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## Patchouli Knowledge

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At the end of the great hall of the *Scarlet Devil Mansion* lie the great oaken doors that lead to its basement. <br>There, obscuring the secondary pathways to the <br>dungeons, stands the great magic library of this <br>household. At its center, a small figure moves under <br>the sole light source in the vast darkened room.

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***Feeble Magic Scholar.*** Patchouli is a long-lived scholar<br> of the magical arts, who currently spends most of her <br>days studying inside her great magic library. Dedicated <br>to the several schools of magic since a young age,<br> Patchouli has achieved a level of mastery over the <br>refined details of spellcasting that she has yet to<br> be matched by anyone. The level of complexity that <br>she can imbue into her incantations has allowed her to expand the area of her library beyond the physical possibilities of the norm, making it absurdly large when compared to the space it seems to take from the outside. However, her outstanding magical capabilities haven't <br>been able to heal her chronic fragile body and weak<br> health, which more often than not compensate <br>negatively for her tremendous power.

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***Devil's Friend.*** Not necessarily interested in the <br>struggles or events of the outside world, Patchouli <br>is also not a moralistic individual. Her focus on her <br>studies and her interest in the occult and bizarre <br>have led her to see past the common rash <br>judgements made against certain species. Since <br>neither ever showed interest in harming the <br>other, over time Patchouli and [Remilia Scarlet](https://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/rJcd_61oX) <br>became close friends out of mutual respect <br>for the other's abilities and power. When <br>Remilia became owner of the *Scarlet Devil <br>Mansion*, she invited Patchouli to live there<br> as her librarian and collector of rare<br> magic tomes.

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### Magic Library Voile
Originally a simple large basement for an unusual mansion, this library gained its fame across the land when Patchouli became its owner. The ever increasing collection of rare magical tomes and grimoires is said to be the largest in existence and is often the target for greedy eyes searching for knowledge or an easy target. Magically enchanted over the years with countless layers of spells and incantations, this library has grown to accomodate the collection it holds beyond what its initial dimensions allowed, becoming the *Scarlet Devil Mansion*'s own pocket dimension which currently surpasses even the size of the mansion itself.

Patchouli hires and commands several lesser demons at her service that assist her in the maintenance, organization and sometimes defense of the library. In order to increase the effectiveness of the latter, Patchouli also frequently enchants magical tomes to patrol the halls of the library, releasing dangerous spells upon unwary intruders that obviously do not harm the magically-protected books in the shelves.

As long as Patchouli is within the halls of Voile, her challenge rating is 18.

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#### Lair Actions
While Patchouli is within the halls of Voile, she can take lair actions as long as she isn't incapacitated. On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Patchouli can take one of the following lair action options, or forgo using any of them in that round:

- Patchouli summons 2 Guardian Tomes to any two unnocupied spaces within 15 feet of her.
- Patchouli uses her *Great Unmoving Library* trait.
- Patchouli regains a spell slot of 3rd level or lower.
- Patchouli casts the *summon lesser demon* spell.






  
  
  
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##### Patchouli's Grimoire
*Wondrous item, Legendary (requires attunement)*

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Patchouli Grimoire is a compendium of all of her known spells which she uses to more easily cast her most complex incantations. Due to the incantations that were used to make it, only Patchouli is able to attune to it. Any other creature who attempts to learn a spell from this book must spend 4 hours to study it per spell, performing an Arcana check at the end of this time. On a success, they learn one spell of their choice. The DC for this check depends on the level of the spell that the creature wishes to learn. A spell of 4th level or lower has a DC of 25. The DC increases by 1 for each level above that.

While Patchouli is within 5 feet of this item, she can choose to use her *Great Unmoving Library* trait as a bonus action instead of an action. This item has resistance to all damage, and is immune to poison and psychic damage. 

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> ## Guardian Tome
>*Tiny construct, lawful neutral*
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> - **Armor Class** 12
> - **Hit Points** 36 (14d4)
> - **Speed** 0ft., fly 20ft. (hover)
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|3 (-4)|3 (-4)|10 (+0)|1 (-5)|10 (+0)|1 (-5)|
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> - **Damage Immunities** poison
> - **Condition Immunities** blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, exhaustion, paralyzed, poisoned, stunned
> - **Senses** passive Perception 12
> - **Languages** None
> - **Challenge** 1 (200 XP)
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>***Magic Resistance.*** The tome has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
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>***Innate Spellcasting.*** The tome's spellcasting ability is Wisdom (spell save DC 10). The tome can innately cast the
following spells, requiring no material components:
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>At will: *acid splash, fire bolt, magic missile, poison spray, thunderclap, ray of frost*


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> ## Patchouli Knowledge
>*Medium humanoid(fey), neutral*
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> - **Armor Class** 17 (natural armor)
> - **Hit Points** 118 (47d8 - 94)
> - **Speed** 15ft., fly 30ft.
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>|  STR  |  DEX  |  CON  |  INT  |  WIS  |  CHA  |
>|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|:-----:|
>| 6 (-2)| 6 (-2)| 6 (-2)|25 (+7)|22 (+6)|16 (+3)|
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> - **Saving Throws** Int +13, Wis +12, Cha +9
> - **Skills** Arcana +18, History +13, Investigation +13, Insight +12, Nature +13, Religion +13, 
> - **Damage Resistances** bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
> - **Condition Resistances** charmed, frightened
> - **Senses** truesight 120ft., passive Perception 22
> - **Languages** Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Elvish, Infernal, Deep Speech
> - **Challenge** 17 (18,000 XP)
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> ***Master Spellcaster.*** Patchouli can cast spells of 1st level without expending a spell slot and spells of 2nd level and higher while expending spell slots of one level lower. For example, Patchouli can cast *fireball* at 3rd level while expending one 2nd level spell slot or cast it at 5th level while expending a 4th level spell slot.
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>***Philosopher's Stone (3/Day).*** Patchouli can spend an action to summon 5 Small magical crystals in any unnocupied space within 10 feet of her, which last for one minute, or until they are destroyed or Patchouli dismisses them as a bonus action. Each crystal has 40 Hit Points and an AC of 20. Patchouli can spend a free action once per round to move any number of these crystals up to 15 feet.
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>When Patchouli summons these crystals, she must choose one of the eight schools of magic for each one of them, but she cannot choose the same school of magic for two different crystals. Each crystal cannot be targeted by or suffer the effects caused by any spell from the school they are associated with. 
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>Whenever Patchouli casts a spell from a school of magic of which there is a crystal present, she can spend her reaction to have that crystal cast any one cantrip from that school. Each crystal can mantain concentration on a spell independently of each other and of Patchouli.
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>Patchouli cannot summon any crystals while there are still crystals present from a previous summoning. 
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>***Spellcasting.*** Patchouli is a 20th-level spellcaster. her spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 21, +13 to hit with spell attacks). Patchouli has the following spells prepared:
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>Cantrips (at will): *acid splash, blade ward, friends, minor illusion, ray of frost, thaumaturgy, toll the dead, true strike*
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>1st level (4 slots): *catapult, detect magic, disguise self, false life, find familiar, magic missile, sleep, shield, *
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>2nd level (3 slots): *arcane lock, blindness/deafness, flaming sphere, hold person, locate object, maximilian's earthen grasp, moonbeam, silence*
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>3rd level (3 s lots): *catnap, erupting earth, fireball, magic circle, summon lesser demon, tongues, vampiric touch*
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>4th level (3 slots): * arcane eye, blight, confusion, control water, ice storm, mordenkainen's private sanctum, phantasmal killer, watery sphere*
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>5th level (3 slots): *circle of power, contagion, control winds, creation, flame strike, legend lore, hold monster, teleportation circle*
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>6th level (2 s lot): *eyebite, find the path, frezing sphere, investiture of wind, mass suggestion, programmed illusion, primordial ward, wall of thorns*
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>7th level (2 slot): *crown of stars, etherealness, firestorm, finger of death, mordenkainen's magnificent mansion, power word pain, simulacrum, symbol, *
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>8th level (1 slot): *abi-dalzim's horrid wilting, antimagic field, control weather, earthquake, illusry dragon, power word stun, sunburst, tsunami*
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>9th level (1 slot): *astral projection, foresight, invulnerability, meteor swarm, psychic scream, timestop, storm of vengeance, weird*
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>***Magic Resistance.*** Patchouli has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
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> ### Actions
>***Great Unmoving Library.*** Patchouli can spend an action to focus her thoughts and change any number of spells from her list of prepared spells for any equal number of spells from any combination of lists of any classes.
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> ### Legendary Actions
>Patchouli can take 3 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Patchouli regains spent legendary actions at the start of her turn.
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>***Cantrip.*** Patchouli casts a cantrip.
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>***Great Unmoving Library (Costs 2 Actions).*** Patchouli can use her Great Unmoving Library.
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>***Spellcaster Focus (Costs 3 Actions).*** Patchouli regains a spell slot of 3rd level or lower.


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>##### Art Credits
- [Patchouli Knowledge](https://www.zerochan.net/294734) by Jq
- [Patchouli Knowledge](https://www.zerochan.net/729226) by Hsuante
- [Patchouli Knowledge](https://www.zerochan.net/1643775) by Xiao Qiang (overseas)


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