Luke

Strangler Luke is a member of the Cult of Bhaal. He joins the ambush on the party during the battle with Farslayer of Bhaal Ghislev.

Strangler Luke

Model
Portrait

Stats

Size

Medium

Balanced Difficulty Stats

Level

8

HP

76

AC

16

Initiative

+5

Proficiency

+3

Movement

9 m (30 ft)

Weight

75 kg (150 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	20 (+5)	20 (+5)	14 (+2)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
+8	+8	+5	+2	+1	+3

Skills
Athletics	Acrobatics	Perception
5	5	4

Conditions

Aura of Murder
Nearby hostile creatures become Vulnerable to Piercing damage.

Features

Darkvision
Can see in the dark up to 12 m / 40 ft.
Deflect Missiles
Use your reaction to reduce the damage from a ranged weapon attack by 1d10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your monk level.
Evasion
Successful DEX saves nullify damage; failed DEX saves reduce it by half.
Extra Attack
You can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.
Ki-Empowered Strikes
Your unarmed attacks count as magical for the purpose of overcoming enemies' Resistance and Immunity to non-magical damage.
Magic Resistance
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike
After making an attack with a Monk Weapon or while unarmed, you can make another unarmed attack as a bonus action.
Martial Arts: Deft Strikes
Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks deal 1d4Bludgeoning damage, unless their normal damage is higher.
Martial Arts: Dextrous Attacks
Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks scale with your Dexterity instead of your Strength if your Dexterity is higher.
Murder Hungry
Each time you kill a creature, gain 1 charge of Unstoppable.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Slow Fall
When you fall, you can use your reaction to gain Resistance to Falling damage.
Stillness of Mind
If you are Charmed or Frightened, you automatically cast Stillness of Mind to remove the condition.
Unarmoured Defence
Your reflexes are as effective as any armour. While not wearing armour, you add your Wisdom Modifier to your Armour Class.
Unarmoured Movement
Your movement speed increases by 3 m / 10 ft while you are not wearing armour or using a shield.

Tactician Difficulty Stats

Level

8

HP

98

AC

16

Initiative

+5

Proficiency

+3

Movement

9 m (30 ft)

Weight

75 kg (150 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	20 (+5)	20 (+5)	14 (+2)	13 (+1)	16 (+3)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
+8	+8	+5	+2	+1	+3

Skills
Athletics	Acrobatics	Perception
5	5	4

Conditions

Aura of Murder
Nearby hostile creatures become Vulnerable to Piercing damage.
Unstoppable
Reduces damage of the next instance to 1 and consumes one charge of Unstoppable. Cannot be moved by external forces.

Features

Darkvision
Can see in the dark up to 12 m / 40 ft.
Deflect Missiles
Use your reaction to reduce the damage from a ranged weapon attack by 1d10 + your Dexterity Modifier + your monk level.
Evasion
Successful DEX saves nullify damage; failed DEX saves reduce it by half.
Extra Attack
You can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.
Ki-Empowered Strikes
Your unarmed attacks count as magical for the purpose of overcoming enemies' Resistance and Immunity to non-magical damage.
Magic Resistance
Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike
After making an attack with a Monk Weapon or while unarmed, you can make another unarmed attack as a bonus action.
Martial Arts: Deft Strikes
Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks deal 1d4Bludgeoning damage, unless their normal damage is higher.
Martial Arts: Dextrous Attacks
Attacks with Monk Weapons and unarmed attacks scale with your Dexterity instead of your Strength if your Dexterity is higher.
Murder Hungry
Each time you kill a creature, gain 1 charge of Unstoppable.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Sentinel: Opportunity Advantage
You gain Advantage on Opportunity Attacks.
Sentinel: Snare
When you hit a creature with an Opportunity Attack, it can no longer move for the rest of its turn.
Sentinel: Vengeance
When an enemy in melee range attacks an ally, you can use a Reaction to make a weapon attack against that enemy. Target ally must not have the Sentinel feat.
Slow Fall
When you fall, you can use your reaction to gain Resistance to Falling damage.
Stillness of Mind
If you are Charmed or Frightened, you automatically cast Stillness of Mind to remove the condition.
Unarmoured Defence
Your reflexes are as effective as any armour. While not wearing armour, you add your Wisdom Modifier to your Armour Class.
Unarmoured Movement
Your movement speed increases by 3 m / 10 ft while you are not wearing armour or using a shield.

Involvement[edit | edit source]

Luke will join the fight once the party approaches him. If the party is on top of or close to the bridge leading over the chasm he will attempt to Shove them off of it.

If killed he drops the Bonespike Gloves. To obtain these, he must be killed and looted before completing the trial led by Farslayer of Bhaal Ghislev, as his corpse despawns upon Ghislev's death. Escaping the trial by running away does not complete it. He is located on the roof of a ruined building near the stone bridge across the chasm X: -138 Y: 995.

Combat[edit | edit source]

Attacks and abilities[edit | edit source]

Notable Loot[edit | edit source]

Bonespike Gloves — must be looted before completing the trial, as Luke's corpse despawns upon Ghislev's death.

Related Literature[edit | edit source]

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