The Swamp Witch
the diamond-eyed figure floating above the empty sarcophagus
A scraggy figure dressed in a green robe. Instead of skin she is covered in multi-colored scales, and where her head should be is just black smoke and two bright diamond eyes. On her back is the Lunar Zweihänder, a shining greatsword longer than she is. She floats two feet above the ground in the tomb of the Sepulchre of the Swamp Witch.
She communicates telepathically with either whispers or screeches. She would very much enjoy seeing the party make a wish and pledge at the Dead Root Altar and can instruct them how, whispering seductive promises of individual gains to them if they just find an unwilling person to pledge. After all, would all members of the party truly be missed in this world?
Stat block: HP 30, Morale −, Ethereal barrier −d4, Lunar Zweihänder d12 + radiance.
- Radiance. The Lunar Zweihänder is made from moonlight, ignores all non-magical armor, and each hit fills the room with radiant light. Everyone within 50' tests Presence DR12 or takes d4 damage.
- Eternal. As long as the Dead Root Altar stands, the Swamp Witch does not die at 0 HP but instead evaporates and reforms in the sarcophagus with full health 3d6 rounds later. Should the Swamp Witch truly die, the Emerald Serpents, the barrier blocking the Downward Spiral, and all Emerald Venom hallucinations disappear forever.
Sepulchre of the Swamp Witch, Dead Root Altar, Lunar Zweihänder, Emerald Serpent, Emerald Venom, Strange Serpent Drug Cult (lairs in her tomb, mostly unaware of her), Srolki & Yaoxl, Srolki & Yaoxl
Her history — when she became the Swamp Witch, why she sleeps in an empty sarcophagus, the original "lost symbols" carved on the altar — is all unwritten. The relationship between her and the cities of three-eyed toads below the Downward Spiral is open.