Mind Reaver Vampire

A vampire noblewoman and the supreme mind reaver of a barren, mind reaver-ruled land made these creatures while trying to turn that ruler into a vampire, since normal methods failed. The hatchlings were mad and uncontrollable, so they were destroyed and dumped in the water pit for the mind reavers' dead victims. They regenerated, washed out of the complex, and now roam the surface.

These monsters blend vampire and mind reaver tactics. Vampiric Strength of 18/76 gives +2 to hit and +4 damage, bonuses that grow with age category. Too mad for a charming gaze or other mental control, they still have a psionic mind blast: a 60-foot cone widening from 5 feet to 20. Anyone inside saves vs. wand with a -4 penalty or is stunned 1d6 rounds, and must also pass a madness check at -4.

They blast every round until someone engages them in melee, then lash with four tentacles for 1d6+4 crushing damage each. Every hit drains two life energy levels and restores two Hit Dice worth of lost hit points, never above their starting total, on top of regenerating 3 hp per round. Insane and undying, they fight until 'destroyed', then crawl into a hiding place no more than 250 feet away to regenerate.

So new that the local mind reavers barely know of them, they will surely return to the complex as hunger draws them toward life, and they may well slip through the misty borders into other domains, much to the delight of the dark powers of the realm. For now they run wild, attacking anything alive. With no true daytime in their homeland, they sleep whenever weariness outweighs hunger.

Undeath lets them mature in weeks instead of years. They feed on, and enjoy, both blood and brains, and will take any living prey.