Greater Shedu [Savage Coast]

Only one greater shedu exists in this region: the shape a vengeful god takes when appearing to its servants, the winged bull-folk. It looks like any other greater shedu, a stout horse body with short feathered wings and a broad, faintly dwarvish head with a bristling, curly beard and mustache. Its braided headband carries a glowing diamond.

It can strike with its forehooves but prefers its spell-like powers, which mirror mage and priest spells of the same names and all function at 20th level. It also casts spells as a 20th-level priest. By touching something a creature owns, the avatar learns that creature's race, sex, age, alignment, and a bit of its history.

Beyond its strong magic resistance, it is immune to acid, cold, electricity, fire, and poison, and to every illusion, charm, and other mind-affecting spell. It attacks utukku and manscorpions whenever it can; the eternal feud with the extraplanar utukku is well known, but only the high temples of the bull-folk know why.

Like its kin it walks the Ethereal, Astral, and Prime Material in the cause of law and good, helping allies and fighting evil. At home it wanders a remote mountainous peninsula, chiefly protecting and advancing the society of the winged bull-folk, and it is friendly to most intelligent beings. It shows itself rarely, usually only when its god has a great task or warning for its people.

It speaks the bull-folk tongue, lammasu, shedu, Common, and every human and demihuman language, and it its mind can speak to plants, monsters, and beasts alike.

The avatar tries to leave as small a mark on the natural world as possible.