Adept

Adept of the Absolute
Humanoid
Level 8
Stats
Armour Class	11
Hit points	58 (Balanced) 75 (Tactician)
Initiative	+1
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 13 (+1) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 10 (0) 18 (+4) 10 (0)
Proficiency bonus	+3
Saving throws	Str +1 Dex +1 Con +3 Int 0 Wis +7 Cha +3
Resistances
Resistant	Psychic
Conditions
Death Ward	The next time damage would reduce you to 0 hit points, remain conscious with 1 hit point.
Features
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of reach
Channel Divinity: War God's Blessing Tactician	Can react to a nearby ally's attack to grant +10 to their Attack Roll.

Adepts are a class-like archetype of NPC's found among followers of the Absolute. Apart from racial differences, each adept has identical statistics, abilities, and features.

Appearances

Adepts of the Absolute appear primarily in Act Two in the halls of Moonrise Towers. Generic adepts additionally appear during the Act Three fight at The High Hall.

Attacks and abilities

Adepts are full spellcasters broadly similar to Clerics. They can upcast spells and have the following spell slots at their disposal:

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Quarterstaff

Normal weapon damage

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Death Ward ()

Protect a creature from death. The next time damage would reduce it to 0 Hit Points, it remains conscious with 1 Hit Point left.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Guiding Bolt ()

4d6 (4~24) Radiant damage

The next attack roll against this target has Advantage.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Hunger of Hadar ()

2d6 (2~12) Cold damage

+

2d6 (2~12) Acid damage

Creatures within this black sphere are  Blinded and take damage at the end of their turn and the start of their turn.

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)

 Guardian of Faith ()

Call forth a divine guardian that attacks nearby enemies. Every time it deals damage, the guardian loses an equal amount of Hit Points. Lasts 10 turns. The guardian is stationary. When an enemy is in range, it uses an attack called "Strike of the Guardian". It has a range of 3m and deals 20 Radiant damage. On a DEX save, enemies still take half damage. It has 60 Hit Points.

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Sacred Flame ()

1d8 (1~8) Radiant damage

Engulf a target in a flame-like radiance.

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Named adepts

• Keris
• Ghulen
• Bel
• Nola
• Dorikel
• Furek