Aventhine Hold - Level 2 · area boss

Nethys Coldveil, the Undying Archivist

the Undying Archivist

A named threat of Aventhine Hold - Level 2, encountered rarely and never in numbers - real Dungeons & Dragons statistics, no auto-computed shortcuts.

CR 19 Undead · Wizard 15 / Lich 4 resref ah2_nethys

Stat block

STR
10
+0
DEX
14
+2
CON
16
+3
INT
26
+8
WIS
16
+3
CHA
14
+2
Hit points
114
Natural AC
2
Skills
Concentration 22 · Lore 18 · Spellcraft 22
Feats
SpellFocusNec, GrSpllFcsNec, SkillFocusConc, IronWill, Toughness

Prepared spells

LevelKnown / Prepared
1Chill Touch, Magic Missile, Ray of Enfeeblement
2Melfs Acid Arrow
3Vampiric Touch
4Enervation, Ice Storm
5Cone of Cold
6Circle of Death, Disintegrate
7Finger of Death

Combat sequence

Layered on top of the module's own combat AI, which still picks targets and positioning. The fight below moves through real hit-point-gated phases; every save DC and attack bonus computes from the stat block above at runtime.

I

Icy Grasp

Above 66% hp

A cold-wreathed bolt lashes the nearest foe every round, the same patient study she once gave to a page.

II

Deathly Whisper

66%-25% hp

An expanding pulse of dread rolls out from her, softening a line before her real answer arrives.

III

The Undying Ward

Once, on the hit that would drop her

The instant a blow would finish her, the ward she bound into her own unlife catches it - she snaps back up with a round of resistance bought at no cost but memory. It only ever answers once.

Why these numbers

CR 19 is set against Aventhine Hold - Level 2's own real ambient ceiling, not auto-computed from level alone - a genuine Wizard 15 / Lich 4 build at 19 total levels.

Hit points (114) follow this project's own average-hit-dice convention, and every save/attack bonus derives from the ability scores above at runtime - nothing here is hardcoded past the phase gates themselves.

How it's wired

Boss-flagged (bypasses the drop-rate roll, two loot-generation passes) and gated to a single spawn - only one Nethys Coldveil is ever up in Aventhine Hold - Level 2 at a time.