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House of Horror

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Adversary overview

Cursed House Brought to Malevolent Life

This is a converted adversary from the 5e adventure, “The Crooked Moon” from Legends of Avantris. The following is the description from “The Crooked Moon: Part Two”, from the Beastiary:

Houses of horror are living houses, often angry or bitter due to the circumstances of their awakening. They were once mundane buildings or dwellings where powerful magics of life and death took place and infused the stones and timber.

Houses of horror jealously covet the true life that its former inhabitants enjoyed, or they carry echoes of the suffering that bodies and souls experienced within them. The houses vent this fury on any who enter, tormenting and terrifying trespassers. The souls of those who die inside are trapped, waiting to be unleashed upon future victims.

Secret: While not haunted houses in the traditional sense, houses of horror can have their consciousness quelled by the same exorcism or purification rituals that put unquiet spirits to rest or drive out possessing spirits.

Stat block

Tier
3
Type
Bruiser
Difficulty
15
HP
7
Stress
5
Attack mod
0
Damage thresholds
Minor Damage — Mark 1 HP Minor
Mark 1 HP
19
Major Damage — Mark 2 HP Major
Mark 2 HP
38
Severe Damage — Mark 3 HP Severe
Mark 3 HP

Standard attack

Structure Slam
Range: Melee
Damage: 3d10+4
Attack Mod: 0
Damage Type: Physical

Features

Passives

  • Soul Trap

    If a creature dies within the House, its soul is trapped until the house is defeated. The creature who dies cannot be resurrected unless through a Resurrection spell (Level 10, Splendor Domain).

  • Relentless (2)

    The House of Horror can be spotlighted up to 2 times per GM turn. Spend Fear as usual to spotlight them.

Actions

  • Object Fling
    fear 1

    Spend a Fear to hurl an object from within the House at a target within Close Range. On a hit, the target gains the Vulnerable condition. On a hit, the target takes 2d6+4 physical damage.

  • Agonized Souls
    stress 1

    Mark a Stress to expel the House's victims' souls from the House to torment a victim. The target must make a Knowledge Reaction Roll (DC 16). On a failure, they take 6d4 damage.

Reactions

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Motives & tactics

Trap souls Crush targets

Experiences

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House of Horror

Tier 3 bruiser

Cursed House Brought to Malevolent Life

Motives & Tactics: Trap souls, Crush targets

Difficulty: 15 | Thresholds: 19/38 | HP: 7 | Stress: 5

ATK: 0 | Structure Slam: Melee | 3d10+4 Physical

Experience: —

HP:

STRESS:

Features

Soul Trap - Passive: If a creature dies within the House, its soul is trapped until the house is defeated. The creature who dies cannot be resurrected unless through a Resurrection spell (Level 10, Splendor Domain).
Relentless (2) - Passive: The House of Horror can be spotlighted up to 2 times per GM turn. Spend Fear as usual to spotlight them.
Object Fling - Action: Spend a Fear to hurl an object from within the House at a target within Close Range. On a hit, the target gains the Vulnerable condition. On a hit, the target takes 2d6+4 physical damage.
Agonized Souls - Action: Mark a Stress to expel the House's victims' souls from the House to torment a victim. The target must make a Knowledge Reaction Roll (DC 16). On a failure, they take 6d4 damage.

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