Davvinax, Lord Of Smoldering Grievance

Adversary overview

A cantankerous red dragon with a painful cough seeking relief.

Once, Davvinax called himself Lord of Fire but his hubris caused him to get captured by a demon lord from the hells. For far too long, he was degraded to a mere pet. Unbeknownst to him, the hellish collar he had to wear, bound his fire and magics so he would never flee his confinement.

He got lucky though. One day, the demon lord was defeated by a group of adventurers and his shackles burst. He left the hells but the dreaded collar was persistent. To this day, it still suppresses his fire. It even caused an extremely painful cough that causes him to billow smoke and ash.

Nowadays, Davvinax seeks to change his fate.

Stat block

Tier

2

Type

Social

Difficulty

15

HP

5

Stress

2

Attack mod

0

Damage thresholds

Minor

Mark 1 HP

8

Major

Mark 2 HP

16

Severe

Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Breath

Range: Close

Damage: 2d6

Attack Mod: 0

Damage Type: Magical

Features

Passives

Unending Grievances

When Davvinax is spotlighted for the first time, start a Grumpy Countdown (4). It ticks down by 1 every time Davvinax marks his last Stress Slot or marks an HP. When it triggers, he leaves the scene, even grumpier than before.
Collarbound
When the collar has been identified as the source of the problem via the "Extinguisher" feature, the PC's can make action rolls of their choice to try to weaken the collar's magic and remove it. Place a token on this card according to the result of the rolls.
- Critical Roll: 3 Tokens.
- Success w. Hope: 2 Tokens.
- Success w. Fear: 1 Token.
Once 4 tokens are on this card, the collar is destroyed and falls off.

Actions

Leave Me Be

Mark a Stress. Davvinax is determind to leave the scene. A PC must succeed on a Presence Roll or Davvinax moves to Far range.

Reactions

Extinguisher

On a successful Instinct or Knowledge Roll (18), a PC realizes the collar Davvinax wears suppresses his fire and by that causes his persistent cough.
Unpleasant Cough

When a PC rolls a failure, spend a Fear to have Davvinax fall into a coughing fit covering an area in Very Close range in a cloud of ash. Every target inside of it must mark a Stress.

Evolutions

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