Cole Lector: The Beloved Disciple

Abyssal Sustenance. Cole does not require air or to breathe.

Feared Aspect (Necromancy). Cole resembles one of the most feared necromancers in the World of Corvi, that being Jessica of the Abyss. When Cole enters combat with creatures which have Seeds of Fear relating to "Jessica of The Abyss" or "Necromancy," Cole gains advantage on attack rolls made against them. Additionally, creatures with these Seeds have disadvantage on saving throws against being frightened by Cole Lector.

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). Where ever Cole goes, a swarm of silent phantoms surrounds him. If Cole fails a saving throw, it can choose to succeed instead, sacrificing one of these phantoms.

Magic Resistance. Cole has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Magic Weapons. Cole's weapon attacks are magical.

Aura of Soulblight. Any creature hostile to Cole that starts its turn within 60 feet of them must succeed on a DC 27 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of Cole until the start of its next turn. While frightened in this way, the creature takes 10 (3d6) psychic damage, and it has disadvantage on saving throws against damaging effects that deal necrotic damage. Additionally, if the creature fails by 5 or more, Cole instills within them a Seed of Fear towards "Jessica of The Abyss" or "Necromancy" if they aren't already. A creature that succeeds on its saving throw is immune to Cole's Aura of Soulblight for the next 24 hours. Constructs and Undead are immune to this effect.

Fear Feeding (Demon Trait). Whenever a creature is frightened and within 120 feet of him, Cole regains 60 (13d8) hit points at the start of its turn. Additionally, Cole gains 30 temporary hit points, and advantage on all attack rolls and saving throws until all frightened creatures are beyond 120 feet of him.

Immutable Form (Demon Trait). Cole is immune to any effect that would change his shape.

Fog Form (Demon Trait). Cole can see any creature that is frightened within 240 feet.

Toxic Fog (Demon Trait). While in its Fog Form, Cole is incorporeal. Anyone who breathes and starts their turn inside of Cole's space takes 12d6 poison damage (based on Cole's +12 proficiency bonus). A creature who starts its turn in the fog must succeed on a DC 27 Constitution saving throw or also be Poisoned until the start of their next turn.

Master's Echo. Cole is so deeply connected to Jessica's hive mind that he is always aware of her current location and emotional state, and shares her immunity to the surprised condition.

Overwhelming Collapse. Those who are close to Cole who stare at his eyes who are 10 feet or closer immediately collapse becoming prone and incapacitated. Blind creatures are immune to this. Once you are out of range of this effect, at the end of your turn, you can make a DC 27 Charisma save to snap out of incapacitation.

Hivemind Enforcer. Cole is permanently under the command of Jessica of The Abyss. Additionally, all Mind Flayers within 1 mile of Cole are permanently under his control and regard him as a high-ranking servant of their Goddess. This effect persists even if the creature leaves the range.

Psionic and Spellcasting

Cole Lector is a 20th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 27, +19 to hit with spell attacks). Cole knows all sorcerer spells.

• Psionic Mastery (At Will). Cole can cast all sorcerer spells of 7th level or lower at will, without expending spell slots or material components.

• Spell Slots: Cole has seven 8th-level and five 9th-level spell slots.

Cantrips (At Will):

• Acid Splash, Blade Ward, Booming Blade, Chill Touch, Control Flames, Create Bonfire, Dancing Lights, Fire Bolt, Friends, Frostbite, Green-Flame Blade, Guidance, Gust, Infestation, Light, Lightning Lure, Mage Hand, Magic Stone, Message, Mind Sliver, Minor Illusion, Poison Spray, Prestidigitation, Ray of Frost, Resistance, Sacred Flame, Shape Water, Shocking Grasp, Sword Burst, Thaumaturgy, Thunderclap, Toll the Dead, True Strike

1st Level (At Will):

• Absorb Elements, Burning Hands, Catapult, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Color Spray, Comprehend Languages, Detect Magic, Disguise Self, Earth Tremor, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Fog Cloud, Ice Knife, Jump, Mage Armor, Magic Missile, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Silent Image, Sleep, Snare, Tasha's Caustic Brew, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

2nd Level (At Will):

• Aganazzar's Scorcher, Blindness/Deafness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Dragon's Breath, Earthbind, Enhance Ability, Enlarge/Reduce, Flame Blade, Gentle Repose, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Levitate, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Nystul's Magic Aura, Phantasmal Force, Pyrotechnics, Ray of Enfeeblement, Rope Trick, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Silence, Suggestion, Web

3rd Level (At Will):

• Ashardalon's Stride, Blink, Catnap, Clairvoyance, Counterspell, Dispel Magic, Draconic Transformation, Elemental Weapon, Fear, Fireball, Fly, Gaseous Form, Haste, Hypnotic Pattern, Intellect Fortress, Lightning Bolt, Major Image, Melf's Minute Meteors, Protection from Energy, Sending, Sleet Storm, Slow, Spirit Shroud, Stinking Cloud, Telepathic Bond, Thunder Step, Tongues, Vampiric Touch, Water Breathing, Water Walk

4th Level (At Will):

• Banishment, Blight, Charm Monster, Confusion, Control Water, Dimension Door, Dominate Beast, Evard's Black Tentacles, Fire Shield, Greater Invisibility, Hallucinatory Terrain, Ice Storm, Leomund's Secret Chest, Mordenkainen's Private Sanctum, Otiluke's Resilient Sphere, Phantasmal Killer, Polymorph, Shadow of Moil, Sickening Radiance, Stoneskin, Storm Sphere, Summon Aberration, Wall of Fire

5th Level (At Will):

• Animate Objects, Bigby's Hand, Cloudkill, Cone of Cold, Control Winds, Creation, Dominate Person, Dream, Enervation, Far Step, Hold Monster, Immolation, Insect Plague, Legend Lore, Mass Suggestion, Modify Memory, Passwall, Planar Binding, Rary's Telepathic Bond, Scrying, Seeming, Telekinesis, Teleportation Circle, Transmute Rock, Wall of Force

6th Level (At Will):

• Arcane Gate, Chain Lightning, Circle of Death, Create Undead, Disintegrate, Drawmij's Instant Summons, Eyebite, Flesh to Stone, Globe of Invulnerability, Mass Suggestion, Mental Prison, Move Earth, Otiluke's Freezing Sphere, Programmed Illusion, Scatter, Sunbeam, Tasha's Otherworldly Guise, True Seeing, Wall of Ice

7th Level (At Will):

• Delayed Blast Fireball, Dominate Monster, Etherealness, Fire Storm, Plane Shift, Prismatic Spray, Reverse Gravity, Teleport

8th Level (7 Slots):

• Abi-Dalzim's Horrid Wilting, Antipathy/Sympathy, Control Weather, Dominate Monster, Earthquake, Feeblemind, Glibness, Incendiary Cloud, Maze, Mind Blank, Power Word Stun, Sunburst, Telepathy

9th Level (5 Slots):

• Astral Projection, Gate, Imprisonment, Mass Polymorph, Meteor Swarm, Power Word Kill, Prismatic Wall, Psychic Scream, Shapechange, Time Stop, True Polymorph, Weird, Wish

• Multiattack. Cole makes three attacks: two with its Necrotic Scythe and one with its Soul Rend.

• Necrotic Scythe. Melee Weapon Attack: +21 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 29 (4d8 + 12) slashing damage plus 39 (8d8 + 12d6) necrotic damage. If the target is frightened, Cole regains hit points equal to the necrotic damage dealt. If the target isn't frightened, or if the target is resistant to necrotic damage, Cole instead regains half as much.

• Soul Rend. Melee Spell Attack: +19 to hit, reach 10 ft., one creature. Hit: 48 (10d8) necrotic damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 27 Constitution saving throw or gain one level of exhaustion. If the target is a humanoid, it must also succeed on a DC 27 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of Cole for 1 minute. A frightened creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

• Abyssal Anarchy (Recharge 5-6). Cole unleashes a wave of pure chaotic decay. Each creature within a 60-foot radius of Cole must make a DC 27 Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, a creature takes 105 (30d6) necrotic damage and its hit point maximum is reduced by half that amount, and it becomes vulnerable to necrotic damage until the end of its next turn. On a successful save, it takes half damage and isn't made vulnerable. The hit point maximum reduction lasts until a greater restoration or comparable spell is cast on the creature.

• Psionic Burst (Recharge 4-6) (New). Cole unleashes a focused burst of mental energy. Each creature in a 60-foot cone must succeed on a DC 27 Intelligence saving throw, taking 88 (16d10) psychic damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. A creature that fails its saving throw also has its Intelligence and Wisdom scores reduced by 1d4 until it finishes a long rest.

• Call of the Undying Horde (1/Day). Cole magically calls 2d4 Ghouls, 1d4 Ghasts, and 1 Wight. The called creatures appear in unoccupied spaces within 60 feet of Cole and act immediately after it in the initiative order. They remain until they are destroyed or until Cole dies.

• Psychic Assault. Cole can use a bonus action to unleash a quick burst of necrotic and psychic energy at one creature she can see within 60 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 27 Intelligence saving throw or become unable to cast spells until the end of its current turn.

• Abyssal Lock-On (Demon Trait). Cole can target one frightened creature within 120 feet. All of Cole's attacks against this target are considered an auto-hit and auto-crit. If the target is further than 10 feet away, Cole can immediately teleport to an unoccupied space within 10 feet of that creature. This effect lasts until the creature is no longer frightened or Cole uses this bonus action again.

• Shifting Form (Demon Trait). Cole can use a bonus action to turn into a toxic fog (incorporeal) or back into its true form.

• Freighting Reaction Time. Cole Lector starts with one reaction and gains an additional reaction for every creature frightened of him that is within 120 ft. This does not have a limit.

• Necromantic Shroud. When a creature within 30 feet that Cole can see takes damage, He can use his reaction to wreathe that creature in shadowy energy. The creature takes an additional 2d8 necrotic damage.

• Psychic Parry. When a creature within 30 feet that Cole can see makes an attack against him, he can use his reaction to impose disadvantage on that attack roll. If the attack still hits, Cole takes half damage from it.

• Telekinetic Deflection. When Cole is hit by a ranged weapon attack, he can use his reaction to attempt to deflect it. He makes a Dexterity saving throw (DC equal to the attacker's attack roll). On a success, the attack deals no damage to him.

Cole can take 5 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Cole regains spent legendary actions at the start of its turn.

• Attack. Cole makes one Necrotic Scythe attack.

• Corrupting Gaze (1 Action). One creature frightened by Cole within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 27 Wisdom saving throw or take 33 (6d10) psychic damage and be Paralyzed until the end of its next turn.

• Fearful Advance (1 Action). Cole moves up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks. If it moves within 10 feet of a creature, that creature must succeed on a DC 27 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened of Cole until the end of its next turn.

• Unlife's Command (2 Actions). Cole makes a ranged attack against one corpse within 60 feet. If the corpse is a humanoid or beast of size Medium or Small, it immediately rises as a Grave Thrall. The thrall functions as a Zombie or Skeleton but gains Cole's proficiency bonus (+12) to its attack rolls and saving throws. It acts immediately and lasts until destroyed. Cole can have up to 5 Grave Thralls animated by this legendary action at a time.

• Psionic Strangle (2 Actions) (New). Cole targets one creature within 60 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 27 Strength saving throw or be restrained by an invisible force until the end of its next turn. While restrained, it takes 4d6 psychic damage at the start of its turn.

The Abyssal Wretch (Fear Incarnate). When Cole is reduced to 0 hit points, he transforms into The Abyssal Wretch (his true form), regaining all his hit points and instantly ending all conditions on himself. Cole Lector can take 5 Mythic Actions each round, choosing from the options below. Only one Mythic Action can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Cole regains spent Mythic Actions at the start of its turn.

• Mythic Action: Dread Harvest (1 Action). Cole targets all frightened creatures within 120 feet. They take 54 (12d8) necrotic damage, and Cole is healed for the full amount of damage dealt.

• Mythic Action: Phantasmal Grip (2 Actions). Spectral energy wraps around a creature within 60 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 27 Strength saving throw or be pulled up to 30 feet directly toward Cole and be Restrained until the end of its next turn.

• Mythic Action: Seed of Despair (3 Actions). Cole targets one creature. The creature must succeed on a DC 27 Charisma saving throw or gain a Seed of Fear relating to Jessica of the Abyss and immediately fail its next death saving throw (if it is making one). If the creature is not at 0 HP, it gains vulnerability to necrotic damage for 1 minute.

• Mythic Action: Illithid Mind Control (3 Actions) (New). Cole targets one creature within 60 feet. The target must succeed on a DC 27 Wisdom saving throw or be Charmed and instantly controlled by Cole until the end of its next turn. The creature uses its reaction (if available) to make one melee attack against one of its allies, or against itself if no allies are within range.