Mushfens CabalistMushfens Cabalist CR 8Source Inner Sea NPC Codex pg. 39
XP 4,800
Changeling witch 9
NE Medium humanoid (changeling)
Init +1; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +3DefenseAC 14, touch 12, flat-footed 13 (+1 deflection, +1 Dex, +2 natural)
hp 52 (9d6+18)
Fort +6, Ref +5, Will +10OffenseSpeed 30 ft.
Melee 2 claws +3 (1d4) or quarterstaff +3 (1d6)
Ranged sling +5 (1d4–1)
Special Attacks hexes (cackle, charm [2 steps, 3 rounds], disguise [9 hours], evil eye [–4, 6 rounds], slumber [9 rounds], ward [+3])
Witch Spells Prepared (CL 9th; concentration +12)
5th—suffocationAPG (DC 19)
4th—control water, fear (DC 17)
3rd—bestow curse (DC 16), dispel magic, vampiric touch, water breathing
2nd—blindness/deafness (DC 15), cure moderate wounds, detect thoughts (DC 15), hold person (DC 15), see invisibility
1st—beguiling giftAPG (DC 15), charm person (DC 14), mage armor, obscuring mist, ray of enfeeblement (DC 14)
0 (at will)—bleed (DC 13), detect magic, read magic, touch of fatigue (DC 13)
Patron WaterStatisticsStr 8, Dex 13, Con 10, Int 17, Wis 16, Cha 12
Base Atk +4; CMB +3; CMD 15
Feats Deceitful, Extend Spell, Extra HexAPG, Great Fortitude, Toughness
Skills Bluff +12, Disguise +3, Intimidate +13, Knowledge (arcana) +15, Knowledge (nature) +15, Spellcraft +15
Languages Aklo, Common, Giant, Goblin, Varisian
SQ hulking changeling, witch’s familiar (snake)
Combat Gear potion of bear’s endurance, potion of cure serious wounds, scroll of augury, scroll of cloudkill, wand of confusion (4 charges), wand of false life (10 charges); Other Gear quarterstaff, sling, amulet of natural armor +1, cloak of resistance +1, ring of protection +1, 120 gp
The expansive swamp in southwestern Varisia known as the Mushfens is unwelcoming for many reasons: tribes of boggards, shape-shifting faceless stalkers, and cabals consisting of hags and their changeling daughters. It is the latter of these that pose perhaps the largest threat to travelers along the banks of the Yondabakari River, natives of neighboring communities, and citizens of the nearby city of Magnimar, for the changelings can most easily pass unnoticed among their unsuspecting victims and insinuate themselves into society.
Using their mysterious talents of misdirection and manipulation, Mushfens cabalists typically attack those unfortunate enough to become lost in the swamps or who travel into the bogs intentionally. Many an overconfident or foolhardy adventurer bound for the lost Thassilonian ruin known as the Sunken Queen deep within the bogs has been waylaid by the sinister deceptions of a changeling with machinations beyond his ability to fathom.
With increasing regularity, reports have surfaced of elaborate assaults on river traffic along the Yondabakari—and even landbased caravans on the Dry Way, which follows the river’s northern bank, connecting Magnimar to points east such as Wartle and Lake Sirantula. Varisian folktales spread through Magnimar tell of foul Mushfens cabalists who disguise themselves as ordinary citizens to seduce and beguile trusting children, wayward husbands, and other easy targets away from the safety of the City of Monuments to their deaths in the swamps to the east. What these supposed seductresses do with their gullible prey is anyone’s guess.
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