# ARCH-NECROMANCER
Tier 4 Leader
A decaying mage adorned in dark, tattered robes.
Motives & Tactics: Corrupt, decay, flee to fight another day, resurrect
Difficulty: 21 | Thresholds: 33/66 | HP: 9 | Stress: 8
ATK: +6 | Necrotic Blast: Far | 4d12+8 mag
Experience: Forbidden Knowledge +3, Wisdom of Centuries +3
FEATURES
Dance of Death - Action: Mark a Stress to spotlight 1d4 allies. Attacks they make while spotlighted in this way deal half damage, or full damage if you spend a Fear.
Beam of Decay - Action: Mark 2 Stress to cause all targets within Far range to make a Strength Reaction Roll. Targets who fail take 2d20+12 magic damage and you gain a Fear. Targets who succeed take half damage. A target who marks 2 or more HP must also mark 2 Stress and becomes Vulnerable until they roll with Hope.
Open the Gates of Death - Action: Spend a Fear to summon a Zombie Legion, which appears at Close range and immediately takes the spotlight.
Not Today, My Dears - Reaction: When the Necromancer has marked 7 or more of their HP, you can spend a Fear to have them teleport away to a safe location to recover. A PC who succeeds on an Instinct Roll can trace the teleportation magic to their destination.
Your Demise is Near - Reaction: Countdown (2d6). When the Necromancer has marked 6 or more of their HP, activate the countdown. When it triggers, deal 2d10+6 direct magic damage to a target within Close range. The Necromancer then clears a number of Stress or HP equal to the number of HP marked by the target from this attack.
Attribution
This content is from the Daggerheart SRD by Darrington Press, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Source: adversaries/Arch-Necromancer.md
Repository: seansbox/daggerheart-srd
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