Furnace Colossus
Construct · no Crown (Meridian)
T5d12Sovereign
A thirty-foot humanoid giant of fused stone and metal with a miniature sun burning in its chest, radiating lethal heat and capable of devastating cone blasts.
Tier 5 · Role Sovereign · Pool Vigor 8 / Vitality 100 · AC 14 · ATK +8 · Save DC 19 · Dmg d12
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 22 | +6 | d12 |
| Mind | 5 | -3 | -d4 |
| Sense | 16 | +3 | d6 |
| Heart | 16 | +3 | d6 |
| Cunning | 12 | +1 | d3 |
| Fate | 14 | +2 | d4 |
Passives
Internal Star
Immune to fire damage. Every creature within 20 ft at the start of the colossus's turn takes 1 Vigor damage from the radiated heat.
Death Explosion
When destroyed, its core bursts. Every creature within 30 ft makes a Body save (DC 19): on a failure it takes 5 damage, on a success 1 Vigor damage.
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.
Core Vent
Opens its chest and unleashes the star within, a 40 ft cone of white fire. Each creature in the cone makes a Body save (DC 19): on a failure it takes 1d12 damage, on a success 1 Vigor damage. After venting, the colossus goes dormant for 2 rounds: AC drops to 14 and it cannot attack.
Tactics
GM tactics
The furnace colossus advances inexorably, using its heat aura to damage everything nearby. It uses Core Vent against clustered enemies, accepting the dormancy period. Its death explosion makes killing it dangerous to everyone nearby. It does not stop, does not retreat, and does not communicate.
Running it
Rules
- Shield of Tier + Heart mod over a Vitality pool of 10 + 18 x Tier. 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 19+ (Cunning 12).
- Two attacks in a normal turn.
- Sovereign: 2 Sovereign Actions a round, spent after other combatants' turns, on top of its attacks.
- Any Vitality lost while a declaration is pending forces its disruption roll; on a 1 the declaration is lost.
- Never checks morale: it fights to 0 Vitality or to the exit written into its lowest phase.
- NPCs never take wounds.