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| NudgeSpace =  
| NudgeSpace =  
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Max recommended is +/-2. This is number of SQUARES; will be converted to feet.               -->
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Max recommended is +/-2. This is number of SQUARES; will be converted to feet.
  <!-- NOTE: If type or subtype is "Swarm", the space will default to 10 ft.                                                                                 -->
        NOTE: If role is "Swarm", only put the space occupied by the COMPONENT CREATURE, NOT the space of the swarm, troop, or horde.
  <!-- NOTE: If type or subtype is "Troop", the space will default to 15 ft. + the normal space for the component creature size (e.g. 20 ft. for size medium) -->
        NOTE: Swarms default to 10 feet. Troops default to 15 ft. + the normal space for the component creature size (e.g. 20 ft. for size medium) -->


| NudgeReach =  
| NudgeReach =  
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Max recommended is +/-2. This is number of SQUARES; will be converted to feet.     -->
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Max recommended is +/-2. This is number of SQUARES; will be converted to feet.
  <!-- NOTE: If type or subtype is "Swarm", the reach will default to 0 ft.                                                                         -->
        NOTE: If role is "Swarm", only put the reach of the COMPONENT CREATURE, NOT the reach of the swarm, troop, or horde.
  <!-- NOTE: If type or subtype is "Troop", the reach will default to the normal reach for the component creature size (e.g. 5 ft. for size medium) -->
        NOTE: Swarms default to 0 ft. Troops default to the normal reach for the component creature size (e.g. 5 ft. for size medium) -->




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<!--  PRIMARY ATTACK INFORMATION  -->
<!--  PRIMARY ATTACK INFORMATION  -->


| PriAtkName = Cleaving Sword
| PriAtkName = Hobbic Sword
   <!-- name of primary attack, weapons or natural attacks (e.g. "Longsword" or "Bite") -->
   <!-- name of primary attack, weapons or natural attacks (e.g. "Longsword" or "Bite") -->


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| PriAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
| PriAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone" or "swarm") -->
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone") -->


| NudgePriToHit =  
| NudgePriToHit =  
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| SecAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
| SecAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone" or "swarm") -->
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone") -->


| NudgeSecToHit =  
| NudgeSecToHit =  
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| TerAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
| TerAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone" or "swarm") -->
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone") -->


| NudgeTerToHit =  
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| QuaAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
| QuaAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone" or "swarm") -->
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone") -->


| NudgeQuaToHit =  
| NudgeQuaToHit =  
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<!--  RANGED ATTACK INFORMATION  -->
<!--  RANGED ATTACK INFORMATION  -->


| RangedAtkName = Bladed Bolas
| RangedAtkName = Hob Knob
   <!-- Name of ranged attack (e.g. "Longbow" or "Hurled Rock"); if blank, monster has no ranged attack -->
   <!-- Name of ranged attack (e.g. "Longbow" or "Hurled Rock"); if blank, monster has no ranged attack -->


| HasRangedFullAttack =  
| HasRangedFullAttack = Y
   <!-- Values: Y (for yes), or leave blank (for no) -->
   <!-- Values: Y (for yes), or leave blank (for no) -->


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   <!-- Number of increments before max range of attack, thrown is 5 (default), projectile is 10 -->
   <!-- Number of increments before max range of attack, thrown is 5 (default), projectile is 10 -->


| Ranged-Atk-Dmg-Type = slashing
| Ranged-Atk-Dmg-Type = bludgeoning
   <!-- name of the damage type used; if the type isn't defined, create a new page using the 'Dmg-Type' template (see Using Templates) -->
   <!-- name of the damage type used; if the type isn't defined, create a new page using the 'Dmg-Type' template (see Using Templates) -->


| RangedAtkNotes = '''plus:''' Uncanny Feint, and Reflex save vs DC {{Save-DC}} or be [[Entangled]]
| RangedAtkNotes = '''plus:''' Uncanny Feint, and, upon successful strike, once per round per struck foe, make Reflex save vs DC {{Save-DC}} or be [[Quelled]]
   <!-- add any specials; adds the word "plus" automatically. (e.g. "filth fever (see below)") -->
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| RangedAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
| RangedAtkIsAuto-Hit =  
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone" or "swarm") -->
   <!-- If attack has no to-hit roll; leave blank (for normal to-hits), or describe (e.g. "30-foot cone") -->


| NudgeRangedToHit =  
| NudgeRangedToHit =  
   <!-- any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Max recommended is +/-4 -->
   <!-- any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Max recommended is +/-4 -->


| NudgeRangedDamage = 4
| NudgeRangedDamage = 2
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Changes the base CR of the monster's value. Max recommended is +/-4 -->
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Changes the base CR of the monster's value. Max recommended is +/-4 -->


| NudgeFullAtk-RangedDamage =  
| NudgeFullAtk-RangedDamage = 2
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Changes the base CR of the monster's value. Max recommended is +/-4 -->
   <!-- Values: any positive or negative number, or leave blank. Changes the base CR of the monster's value. Max recommended is +/-4 -->


| Nudge-Ranged-Atk-Crit-Range =  
| Nudge-Ranged-Atk-Crit-Range = 18-20
   <!-- Values: the text of the crit range, without the crit multiplier (e.g. "18-20", no quotes). -->
   <!-- Values: the text of the crit range, without the crit multiplier (e.g. "18-20", no quotes). -->
   <!-- Default is 19-20 for melee, and 20 for natural                                            -->
   <!-- Default is 19-20 for melee, and 20 for natural                                            -->
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<!--  SPECIAL ABILITY 2  -->
<!--  SPECIAL ABILITY 2  -->


| Ability-2-Name = Pommel Smash
| Ability-2-Name = Pommel Crack


| Ability-2-Type = Ex
| Ability-2-Type = Ex
   <!--Values: Sp, Su, Ex; can also include things like "disease", "poison" or "stance"-->
   <!--Values: Sp, Su, Ex; can also include things like "disease", "poison" or "stance"-->


| Ability-2-Action-Required = Swift Action
| Ability-2-Action-Required = Free Action 1/Rnd
   <!-- Values: Full Round Action, Full Attack Action, Standard Action, Move Action, Swift Action, Free Action, Immediate Action
   <!-- Values: Full Round Action, Full Attack Action, Standard Action, Move Action, Swift Action, Free Action, Immediate Action
                 Free Action 1/Rnd, Free Action 1/Enc, Always On, Auto At Start of Encounter, Auto Upon Death, etc.        -->
                 Free Action 1/Rnd, Free Action 1/Enc, Always On, Auto At Start of Encounter, Auto Upon Death, etc.        -->
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   <!--Values: "S" for strong caster, "W" for weak caster, leave blank if unneeded-->
   <!--Values: "S" for strong caster, "W" for weak caster, leave blank if unneeded-->


| Ability-2-Description = As a swift action, a Deceiver may roll to hit an adjacent foe with the pommel of their sword.  This is resolved as a [[melee touch attack]] at {{Touch-Attack}}.  If they succeed, they inflict {{Special-Standard-Dmg}} points of {{dmg|bludgeoning}} damage, and victim gains the [[Secured]] condition until the start of the Hobgoblin's next turn, or until the victim is able to shrug it off.   
| Ability-2-Description = As a free action once per round, a Deceiver may roll to hit an adjacent foe with the pommel of their sword.  This is resolved as a [[melee touch attack]] at {{Touch-Attack}}.  If they succeed, they inflict {{Special-Standard-Dmg}} points of {{dmg|bludgeoning}} damage, and the victim gains the [[Secured]] condition until the start of the Hobgoblin's next turn, or until the victim is able to shrug it off.   


Note that a Hobgoblin Deceiver may not use Pommel Smash and Uncanny Feint in the same round, unless it reduces either its move action or its standard action (or both!) to additional swift actions.
Note that a Hobgoblin Deceiver may use Pommel Crack and Uncanny Feint in the same round, and they often do.




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<!--  SPECIAL ABILITY 3  -->
<!--  SPECIAL ABILITY 3  -->


| Ability-3-Name =  
| Ability-3-Name = Enslave


| Ability-3-Type =  
| Ability-3-Type = Su
   <!--Values: Sp, Su, Ex; can also include things like "disease", "poison" or "stance"-->
   <!-- Values: Sp, Su, Ex; can also include things like "disease", "poison" or "stance" -->


| Ability-3-Action-Required =  
| Ability-3-Action-Required = Out of Combat
   <!-- Values: Full Round Action, Full Attack Action, Standard Action, Move Action, Swift Action, Free Action, Immediate Action
   <!-- Values: Full Round Action, Full Attack Action, Standard Action, Move Action, Swift Action, Free Action, Immediate Action
                 Free Action 1/Rnd, Free Action 1/Enc, Always On, Auto At Start of Encounter, Auto Upon Death, etc.        -->
                 Free Action 1/Rnd, Free Action 1/Enc, Always On, Auto At Start of Encounter, Auto Upon Death, etc.        -->


| Ability-3-Concentration =  
| Ability-3-Concentration =  
   <!--Values: "S" for strong caster, "W" for weak caster, leave blank if unneeded-->
   <!-- Values: "S" for strong caster, "W" for weak caster, leave blank if unneeded; will auto-detect Combat Casting and include it -->
 
| Ability-3-Description = When they catch slaves, Deceivers enact a fearful ritual upon them to ensure their compliance.  They take Cold Iron and very carefully craft it into chains, heating it in their red forges to denature the poisoned substance.  They take the white hot metal and hammer it into slave shackles upon their victims.  This breaks the creature's will to the hobgoblin's, and thus you will see cruelly chained and shackled monsters in hobgoblin encounters.


| Ability-3-Description =
'''Enslaved:''' This is a strong status condition that applies only to monsters with an INT score.  The monster becomes subservient to the hobgoblins and will do whatever it is told.  The reforged Cold Iron shackles give enslaved monsters DR/Cold Iron equal to their CR &divide; 2. Enslaved creatures grant 10% more XP and treasure to reflect their stronger combat stats.  Enslaved can be cured only by casting [[Remove Curse (Cleric Spell)]], or using an ability with a comparable effect.


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         is given the "Swarm" role. It replaces the default "Personal Space Issues" power  
         is given the "Swarm" role. It replaces the default "Personal Space Issues" power  
         (or the "Darken The Sky" power, if it is a Troop), which allows swarms to inflict
         (or the "Darken The Sky" power, if it is a Troop), which allows swarms to inflict
         the Distracted conditon when they damage a foe (or it grants an area of affect  
         the Distracted condition when they damage a foe (or it grants an area of affect  
         ranged attack if it is a troop). Leave this blank if you want the "Personal Space
         ranged attack if it is a troop). Leave this blank if you want the "Personal Space
         Issues" or "Darken the Sky" power to appear when this monster is designated as a  
         Issues" or "Darken the Sky" power to appear when this monster is designated as a  
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<!--  COMBAT TACTICS  -->
<!--  COMBAT TACTICS  -->


| CombatTactics = Hobgoblin Deceivers are as cruel and cold as all other Hobgoblins. Hobgoblins want to catch you as a slave, not kill you, and as a result they will use their Bladed Bolas early in a battle to tie up their foes and then wade in with Pommel Smash and Cleaving Sword.
| CombatTactics = Hobgoblin Deceivers are as cruel and cold as all other Hobgoblins. If they have any Enslaved, they will use them as cannon fodder and close in under the cover of their attack. Hobgoblins want to catch you as a slave, not kill you, and as a result they will use their Hob Knobs early in a battle to knock down their foes and then wade in with Pommel Crack and Hobbic Sword.


If they cannot over run a battle quickly with a wave of Bola entangles, they will fight cautiously, backing away with five foot steps when possible to force foes to close in and suffer attacks of opportunity. The hobgoblin closest to the enemy will fight defensively, and strive to make foes move past them to easier targets and thus gain many attacks of opportunity.  
If they cannot over-run a battle quickly with a wave of Enslaved and Hob Knob strikes, they will fight cautiously, backing away with five foot steps when possible to force foes to close in and suffer attacks of opportunity. The hobgoblin closest to the enemy will fight defensively, and strive to make foes move past them to easier targets and thus gain many attacks of opportunity.  


Agile foes will be hit with Uncanny Feint and attacked first, in an effort to thin the numbers of their enemies, and heavily armored foes will be left for last if possible. If there is a heavily armored foe, one Deceiver will engage them and fight defensively, with Uncanny Feint and Pommel Smash, while the rest of the Hobgoblins attack softer opponents.
Agile foes will be hit with Uncanny Feint and attacked first, in an effort to thin the numbers of their enemies, and heavily armored foes will be left for last if possible. If there is a heavily armored foe, one Deceiver will engage them and fight defensively, with Uncanny Feint and Pommel Crack, while the rest of the Hobgoblins attack softer opponents.


If the battle goes badly for them, Deceivers will steadily back away with five foot steps, seeking to inflict enough damage with opportunity attacks and Pommel Smashes to force a withdrawal.  Hobgoblins are disciplined sorts: If they cannot force a break in the fighting to withdraw in an orderly fashion, they will fight to the death, drawing out the battle as long as possible to inflict the most damage they can before their end.
If the battle goes badly for them, Deceivers will steadily back away with five foot steps, seeking to inflict enough damage with opportunity attacks and Pommel Cracks to force a withdrawal.  Hobgoblins are disciplined sorts: If they cannot force a break in the fighting to withdraw in an orderly fashion, they will fight to the death, drawing out the battle as long as possible to inflict the most damage they can before their end. Deceivers are, like Torturers, unlikely to try and negotiate a surrender.




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You can imagine the horrible sorts of fiends who would hire a hobgoblin as their butler...but they turn out to be remarkably good at that sort of thing!
You can imagine the horrible sorts of fiends who would hire a hobgoblin as their butler...but they turn out to be remarkably good at that sort of thing!
Deceivers have respectable households in Hob Society, and hold a good number of decent slaves. They also use Hob Knobs of good quality, although their decorations are more restrained and tasteful.





Latest revision as of 21:48, 4 February 2023

Hobgoblin Deceiver (CR 12)

Lawful Evil - Medium - Fey
Lore: Know (Nature)
24 39
Basic DC Full DC
Initiative
Initiative Icon 2.png
22
Perception:
32 +22
Passive Active
Ambush:
8+
on a d20

Senses:

Movement Types:

Defense

AC
Shield Icon 3.png
33
Man Def
Shield Icon 3.png
31
Monster Health
289 144 22
Hit Points Bloodied Hit Dice
Saving Throws
Fort: +14
Refl: +9
Will: +11

Strong Against:

Weak Against:

Offense

Size: Medium
5 ft. 5 ft.
Space Reach
To-Hit
+19
Sword Icon 3.png
Man Off
+19
Sword Icon 3.png
Action
0
Points

Standard Attack (Melee):

  • 1x Hobbic Sword +19 (3d8+9/19-20 x2)
    as slashing (physical, common)
    plus: Uncanny Feint

Full Attack (Melee):

  • 3x Hobbic Sword +19 (3d8+9/19-20 x2)
    as slashing (physical, common)
    plus: Uncanny Feint

Standard Attack (Ranged):

  • 1x Hob Knob +19 (3d8+13/18-20 x2)
    as bludgeoning (physical, common)
    (Increment: 30 ft.; Max Range: 150 ft.)
    plus: Uncanny Feint, and, upon successful strike, once per round per struck foe, make Reflex save vs DC 22 or be Quelled

Full Attack (Ranged):

  • 3x Hob Knob +19 (3d8+13/18-20 x2)
    as bludgeoning (physical, common)
    (Increment: 30 ft.; Max Range: 150 ft.)
    plus: Uncanny Feint, and, upon successful strike, once per round per struck foe, make Reflex save vs DC 22 or be Quelled

Siege Damage: Not siege capable

Statistics

17
STR
17
DEX
20
CON
14
INT
14
WIS
11
CHA

Skills:

Languages: Awnsheghlien, Common

Feats:

  • Combat Reflexes (EFFECT: Monsters with this feat make up to 4 attacks of opportunity per round instead of one.)

Special Abilities

Uncanny Feint (Ex) Swift Action

Hobgoblins can bend and move in a fluidly repulsive, unnatural way, which makes predicting when and where they are going to attack exceedingly difficult. As a result of this unnatural pliability, as a swift action, the Hobgoblin can use Bluff to Feint in combat, causing its opponent to be flat-footed against that hobgoblin's attacks until the beginning of the hobgoblin's next turn. The DC of this check is equal to 10 + the target's base attack bonus + the target's Wisdom modifier. If the target is trained in Sense Motive, the DC is instead equal to 10 + the target's Sense Motive bonus, if higher.

Uncanny Feint does not provoke attacks of opportunity.

Pommel Crack (Ex) Free Action 1/Rnd

As a free action once per round, a Deceiver may roll to hit an adjacent foe with the pommel of their sword. This is resolved as a melee touch attack at 1d20 + 23 vs. AC (always hits on a 17+ on the die). If they succeed, they inflict 3d8+9 points of bludgeoning (physical, common) damage, and the victim gains the Secured condition until the start of the Hobgoblin's next turn, or until the victim is able to shrug it off.

Note that a Hobgoblin Deceiver may use Pommel Crack and Uncanny Feint in the same round, and they often do.

Enslave (Su) Out of Combat

When they catch slaves, Deceivers enact a fearful ritual upon them to ensure their compliance. They take Cold Iron and very carefully craft it into chains, heating it in their red forges to denature the poisoned substance. They take the white hot metal and hammer it into slave shackles upon their victims. This breaks the creature's will to the hobgoblin's, and thus you will see cruelly chained and shackled monsters in hobgoblin encounters.

Enslaved: This is a strong status condition that applies only to monsters with an INT score. The monster becomes subservient to the hobgoblins and will do whatever it is told. The reforged Cold Iron shackles give enslaved monsters DR/Cold Iron equal to their CR ÷ 2. Enslaved creatures grant 10% more XP and treasure to reflect their stronger combat stats. Enslaved can be cured only by casting Remove Curse (Cleric Spell), or using an ability with a comparable effect.

Hobgoblin Deceiver

Hobgoblin Deceiver

Hobgoblins are the cruelest and most common of the Low Fey. Although technically Outsiders, they live on the Prime material in large numbers, their enclaves generally isolated. By the measures of more 'normal' races, the Hobgoblins, like all fey, are quite insane. Their motives and reasoning are just-so-subtly...off.

For example. Hobgoblins are quite formidable beings. If they formed armies and marched on their neighbors, they could establish nations and empires easily enough. But they do not. They don't care about such things, being content to live in small towns and thorps, a few dozen here, a few hundred there.... That is all that they are interested in. Hobgoblins are far more interested in their byzantine social lives and the torment of their slaves than they are about worrying over living space, to be honest.

Hobgoblin Deceivers are an example of what a 'normal' hobgoblin is like...if there can be anything normal about a Fey-spawned monstrosity.

Deceivers are clever, sly things, interested in tricks and traps and cruel pranks of all sorts. Their social life and their status is all they truly care about, that and having 'fun' at the expense of those weaker than themselves. Deceivers are respectable Hobgoblins, even though they seem to have no useful skills or add any worth to their community. They do, however, own many slaves, although they usually keep those slaves tucked out of harms way. It wouldn't do to mess up the torments they've planned for them with somebody else's cruelty.

Deceivers tend to be quite active outside the community, for Hobgoblins, and they can often be seen working for other monstrous races, for cash, for fame, for ideas of cruel pranks to play, for access to victims, for many twisted reasons.

Combat Tactics

Hobgoblin Deceivers are as cruel and cold as all other Hobgoblins. If they have any Enslaved, they will use them as cannon fodder and close in under the cover of their attack. Hobgoblins want to catch you as a slave, not kill you, and as a result they will use their Hob Knobs early in a battle to knock down their foes and then wade in with Pommel Crack and Hobbic Sword.

If they cannot over-run a battle quickly with a wave of Enslaved and Hob Knob strikes, they will fight cautiously, backing away with five foot steps when possible to force foes to close in and suffer attacks of opportunity. The hobgoblin closest to the enemy will fight defensively, and strive to make foes move past them to easier targets and thus gain many attacks of opportunity.

Agile foes will be hit with Uncanny Feint and attacked first, in an effort to thin the numbers of their enemies, and heavily armored foes will be left for last if possible. If there is a heavily armored foe, one Deceiver will engage them and fight defensively, with Uncanny Feint and Pommel Crack, while the rest of the Hobgoblins attack softer opponents.

If the battle goes badly for them, Deceivers will steadily back away with five foot steps, seeking to inflict enough damage with opportunity attacks and Pommel Cracks to force a withdrawal. Hobgoblins are disciplined sorts: If they cannot force a break in the fighting to withdraw in an orderly fashion, they will fight to the death, drawing out the battle as long as possible to inflict the most damage they can before their end. Deceivers are, like Torturers, unlikely to try and negotiate a surrender.

Out of Combat

Hobgoblin Deceivers are popular with other monsters. They are inventive, fun, full of gossip, and can make torturing a prisoner into a whole afternoon of fun. As muscle for the weak they tend to be reliable and durable thugs. As hired help for the mighty, they are useful to have around and much, much more capable of following and interpreting complex orders than an ogre, or heaven forfend, a hill giant. It is not unusual to find a few hobgoblins as advisors, trainers, and general useful hands, even as butlers.

You can imagine the horrible sorts of fiends who would hire a hobgoblin as their butler...but they turn out to be remarkably good at that sort of thing!

Deceivers have respectable households in Hob Society, and hold a good number of decent slaves. They also use Hob Knobs of good quality, although their decorations are more restrained and tasteful.

Rewards

XP: 19,200

Treasure: Sellable Goods worth 12,875 gp.

Weight: 120 lbs.     Volume: 4.8 cu. ft.

Optional Treasure Rules: Roll a d20 on Table 1 below once per encounter (NOT per creature). Any items discovered are in addition to the normal treasure for the encounter.

Table 1: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 10 Nothing Found
11 - 14 1 Languid Remnant (tier 1)
15 - 17 1 Pale Remnant (tier 2)
18 - 19 1 Bright Remnant (tier 3)
20 Roll on Table 2
### Nothing to see here!
### Or here. Move along.
Table 2: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5 3 Languid Remnants (tier 1)
6 - 10 3 Pale Remnants (tier 2)
11 - 14 1 Intense Remnant (tier 4)
15 - 17 1 Blazing Remnant (tier 5)
18 - 19 1 Vital Remnant (tier 6)
20 Roll on Table 3
### Or here. Move along.
Table 3: Remnant(s) Found
1 - 5 3 Bright Remnants (tier 3)
6 - 8 3 Intense Remnants (tier 4)
9 - 11 3 Blazing Remnants (tier 5)
12 - 14 3 Vital Remnants (tier 6)
15 - 17 1 Prime Remnant (tier 7)
18 - 19 1 Mythic Remnant (tier 8)
20 1 Empyrean Remnant (tier 9)