THE GREAT GOURDON
Tier 2
Leader
A pumpkin-headed gentleman with a suspiciously pink candy lantern, and an army of unpaid bat interns. He has never been invited to a party. He considers this a clerical error.
Motives & Tactics: Demand treats, enforce party etiquette, make terrible puns
Difficulty
15
Thresholds
14/24
HP
8
Stress
5
ATK
+3
Sweet Lantern:
Far | 2d8+4
mag
Experience
Grand Entrances +3, Terrible Puns +3
HP
Stress
Trick or Treat! - Action:
Spend a Fear to offer Gourdon's candy lantern to a PC within Close range. The target must choose:
Treat: Spend a Hope and offer Gourdon something he genuinely desires, at the GM's discretion. Clear a Stress and place a Treat token on Gourdon.
Trick: Make an Instinct Reaction Roll (15). On a failure, take 2d12 magic damage and become Vulnerable until your next roll with Hope.
Batty Delivery Service - Action: Mark a Stress to send 2d4 Gourdon's bat interns after up to two targets within Far range. Make a separate standard attack against each target, dealing half damage on a success. Each victim also receives an unsolicited candy advertisement.
Party Favors - Action: Spend a Fear to offer a PC a piece of candy. The PC clears a Stress, but must try to speak in puns for the rest of the scene. Once each time they take the spotlight, if they speak in a pun, they gain a Hope. Otherwise, if they speak without making a pun, the GM gains a Fear.
Three Treats, No Tricks - Reaction: When Gourdon has three Treat tokens, he declares the party's manners “adequate, if disappointingly violent,” bows dramatically, and leaves the scene. He is considered defeated.
Pumpkin Insurance - Reaction: When Gourdon would mark HP from an attack, mark a Stress to reduce the damage severity by one threshold. His head pops off, rolls up to Close range away, and his body frantically chases after it.
