- Shintak – Xixchil teacher of psionics and arcane magic.
- Partner in House Seven Stars
A virtuoso innovator and energy manipulator from an early age, Taj has never strayed from total immersion in her three areas of expertise: Arcane Magic, Psionics, and Body Manipulation. Her consistent use of each to augment the others has produced many new techniques. It also allowed her the title of Shintak, or teacher, at an extremely early age. As her prestige increased, she acquired students. Students she took along to Lirak’s Cube in Heartspace as she researched a good site for a new hive. It was here that she became a member of the Company of Orb and Sword (The Seekers), contributing much to the lore of racial biology.
Desperate for both the status of Queen and for her race’s survival she eventually settled on Penumbra in Truspace. The disc had more than enough volume for her to carve out a hive, and the Illithidae have been extinct there since the rebellion several thousand cycles ago.
With her bodyguard Kattar and daughter Ta’Nyet she organizes the students for colonization. Using a recently discovered ship of unknown origins, but rigged to survive the treacherous physical laws of Truspace, they set off into the flow. Using ancient charts acquired on Lirak’s cube they crossed the open Flow. Using the Phlogiston Rivers would have taken them through Flaxspace and Carrigspace, both deadly site of post Empire entropy.
Kattar -Number One; Xixchil PsyWar8: CR 8; ECL 10; Size M; HD 8d8+48; hp 88; Init +3; Spd 30 ft, 30; AC 18, touch 14, FF 15; BAB +7/+2; Grapple +10; Melee forelimb blades +11/+11 (1d6 + 4), attached weapons +11/+6 (3), bite +11/+6 (1d4 + 4 plus poison); SA Poison General-Injury, Fortitude DC 11, initial damage 1d4 Dex and no secondary effects.Poison Tailored- Injury, Fortitude DC 15, initial and secondary damage 1d4 Con; SQ Darkvision 60′, slow fall as per feather fall spell; AL N; SV Fort +14, Ref +5, Will +3; Str 18, Dex 16, Con 22, Int 14, Wis 12, Cha 5.
Languages spoken: Common, Xixchil. Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Orc.
Skills and Feats: Craft (Alchemy) +5, Climb +7, Concentration +9, Heal +5, Jump +7, Listen +2, Move Silently +4, Profession (Herbalist) +5, Search +8, Spot +3, Autohypnosis +6, Knowledge (Psionics) +15, Profession (Spacehand)( +3; Armor Proficiency (Heavy), Armor Proficiency (Light), Armor Proficiency (Medium), Combat Expertise, Combat Manifestation, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Martial Weapon Proficiency, PsiCrystal Affinity, Psionic Weapon, Shield Proficiency, Simple Weapon Proficiency, Two-Weapon Fighting, Xixchil Body Modification.
Power Points: 23.
PsyWar Psionic Powers Known: 1–Burst, Call weaponry, Claws of the beast, Hammer, 2–Body adjustment, Hustle, Painful strike, 3–Claws of the vampire.
Equipment: Forelimb blades, Attached weapons.
The Five Five’s
Rank and File of The New Hive
Xixchil; Xixchil: CR 0.5; Size M; HD 1d8+2; hp 6; Init +1; Spd 30 ft, 30; AC 16, touch 12, FF 15; BAB +1; Grapple +2; Melee forelimb blades +2/+2 (1d6 + 1), attached weapons +2 (0), bite +2 (1d4 + 1 plus poison); SA Poison General-Injury, Fortitude DC 11, initial damage 1d4 Dex and no secondary effects.Poison Tailored- Injury, Fortitude DC 15, initial and secondary damage 1d4 Con; SQ Darkvision 60′; AL N; SV Fort +4, Ref +1, Will -1; Str 13, Dex 13, Con 14, Int 10, Wis 9, Cha 4.
Languages spoken: Common, Xixchil. Bonus Languages: Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Orc.
Skills and Feats: Heal +3, Spot +1; Dodge.
Equipment: Forelimb blades, Attached weapons.
Kotdon, Ptarhad, Siltar, Tabth, Tansted, Tariodak, Wolkanto, Zadthis, Darvastus, Horja, Katolak, Nutth, Siljak, Tanbal, Tarioan, Urtrith, Zadva, Darnum, Komth, Grattack, Salensus, U-lak, Chk’talloq, Vassor, Xoko
Taj Pach’s Notebooks at this time: Hadozee and Giff physiology (accompanied by lecture notes and diagrams); Arcanely fueled modifications at the molecular level – An alternate to Xixchil modifications(lecture notes, diagrams of Tavist); Illithid weaponry (Extractor and Remover); Drake – The Making of A Blue (lecture and research notes on the accident and reverse engineering to recreate the events); Drake – Infernal biology.
Taj Pach’s Current research projects: 1) How to re-create Drake’s accident and “make” Blues; 2) Healing Drake of his infernal biological virus; 3) Developing a psi power that works as an x-ray vision to allow her to see the exact placement of organs, bones, etc. in a being; and, 4) Developing a new spell that will give her a microvision to see all that happens in a piece of tissue or a drop of blood.
Taj Pach’s Mission Statement (as her mission pertains towards leading her nestlings). I believe that being a Shintak is about more than just teaching a nestling. The Shintak is also leader, counselor, queen, and surrogate parent to her nestlings. It is my responsibility to ensure that my nestlings are safe and cared for, but it is also my responsibility to make sure that they are given the widest range of instruction possible to grow into the bugs they are meant to be. Each nestling according to his interests and abilities. The potential success of our mission requires that each member contribute to the best of his ability. The sum is only as good as its individual components.