The Dark Puppeteer is a rare form of incorporeal demon. It possessed a primary host and completely replaces their mind and personality. Using its new body, it infiltrates itself into high society and other places where singlular people can gain access to massive influence and meet other influential. A Dark Puppeteer subverts the wills of those around them, exploiting psychological weaknesses and manipulating circumstance so others become dependent on them. Once a target is truly dependent, they drink of the Dark Puppeteer’s tears, and become a future host, able to be controlled from a distance or fully taken over in the event the current host body is put in mortal danger.

In battle, The Dark Puppeteer insults and belittles its foes, reminding them of past failures and needling into psychological weaknesses, those who let such barbs pierce the skin go mad, believing the Dark Puppeteer to be the only one who can help them. The Puppeteer is best accompanied with between 3 and 5 other adversaries as its servants to best make use of its Move as Unit and All Are My Servants. These can any variety of enemies, but are typically some variety of humanoid. In addition, the Dark Puppeteer provides a framework to put creatures normally found in social environments into a combat situation. The creatures acting of servants of the Puppeteer might even be children, important officials or nobles, or close allies, forcing the party between fighting them and defeating the puppeteer avoid causing irreversible harm.

The Dark Puppeteer is built as a Tier One Adversary, but it can just as easily be a higher Tier enemy, here’s what stats we recommend for each Tier above Tier One.

Tier Two – Attack Modifier of +2 dealing 2d12 + 2 damage, Difficulty of 15, Damage Threshold of 10/20. “Tempt and Trick” becomes a +3.

Tier Three – Attack Modifier of +3 dealing 3d12 + 3 damage, Difficulty of 18, Damage Threshold of 20/32, “Tempt and Trick” becomes a +4, gain additional Experience “Avoid Consequence” at +2. They gain the following Feature
You Are Nothing Without Me – Spend a Fear
Any number of targets within Close Range must make an Instinct or Presence Reaction Roll, Maddened Creatures have disadvantage on this save. Targets that failed gain the Temporary Vulnerable condition and lose all Hope. If they succeed, they lose one Hope.

Tier Four – Attack Modifier of +4 dealing 4d12 + 4 damage, Difficulty of 21, Damage Threshold of 25/45, “Tempt and Trick” becomes a +5, gain additional Experience “Avoid Consequence” at +3. They gain the You Are Nothing Without Me Feature, but may use as a Reaction to hitting with an Attack. They have an additional Stress and HP slot.

Edit Log: All is Perfect In Unity made from an reaction to action to seperate from the attack, so that it can be used outside of combat.