Nüwa — D&D 5.5e / 2024

Large Celestial (Deity, Shapechanger), Neutral Good

CR 37 (custom epic) · PB +10 · Campaign Divine Tier 37

AC 28 · HP 840 · Speed 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (hover), swim 80 ft.

Saving Throws Con +22, Int +21, Wis +22, Cha +22

Damage Immunities poison, radiant · Condition Immunities charmed, frightened, petrified, poisoned

Senses truesight 180 ft., passive Perception 32 · Languages all; telepathy 180 ft.

Traits

Legendary Resistance (6/Day). If Nüwa fails a saving throw, she can choose to succeed instead.

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

Creator’s Touch. Nonmagical objects Nüwa touches can be reshaped without tools, provided the new form uses the same mass of material. She can restore a destroyed mundane structure of Huge size or smaller as an action.

Mender of the Heavens. Teleportation circles, planar gates and extradimensional breaches within 120 feet cannot be forcibly widened while Nüwa is conscious. She knows the location of every active planar breach within 1 mile.

Divine Spellcasting

Nüwa uses Wisdom for divine spellcasting (spell save DC 30, +22 to hit). Her strongest portfolio links are Creation, Protection, Community and Healing. Signature spells include mending, greater restoration, wall of stone, heal, heroes’ feast, earthquake, regenerate, mass heal and gate.

Actions

Multiattack. Nüwa makes three Five-Coloured Stone attacks.

Five-Coloured Stone. Ranged Spell Attack: +22 to hit, range 180 ft. Hit: 37 (5d10 + 10) force or radiant damage. If the target is a construct or object, Nüwa can instead restore 37 Hit Points to it.

Mend the World (Recharge 5–6). Nüwa chooses a point within 180 feet. In a 60-foot-radius sphere, hostile creatures make a DC 30 Constitution save, taking 72 (16d8) force damage on a failure or half on a success, while allies regain 45 Hit Points. One collapsed structure, magical breach or damaged terrain feature in the area is simultaneously stabilised.

Seal the Breach (Recharge 6). One portal, rift, summoned gateway or extradimensional entrance within 300 feet is suppressed for 1 minute. A deity or artifact controlling the breach can contest this effect with a DC 30 ability check using its primary casting ability.

Legendary Actions

• Shape Earth. Nüwa alters a 10-foot cube of nonmagical earth or stone within 60 feet.
• Five-Coloured Stone. Nüwa makes one Five-Coloured Stone attack.
• Restore Life (Costs 2). One creature within 60 feet regains 35 Hit Points and ends one poisoned, petrified or restrained condition.

Nüwa — Pathfinder 1e

Large outsider (deity, good, shapechanger); Mythic Rank 10; campaign epic extension

CR 37 · MR 10 · AC 55 · hp 1020 · Speed 40 ft., fly 100 ft. (perfect), swim 80 ft.

Fort +39 · Ref +33 · Will +39 · DR 30/epic · SR 48

Str 30 · Dex 26 · Con 34 · Int 32 · Wis 34 · Cha 34

Base Atk +37 · CMB +49 · CMD 87

Special Abilities

Mender of the Heavens (Su). Nüwa automatically senses planar rifts within 1 mile. As an immediate action, she can force a teleportation or planar effect within 120 feet to make a caster level check against DC 38 or fail.

Five-Coloured Restoration (Su). Every 1d4 rounds, Nüwa releases a 60-foot burst. Allies heal 20d6 hit points and hostile outsiders take 20d6 damage, Will DC 37 half.

Creator’s Craft (Ex). Nüwa can reshape mundane stone, clay and earth as if using stone shape and fabricate at will, with no material component.

Spell-Like Abilities

At will—fabricate, greater dispel magic, heal, stone shape, true seeing; 3/day—greater restoration, regenerate, wall of stone, plane shift; 1/day—earthquake, gate, mass heal, miracle. Caster level 30th.

Domain Access

Nüwa has full campaign access to Creation, Protection, Community and Healing domain powers.

Nüwa — D&D 3.5e

Greater Deity; Divine Rank 17; Neutral Good Large Outsider (Extraplanar, Shapechanger)

Challenge benchmark 43 · Divine Rank 17 · AC 76 · hp 940 · DR 30/epic · SR 49

Speed 60 ft., fly 150 ft. (perfect), swim 100 ft. · Fort +69 · Ref +62 · Will +69

Str 30 · Dex 26 · Con 34 · Int 32 · Wis 34 · Cha 34

Divine rules. Divine Rank applies normally to attacks, saves, checks and armour. Portfolio spell-like abilities function at caster level 27th.

Salient Divine Abilities

Signature salient abilities include Alter Reality, Divine Creation, Gift of Life, Hand of Death’s opposite expression through restoration, Rejuvenation, Shapechange, Divine Shield and additional rank-appropriate abilities focused on creation, healing and cosmic repair.

Portfolio Spell-Like Abilities

Nüwa uses the spell-like abilities granted by Creation, Protection and Healing portfolios at divine caster level, with Community treated as a campaign extension where that domain is active.