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The '''Flind''' is a hostile [[Gnoll]] warlord in [[The Risen Road#Cave|The Risen Road Cave]] just west of [[The Risen Road]] [[Waypoint]] during the [[Act One]]. Unique among Gnolls for having become part [[Fiend]], thus not counting as a [[Monstrosity]]. The warlord is one of the highest hitting enemies within the first act and comes with a wide mix of attack choices to unleash.

== Act 1 ==

The Warlord of a vicious band of Gnolls. Found gathered outside of [[The Risen Road#Cave|The Risen Road Cave]], having trapped [[Rugan]] and [[Olly]] that are transporting good for [[Zarys]] in the surrounded cave. After the first round, the Gnoll warlord will mentally link with you, revealing she's a forcefully made [[True Soul]]. The creature can be convinced to join the players' side for the fight using [[Illithid Powers|Illithid Persuasion]], if it hasn't been used that day.

* {{SkillCheck|Wisdom|2}}. Convince the Gnoll and her pack to focus on people in the cave, making them your allies.

 

* {{SkillCheck|Wisdom|2}}. Convince the Gnoll to turn on her own pack to sate her hunger. Doing so will reward you the XP of all living enemies as if you have defeated them, including '''Flind'''.

 

 

* {{SkillCheck|Wisdom|15}}. If convinced to attack the cave, she can be urged to turn on her pack to sate her hunger.

 

* {{SkillCheck|Wisdom|10}}. Convince her to leave the area peaceful.

* {{SkillCheck|Wisdom|10}}. After all other Gnolls are dead, urge her to consume herself. This forces another check to follow.

** {{SkillCheck|Wisdom|15}}. Flind will kill herself.

 

== Attacks and abilities ==

 

{{Feature box|name=Flail of Pain|image name = Generic Damage.webp

|Strike a creature with the Flail of Dread Skulls to inflict as much pain as possible.

 

 

{{Attack Roll}}: +8{{DamageInfo|1d10+5|Piercing}}{{DamageInfo|3d10|Psychic}}

{{SavingThrow|CON|dc=Spellcasting DC}} to avoid becoming Paralysed for {{Duration|1}}.

{{Feature box|name= Flail of Madness |image name = Crown of Madness.webp

|Strike a creature with the Flail of Dread Skulls and possibly drive it {{cond|Madness|Mad}}.

{{Attack Roll}}: +8{{DamageInfo|1d10+5|Piercing}}

{{SavingThrow|WIS|dc=Spellcasting DC}} to avoid falling into Madness for {{Duration|1}}.

|Aim on '''Flail of Madness''', one '''Flail of Pain''' and one '''Flail of Paralysis''' at a target.

{{Action}}

{{Attack Roll}}: +8

* See other attacks for damage and related saves.

{{TooltipBox|Multiattack (Ranged)

|{{Action}}

{{Attack Roll}}: +5{{DamageInfo|1d8+2|Piercing}}{{DamageInfo|1d8+2|Piercing}}{{DamageInfo|1d8+2|Piercing}}

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{{Feature box|name=Bloodfest|image name = Generic Healing.webp

|Gorge on a corpse of the fallen to regain hit points.

{{Action|Bonus}}

{{HealingInfo|count=1|die=8}}

* Creates a permanent [[Blood Surface]] in a {{AOE|radius|m=1|ft=}}.

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{{Feature box|name=Seething Fury|image name = Generic Buff.webp

{{Action|1=Bonus}}

{{Recharge|1=Per Combat}}

 

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'''Flind''' is a very powerful and dangerous enemy that can be encountered quite early if you're exploring aimlessly. Flind has quite a lot of [[Hit Points]] and notable amount of [[Armour Class|AC]] which makes her quite tanky. As for damage, her unique flail attacks can vary between dealing massive amounts of damage, paralyzing or turning a party member hostile for a time. The biggest threat is if she reaches a frenzied state, allowing her to use all three of her unique flail attacks in one multiattack.

Flind's extremely high intitiative will almost always allow her to act first in combat. She will immediately seek out the first party member she sees to initiate a conversation where you are given the opportunity to use your [[Illithid Powers]] to convince her to turn against her pack. You can command her to kill [[Rugan]] and [[Olly]] and still force her to turn against her pack after. Turning her against her pack is highly recommended as fighting Flind and her pack at the same time can be very difficult. Once she is convinced to betray her pack, one should focus on the [[Gnoll Hunter|Gnoll Hunters]] as they will often target the party instead of Flind. Their frenzied multi-attack arrow shots can be devastating, so it is best to kill them as quickly as possible with AoE attacks like [[Cloud of Daggers]] or [[Alchemist's Fire]] before they are allowed to frenzy.

When alone, direct combat with Flind is avoidable if you are able to pass two Wisdom checks to get her to kill herself. If that option is unavailable, Flind is incredibly dangerous up close; in her frenzied state she can easily kill multiple party members in a single turn.  A decent strategy to fight her is to restrict her movement with spells like [[Grease]], [[Web]] and [[Entangle]] then pelt her at range.  

== Notes and trivia ==

* The Flind has an extremely high initiative score despite lacking any clear means to increasing it so.  

* "Flind" is not the creature's name, but is actually a superior type of [[Gnoll]] that is physically more powerful and vicious than their lesser cousins.