{"id":1127,"date":"2008-11-06T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-11-06T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1127"},"modified":"2014-11-20T14:51:46","modified_gmt":"2014-11-20T14:51:46","slug":"baldrik-ostov-death-knight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/?p=1127","title":{"rendered":"Baldrik Ostov, Death Knight"},"content":{"rendered":"

A knight in dirt-encrusted full armor steps forward and levels a glowing black blade at you. His black shield is emblazoned with a white sword and a diagonal red stripe, faded with age and numerous gashes. He raises the visor of his helm to reveal a fleshless skull for a face, with red pits for eyes. He swings his sword and a wave of screaming, lurid green hell-flame sweeps forth.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baldrik Ostov was once the head of the Knights of the Crimson Sash, an order who served the Duke of Oleander in the time before the fall of Soguer. When the capitol fell and the lords of Soguer’s provinces fell to warring for succession, Baldrik led the Duke’s armies to many victories.<\/p>\n

Eventually he went the way of all men and was struck down during a battle to subjugate one of the Duke’s rebellious vassals. His body was brought back to the Duke’s castle and interred there. This proved to be too great of a loss for Oleander to survive, and the majority of his vassals seceded over the next several years, leaving the Duchy as a tiny portion of it’s former lands.<\/p>\n

There are those who know how to make use of a mighty warrior after he has died, however. One such person, upon his return to the mortal world to serve his dark master, used foul rituals learned at the feet of the Prince of the Undead to raise Baldrik from his grave and bind him to service. Now Baldrik rides the land as a horrible skeletal warrior doing the bidding of his evil master.<\/p>\n

Baldrik in your game:<\/span> Baldrik could make a great climactic encounter for a group of 11th level PCs. He could almost even be used as a solo monster against them. Alternatively, for a group of epic tier characters you could use a bunch of “Baldriks” as an encounter.<\/p>\n

Statistics<\/span><\/p>\n

Baldrik Ostov<\/span><\/span> \u2726 <\/span>Level 15 Elite Fighter (Leader)<\/span>
Medium natural humanoid (undead) <\/span>\u2726 <\/span>XP 2400<\/p>\n

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Initiative <\/span>+8 Senses Perception <\/span>+9; Darkvision
HP <\/span>256; Bloodied <\/span>128; Healing Surge<\/span> 64; Healing Surges<\/span>: 2 see also power reference
AC <\/span>37; Fortitude <\/span>34, Reflex <\/span>26, Will <\/span>27
Immune <\/span>disease, poison; Resist <\/span>10 necrotic; Vulnerable <\/span>10 radiant
Speed <\/span>5
Action Points<\/span> 1<\/p>\n

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Powers<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Basic Melee<\/span> \u2726 At-Will \u2726 Martial, Weapon<\/span>
Bastard Sword +21 vs. AC; 1d10 + 5 and 5 necrotic<\/p>\n

Cleave \u2726 At-Will \u2726 Martial, Weapon<\/span>
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: +21 vs. AC
Hit: 1d10 + 6 and 5 necrotic damage, and an enemy adjacent to you takes 6 damage.<\/p>\n

Anvil of Doom \u2726 Encounter \u2726 Martial, Weapon<\/span>
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: +21 vs. AC
Hit: 2d10 + 6 and 5 necrotic damage, and the target is dazed until the end of your next turn.<\/p>\n

Storm of Blows \u2726 Encounter \u2726 Martial, Weapon<\/span>
Standard Action Melee weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: +21 vs. AC
Hit: 1d10 + 7 and 5 necrotic damage.
Effect: After the attack, you can shift 1 square and repeat the attack against another target within reach. You can then shift 1 square and repeat the attack against a third target within reach. After the final attack, you can shift 1 square.<\/p>\n

Dragon’s Fangs \u2726 Daily \u2726 Martial,Weapon<\/span>
Standard Action Melee weapon
Targets: One or two creatures
Attack: +21 vs. AC, two attacks against one target or one attack against each target
Hit: 3d10 + 6 and 5 necrotic damage.
Miss: Half damage<\/p>\n

Unbreakable \u2726 Encounter \u2726 Martial<\/span>
Immediate Reaction Personal
Trigger: You are hit by an attack
Effect: Reduce the damage from the attack by 6.<\/p>\n

Last Ditch Evasion \u2726 Daily \u2726 Martial<\/span>
Immediate Interrupt Personal
Trigger: You are hit by an attack
Effect: You take no damage from the attack that just hit you.
However, you are stunned and take a \u20132 penalty to all defenses until the end of your next turn.<\/p>\n

Marshal Undead<\/span>
Aura 10; lower-level undead allies in the aura gain a +2 bonus to their attack rolls.<\/p>\n

Soul Weapon \u2726 Necrotic, Weapon<\/span>
When attacking with its melee weapon, the death knight deals an additional 5 necrotic damage to its target.<\/p>\n

Unholy Flames (standard; recharge 5,6) \u2726 Fire, Necrotic<\/span>
Close burst 2; +17 vs. Reflex; 6d8 + Constitution modifier necrotic and fire damage to living creatures; undead creatures within the burst (including the death knight) deal an extra 2d6 fire damage with melee attacks until the end of the death knight\u2019s next turn.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Alignment <\/span>Alignment Languages <\/span>Common, Abyssal
Skills <\/span>Athletics +18, Endurance +18, Intimidate +13
Str 22 (+13) Dex 12 (+8) Wis 14 (+9)
Con 13 (+8) Int 18 (+11) Cha 11 (+8)<\/p>\n

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Equipment<\/span>: Warplate armor, Heavy Shield, Bastard Sword (soul weapon)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A knight in dirt-encrusted full armor steps forward and levels a glowing black blade at you. His black shield is emblazoned with a white sword and a diagonal red stripe, faded with age and numerous gashes. He raises the visor of his helm to reveal a fleshless skull for a face, with red pits for eyes. He swings his sword and a wave of screaming, lurid green hell-flame sweeps forth. Baldrik Ostov was once the head of the Knights of the Crimson Sash, an order who served the Duke of Oleander in the time before the fall of Soguer. When the capitol fell and the lords of Soguer’s provinces fell to warring for succession, Baldrik led the Duke’s armies to many victories. Eventually he went the way of all men and was struck down during a battle to subjugate one of the Duke’s rebellious vassals. His body was brought back to the Duke’s castle and interred there. This proved to be too great of a loss for Oleander to survive, and the majority of his vassals seceded over the next several years, leaving the Duchy as a tiny portion of it’s former lands. There are those who know how to make use of a mighty warrior after he has died, however. One such person, upon his return to the mortal world to serve his dark master, used foul rituals learned at the feet of the Prince of the Undead to raise Baldrik from his grave and bind him to service. Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[556,597,630,629],"class_list":["post-1127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-campaign-heir-of-soguer","tag-creature-type-undead","tag-creature-paragon-soldier-elite","tag-subplot-dead-kings-rise"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/unicornrampant.com\/newccb\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}