Osha'ir

Osha'ir was a genie, or more specifically a marid.
== History ==
Little was known of Osha'ir's origins, though the claims he made about being an ancient deity (known as the Giver of Gifts and the Benevolent One) are believed not to be true. It is said that he was imprisoned by the gods many thousands of years ago for unknown crimes, and was eventually released from his imprisonment by the genie Jastafar. Osha'ir is not believed to be one of the Lords of Dusts as such, although since Jastafar released him he seems to have been working with them.
== Description ==
Osha'ir took a male form, blue skin adorned with ancient jewellery. He demonstrated some impressive abilities (levitation, teleportation, changing his size) as well as an extensive knowledge of history. His manner was arrogant, disdainful and malicious. He was said to despise the gods, and took pleasure in ransacking their corpses and taking their most prized treasures for his own. He liked pretending to be a god, appearing to mortals and giving particularly evil or destructive weapons (usually wrapped in blue ribbons) to those he thought would be likely to spread the most chaos and destruction.
== In the Campaign ==
In what would appear to be an act of spite, Osha'ir released Zarx, Ulgulak and the Butcher of Orath from the dungeons of Andros and gave them respectively the Rod of Dominion, the Havoc Hammer and the Blade of Condemnation. He allowed Zarx to seize control of the Vedansh and Darcassen Voss (and thus the city) using the Rod of Dominion and allowed Lorzak to use the Rod of the Godking to raise an army of skeletons with which massacre the people of Andros. Lannus, Vantis and Rexxar had a brief encounter with Osha'ir on the rooftops of the Imperial Palace of Andros, but the conversation was not productive. He also left the following message for them on some stone tablets in the throne room (although they did not investigate the gate he described, believing it to be a trap):
"Gifts and gifts I give to you, mortals, though wretched you remainDo you like what mischief I have wrought on your castles of sand?See, what more do heroes need but death and destruction to defy?Does it not justify your doomed and hopeless struggle,Your unsightly grasping for the last stale crumbs of creation?Still ungrateful though, you will not thank me yetI have for you another gift, the liar with a panther's faceHe who could not hide his stolen knife of boneI gift to you a gateway to his corpseBeside this broken tower, below the false god's churchIt must close soon, as your world soon must endBut my kind eyes see your deep and desperate wishTo sacrifice your last days on the altar of denialFor the hope for a shred of a shadow of a chanceSo in my boundless generosity, I take pityI have cleared the way of futility for you to walk"Osha'ir later gave the Spear of Sickness, the Sword of Souls and the Godeater's Shard to Sabu, Lorzak and Galura respectively. Vantis, Lannus and Rexxar later fought, defeated and killed not only Osha'ir but also Jastafar, Jahazarus and Akshar at the Blackened Shore, arriving just too late to prevent the waste preachers assembled from sacrificing Hagu (the last of his race) with Khratash as part of the ritual to allow the Lord of the Wastes passage into the Inworld.
== Unlocked Statistics Blocks ==
CR15 Osha'ir - Medium Outworlder15 HP146 Initiative+11 Speed40(8) AC26(T17,FF19)Rapier+27/+22/+17(d6+9+viciousness/18-20) Abilities20,24,20,18,15,17 Saves+14+16+11Feats - Finesse, focus, initiative+4, combat reflexes, improved feint, mobility+4Skills - Diplomacy+21 Stealth+25 Perception+20 Acrobatics+25 Climb+22 Escape+25 Sense motive+20 Religion+22 The Wastes+22 Lockwork+25 Disable Device+22 Pickpocket+25SQ Detect thoughts, sneak attack+8d6, acrobatic leap (once per round as a free action, may leap up to 20 feet, enemy's attack of opportunity must beat acrobatics check, then AC), shapeshift, DR15/good and piercing, darkvision, improved evasion, improved uncanny dodge, shadow jump, SR26, defensive roll, greater illusions, teleportation at willEquipment - Impatience (vicious rapier+4), Boots of the Stranger (stealth +10, trackless step, attack and +2d6 damage with piercing weapons against flanked or flat-footed opponents or twice that if they are lawful as well, plane shift 1/day)
Category:Outworlders
Category:Major Villains
Category:Marids
Category:Jinn
Category:Dead
Category:Unlocked Statistics Blocks