◈ Bestiary

What walks Sarn

Stats are first-guess (pre-playtest) under ruleset v0.2.9. Many "bosses" are answered, sealed, or escaped, not killed. Drop any of these onto a board from the GM map.

The Hollow / Unsung

Hollow Cantor (Brennia)

boss

Size 1 · HP 32 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 12 · Threat 10

  • · Drowning Song: 1 Stress + lose a Quick
  • · Hollow Note: 1d6 Energy + Impaired
  • · Choir-Call on a Stone's death

Appears: M1

Unsung Seeper

grunt

Size 0.5 · HP 3 · Armor 0 · Ev 10 · E-Def 9 · Threat 1

  • · Drawn to the Loudest
  • · Seep: 1 Stress, +1 Resonance to a loud band
  • · Choir Trace: feeds the nearest

Appears: M4

Pooled Remnant

elite

Size 2 · HP 30 · Armor 0 · Ev 12 · E-Def 11 · Threat 10

  • · The Pull / Hollow Hum (drag toward it)
  • · Phase Scatter / passes through frames

M3 objective-chaser (HP 30) vs M9 lean puller (HP 14, flying).

Appears: M3, M9

Linger Fragment

grunt

Size 0.5 · HP 5 · Armor 0 · Ev 9 · E-Def 9

  • · Drift toward the remnant
  • · Choir Trace

Appears: M3

The Choir of the Hollow

boss

Size 4 · HP 80 · Armor 0 · Ev 6 · E-Def 14

  • · Un-woundable until The Gap
  • · The Pull (field): drift toward it
  • · Hollow Note: hits the loudest band

A rising field, not a kill target. Win by the naming, not 0 HP.

Appears: M11

The Hollow-Node

elite

Size 2 · HP 20 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 13 · Threat 3

  • · Resonant Strike: 2d6 Sonic (the near-death)
  • · Stunning Chord: Systems save or Stunned

Appears: M11

Chorister

grunt

Size 0.5 · HP 4 · Armor 0 · Ev 11 · E-Def 8 · Threat 1

  • · Swarm Strike: 1d6 Kinetic (pairs auto-hit)

Appears: M1, M9

The Stilled / Sundered

Sundered Worker

civilian

Size 1 · HP 6 · Armor 1 · Ev 8 · E-Def 8 · Threat 1

  • · Pleading Strike: 1d6 Kinetic (apologizing)
  • · Recoverable if the broadcast breaks

Do not kill — a victim.

Appears: M1

Lithic Order / See

The Veiled Cantor

elite

Size 2 · HP 28 · Armor 2 · Ev 9 · E-Def 12 · Threat 5

  • · Channel Discipline: shove a Seeper off a sacred object
  • · Confirm the Account: notes a performed Bond Move

Appears: M4

Enforcer Warden

elite

Size 1 · HP 33 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 11 · Threat 12

  • · Displacement Order: forced-move 3
  • · Spire Volley: 2d6 Kinetic
  • · The Hook: pull a wavering PC

Peer Stoneknights; will not fire on civilians.

Appears: M5

Spire

elite

Size 2 · HP 46 · Armor 2 · Ev 8 · E-Def 12 · Threat 8

  • · Suppression Pulse: 1 unwilling Resonance + 1d6
  • · Quarry's Edge: forced-move toward the drop

Appears: M5

Unison

Cantor Sere

boss

Size 1 · HP 37 · Armor 1 · Ev 12 · E-Def 13 · Threat 18

  • · False Order (forged voice)
  • · Throwing the Voice (apparent ≠ real)
  • · Escapes by default; caught only by Truth

Appears: M7, M12

The Loom-Tender

elite

Size 1 · HP 32 · Armor 1 · Ev 9 · E-Def 13 · Threat 15

  • · Fate-Stitch: declare against a roll (stitches Resonance, not HP)
  • · Crescendo: doubles next round

Appears: M10

The Sealed Warden

boss

Size 3 · HP 22 · Armor 2 · Ev 8 · E-Def 10 · Threat 15

  • · Many Stones: pull a named NPC into custody
  • · Sealed Phase: un-damageable until the Choir Moment
  • · Dissonance Return: attacks feed your Resonance

Appears: M9

Collector Primus

elite

Size 2 · HP 12 · Armor 1 · Ev 11 · E-Def 12

  • · Loom-style fate-declaration (Bend or Force)

Appears: M9

Unison Escort

elite

Size 1 · HP 31 · Armor 1 · Ev 11 · E-Def 11 · Threat 8

  • · Covering Step (interpose)
  • · Reluctant Volley: 1d6+2 (aims away from vessels)

Appears: M6

Dissonance Speaker

grunt

Size 0.5 · HP 5 · Armor 0 · Ev 11 · E-Def 9

  • · Maintains the false-order feed (Node C is the kill-switch)

Appears: M7

Unison Vaulter

grunt

Size 0.5 · HP 6 · Armor 0 · Ev 12 · E-Def 10 · Threat 1

  • · Rappel Strike: 1d6 Kinetic near a Hushed
  • · Cover the Approach (marks Exposed)

Appears: M10

Unison Sentinel

grunt

Size 1 · HP 8 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 11 · Threat 5

  • · Lined Advance: 1d6 Energy
  • · Hold the Fracture: +1 defense at a breach

Appears: M10

Tacet Scout

grunt

Size 0.5 · HP 6 · Armor 0 · Ev 12 · E-Def 10

  • · Intercept (block a move on a Pillar/Choir)
  • · The Reasonable Offer (a real offer and a trap)

Appears: M11

Chord-Ward

grunt

Size 1 · HP 8 · Armor 1 · Ev 11 · E-Def 12 · Threat 8

  • · Warding Fire down the Gallery (Speed 0, fixed)

Appears: M12

The Hushed / Loom

The Meridian Loom (Engine)

boss

Size 3 · HP 30 · Armor 3 · Ev 6 · E-Def 12

  • · Fate-Declaration (Bend free or Force for 2 Resonance)
  • · Exposed only when all 6 pylons fall

Appears: M8

Thread-Warden

elite

Size 2 · HP 10 · Armor 1 · Ev 10 · E-Def 12 · Threat 8

  • · Weave-Strike: 1d6+2 Energy
  • · Thread-Guard (+2 Armor to a pylon)
  • · Probability-Lock (Force cost 2→3)

Appears: M8

Loom Pylon

object

Size 1 · HP 12 · Armor 0 · Ev 5 · E-Def 5

  • · Immobile; falls outside-in
  • · 4 down → declarations fizzle; 6 → Engine exposed

Appears: M8

The Still King

Vael — the Still King

boss

Size 2 · un-woundable · Armor 0 · Ev 8 · E-Def 14

  • · No HP track — ANSWERED, not killed
  • · One Note Binding (bounded pulse: save or lose an action, 1d6 Stress)

Win by the naming. Never run a kill clock.

Appears: M12

Tailing Guild

Corsair Sov

elite

Size 2 · HP 36 · Armor 1 · Ev 9 · E-Def 10 · Threat 10

  • · Warning Shot (means to miss; Impaired)
  • · Ground Press: 1d6 + Knockback
  • · Crescendo at 8 dmg; stands down for a reason

Plot-critical: do not kill (the DAV-7-SCHED callsign).

Appears: M2

Dusthauler

elite

Size 2 · HP 14 · Armor 2 · Ev 7 · E-Def 8 · Threat 3

  • · Cargo Hook (Immobilize the objective)
  • · Tow (drag it off-map = lost)

Appears: M2

Guild Ground Team

grunt

Size 1 · HP 4 · Armor 0 · Ev 10 · E-Def 8 · Threat 8

  • · Ridge Fire: 1d6 Kinetic from cover
  • · Fall Back when one drops

Appears: M2

Environmental

Singing Stone

object

Size 2 · HP 8 · Armor 0 · Ev 5 · E-Def 5

  • · Immobile; powers the Hollow
  • · Each destroyed: Hollow Tech −1

Appears: M1