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The Author

Adversaries Designed by Ettin Entertainment

Adversary overview

A writer with a magic quill and ink capable of writing things into existence.

Stat block

Tier
3
Type
Solo
Difficulty
17
HP
10
Stress
5
Attack mod
+5
Damage thresholds
Minor Damage — Mark 1 HP Minor
Mark 1 HP
20
Major Damage — Mark 2 HP Major
Mark 2 HP
36
Severe Damage — Mark 3 HP Severe
Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Spell Check
Range: Close
Damage: 3d12+4
Attack Mod: +5
Damage Type: Mag/Phy

Features

Passives

  • Ink Not Dry

    The Author’s attacks can do either magic or physical damage.

Actions

  • Summoning Scroll
    fear 1

    Spend a Fear to summon a Scrolem within Melee range of the Author.

  • Change Of Scenery
    fear 1

    Spend a Fear to completely rewrite the scene. Choose a different Environment for this scene to take place in. Each PC must succeed on a Presence or Knowledge Reaction Roll or become Panicked. While Panicked, the PC must mark a Stress anytime they make an action roll until they succeed on a Presence Roll.

Reactions

  • Writer's Block
    stress 1

    When the Author takes damage, you can mark a Stress to reduce the severity by one threshold.

Evolutions

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Motives & tactics

Guard the Archives never erase rewrite reality only create and edit write tomes

Experiences

  • Writer +2

The Author

Tier 3 solo

A writer with a magic quill and ink capable of writing things into existence.

Motives & Tactics: Guard the Archives, never erase, rewrite reality, only create and edit, write tomes

Difficulty: 17 | Thresholds: 20/36 | HP: 10 | Stress: 5

ATK: +5 | Spell Check: Close | 3d12+4 Mag/Phy

Experience: Writer +2

HP:

STRESS:

Features

Ink Not Dry - Passive: The Author’s attacks can do either magic or physical damage.
Summoning Scroll - Action: Spend a Fear to summon a Scrolem within Melee range of the Author.
Change Of Scenery - Action: Spend a Fear to completely rewrite the scene. Choose a different Environment for this scene to take place in. Each PC must succeed on a Presence or Knowledge Reaction Roll or become Panicked. While Panicked, the PC must mark a Stress anytime they make an action roll until they succeed on a Presence Roll.
Writer's Block - Reaction: When the Author takes damage, you can mark a Stress to reduce the severity by one threshold.

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