The image I chose is probably a bit more straightforward than that, it's a Madonna with child. But she's black-robed and standing next to a black-flamed candle and there's an eye in the floor observing her. I decided to write the image up as a dark reflection of religious iconography, sucking the light and the sanity out of the room.
Anti-Madonna
Armour Class: as unarmoured. Immune to non-magical attacks.
Hit Dice: 1
Move: as human unless new light is introduced (see specials)
Attacks: Impious aura
No. Appearing: 1
Morale: 9
Treasure: 1D6 shards of curse-glass
Alignment: Chaotic
Magicians are a perverse lot, always tampering with the natural order. A wizard's mirror which has held the reflection of a saint has a chance to produce an anti-Madonna, a profane likeness of a holy figure. The image moves as if alive and whispers a constant monologue of baffling blasphemy, but is immaterial and non-intelligent. More like an independent illusion. It desires worship in the form of sacrifice and can be temporarily appeased by destroying an item of personal value. It has the following powers:
Anti-light: When an anti-Madonna appears, all natural light sources become sources of darkness and change to suck light out of the surrounding area. Magical sources will be dimmed as though appearing through a thick gloom.
Speed of dark: If new light is introduced, the anti-Madonna can instantly jump to any space the light touches. It will become a dark source at the end of the round in which it is lit.
Litany of ignorance: Intelligent creatures close enough to hear its whispered words must save vs paralysis. Clerics who fail to save lose a prepared spell.
The creature can be dispelled like an illusion or destroyed with any kind of magical attack. It is immune to fear and mind-control effects and cannot be turned. Turn attempts at a high enough level to destroy it outright work as normal.
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PDF version here. There's a Reddit thread for the project here.
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