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Troll Butcher


Monster

Troll Butcher

Giant, Troll
Level 5
Elite Hexer
EV 28
2Size
8Speed
120Stamina
2Stability
6Free Strike
Immunity
WeaknessAcid 5, fire
Movement
M+3Might
A+1Agility
R+1Reason
I+0Intuition
P+0Presence
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Savoring Bite

Signature
KeywordsMeleeStrikeWeapon
DistanceMelee 1
TargetTwo creatures or objects
Power Roll+ 3
!9 damage; M < 1 bleeding (save ends)
@14 damage; M < 2 bleeding (save ends)
#17 damage; M < 3 bleeding (save ends)
1 MaliceThe butcher regains Stamina equal to the damage dealt.
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Rotten Scraps

KeywordsAreaRanged
Distance3 cube within 10
TargetEach creature in the area
Power Roll+ 3
!5 poison damage; M < 1 weakened (save ends)
@9 poison damage; M < 2 weakened (save ends)
#11 poison damage; M < 3 weakened (save ends)
Effect

Each troll in the area ignores the damage and instead regains 3 Stamina.

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Gourmet Flesh

ActionManeuver
DistanceSelf
TargetSelf
Effect

The butcher enhances their next use of Savoring Bite, changing the damage type and condition imposed to one of the following pairs: corruption damage and dazed, acid damage and restrained, or lightning damage and frightened.

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Acquired Taste

KeywordsMelee
DistanceMelee 1
TargetThe triggering creature
Trigger

A creature within distance deals damage to the butcher with an ability that gains an edge, has a double edge, or uses a surge.

Effect

The butcher makes a free strike against the target. Until the end of their next turn, the butcher gains an edge on power rolls and deals an extra 3 damage with strikes.

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Bloody Feast

Each ally within 5 squares of the butcher gains an edge on power rolls against any enemy affected by a condition.

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Relentless Hunger

The butcher dies only if they are reduced to 0 Stamina by acid or fire damage, if they end their turn with 0 Stamina, or if they take acid or fire damage while at 0 Stamina.

*Malice Features

At the start of any troll's turn, you can spend Malice to activate one of the following features. Troll Malice

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Foul Spew

One troll acting this turn spews out a half-digested meal in a 5 x 1 line within 1 square of them. Each troll in the area regains 3 Stamina. Each enemy in the area makes a Might test.

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Bloody Banquet

Each winded troll in the encounter disgorges the contents of their stomach onto the ground around them, creating a 1 burst of foul vomitus that lasts until the end of the encounter. Each non-troll who enters this area for the first time in a round or starts their turn there takes 5 acid damage. Each troll in the area has a double edge on power rolls.

Source: Draw Steel: Monsters · printing 1.01