Let the Slaughter Begin

Let the Slaughter Begin is a special class action available to the Slayer which brands nearby creatures, dazing them. Killing marked creatures grants the Slayer a stacking bonus to  Armour Class.

Description

Brand nearby creatures with a sinister mark so that their deaths make you harder to kill.

Marked targets are  Dazed, and when they die, you gain +1 bonus to  Armour Class.^{[See: Bugs]}

Properties

Cost

 Action

Details

 CON Save (Spell save DC)

 Range: Self

 AoE: 12 m / 40 ft (Radius)

 Targets: All enemies in range

Condition: Bhaal's Murderous Mark

 Bhaal's Murderous Mark

Duration: 4 turns

Spell save DC  Constitution saving throw

• Affected entity's death grants a +1  Armour Class bonus to the Slayer.

Condition: Dazed

 Dazed

Duration: 1 turn

Spell save DC  Constitution saving throw

• Has Disadvantage on Wisdom Saving throws, can't take Reactions, and loses the Dexterity bonus to their  Armour Class.
• Removed if an ally Helps this creature.

Condition: Bhaal's Boon

 Bhaal's Boon

Duration: 1 turn

• Bhaal revels in the affected entity's gift for murder, granting it a +1 bonus to  Armour Class per marked kill.
• 1 point of this bonus Armour Class is lost each time the Slayer avoids an attack.^{[See: Bugs]}

How to learn

Used by creatures: Slayer

Notes

• Allies in range are  Marked, but not  Dazed.

Bugs

• The spell save DC of the Slayer's actions uses the spellcasting ability of the last class you took a first level in, but with the Slayer's ability scores. This results in a very low DC due to the Slayer's low mental ability scores. In particular, Fighters, Rogues, Wizards, Clerics, Druids, Monks, and Rangers have a +0 spellcasting modifier from Intelligence or Wisdom in Slayer form, while Barbarians, Bards, Paladins, Sorcerers, and Warlocks have a -1 spellcasting modifier from Charisma while in Slayer form.

• Stacks of  Bhaal's Boon granted by killing marked targets are lost in far more circumstances than they should be. This makes it essentially impossible to accumulate stacks of this condition as they are usually removed as soon as they are added.
  • Whenever a condition of any type is removed from the Slayer, the number of stacks will decrement. Many features involve hidden technical conditions that are applied and removed frequently. In particular, every attack made with  Extra Attack involves applying and removing hidden technical conditions which track the extra attacks. As a result, simply attacking causes the stacks to decrement, often immediately after acquiring the first stack.