Dread Helm
Construct · Crown of Despair
T1d4Minor
Fear-infused helmets, dread helms possess wearers, driving them to berserk rages.
Tier 1 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 2 · AC 14 · ATK +2 · Save DC 11 · Dmg 1 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 14 | - | - |
| Mind | 4 | - | - |
| Sense | 12 | - | - |
| Heart | 10 | - | - |
| Cunning | 6 | - | - |
| Fate | 10 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Construct Nature
Immune to poison, disease, charm, and fear. Mindless: it never flees and fights until destroyed.
False Appearance
Motionless, it is indistinguishable from an ornate helmet. Dispel magic or an antimagic field drops it inert for 1 round.
Maneuvers
Possess
Launches onto an adjacent creature's head. The target must save (DC 11) or be possessed: the helm drives the host into a berserk frenzy, attacking the nearest creature with the host's own weapons. The host repeats the save at the end of each of its turns, and the helm can be wrenched off with a Body check (DC 11).
Tactics
GM tactics
Sits in a treasure hoard or on an armor stand, waiting for someone to put it on. Once worn, takes control immediately. Drives the host to attack allies, swinging at whoever comes closest, including anyone trying to help. The helm must be physically pulled off the host (Body check, DC 11) to end possession.
Running it
Rules
- One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 1 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
- A hit deals a flat 1, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d4 and never lands below 1.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- With 1 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
- At 0 Vigor it is dead: 2 total damage, and a single blow of 2 or more kills it on the spot.
- Vigor damage is simply damage against a Minor: its whole pool is Vigor.
- Group morale: when its group loses half its number, fled or dead, the rest check morale.
- NPCs never take wounds.