This adversary can be spotlighted up to 2 times per GM turn. Spend Fear as usual to spotlight them.

The Soul Reaper is resistant to physical damage.

The Soul Reaper can steal up to three essences that make up a creature's soul: Hope, Courage, and Will.

A creature that has had an Essence stolen suffers the corresponding effects until the Essence is restored.

• Hope: The character's Fear die becomes a d20.

• Courage: When the character makes a roll with Fear, they lose 1 Hope.

• Will: When the character makes a attack or spellcasting roll, they must roll two Fear Dice and keep the higher result.

The stolen essences remain in the reaper's possession until they are incapacitated or killed, immediately returning to their owners thereafter.

At the GM's discretion, the Reaper may start with 1d3 essences.

Spend 1 Fear to have the Reaper attack a creature it can see within Far range. The creature must succeed on a Presence reaction roll (20) or lose an essence of the Reaper's choice. The Reaper cannot choose an essence the target has already lost.

The Reaper keeps the stolen essence, and the target suffers the corresponding effects described in the Stolen Essences ability.

On a successful roll, the character becomes immune to the effects of Devour Essence until the end of the GM's next turn.

The Reaper chooses one of the stolen essences in their possession and summons a Soul Essence within close range.

The stolen essence now remains with the Soul Essence until it is destroyed.

Spend up to 2 Fear to summon an addition Soul Essence within range accordinly with the number of essences you posses.

Spend 1 Fear to have the Reaper release a wave of death energy affecting everyone within very close range. Each creature in the area must make an Agility reaction roll or take 4d8+4 magical damage if the reaper consumes one essence, 6d8+6 if it consumes two, 8d8+8 if it consumes all three essences, or half damage on a success. After that, each consumed essence returns to its owner, immediately ending the effects of the Stolen Essences ability.

A creature that fails the roll becomes Vulnerable and suffers disadvantage on attacks against the Reaper until it rolls with Hope.

When the Reaper is hit by a melee attack, it can mark a Stress and add 1d6 to its difficulty against that attack, potentially causing the attack to miss.

From the second time the Reaper uses this ability onwards, the added die will be 1d4.

When a creature within the Reaper's reach hits it with an attack while it has an Essence of Hope absorbed, the Reaper can mark a Stress to make a counterattack against that creature using its standard attack.