Two rubies each worth 50, gold pieces are placed in its eyes, and six marquis-cut diamonds each worth 5, gp are set as teeth in its jaw. Does he really need knock if he has disintegrate and telekinesis?Acererakalso called The Devourer Lord of Unlife and Acererak of the Scarlet Robesis a powerful lich best known as the creator of an infamously deadly dungeon known as the Tomb of Horrors.Īs a demilich, Acererak appears to be a human skull inlaid with precious gemstones. Like any powerful wizard who doesn't know how their day is going to go, Acererak is likely to pick spells that offer more general utility than those that are specific.įor example, knock.
And thus, he will prepare spells that aid him in all of these pursuits. Like our own adventurers, each day Acererak likely engages in explorationinteractionand combat. He wants to find the hidden sanctuaries of fellow lichs now long dead and raid their caches of magic items. He wants to strip ancient lore out of the minds of the oldest pit fiends to walk the lowest layers of hell. He wants ancient lore buried in the vaults of dead planets. What does Acererak do every day? Well, he seeks knowledge above all else. This means we need to think about what a typical day looks like for the most powerful lich to ever wander the cosmos. Instead of asking what spells Acererak has prepared for this battle, we can instead ask what spells he would prepare on a typical day. He wouldn't likely have a full lineup of spells prepared just to make the lives of a band of adventurers miserable.īut what spells would he have prepared? In order for us to know what spells he should have prepared, we have to think from the eyes of our villain. Imagine Acererak casting three fireballs in a round outside of his actual turn! One can argue, and many did on various Twitter conversations on the topic, that Acererak isn't necessarily coming in like an AC gunship firing lightning bolts and fireballs three times a round before dropping in his power word kill or disintegrate.
In particular, Acererak has the ability to cast 1st through 3rd level spells at will and can cast any of these at-will spells with a single legendary action.
Acererak's stat block builds him out into a terrifying villain, particularly considering the context of his arrival in the adventure.Īs a boss monster, Acererak has some amazing abilities. We've even discussed the collected advice for running bosses. We talk a lot about boss monsters here at Sly Flourish. You can find links to all of the articles below.
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