Arcane Living Rune

A line of glowing script peeled loose from the canvas or wall that bore it, the arcane living rune slides across flat surfaces and lashes out with crackling power. To strike it is to risk gouging whatever it was inscribed upon.

Backdrop When a creature attempts to Strike a living rune and critically misses, the attacker hits the surface (a canvas, wall, or so on) behind the living rune. This might damage the surface or the attacker's weapon, at the GM's discretion.

Surface-Bound A living rune can move only along flat surfaces. If the surface it's on is destroyed (such as a portrait hit by a fireball spell or a wall being smashed), the rune takes 7d6 damage and is shunted to the nearest flat surface. If there is no flat surface within 5 feet, the rune is destroyed.

Level 13

Perception +25 · Senses darkvision, _true seeing_ · Languages truescript · Skills Arcana +27, Deception +24, Stealth +25

HP 245 · Immunities death effects, diseased, doomed, drained, fatigued, healing, necromancy, nonlethal, paralyzed, poison, sickened, unconsciousness

Speed 25 feet

• Ranged Electrical blast [Single Action] +25 (range 60 ft, Electricity, Evocation), Damage 4d12 electricity