Dao Taskmaster
Elemental · Crown of Domination
T3d8Minor
Whip-wielding earth overseers, dao taskmasters drive slaves, gems their currency of cruelty.
Tier 3 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 6 · AC 14 · ATK +5 · Save DC 15 · Dmg 3 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 18 | - | - |
| Mind | 8 | - | - |
| Sense | 16 | - | - |
| Heart | 12 | - | - |
| Cunning | 16 | - | - |
| Fate | 12 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Earth Glide
Burrows through nonmagical earth and stone without disturbing it, and feels vibrations through the ground within 60 ft.
Maneuvers
Stone Whip
Whip attack with 15 ft reach. A struck target is dragged 10 ft toward the dao.
Shackles of Stone
Stone manacles erupt around a target within 60 ft: Body save (DC 15) or the target is restrained (save ends); on a success it takes 1 Vigor damage.
Reactions
Earth Armor
When hit by an attack, stone plates snap over its hide, granting +3 AC until the start of its next turn.
Tactics
GM tactics
Opens with Shackles of Stone to restrain the biggest threat. Uses Stone Whip to pull targets into melee. Crushes foes held fast by Shackles of Stone. Commands enslaved minions to swarm enemies while it picks off isolated targets.
Running it
Rules
- One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 3 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
- A hit deals a flat 3, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d8 and never lands below 3.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- With 3 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
- At 0 Vigor it is dead: 6 total damage, and a single blow of 6 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Two attacks in a normal turn: Tier 3+ Minors get a second.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.