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Goblin Bomb Bard

Adversaries Designed by James Bratten • Art by Erik Wilson

Adversary overview

A goblin demolitions enthusiast wearing a bandolier of questionable explosives. The Bomb Bard shouts encouragement while lobbing bombs that may or may not explode correctly.

Explosives-crazed dungeon goblins out to watch the world burn.

Stat block

Tier
1
Type
Support
Difficulty
11
HP
3
Stress
5
Attack mod
0
Damage thresholds
Minor Damage — Mark 1 HP Minor
Mark 1 HP
5
Major Damage — Mark 2 HP Major
Mark 2 HP
9
Severe Damage — Mark 3 HP Severe
Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Firebomb
Range: Far
Damage: 1d8
Attack Mod: 0
Damage Type: Magical

Features

Passives

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Actions

  • Light the Fuse
    fear 1

    Spend a Fear to empower up to 3 goblin allies within Close range. Their next successful attack deals +1d6 damage.

  • Wild Bomb Toss
    stress 1

    Mark a Stress to throw an explosive at a point within Close range. All targets within Very Close of that point must make an Agility Reaction Roll (11).

    Failure: 1d10 magic damage
    Success: 1d6 magic damage

Reactions

  • Who Threw That?
    stress 1

    When the Bomb Bard is hit by an attack within Very Close range, mark a Stress to drop a bomb at the attacker's feet.

    The attacker must make an Agility Reaction Roll (11) or mark a Stress.

Motives & tactics

Encourage chaos Throw bombs everywhere Embolden goblins Blow things up

Experiences

  • Explosives +3 +3
  • Loud +2

Goblin Bomb Bard

Tier 1 support

A goblin demolitions enthusiast wearing a bandolier of questionable explosives. The Bomb Bard shouts encouragement while lobbing bombs that may or may not explode correctly.

Motives & Tactics: Encourage chaos, Throw bombs everywhere, Embolden goblins, Blow things up

Difficulty: 11 | Thresholds: 5 / 9 | HP: 3 | Stress: 5

ATK: 0 | Firebomb: Far | 1d8 Magical

Experience: Explosives +3 +3, Loud +2

HP:

Stress:

Features

Light the Fuse – Action: Spend a Fear to empower up to 3 goblin allies within Close range. Their next successful attack deals +1d6 damage.

Wild Bomb Toss – Action: Mark a Stress to throw an explosive at a point within Close range. All targets within Very Close of that point must make an Agility Reaction Roll (11). Failure: 1d10 magic damage Success: 1d6 magic damage

Who Threw That? – Reaction: When the Bomb Bard is hit by an attack within Very Close range, mark a Stress to drop a bomb at the attacker's feet. The attacker must make an Agility Reaction Roll (11) or mark a Stress.

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