Balor
Fiend · Crown of Wrath
T5d12Sovereign
Abyssal tanar'ri lords, balors whip with flaming swords, wings battering while summoning demon hordes.
Tier 5 · Role Sovereign · Pool Vigor 8 / Vitality 30 · AC 14 · ATK +8 · Save DC 19 · Dmg d12
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 22 | +6 | d12 |
| Mind | 18 | +4 | d8 |
| Sense | 22 | +6 | d12 |
| Heart | 16 | +3 | d6 |
| Cunning | 20 | +5 | d10 |
| Fate | 8 | -1 | -d3 |
Passives
Abyssal Lord
Flies 60 ft. Immune to fire and poison damage, and has advantage on saves against spells.
Fire Aura
A creature that starts its turn within 5 ft of the balor takes 1 Vigor damage.
Death Throes
When killed it detonates. Each creature within 30 ft makes a Body save (DC 19) or takes 5 damage; on a success, 1 Vigor damage.
Maneuvers
Whip Pull
Lashes its flame whip at one creature within 30 ft, who makes a Body save (DC 19) or takes 1 Vigor damage and is dragged 25 ft into the Fire Aura.
Declarations
Declared in the enemy tactical window and resolved at the start of its next turn. Any Vitality it loses first forces the disruption roll: on a 1 the telegraph is lost.
Summon Demon
Roars a gate open to the Abyss. Two Tier 3 minor demons claw through and act on the balor's initiative next round.
Tactics
GM tactics
Generals of the Abyss. Commands demon armies. Whips enemies into Fire Aura range. Death Throes makes even victory costly.
Running it
Rules
- Shield of Tier + Heart mod over a Vitality pool of 10 + 4 x Tier. Full Vigor at combat start; at the start of its turn it rolls 5 exploding d4s and regains 1 Vigor per 4. Dead at 0 Vigor and 0 Vitality.
- A hit rolls d12. A crit rolls two: 2d12.
- Crits on a natural 15+ (Cunning 20).
- Two or three attacks in a normal turn: multiattack is the threat scaler, and one swing a round makes it a mook.
- Sovereign: 2 Sovereign Actions a round, spent after other combatants' turns, on top of its attacks.
- Any Vitality lost while a telegraph is pending forces its disruption roll; on a 1 the telegraph is lost.
- Never checks morale: it fights to 0 Vitality or to the exit written into its lowest phase.
- NPCs never take wounds.