❛ – 𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒖𝒈𝒉, 𝒃𝒊𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒂𝒔 𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒅𝒆
Lord of Decay, Wielder of Baleful Dreadfire, The Dark Psion, Servant of Thay, The Lich King... Vader is known by many names and many songs, all of them deserved. He is a cautionary tale on the dangers of meddling with Red Wizards, the pursuit of dark necromancy, and how vengeance requires that you must dig two graves.
Driven by power and haunted by visions of his wife's death in childbirth, the young sorcerer sought the council of his long time friend, a kindly wizard elder. Hearing of his plight, he promised to teach him forbidden magic. Unbeknownst to Vader for years, this kindly old man was a Red Wizard of Thay exiled by Szass Tam who sought to wield the aasimar in a Thayan Resurrection against the lich ruler.
Darkness consumed Vader, pledging himself to Thayan dark arts in the pursuit of power, and in so doing so, estranged his dear wife. She pleaded with him to return to her, to leave Faerûn with her and leave his past behind him, to raise their children together in the far corners of Toril where nobody could hurt them. Vader refused.
The rest, as they say, is history. Vader's undead armies slaughtered indiscriminately, adding endlessly to their ranks as they swept across Faerûn. It was only with the combined efforts of Selûne's chosen, Aylin, and The Earthmother Chauntea that the Lord of Decay was sealed away in his frozen, fetid kingdom under magical lock and key for near 100 years.
That was until Aylin mysteriously disappeared...
Race: Aasimar | HP: 180 | Initiative: +1 | Movement Speed: 10m | Darkvision Range: 40m | Type: Humanoid | Size: Medium | Weight: 120kg | Carrying Capacity: 400kg
𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐃 Vader can be found in Act 1 in the Wilderness. He seems to have been traveling along the risen road from Elturel.
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐄𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐏𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓 Night's Fall, a bound legendary two-handed greatsword, Sith Forged Armor, legendary heavy armor, Vader's Helm, a legendary helmet.
𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒 Athletics, Perception, Insight, Persuasion, Intimidation
𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄𝐒 Magic resistance (advantage on saving throws against magic) | Psionic Rebuke (if an attacker misses a magical or physical attack, they are psionic blasted and must make a saving throw against being knocked back 20m) | Child of Thay (when unconscious, recover 1hp at the start of your turn) | Undead Ward | Immune to Turn Undead | Beyond the Grave (when you deal damage with a spell, deal an additional 1d8 necrotic damage)
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒 ️🔥 Fire: ½ magical & non-magical | ⚡Lightning: x2 magical & non-magical | 👁️ Psychic: ½ magical & non-magical | ❄️Cold: Nullified | ☠️ Poison: Normal | 💀 Necrotic: Nullified | 🔪 Piercing: ½ | 🗡️ Slashing: ½ | 🔨 Bludgeoning: ½
