Description: The throne of stone sits in a destroyed cathedral littered with the corpses of those who have attempted to earn its favor Though sunlight spills through the glass above, the throne itself remains in perpetual shadow Lore: History, planes, or religion The throne was not always at this location It was moved here some time back by a priest of the goddess of death to honor her The inscription implies that an individual whose “bone is of stone” may claim the seat Many believing they were that individual have tried and failed (DC 15): Simply approaching the throne with the intent of sitting upon it appears to be enough to.activate its considerable defenses Those closest to the seat either believed themselves capable of tricking it or had no intention of sitting upon it until they had read the inscription (DC 25): Those who survived their initial encounter with the throne and left have recounted that it felt like their souls were being pulled from the world of the living into the waiting arms of death itself Many of these unfortunate souls still have nightmares of the terrors they witnessed as they took their first shaky steps toward the throne (DC 30): One almost forgotten text on the throne claims that the priest who interred the throne had an orc companion who could sit in it without consequence If what the text claims is correct, the creature had no idea that the throne can be used as a gateway to the realm of the dead Prerequisite: Cannot be immune to fear effects Activation: A creature who approaches the chair with knowledge of it and the intent to gain its benefit must survive haunt plus if its Knowledge check was 15 or higher, if the check was 25 or higher, or if the check was 30 or higher Each haunt’s Challenge Rating is equal to the creature’s total Hit Dice +4 A creature can receive aid in surviving a haunt Creatures with the annodam or orc subtypes gain a +2 racial bonus to saves against the throne’s effects Recharge: Once a creature has sat upon the throne, its connection to the realm of the dead is permanent until another takes its place If the throne’s benefits are lost, the previous creature is aware but does not know how or why without its own means of finding out (such as through scrying) A creature does not inherently know if the throne is moved from where it sat when last activated, only if it is sat upon Benefit: A creature that sits upon the throne becomes immune to fear effects If the creature has levels in necromancer, its charnel touch and channel negative energy is treated as a necromancer of eight levels higher A creature with a dominion power that can be used a limited number of times per day can use that power one additional time each day If the creature is not a necromancer, it gains charnel touch and channel negative energy as an 8th-level necromancer, or it can distribute these levels between up to total creatures 165