Part of the Bestiary for my solo Hell’s Rebels game.
Blosodriette first appeared during Adventure 01, Scene 05. Her stats also appear on that post, and they are reproduced here for ease of reference.
Blosodriette’s background contains a bit of foreshadowing about the Soul Anchor beneath Kintargo. This is a static artifact that messes with the natural trajectory departed souls. Instead of going to Pharasma’s court to be judged, affected souls are sent directly to an afterlife plane suited to their disposition and turned into an inhabitant of that plane directly, instead of becoming a “generic” soul without memories.
This usually only happens with people who intentionally bind themselves to the Anchor, but sometimes the anchor will “snag” a soul within its area of effect. Such was the case with this imp, who used to be an enslaved halfling in life, and who became as cruel as her bosses. When she died, she became an imp, and spent some centuries in Hell doing imp things. Eventually she was summoned back to Kintargo during the Chelish Civil War.
When the Ravens killed her summoner and took the important documents he was carrying, they didn’t know her infernal contract was among them. As the contract was what actually kept her on the plane, she was forced to follow it, staying hidden with her invisibility and subtly sabotaging them. When the Ravens abandoned the Livery hideout, she stayed behind until the PCs found and slayed her.
In the original adventure, she was expected to stay hidden and follow the PCs to their own hideout when they inadvertently took her contract with them, where she would resume her sabotage, using invisibility and mind control magic to make their lives hellish until found and dealt with. I didn’t want to deal with that, so I kinda gave my PCs the tools to spot her from the start.
We start with the stats for a Hrogn from the Nordlond Bestiary, which is equivalent to the D&D imp. We then replace the claw attack with a Stinger (a piercing Striker). And we add some rogue stuff and items on top of that.
ST 6; DX 12; IQ 12; HT 11;
Dodge 11; SM -3
DR 2;
HP 6; Will 12; Per 12; FP –;
Speed 8.00; Move 8 (Flight Move 5).
Stinger (12): 1d-3 pi + 1d toxic follow-up. Roll HT-2 or become nauseated for 1d minutes. Reach C.
Tiny Blowpipe (12): Acc 1, Range 6. 1 pi + 1d toxic follow-up. Roll HT-2 or become nauseated for 1d minutes.
Lesser Wand of Explosive Fireball (12): Acc 1, Range 25/50, 1d burn ex.
Relevant Traits: Invisibility (selective), Injury Reduction 2 (non-magic damage), No Blood, No Neck, No Vitals, Backstabber 10.
Gear: Tiny blowpipe, 10 envenomed darts, Pipes of the Sewers, Lesser Wand of Explosive Fireball with 10 charges (worth $1600).
The “Tiny Blowpipe” is like the blowpipe on Adventurers, but with a max range of ST instead of STx4. It’s worthless and not suitable for PC use.
The Lesser Wand of Explosive Fireball replaces the Wand of Acid Arrow from the book. Per DF Magic Items 1, it’d be worth $9600 with the full 60 charges, so it’s only worth $1600 with 10. It’s a short baton. $1600, 0.25kg.
Pipes of the Sewers: A set of pipes ($40, 0.5kg) enchanted with Beast Summoning (Rats) ($8000) and Rat Control ($4000). I’m using the price for Vermin Control here because it’s only a single animal type instead of the more general categories. Playing the pipes summons a rat swarm and casts Rat Control on it (two separate spellcasting rolls at power 15 each). It works once per day (+$680). This is a bardic item, and Bardic Talent applies to the rolls instead of Power Investiture (Druidic). It requires the appropriate Musical Instrument skill. The spells only last for as long as the song continues. $12720, 0.5kg.
Gold-and-platinum signet ring worn as an armband ($1500), embroidered silk scarf worn as a wrap ($400).