Game Master companion / Monster
Running Revenant
An undead pursuer follows a particular grievance with relentless attention. Its damaged body matters less to it than the person or wrong it seeks.
Prepare the scene
The figure stops at the crossroads, then turns without hesitation. In its ruined hand it carries the same small token you saw yesterday.
An undead pursuer follows a particular grievance with relentless attention. Its damaged body matters less to it than the person or wrong it seeks.
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.
Fist
Use: Basic attack · Fist: Might + supplemental d6 Wound (bludgeoning).
Signature abilities
Effect - Signature: Dread. Outside combat it knows the direction of a previously identified quarry within one mile; blocked by an explicit ward. No in-combat resurrection.
Counterplay/relationship
Counterplay/relationship: Resolve or redirect its grievance, or travel beyond the limited tracking range. Its motive is an adventure choice.
Present the counterplay
Resolve or redirect its grievance, or travel beyond the limited tracking range. Its motive is an adventure choice.
Make the relevant behavior or environmental clues perceptible through the scene so the party can act on them.
Keep the mechanical profile nearby
Affinities: Vitality d4, Might d6, Agility d6, Intellect d4, Tact d4, Spirit d6.
Skill overrides: Evade d4, Block d4, Ward d4.
Resolve 8; Stamina 5; Mana 4. Movement 30 feet.
Player Book idea: Undead pursuer with a particular grievance.