Eclipse Panther
Beast · no Crown (Meridian)
T5d12Major
A horse-sized feline that actively emits darkness the way the sun emits light, capable of suppressing all light in a 60 ft radius and creating monochromatic hunting zones.
Tier 5 · Role Major · Pool Vigor 7 / Vitality 8 · AC 14 · ATK +7 · Save DC 19 · Dmg d12
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 20 | +5 | d10 |
| Mind | 8 | -1 | -d3 |
| Sense | 18 | +4 | d8 |
| Heart | 14 | +2 | d4 |
| Cunning | 20 | +5 | d10 |
| Fate | 18 | +4 | d8 |
Passives
Total Eclipse
Suppresses all light within 60 ft at will, pooling absolute darkness around itself. It sees perfectly in its own dark and is immune to blinded; creatures fighting inside the eclipse attack at disadvantage.
Maneuvers
Darkness Shift
Flows up to 50 ft, carrying its eclipse with it and swallowing new ground in darkness.
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 declaration is lost.
Eclipse Pounce
Erupts from its own darkness onto one creature. Body save (DC 19): on a failure the target takes 1d12 damage and is knocked prone and grabbed under its weight; on a success the target takes 1 Vigor damage.
Reactions
Darkness Surge
When hit, its eclipse swells 30 ft wider until the start of its next turn, drowning nearby enemies in darkness.
Tactics
GM tactics
The eclipse panther drowns the ground in Total Eclipse, then hunts inside it where only it can see. Darkness Shift carries the dark onto anyone who brings their own light, and Eclipse Pounce takes whoever is caught alone. It never fights in full light if it can avoid it.
Running it
Rules
- Shield of Tier + Heart mod over a Vitality pool of 3 + Tier, like a hero but with no wounds. Full Vigor at combat start; at the start of its turn it regains 1 Vigor. Dead at 0 Vitality.
- A hit rolls d12. A crit rolls two: 2d12.
- Crits on a natural 15+ (Cunning 20).
- Two attacks in a normal turn.
- Any Vitality lost while a declaration is pending forces its disruption roll; on a 1 the declaration is lost.
- Checks morale at one-third Vitality: Heart save against the party leader's presence, or GM judgment.
- NPCs never take wounds.