Fiendish Blessing. The AC of the clone includes its Charisma bonus.
Innate Spellcasting. The clone's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14). The clone can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
3/day each: alter self, command, detect magic
1/day: plane shift (self only)
Spellcasting. The clone is an 18th-level spellcaster. Its spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks). He has the following wizard spells prepared:
Cantrips (at will): mage hand, ray of frost, shocking grasp
1st level (4 slots): ray of sickness, shield
2nd level (3 slots): arcane lock, knock
3rd level (3 slots): animate dead, counterspell
4th level (3 slots): blight, ice storm, phantasmal killer
5th level (3 slots): cloudkill, hold monster, wall of force
6th level (1 slot): chain lightning, circle of death, disintegrate
7th level (1 slot): finger of death, plane shift, teleport
8th level (1 slot): maze, mind blank
9th level (1 slot): power word kill, time stop
Quarterstaff. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2 (1d6 - 1) bludgeoning damage or 3 (1d8 - 1) bludgeoning damage when used with two hands, plus 3 (1d6) fire damage.
Fire Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +6 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 10 (3d6) fire damage.
Fiendish Charm. One humanoid the clone can see within 30 feet of him must succeed on a DC 14 Wisdom saving throw or be magically charmed for 1 day. The charmed creature obeys the clone's spoken commands. If the target suffers any harm from the clone or another creature or receives a suicidal command from the clone, the target can repeat the saving throw, ending the effect on itself on a success. If a target's saving throw is successful, or if the effect ends for it, the creature is immune to the clone's Fiendish Charm for the next 24 hours.
Description
A clone of Acererak appears as Acererak before he became a lich, a wingless Oerthian cambion. Clones of Acererak can be identified by a nonmagical Talisman of the Sphere around their neck.
Acererak has no need for a clone as a vessel for a soul while he has his phylactery, so once the clone has fulfilled its use as a servant or experiment, it is killed or discarded on the local plane.
Out in the universe, clones may come into trouble with one of Acererak's many enemies.
A clone's main intent is to follow in the footsteps of Acererak and find a Book of Vile Darkness in order to transcend into a lich themselves. Having attained lichdom, Acererak may force the clone to once again serve under him.
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