Operatic Stone Bulwark
Creature 11 (uncommon) — construct, mindless
AnvilCrasherLANDconstruct
Stone bulwarks are slow and steady constructs typically carved from marble or granite. They're often made to serve as works of art when at rest, so some magical crafters employ master sculptors to ensure their constructs make beautiful statues. Older stone bulwarks might be weathered, with scuffed or cracked surfaces or missing noses and digits, but this weathering is largely cosmetic and doesn't adversely impact the bulwark's functionality.
Source: curtain-call-bestiary
Perception +17; darkvision
Skills athletics +26
Str
+7
Dex
-1
Con
+4
Int
-5
Wis
+0
Cha
-5
AC 30
Fort +24
Ref +18
Will +19
HP 175
Immunities mental
Resistances physical (except adamantine) 10, spells (except cold, earth, water) 10
Speed 20 feet
Offense
Melee Fist (magical, reach-10, unarmed) +24, Damage 2d10+13 bludgeoning plus Binding Stone
Abilities
Statuary Aura (arcane, aura, earth) — 20 feet.
Rocks of marble magically arise from the ground in the aura. They protect the bulwark's allies, giving each of them standard Cover. These stones can be used for Throw Rock.
This aura automatically activates at the start of the stone bulwark's first turn in combat and deactivates at the end of combat.
Rocks of marble magically arise from the ground in the aura. They protect the bulwark's allies, giving each of them standard Cover. These stones can be used for Throw Rock.
This aura automatically activates at the start of the stone bulwark's first turn in combat and deactivates at the end of combat.
Binding Stone (arcane, earth) — Any creature hit by the stone bulwark's fist or rock Strike is affected by a DC 30 Fortitude Earthbind spell.
Inexorable March — The stone bulwark Strides up to its Speed, pushing back each creature whose space it moves into and damaging them if they try to stop its movement. A creature can attempt to bar the way by succeeding at a DC 34 Fortitude save. On a critical success, the resisting creature takes no damage; otherwise it is damaged as if hit by the construct's fist.
Throw Rock — The monster picks up a rock within reach or retrieves a stowed rock and throws it, making a ranged Strike.
WORKS WELL WITH
SniperLANDA ranged attacker among its allies gains standard Cover from the Statuary Aura, letting it fire on the party without being an easy return target.
SnareLANDA controller that restrains a target compounds the Binding Stone effect, stacking mobility loss on whoever gets hit by the fist Strike.
FlankerLANDA mobile skirmisher can slip past the construct's Inexorable March to reach vulnerable targets while it pushes through the front line.
PUNISHES
✖ ranged reliance✖ clumping✖ blocking its path
Do not stack multiple mindless Anvil constructs; the encounter becomes a war of attrition with no tactical variety for the party to solve.
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