Game Master companion / Creature
Running Griffin
A lion-and-eagle guardian watches from above, broad wings framing a powerful body. Its protective wingbeats give the surrounding air a palpable weight.
Prepare the scene
The eagle head turns before the lion body rises. One wing opens across the ledge, stirring dust toward the edge.
A lion-and-eagle guardian watches from above, broad wings framing a powerful body. Its protective wingbeats give the surrounding air a palpable weight.
Establish the surroundings, each participant’s position, and what the party can perceive before resolving the encounter. Use the current core rules for surprise and turn order when combat begins.
Run the profile
Use the following source instructions for the encounter’s actions and effects.
Details
Lion-and-eagle guardian with swift flight and protective wingbeats.
Basic attack
Use: Basic attack - Action - 5 feet - Might + supplemental d8 Wound (slashing).
Effect
Effect: Flight 50 feet. Raking Dive: after descending at least 10 feet during ordinary Movement and making a Damaging Hit, spend 1 Stamina to Shove the target under the shared procedure. Windwall: Reaction, 1 Stamina; use Block + Might against one visible physical projectile with wing support capped at d6.
Keep the mechanical profile nearby
Affinities: Vitality d8, Might d8, Agility d10, Intellect d6, Tact d6, Spirit d6.
Resolve 20; Stamina 8; Mana 6. Movement 30 feet. Evade d10; Withstand d8; Ward d6.