48 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
48 lines
2.8 KiB
Markdown
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type: npc
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role: "Supreme Leader of the Hand of Ruin"
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location: "[[Citadel of Sundering]]"
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alignment: Chaotic Evil
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race: Human (corrupted)
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class: Divine Soul Sorcerer 14 / Fiend Warlock 6
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---
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# High Pontiff Vosseth
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## Appearance
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Once a handsome middle-aged man; now transformed by centuries of dark rituals. His skin is cracked like dried earth, revealing faint elemental light beneath — shifting between fire, water, earth, and air. His eyes are pure black with pinprick white pupils. He wears robes of woven elemental silk that ripple and shift of their own accord. A crown of seven obsidian shards floats above his head — each shard representing one seal.
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## Personality
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- **Zealous** — genuinely believes the world must be unmade to be purified
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- **Patient** — has worked toward this goal for 300 years; a few more weeks mean nothing
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- **Charismatic** — can sway listeners with honeyed words before they realize the poison
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- **Resonantly sane** — he is not raving mad; his logic is terrifyingly coherent
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## Philosophy
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> "The world is a wound that festers. The gods abandoned it. The Concordat bandages it with gold. The Circle puts it to sleep with herbs. Only fire cleanses. Only flood renews. Only the Wrath can tear down what must fall so something worthy can rise."
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## Role in Campaign
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- Mentioned throughout as the cult's supreme leader
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- Arc 4: Final boss (either as pre-boss in Tier 4 or final boss in Tier 5 — DM choice)
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- If faced in Tier 4 of the Citadel, he fights alongside [[Morgra, the Ashen Matron]] (or replaces her if she's dead)
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- If the party reaches Tier 5 before confronting him, they fight the [[Primordial Wrath]] instead
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## Stat Notes (CR 20)
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- **HP:** 200 (20d8 + 80) | **AC:** 19 (elemental robes + DEX) | **Speed:** 30 ft, fly 30 ft (hover)
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- **Spellcasting:** DC 20, +12. Key spells: *crown of stars* (active), *delayed blast fireball*, *forcecage*, *finger of death*, *horrid wilting*
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- **Elemental Affinity:** Resistance to fire, cold, lightning, acid (switches randomly each round as a bonus action)
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- **Sundering Word (Recharge 5-6):** 60 ft radius, DC 20 CON save. On failure, 8d10 force damage and stunned for 1 round. On success, half damage.
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- **Legendary Actions (3):** Cast a cantrip, Sundering Ray (ranged spell attack +12, 4d10 force), Elemental Step (teleport 30 ft)
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- **Hound of Ill Omen:** Can summon a dire wolf spirit (CR 7) as a bonus action
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## Secrets
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- Vosseth was once a member of the [[The Silent College|Silent College]] — an archivist who read too deeply in the Vault of Sundered Truths.
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- He has not aged in 300 years because he bound his life force to the [[Primordial Wrath]]; killing the Wrath kills him.
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- He secretly fears the Elder Dark. He believes freeing the Wrath will prove to the world that he was right — before the Elder Dark consumes everything.
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