Chih-Nii (Zhinü) — Celestial Weaver and Goddess of Love

Zhinü — D&D 5.5e / 2024

Medium Celestial (Deity), Neutral Good

CR 33 (custom epic) · PB +9 · Campaign Divine Tier 33

AC 28 · HP 680 · Speed 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (hover)

Saving Throws Dex +21, Int +19, Wis +19, Cha +22

Damage Resistances force, psychic, radiant · Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, restrained

Senses truesight 180 ft., passive Perception 20 · Languages all; telepathy 180 ft.

Traits

Legendary Resistance (5/Day). If Zhinü fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.

Magic Resistance. Zhinü has Advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects.

Perfect Weaver. Zhinü automatically succeeds on checks to weave, sew, knot, mend or identify textile workmanship unless opposed by an artifact or deity-scale effect.

Thread Between Stars. Difficult terrain, gaps and vertical surfaces do not impede Zhinü. She may treat open air as solid ground while moving, leaving faint threads of starlight that vanish at the end of her turn.

Divine Spellcasting

Charisma is Zhinü’s spellcasting ability (spell save DC 30, +22 to hit with spell attacks). The 2024 rules do not provide an official cleric subclass for weaving or romantic fidelity, so the site’s Craft, Charm and Community domains are explicit campaign adaptations where those rules are used. Signature spells include mending, calm emotions, fabricate, greater restoration, wall of force, teleport, plane shift and gate.

Actions

Multiattack. Zhinü makes three Stellar Thread attacks.

Stellar Thread. Ranged Spell Attack: +22 to hit, range 240 ft. Hit: 40 (6d8 + 13) force and radiant damage. Zhinü may pull the target up to 20 feet toward a point she can see.

Celestial Loom (Recharge 5–6). Zhinü weaves luminous threads through a 60-foot cube within 180 feet. Hostile creatures make a DC 30 Dexterity save, taking 54 (12d8) force damage and becoming restrained for 1 minute on a failure. A restrained creature repeats the save at the end of each turn. Allies chosen by Zhinü gain three-quarters cover while inside the woven field.

Magpie Bridge (Recharge 6). Zhinü creates a bridge of celestial light between two spaces she can see within 300 feet. Until the start of her next turn, allies may move instantly from one end to the other by spending 10 feet of movement. The bridge can cross planar or extradimensional boundaries only when both ends are already within the same plane.

Unbroken Bond (3/Day). One creature within 120 feet ends one charmed, frightened or restrained condition and may immediately move up to its Speed toward a creature or place it is devoted to without provoking Opportunity Attacks.

Legendary Actions

• Shuttle Step. Zhinü moves up to half her Speed without provoking Opportunity Attacks.
• Thread. Zhinü makes one Stellar Thread attack.
• Mend What Was Torn (Costs 2). One ally, object or structure within 60 feet regains 35 Hit Points or is repaired by an equivalent amount.

Zhinü — Pathfinder 1e

Medium outsider (deity, good); Mythic Rank 9; campaign epic extension

CR 33 · MR 9 · AC 51 · hp 820 · Speed 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (perfect)

Fort +31 · Ref +38 · Will +35 · DR 25/epic · SR 44

Immune charm, fear, entanglement; resist acid 20, cold 20, electricity 20, fire 20

Str 22 · Dex 34 · Con 28 · Int 30 · Wis 30 · Cha 36

Base Atk +33 · CMB +39 · CMD 82

Special Abilities

Celestial Loom (Su). Every 1d4 rounds Zhinü fills a 60-foot cube within 180 feet with divine thread. Reflex DC 39 negates entanglement; creatures that fail are entangled and anchored against teleportation until they escape. The threads have hardness 20 and 60 hit points per 5-foot section.

Bridge Across the River (Su). Three times per day Zhinü creates a two-way teleportation bridge between two points within 300 feet for 1 round. Willing creatures may pass without provoking attacks of opportunity.

Master Weaver (Ex). Zhinü may take 20 on Craft checks involving weaving, textiles, knotwork or garment construction without increasing the time required.

Spell-Like Abilities

At will—calm emotions, fabricate, greater dispel magic, mending, sending; 3/day—greater restoration, greater teleport, wall of force; 1/day—gate, miracle, plane shift. Caster level 27th; save DCs are Charisma-based.

Domain Access

Zhinü has full campaign access to Craft, Charm and Community domain powers. Love, fidelity and celestial weaving remain portfolio themes where an edition has no matching formal domain.

Zhinü — D&D 3.5e

Intermediate Deity; Divine Rank 13; Neutral Good Medium Outsider (Extraplanar, Good)

Challenge benchmark 38 · Divine Rank 13 · AC 71 · hp 800 · DR 25/epic · SR 45

Speed 60 ft., fly 120 ft. (perfect) · Fort +55 · Ref +62 · Will +59

Str 22 · Dex 34 · Con 28 · Int 30 · Wis 30 · Cha 36

Divine rules. Divine Rank applies to attacks, saves, checks and armour as normal for an intermediate deity. Portfolio spell-like abilities function at caster level 23rd.

Salient Divine Abilities

Alter Reality, Create Object, Divine Dodge, Divine Inspiration, Divine Skill Focus (weaving), Gift of Life, Master Crafter, Rejuvenation and Supreme Initiative are natural expressions of Zhinü’s rank and portfolio, supplemented by additional rank-appropriate abilities.

Portfolio Spell-Like Abilities

Zhinü can use the spell-like abilities granted by Craft, Charm and Community at divine caster level. Effects that mend, weave, bind or bridge separation are treated as native portfolio powers rather than generic class features.

Defeat and Return

Destroying Zhinü’s active divine body does not extinguish Vega or end Qixi. Outside her divine seat she can reform through a consecrated loom, stellar shrine or Qixi rite unless her divine rank is separately overcome.