Wyvern Matriarch
Dragon
T3d8Sovereign
A great wyvern nesting on a windswept crag, larger and craftier than any of her brood. She stoops from stormy skies to snatch prey and drives off any threat to her nest with venom and wing.
Tier 3 · Role Sovereign · Pool Vigor 5 / Vitality 64 · AC 13 · ATK +5 · Save DC 15 · Dmg d8
| Stat | Score | Mod | Die |
|---|---|---|---|
| Body | 18 | +4 | d8 |
| Mind | 6 | -2 | -d3 |
| Sense | 14 | +2 | d4 |
| Heart | 14 | +2 | d4 |
| Cunning | 12 | +1 | d3 |
| Fate | 16 | +3 | d6 |
Passives
Crag Flight
Flies 80 ft and cannot be forced to land while airborne over open ground. Resistant to being knocked prone while flying.
Maneuvers
Snatch and Soar
Seizes a Full-size or smaller creature within 10 ft in her talons (Body save DC 15 negates) and carries it aloft up to 40 ft. A carried creature takes 1 Vigor damage each round it remains aloft, and falls if she is struck by a critical hit.
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.
Venomous Strike
Whips her barbed stinger at a creature within 10 ft. Body save (DC 15) or it takes 3 damage and is poisoned until the end of its next turn (disadvantage on attacks and saves while poisoned); on a success it takes 1 Vigor damage. A wound it deals is Burning Blood (Severity 4 poison: your Vigor cap is 0).
Reactions
Wingstorm
When a creature moves within 10 ft of her, she beats her wings. Body save (DC 15) or that creature is pushed 15 ft and knocked prone.
Tactics
GM tactics
Circles the crag until prey commits, then stoops to snatch the weakest-looking threat and carry it aloft. Stings whatever grounds her, and beats back anything that nears the nest.
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 d8. A crit rolls two: 2d8.
- 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.