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.
Actions
Main Hand Attack	Uses Quarterstaff 1d8+1Bludgeoning Attack roll
Guardian of Faith	Summon a Guardian of Faith
Hunger of Hadar	Cover an area with ice-cold magical void
Guiding Bolt	3d6Radiant The next Attack Roll against this target has Advantage Attack roll
Sacred Flame	2d6Radiant Dexterity Saving Throw to negate

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:

 Death Ward

• Permanently affects all adepts.
• If their hit points would be reduced to 0, instead they are kept alive at 1 hit point and this condition ends.

 Guiding Bolt

• 6d6Radiant damage
• Inflicts  Guiding Bolt Duration: 2 turns
• Can upcast using available spell slots.

 Hunger of Hadar

• Cover an area with a cloud of pure void, teeming with unknown horrors.
• Within the area, creatures are  Blinded and affected by  Difficult Terrain
• At the start of each turn within the cloud, deal 2d6Cold damage.
• At the end of each turn within the cloud, deal 2d6Acid unless the creature passes a DC 15  Dexterity saving throw.

 Guardian of Faith

• Summon a divine being of light that vigilantly attacks enemies entering or standing within their radius of protection.
• Attacks using  Strike of the Guardian
• Whenever the guardian deals damage, it deals an equivalent amount of damage to itself.

 Sacred Flame

• Casts with increased potency appropriate for the character level.
• 2d8Radiant unless the target passes a DC 15  Dexterity saving throw

Named adepts

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