Priestess

 The Cathedral of the Sunken Faith: 

Appearance:
Huge humanoid creature enshrouded in a bright light emanating from her armor. Obscures vision so that an accurate description is impossible.

Spell Immunities:
cause fear, charm person, command, friends, hypnotism, forget, hold person, ray of enfeeblement, scare, fear, charm monster, confusion, emotion, fumble, suggestion, chaos, feeblemind, hold monster, magic jar, quest, geas, mass suggestion, rod of rulership, antipathy/sympathy, death spell, mass charm

Combat:
During phase one the party must fight through the hordes of parishioners in the Cathedral. These low level monsters are controlled through the Priestess's singing. The Priestess will not engage in any fighting until her entire congregation is defeated. Even if the players throw ranged attacks at the Priestess she will not join in the fight.

Phase two begins after all of the Priestess's congregation has been defeated. The Priestess will enter into the fight with mace and shield. The Priestess is able to attack three times per round unless her shield is raised in which case her armor class is reduced to -10 and she can only attack once per round. Each successful hit with her mace causes a Sol's Searing Orb charge to be used on the target, as per the 6th level priest spell. There are a total of 12 charges on the mace. During this phase the Priestess uses no spells in combat.

Phase three begins after the Priestess has been killed. Her spell talisman will break and cast True Resurrection, as per the 9th level priest spell. It is possible for the party to reach this phase of the battle without going through phase two. Upon resurrection the priests tears become drops of flame. The water in all of the Cathedral becomes engulfed in flames and the party must make a save vs death each round or catch on fire. If any parishioners remain from phase one they are engulfed in flame and quickly die. During this phase the Priestess uses only spells in combat.

Treasure:
 Sunlight Mace +2 Sunlight Holy Plate +5 Sunlight Medium Shield +3 Sunlight Sphere Talisman

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