Smoke Elemental
Elemental · no Crown (Mundane)
T2d6Minor
Choking haze forms, smoke elementals blind and asphyxiate, drifting from fires.
Tier 2 · Role Minor · Pool Vigor 4 · AC 10 · ATK +3 · Save DC 13 · Dmg 2 (flat)
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 16 | - | - |
| Mind | 6 | - | - |
| Sense | 14 | - | - |
| Heart | 12 | - | - |
| Cunning | 16 | - | - |
| Fate | 12 | - | - |
A Minor has no attribute mechanics: the scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
Passives
Smoke Form
Moves through gaps as narrow as 1 inch and can occupy a hostile creature's space; attacks against it have disadvantage. A strong wind scatters it, dealing it 1 Vigor damage each round it is exposed.
Fire Resistance
Resistant to fire damage.
Maneuvers
Smother
Flows into a breathing creature's space. The target makes a Body save (DC 13); on a failure it takes 2 damage and is blinded for 1 round as smoke fills its lungs, on a success it takes 1 Vigor damage.
Tactics
GM tactics
Fills corridors and rooms with its own drifting body. Moves into casters' spaces to Smother them, and works isolated targets first. Avoids strong winds, which disperse its form.
Running it
Rules
- One Vigor pool of 2 x Tier, no Vitality. It breaks and flees with 2 left, and dies at 0. The pool does not regenerate.
- A hit deals a flat 2, no roll. A crit (natural 20 only) rolls d6 and never lands below 2.
- Crits on a natural 20 only.
- Minor: no stat modifiers or dice in play; its scores describe the creature, they do not roll.
- With 2 Vigor left it breaks and flees, out of the fight but alive; Fanatics fight on to 0 instead.
- At 0 Vigor it is dead: 4 total damage, and a single blow of 4 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.