Raphael/combat

Overview

Combat

This page focuses on Raphael's behaviour during his combat encounter. Raphael is able to be fought at the House of Hope, where he is joined by Korilla, Yurgir and six Vengeful Cambions. His arena also has four Soul Pilllars, which Raphael uses to regain health and cast powerful spells.

Master of the House
Raphael
Stats
Level 12
STR 18 (+4) DEX 16 (+3) CON 17 (+3) INT 14 (+2) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 19 (+4)
Race	Cambion
Type	Fiend
HP	666
AC	21
Size	Medium
Weight	160lbs
Initiative	+9
Passive features
Darkvision  Devil's Sight  Fiendish Blessing  Inevitable Resolve  Infernal Retribution  Magic Resistance  Opportunity Attack  Soul Pillar Proximity  Soul Reaper
Resistances
Character information
Location	House of Hope

Master of the House
Raphael
Stats
Level 12
STR 20 (+5) DEX 25 (+7) CON 17 (+3) INT 14 (+2) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 19 (+4)
Race	Fiend
Type	Fiend
HP	666
AC	25
Size	Medium
Weight	80kg / 160lbs
Initiative	+7
Passive features
Darkvision  Devil's Sight  Fiendish Blessing  Inevitable Resolve  Infernal Retribution  Magic Resistance  Multiattack: Last Resort  Opportunity Attack  Soul Pillar Proximity  Soul Reaper
Resistances
Character information
Location	House of Hope

Attacks and abilities

 Igniting Spark ()

4d6 (4~24) Fire damage

Launch a mote of infernal flame to set a target alight and Burn it.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Incinerate ()

8d8 (8~64) Fire damage

Spend 8~64Fire damage soul to wreath a target in malevolent flame.

DEX Save

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

 Diabolic Chains ()

6d6 (6~36) Fire damage

Spend 2 souls you have consumed to lash out with 3 magmatic chains of Hellfire and push the targets back 5m.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Ravaging Inferno ()

20d6 (20~120) Fire damage

Spend 2 souls to hurl an exploding ball of  Hellfire that damages all nearby creatures and objects.

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 4 m /  ft (Radius)

 Consume Souls ()

3d6 (3~18) hit points

Absorb a soul from each Soul Pillar still standing to spend on powerful spells.

Regain 3~18 hit points and restore your Punish Divinity every time you absorb souls in this way.

 Range: 30 m /  ft

Ascended Fiend Form

 Fiendish Ascension

Harness the energy of a recently shattered Soul Pillar to take on a more powerful infernal form, and consume a new soul for every broken pillar.

Each time Raphael transforms he may stay in this heightened aspect for longer.

 Multiattack ()

2d12 (2~24) Slashing damage

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2d12 (2~24) Slashing damage

Aim multiple attacks at a target.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Claws

* Melee attack dealing 3d6 + 5Slashing damage.

• Raphael may use this as a Reaction to someone moving out of his range.

Punish Divinity

 Punish Divinity ()

After taking Radiant damage, Stun the attacker, allowing you to  Drain its hit points.

DEX Save

 Range: 30 m /  ft

 Soul Drain

12d6 (12~72) Necrotic damage

Drain the life force of an  Infernal Stunned creature, restoring your hit points by half the damage dealt.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Conditions and passives

Punish Divinity

•  Punish Divinity

• When hit with Radiant damage, Raphael can use a reaction to stun the attacker, leaving the impudent creature  Soul Wrenched

• This condition lets Raphael use his  Punish Divinity ability.
• It is refreshed when he uses his  Consume Souls ability.

Soul Pillar Proximity

•  Soul Pillar Proximity

• Raphael is surrounded by Soul Pillars, granting Raphael's attacks an additional 1~12Fire (per pillar) damage and a +3 (per pillar) bonus to his Dexterity Checks and Saving Throws.

• • This condition stacks for each Soul Pillar still active. At the maximum of four stacks, Raphael will have an additional 4~48Fire damage and a +12 bonus to Dexterity checks and saving throws.

Soul Charges

•  Soul Charges

• Raphael has soul(s) to spend on powerful spells.

• • This condition will recharge when Raphael uses his  Consume Souls ability. He gains a charge for each remaining pillar.
  • This condition will also recharge when Raphael uses his  Fiendish Ascension ability. He gains a charge for each destroyed pillar.
  • Raphael uses these charges as spell slots.

Ascended Fiend

•  Ascended Fiend

• Raphael has gorged on souls and enhanced his fiendish powers, granting him an even deadlier array of spells and abilities. In this form, Soul Overcharge will not prevent him from using Souls to cast spells.

Soul Reaper

•  Soul Reaper When Raphael reduces an enemy's hit points to 0, he Severs the soul from their body.
•  Severed Soul

• With no soul to motivate it, the affected entity has Disadvantage on Attack rolls and all Ability checks until  Restore Soul is cast on a Soul Pillar or Raphael.

Pillar of Souls
Stats
HP	99
Resistances

Encounter

Raphael can be fought in the House of Hopes foyer. He is joined by Yurgir, Korilla and six Vengeful Cambions.

The player may be joined by Hope (see Save Hope). They may also recruit Yurgir during the pre-battle dialogue with a DC 30 Persuasion check, if they killed him during Kill Raphael's Old Enemy.

Phase one

This room has four soul pillars which Raphael will use during combat. Each soul pillar gives Raphael:

• An additional 1~12Fire damage and a +3 bonus to DEX checks and saving throws (see #Soul Pillar Proximity)
• One soul charge, which Raphael uses as spell slots. These are refreshed when he uses his  Consume Souls ability, or when he  ascends. (See #Soul Charges)
• 3d6hit points when he uses his  Consume Souls ability.

Raphael's  Fiendish Ascension ability will let him take on a more powerful form (see the Ascended tab in the info box at the top of this page). He may use this to transform whenever a pillar is broken, and each destroyed pillar will give him another Soul Charge.

Raphael also has the ability to sever souls. If a character reaches 0 HP while in battle, they will receive the condition  Severed Soul, having Disadvantage on Attack rolls and all Ability checks. This debuff will be removed after Raphael is defeated.

Phase two

When all soul pillars have been destroyed Raphael will permanently transform into his Ascended Fiend form. When transforming into his fiend form for this final time, the four broken soul pillars will give him four final soul charges.

At this stage, he may use his most powerful attack,  Ravaging Inferno, costing 2 soul charges and dealing 20d6 Hellfire damage in a AoE: 4 m /  ft (Radius).

He will also now be able to use his  Multiattack. This attack does 2d16 slashing, plus his attack modifier, which is +5 while he is in his ascended form. It also grants him  Action Surge, so he may use his multiattack again, possibly attacking four times in one round. Once all his soul charges are depleted, Raphael will only be able to use his multiattack.

Tactics

Pre-combat

• Before fighting Raphael, the taps in the boudoir can be used to take a pseudo long rest. They can be used to restore spell slots after casting passive buffs, such as  Heroes' Feast or  Freedom of Movement (they are not considered a true long rest, so conditions that are removed upon a long rest will remain).

During

• It is worthwhile destroying the surrounding Soul Pillars before focusing on Raphael, as he will not only use them for spell casting, but can regain hit points from them each round with his ability  Consume Souls.
  • The pillars are weak to Bludgeoning and Force damage.
  • The Orphic Hammer, which is picked up at the House of Hope, may be useful for destroying the pillars.

• Take care when using radiant damage against Raphael and his Cambions, as they both have conditions that let them take reactions against it.
  • Raphael:  Punish Divinity - use a reaction to give  Infernal Stun to a creature attacking with radiant damage.
  • Cambions:  Fleeting Protection - Raphael reflects twice the amount of radiant damage done as Fire damage.

•  Planar Binding is useful here for controlling the cambions.

• If the party rescued Hope, she will also have available  Divine Intervention and a special version of  Banishment which can be used to permanently eject cambions.