Reaford Tabulus Vallersteil is a character in Pathfinder: Kingmaker.
Description[]
When a soul is not allowed to rest due to some great injustice, either real or perceived, it sometimes comes back as a ghost. Such beings are in eternal anguish, lacking in substance and unable to set things right. Although ghosts can be any alignment, the majority cling to the living world out of a powerful sense of rage and hatred, and as a result are chaotic evil – even the ghost of a good or lawful creature can become hateful and cruel in its afterlife.
When a ghost is created, it retains incorporeal "copies" of any items that it particularly valued in life (provided the originals are not in another creature's possession). The equipment works normally for the ghost, but passes harmlessly through material objects or creatures. A weapon of +1 or better magical enhancement, however, can harm material creatures, but any such attack deals only half as much damage (50%) unless it is a ghost touch weapon. A ghost can use shields or armor only if they have the ghost touch quality. The original items remain behind, just as the ghost's physical remains do. If another creature seizes the original, the incorporeal copy fades away. This loss invariably angers the ghost, who stops at nothing to return the item to its original resting place (and thus regain the item's use).
Notes[]
- Can be found behind the hidden (Perception 35 to notice) and blocked (Athletics 40 to clear) passage and a locked (Trickery 47 or Lost Key to open) door in the room, guarded by Gedovius on the lower level of Pitax Royal Palace
- He is responsible for the ghost flaggers in the castle
- After his death, you receive an extra +15,360xp
Strategy[]
- He is a very formidable enemy with high AC, Fortitude and Reflex saving throws, he is also an Undead with Incorporeal Form and abysmally high Charisma.
- This enemy is unlikely to be taken head on without preparation.
- Buff your melee with Death Ward to negate the effects of Vampiric Shadow Shield and Energy Drain.
- Ghost Touch, Holy, Undead Bane traits are useful to strike through his Incorporeal Form.
- Due to his high Charisma it is nearly impossible to save against his spells, so usually if he gets to cast Wail of the Banshee it's a death sentence.
- However the fight can be easily trivialized by sending a melee with bug-broken Spinebreaker weapon that will protect your character from all his spells except for Boneshatter which he won't live long enough to cast anyway.
- The enemy uses the following spells:
- He keeps himself buffed up with Mage Armor, Shield and Vampiric Shadow Shield
- First priority spells: Death Clutch, Energy Drain, Horrid Wilting, Prismatic Spray, Wail of the Banshee, Waves of Fatigue
- Second priority spells: Fear (Spell), Finger of Death, Grasp of the Dead, Polar Ray, Umbral Strike
- Third priority spells: Banshee Blast, Boneshatter, Cold Ice Strike, Cone of Cold, Curse of Deterioration, Ice Storm