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Level 1 spells
Level 2 spells
Level 3 spells
Level 4 spells
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Level 5 spells
Level 6 spells
- None
Infoboxers test
| Raphael | |||||||||||||
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| Medium Fiend | |||||||||||||
| Level 12 Fiend | |||||||||||||
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| Armour Class | 21 | ||||||||||||
| Hit points | 666 | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 80 kg (160 lb) | ||||||||||||
| Initiative | +3[note 1] | ||||||||||||
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| Proficiency bonus | +4 | ||||||||||||
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| Immune | Fire | ||||||||||||
| Resistant | Piercing, Bludgeoning, Slashing, Cold, Poison, Lightning | ||||||||||||
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| Initiative | +7 | ||||||||||||
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| Proficiency bonus | +4 | ||||||||||||
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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.
Encounter
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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 if they completed Save Hope before confronting Raphael. Yurgir will also join the party if they previously sided with him during the quest Kill Raphael's Old Enemy and completed Break Yurgir's Contract in Act Two; otherwise, he will need to be convinced to switch sides with a 
DC 30 Persuasion check.
Phase one
This room has four soul pillars which Raphael will use during combat. Each soul pillar gives Raphael:
- An additional 1~12
Fire 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)
- 3d6
hit points when he uses his 
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
or 
(they are not considered a true long rest, so conditions that are removed upon a long rest will remain). - Placing Smokepowder Barrels or Runepowder Barrels around each pillar before beginning the fight can help you easily remove Soul Pillars and deal damage during combat.
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 Consume Souls. Raphael will also be harder to hit the more pillars are active, as each pillar increases his AC through his DEX score.
- 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.
- The pillars are weak to
- Take care when using Radiant damage against Raphael's cambions, as their
allows Raphael to reflect twice the amount of radiant damage done as Fire damage. 
is useful here for controlling the cambions.- If the party rescued Hope, she will also have available
and her unique 
which can be used to permanently eject cambions. 
is very effective against Raphael since, while the condition ends following his next turn due to his 
feature, it effectively skips his turn and all damage he takes until he breaks out of it become Critial Hits.
Attacks and abilities
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| Proficiency bonus | +2 |
| Conditions | |
 | For every remaining Soul Pillar, Raphael gains additional fire damage and bonus to Dexterity. |
| Features | |
 | Can attack creatures in the dark without disadvantage, up to a range of 12 m (40 ft). |
 | Can see normally in magical and natural darkness. |
 | Grants +2 to armour class. |
 | Cannot be controlled or incapacitated. |
 | Burns an opponent who tries to make a saving throw against Raphael. |
 | Gives advantage on saving throws against magical effects. |
 | React by attacking a creature moving out of range. |
 | Gives Raphael bonuses for remaining pillars. |
 | Sever the soul of a creature who is downed by Raphael. |
 Honour | Use a legendary action to Beguile an attacker. |
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| Proficiency bonus | +2 |
| Conditions | |
 | Raphael has ascended, granting him an even deadlier array of spells and abilities. |
| Features | |
 | Raphael can multiattack while in his ascended form and with no remaining pillars. |
 Honour | Use a legendary action to use Soul Ascension after Raphael or an ally is attacked. Replaces Beguiling Rebuke. |
Footnotes
- ↑ While his tooltip shows +9 initiative, most of it comes from Soul Pillar dexterity bonuses, which is applied only after combat begins and initiative is rolled. Works only for the fight straight after dialogue, if you disengage and try to fight again, he'll have full +9 initiative.