Entresto Valcaire

Male Human Vampire Bard 3

Size/Type Medium Undead (Augmented Humanoid)

Hit Dice 8d12 (52 hp)

Initiative +8

Speed 30 ft. (6 squares), climb 20 ft.

Armor Class 24 (+4 Dex, +6 natural, +4 deflection), touch 18, flat-footed 20

Base Attack/Grapple +4/+8

Attack slam +8 melee (1d6+4 plus energy drain)

Full Attack slam +8 melee (1d6+4 plus energy drain)

Space/Reach 5 ft./5 ft.

Special Attacks

    • Blood Drain (Ex) If Entresto pins a foe, he drains blood dealing 1d4 Constitution damage each round; he gains 5 temporary hit points each round he drains blood

    • Energy Drain (Su) Living creatures hit by Entresto’s slam gain two negative levels (Fort DC 20 removes after 24 hours)

    • Dominate (Su) As dominate person (CL 12th, Will DC 20), at will

    • Children of the Night (Su) 1/day summon 1d6+1 rat swarms, 1d4+1 bat swarms, or 3d6 wolves; arrive in 2d6 rounds

    • Create Spawn (Su) Humanoids slain by Entresto’s energy drain rise as vampire spawn under his control

    • Bardic Music (Su) Countersong, fascinate (DC 18), inspire courage +1; 3/day

Special Qualities alternate form, damage reduction 10/silver and magic, darkvision 60 ft., fast healing 5, gaseous form, spider climb, turn resistance +4, undead traits, vampire weaknesses

Saves Fort +2, Ref +10, Will +10

Ability Scores Str 18, Dex 18, Con —, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 20

Skills Bluff +20, Diplomacy +18, Disguise +17 (+19 acting), Gather Information +18, Intimidate +18, Perform (oratory) +18, Sense Motive +14, Hide +16, Move Silently +16, Listen +14, Spot +14

Feats Skill Focus (Bluff), Negotiator, Persuasive

Environment Any urban or marsh (decadent river cities, bayous)

Organization Solitary or with 3–8 vampire spawn and numerous thralls

Challenge Rating 9

Treasure Triple standard

Alignment Lawful Evil

Advancement By character class

Level Adjustment —

Blood Drain (Ex) If Entresto pins a foe, he drains blood dealing 1d4 Constitution damage each round; he gains 5 temporary hit points each round he drains blood.

Energy Drain (Su) Living creatures hit by Entresto’s slam gain two negative levels (Fort DC 20 removes after 24 hours).

Dominate (Su) As dominate person (CL 12th, Will DC 20), at will.

Children of the Night (Su) 1/day summon 1d6+1 rat swarms, 1d4+1 bat swarms, or 3d6 wolves; arrive in 2d6 rounds.

Create Spawn (Su) Humanoids slain by Entresto’s energy drain rise as vampire spawn under his control. 

Alternate Form (Su) Can assume bat, dire bat, wolf, or dire wolf form as a standard action.

Gaseous Form (Su) At 0 hp becomes gaseous and must reach his coffin within 2 hours or be destroyed. Spider Climb (Ex) Continuous as the spell.

Bard Spells Known (CL 3rd; concentration +8) 1st (3/day)—charm person, disguise self, silent image; 0 (3/day)—daze, ghost sound, mage hand, message, prestidigitation, read magic.

Vampire Weaknesses Entresto cannot tolerate direct sunlight (destroyed in 1 round), takes damage from running water (1/3 hp per round), must rest in a coffin, is repelled by garlic and mirrors, and can be immobilized by a wooden stake through the heart.

Description

Entresto Valcaire appears as a pale, exquisitely composed nobleman whose beauty borders on the unnatural. His skin is deathly smooth and unblemished, his dark hair falling in deliberate disarray around a face carved with aristocratic precision. His lips are faintly tinted, as though perpetually touched by wine — or something darker.

His movements are unhurried, controlled, impossibly graceful. He does not fidget. He does not startle. Even in stillness, there is a coiled intent to him, like a predator that has long since mastered patience. When he speaks, his voice carries that same subtle dual cadence — one warm, persuasive… the other cold, possessive.

His eyes are the most telling feature: fixed, intelligent, and quietly hungry.

Lore

No one can say exactly when Entresto Valcaire died — or if he ever truly did. Records of House Valcaire grow fragmented and contradictory in the years surrounding his supposed lifetime, as though history itself resists holding a consistent shape around him. Some accounts place him as a minor court bard. Others describe a political intermediary, a broker of quiet arrangements. A few darker whispers claim he was always something else.

What is certain is that Entresto did not become a vampire through desperation or accident. If anything, it appears to have been a calculated ascension — a refinement of what he already was. Where others hunger chaotically, Entresto feeds with restraint, selecting victims not for ease, but for utility. Nobles, merchants, officials — those whose absence can be explained, or better yet, leveraged.

Unlike feral undead, Entresto remains deeply embedded in society. He hosts gatherings, attends salons, and maintains a carefully curated presence among the living. Few suspect him. Fewer survive long after they do. Those who fall under his influence often describe a strange sensation — not of domination, but of agreement, as though they have willingly given themselves over to his will.

And then there is the voice.

Witnesses — rare and often unreliable — speak of moments when Entresto’s speech fractures, ever so slightly. A second tone emerges beneath the first, not echoing, but overlapping. It does not plead. It does not argue. It simply exists, cold and patient, as though waiting for something.

Some believe this is the mark of vampirism.

Others believe Entresto was never alone to begin with.