errata says. I think it’s a misprint.