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SFS Standard Paradox 17 Creature 22

As Paradox 17 is normally invisible, most recorded observations of it start with hearing a roar “like static from a dead signal.” All reports mention a profound yet hard-to-place sense of meaningfulness. One survivor saw it illuminated by a blast of light she described as “a spiral galaxy made up of shining eyes and glass feathers.” Another described it as “dozens of interleaved wings scattered with embers.” The only thing consistent about Paradox 17, however, is how deadly it can be if confronted directly.

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Elite Weak Paradox 17 Creature 22

Image of paradox 17
Source Alien Core pg. 141
Recall Knowledge DC 42 (add +10 if Unique applies) 44 (add +10 if Unique applies) 46 (add +10 if Unique applies) •
Aberration (Occultism)
Perception +42 (lifesense (precise) 500 feet)
Languages Aklo
Skills Athletics +42, Occultism +37, Stealth +45, Universe Lore +39
Str +10 Dex +6 Con +7 Int +8 Wis +9 Cha +11
Interdict Definition Paradox 17 automatically and instantly learns and can observe the exact location of any creature on any plane that succeeds at a Recall Knowledge check to learn any information about Paradox 17 or any creature who communicates information about Paradox 17 in any way. The ability to observe the creature and its surroundings, wherever the creature goes, lasts 1 hour.
AC 48
Fort +33
Ref +36
Will +42
HP 500
Resistances physical 20 (except from creatures observing it)
Natural Invisibility Paradox 17 is naturally invisible. It becomes visible only when using a hostile action.
Reject Reality (aura, mental, visual) 100 feet. When a creature in the aura observes Paradox 17 for the first time each day, it must attempt a DC 42 Will save or Performance check. On a failure, reality rejects the creature for as long as it can observe Paradox 17. The affected creature becomes hidden from all other creatures (except Paradox 17) as though invisible itself.
Causational Moments [free-action] Frequency once per round; Trigger A creature would trigger Paradox 17's Reactive Strike, but it has no reactions remaining; Effect Paradox 17 Steps or Strikes prior to resolving the triggering action.
Reactive Strike [reaction]
Speed 25 feet, fly 25 feet; disregard reality
Melee [one-action] static +41 (magicalreach 15 feet), Damage 4d8+20 bludgeoning plus 4d8 acid and Knockdown
Ranged [one-action] jet +39 (magicalrange increment 200 feet), Damage 3d12 fire plus 3d12 acid
Occult Innate Spells DC 45, attack +37 (+2 damage to cantrips, +4 damage to other spells) (-2 damage to cantrips, -4 damage to other spells); 10th
9th
Constant (5th)
Bridge of Perception [three-actions] (moveteleportation) Requirements Another creature is observing Paradox 17 or has triggered interdict definition in the last hour; Effect Paradox 17 teleports to any location that both Paradox 17 and the required creature can observe across any distance, even to another galaxy or plane.
Disregard Reality Paradox 17 can move through all creatures, objects, and structures as though they were incorporeal.
Waking Light [two-actions] (firelight) Paradox 17 burns away the fabric of reality with intense sunlight. If no creatures are observing Paradox 17, the light fills a 60-foot cone. If any creature is observing Paradox 17, the area is a 60-foot line. Creatures and unattended objects in the area turn temporarily translucent. Creatures in the area take 24d6 fire damage and must attempt a DC 45 Reflex save. Paradox 17 can't use Waking Light again for 1d4 rounds.
Critical SuccessThe target takes no damage.
SuccessThe target takes half damage becomes doomed 1.
FailureThe target takes full damage and becomes doomed 2.
Critical FailureThe target takes double damage and becomes doomed 3.

All Creatures in "Paradox 17"

NameLevelSpoiler
Paradoxical Solipsist9
Paradox 1722

Paradox 17

Can you ever really know that the Universe you perceive exists? That you'll never awaken one day to find it was all a dream? A planet full of philosophers sought the answers to these questions once upon a time… shortly before they all vanished en masse. They left behind confusing records stating that the light of a “whirling star” revealed that physical matter had no substance and the Universe was secretly a mental prison. These records are all that remain from the first known encounter with the being known as Paradox 17.

Proposal: Consensus Reality

“If we convince Paradox 17 that something false is true, will it become true? If, as we suspect, Paradox 17 is a form of wishcraft magic run amok or an unstable fragment of a progenitor Eldest, then in either case the result should”—[Transmission terminated at origin.]

Urgent Memo To All Researchers:

Until further notice, Paradox 17 is never to be defined in objective terms under any circumstances. Describe it only in indirect observations. No one is to hypothesize about Paradox 17's nature or origins, in text or verbally.

Recorded Close Contacts

  • An affected deep-cover spy left a note: “Dreaming? Too long. Simulation? Something has to maintain it. Anything this complex requires heuristics and predictable patterns. Unexpected responses might throw it off… reveal another paradox.”
  • An affected Xenowarden called arresting agents “a sign my conscious life is plagued with anxieties about authority.”
  • An affected security guard, sole survivor of a starship that Paradox 17 boarded, killed a recon team. All their recorders caught was, “Has my whole life been a dream? If one of you would just surprise me, maybe I'd finally wake up.”