(lord of the water elementals)

ISTISHIA (Iss-TISH-ee-ah) (The Water Lord, God-King of Water Elementals) (God of Elemental Water)

Lesser god

ARMOR CLASS: -2
MOVE: 12"/ /36"
HIT POINTS: 189
NO. OF ATTACKS: 2
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 8-48/8-48
SPECIAL ATTACKS: See below
SPECIAL DEFENSES: +4 or better weapon to hit, immune to heat attacks
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 50%
SIZE: L (10')
ALIGNMENT: Neutral
WORSHIPPER'S ALIGN: Neutral (water elementals)
SYMBOL: Wave of water
PLANE: Elemental Plane of Water
CLERIC/DRUID: Nil
FIGHTER: 19th level ranger
MAGIC-USER/ILLUSIONIST: See below
THIEF/ASSASSIN: Nil
MONK/BARD: Nil
PSIONIC ABILITY: VI
 

S: 25	I: 15	W: 15
D: 20	C: 25	CH: 22
Com: -	-	-

This creature appears as a huge humanoid with green skin and turquoise hair and beard.

As a ruler of the water elementals, Straasha has double the power of normal water elementals, plus the ability to cast all water spells at the 20th level of magic-use.
He is the only one of his type not affected by heat-based attacks.
He can summon 3-18 of his kindred to aid him in battle.

Straasha can strike with two waves of water per round that hit for 8-48 points each; these are created by the being out of thin air.

                                                              Clerics             Raiment                                                             Sacrifice/Propitiation

Sphere of Control	Animal	M	F	N-H	Head	Body	Color(s)	Holy Days	Frequency	Form	Place of Worship
water	n/a	-	-	X	n/a	n/a	gray-green	n/a	varies	favors	anywhere

While he has few (if any) human worshippers, many water elementals and water creatures are aware of Straasha and pay him homage.
 
 

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Istishia: The most powerful and pure of the water elementals
has many names in many planes, yet they all sound like the slap
of waves on the beach. Istishia is said to be as large as a small sea
on the PMP, though to deal with supplicants he
may form a smaller, more reasonable form. In that form he sometimes
crosses through a vortex into the Prime (whenever floods
plague a nation, Istishia is said to walk among them).

    Istishia has great and powerful mystic powers in addition to
those of a Greater God (see Appendix IV, page 124). All spells
involving the elements are known to Istishia, who may USE them
and their modified forms at will. Istishia sees himself, and elemental
water, as the great leveller and equalizer, the element
that eventually overwhelms air, erodes stone, and extinguishes
fire. The task is long, but Istishia has the patience of millenia
behind him. The concerns of insignificant mortals are not his and,
unless he is offered a great boon, his attentions are better spent
observing the flow of the oceans and the rhythm of the tides.

Source = Manual of the Planes