Entombed Empress
Tier 2 Leader
The undead ruler of a forgotten realm. She's been given blasphemous funeral rites to prevent her soul from moving on.
Motives & Tactics: Command inferiors, curse the invaders
Difficulty: 16 | Thresholds: 12/24 | HP: 6 | Stress: 5
ATK: +2 | Swipe: Melee | 2d8+2 phy
Experience: Ruler +4, Undead +2
Features
Empty Husk - Passive: The Empress has resistance to physical damage.
Missing Organs - Passive: The Empress's internal organs have been removed and placed into six crystal containers hidden throughout her tomb. Each time the PCs find and destroy one, the Empress marks a HP.
Grasping Chains - Action: Mark a Stress to have the Empress target a creature within Close range and try to telekinetically bind them with her funeral chains. Make an attack against a target within Close range. On a success, the Empress pulls the target into Melee range, deals 2d8 physical damage, and temporarily Restrains them.
Deathless Obedience - Action: Up to three times per scene, you can spend a Fear to spotlight any number of allies within Close range. If any attacks succeed against the same target, combine the damage.
Accursed Caress - Reaction: When the Empress makes a successful standard attack against a PC, you can spend a Fear to activate a Doom Countdown (1d6+1) for that PC. It ticks down when a PC rolls with Fear. When it triggers, the PC marks all HP and makes a death move. If the Empress is defeated or the PCs take a rest, all Doom Countdowns end.
Final Transformation (Phase Change) - Reaction: When the Empress marks her last HP, replace her with the Entombed Cat Beast and immediately spotlight them.