Sorrowstone
Hazard
Level 4 Warder
XP 175
This huge stone obelisk stands 10 feet tall and has been carved with the names of House Madar ancestors. A palpable aura of grief and loss surrounds the stone in a heavy shroud.
Hazard: This stone, imbued with grief and rage, has become a battery of negative emotion created by the tragic events that befell House Madar. It leeches negative emotion from nearby living creatures and uses this stolen energy to create wisp wraiths.Perception✦ No Perception check is necessary to notice the stone.TriggerWhen a living creature enters a square adjacent to the sorrowstone, it makes the following attack.AttackImmediate Reaction Melee 1Attack: +7 vs. WillHit: 1d8 + 3 psychic damage, and a wisp wraith appears in an unoccupied square adjacent to the target. The sorrowstone can create only a single wisp wraith from any one living creature. A creature whose negative emotions have already fueled the creation of a wisp wraith still suffers psychic damage from the sorrowstone's attack.Countermeasures✦ The sorrowstone can be attacked (AC 14, Fortitude 10; hp 60). When the hazard is reduced below half its starting hit points, it can no longer create wisp wraiths. When the hazard is reduced to 0 hit points, it is destroyed.
Published in Dungeon Magazine 181.