Merlin (LL)

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==Merlin==
Merlin was conceived by a woman who had the misfortune of being seduced by a supernatural creature of evil origin. Fortunately, she was a woman of outstanding moral character and related her misfortune to her confessor, who used a holy symbol to save her unborn child from the clutches of evil.
Wizard 17, Druid 14	Wizard 17, Druid 14	Wizard 17, Druid 14
Str 12 	Dex 15 	Con 20
Int 19 	Wis 18 	Cha 14
AC 2 	MR 15% 	MV 15
HP 77 	AL ng 	THAC0 12
#AT 1 	Dmg 1d6 (staff) 	Dmg 1d6 (staff)
Wizard Spells: 1) detect magic, identify, read magic, phantasmal force, ventriloquism; 2) detect evil, detect invisibility, ESP, invisibility, mirror image; 3) clairaudience, clairvoyance, spectral force, phantom steed, wraithform; 4) detect scrying, magic mirror, hallucinatory terrain, illusionary wall, phantasmal killer; 5) contact other plane, false vision, advanced illusion, dream, major creation; 6) impersonation, revelation, permanent illusion; 7) vision, simulacrum, monster summoning V; 8) screen, trap the soul.
Priest Spells: 1) detect evil, create water, cure light wounds, pass without trace, entangle, faerie fire; 2) messenger, snake charm, slow poison, barkskin, trip, obscurement; 3) meld into stone, protection from fire, pyrotechnics, stone shape, tree, call lightning; 4) produce fire, cure serious wounds, neutralize poison; sticks to snakes; control temperature, 10' radius; 5) transmute rock to mud, wall of fire, cure critical wounds; 6) stone tell, heal; 7) creeping doom.
Born at least three generations before Arthur, Merlin served several kings, including Arthur's father, Uther, acting as an advisor, seer, and magician. He is a grizzled old man with a long white beard and hair, though he is also surprisingly agile and hardy for his appearance. His supernatural heritage gives him the ability to regenerate 1 hp per round, and is responsible for his unusually high intelligence, which renders him immune to 1st level illusion spells.
Merlin is often credited with supernatural prophetic abilities, but this assumption is not exactly accurate. He has an intense interest in divination magic, which he often uses in attempt to foresee the future. Merlin's staff serves as a staff of striking and absorbs spell levels like a staff of the magi.
Though he has a good heart, people often regard Merlin as surly and impatient. This is because he rarely tolerates fools, and never tolerates selfish or evil people. Merlin's one weak spot, however, is his love for a pretty face—more than one woman has made a fool of him.