Adversary Compendium

Storm-Sworn Zealot Skirmisher

Tier 2 Minion

Fanatical foot soldiers of the storm-purity sect, trained to advance in formation and die without hesitation.

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Difficulty: 12 HP: 1 Stress: 1

ATK: Cutlass: Melee 1d6 phy

Experience: Testing Experience

Features

Minion (5) - Passive: This adversary is defeated if it takes any damage. For every 5 damage a PC deals to this adversary, defeat an additional minion in the attack's range. You cut through them effortlessly, one to the next.
Group Action - Action: Choose a target and activate all Zealots within Close range of them. All activated Zealots move into melee range with the target and make one shared attack roll. On a success, they deal 5 physical damage each. Combine this damage together. They descend on you, stronger together.

Zealot Shock-Bearer

Tier 2 Bruiser

Shock-Bearers are the storm cult's living battering rams. Where skirmishers apply pressure, these zealots break lines.

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Difficulty: 15 Thresholds: 10 / 24 HP: 6 Stress: 3

ATK: +2 Thunder Maul: Very Close 2d10+4 phy

Experience: Testing Experience

Features

Storm-Hardened - Passive: The first time each round the Shock-Bearer would take damage, reduce it by half (rounding down).
Breaker of Lines - Reaction: If the Shock-Bearer hits a target that is adjacent to an ally, it may immediately engage that ally as well. They swing their Thunder Maul in great sweeps, sometimes hitting multiple opponents.

Warden Patrol Guard

Tier 1 Standard

TBD

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Difficulty: 10 Thresholds: 6 / 12 HP: 2 Stress: 1

ATK: Halberd: Very Close 1d6 phy

Clangjaw Scrap Golem

Tier 1 Skulk

Animated junk construct built from workshop refuse. Loyal, confused, loud.

Motives & Tactics: Fractured instinct to collect, repair, and protect. Controls the battlefield with debris, advances relentlessly on high-threat targets, reinforces itself mid-fight with scavenged scrap, and turns violently destructive when near defeat.,Tactics Tactics

Difficulty: 10 Thresholds: 6 / 12 HP: 4 Stress: 4

ATK: +1 Rusted pipe-arm: Melee 1d6+2 phy

Features

Cascading Clang - Passive: Whenever a creature marks HP from the Clangjaw’s standard melee attack, that creature must roll Instinct vs DC 11. On failure: The reverberating clang disorients them and they drop to Close range as they stumble back from the shock.
Wrench-Arm Snare - Action: Mark 1 Stress to lash out with a whipping tangle of loose gears and pipe-tubing. Choose a target within Melee range. On a successful attack: Deal 2d4+1 physical damage, and the target becomes Entangled.

Grellix "Boomwright" Barmuzzle

Tier 2 Leader

Goblin alchemist, patent duelist, and unstable genius bent on blowing Brightcrawl into a new era of "creative liberation".

Motives & Tactics: Overwhelm with spectacle, destabilize the battlefield, weaponize fear and fireworks, claim total patent dominance.

Difficulty: 14 Thresholds: 10 / 20 HP: 7 Stress: 4

ATK: +2 Fireglass Finger: Far 2d10 phys (fire)

Features

Boomwright’s Grandstanding - Action: Spend 2 Fear to unleash a spray of alchemical sparks that spotlights 1d4 enemies in Far range. Spotlighted targets are at disadvantage for their next round. If the target attempts Showmanship during this time, it automatically triggers a Volatile Reaction.

Firepowder Ricochet - Reaction: When you spotlight a PC within Far range, mark 1 Stress to ignite a secondary flare. All PCs in Very Close range to the spotlighted target must roll Agility (DC 13) or take 1 HP direct damage from shrapnel sparks.

Griefglass Overcharge - Reaction: When Grellix comes into the spotlight for the first time, begin a 5-step Overcharge Countdown. Whenever Grellix marks HP, tick the countdown up by the same amount. When the countdown triggers: a Griefglass Pulse Engine ruptures into being at Close range, a hazard adversary that emits resonance tremors, grants Grellix advantage each round it remains active, and can explode if destabilized.

Boomwright’s Gambit - Reaction (1/scene): When Grellix marks 2 or more HP at once, he may mark 1 Stress to summon a Spark-Fume Swarm: a cluster of explosive clockwork sprites that appear at Very Close, immediately act, and then explode at end of round. Each creature in Very Close rolls Agility (DC 13) or takes 1 HP.