Aspect of the Threshold

A Gate Keeper does not manifest unless the situation demands it. The Aspect appears as geometric perfection or as the worst thing you have ever done given form. It has appeared as both simultaneously.

Found in The Silver Roads

ASPECT OF THE THRESHOLD

HP: 230
AC: 18
DR: 5
Save Roll: Quick +2, Tough +5, Mind +5
Alignment: Orderly Arbiter
Intelligence: 18 - Super-Genius
Magic Resistance: Immune to charm, fear, illusion, and all mind effects. Resistant to all elemental damage. Cannot be banished.
Number of Attacks: 2
Attack: d20+8 vs AC, 2d10+5 radiant/force (reality strike)
Size: Large
Special Defense: Threshold Ward: cannot be killed. Reduce to 0 HP and it disperses, reforming at full HP in 3 rounds. True resolution requires completing the test it has set.
Special Attack: Judgment Cast: once per 3 rounds. Creatures within 60 feet who have acted dishonestly in the past hour make WIS Mind save (TN 18) or are stunned 2 rounds. Those who have acted with genuine integrity may reroll any one failed save this round.

Behavior

Does not pursue. Does not retreat. Stands at the threshold and asks its question until the answer is right or the traveler gives up.

DN Note

Fighting an Aspect is almost always the wrong answer. The real encounter is the test. A party that defeats it in combat has simply delayed the question.