The Shard In the Crate
The Shard In the Crate
Read Aloud
Sand lashes your faces as Azruk raises one glowing hand beside the humming iron crate. Five mercenaries close ranks among the overturned wagons, while buried stone splits nearby and something beneath it begins to move. Lirael shouts, “Break the restraints, not the crate!”
Forces
Pact Magic · Sable Sight · Void-Fed
Contract-Bound Defender · Battlefield Awareness · Relentless Advance
Shard Resonance · Multiattack · Resonant Fracture · Constructed Endurance
Battlefield Zones
Overturned wagons form broken cover around the outer ring; movement is difficult terrain.
The reinforced iron crate sits here, humming through three glowing restraints; creatures within 10 ft risk Shard Resonance.
Half-buried stone and sand mark the guardian's resting place; the guardian rises here when awakened.
Terrain Levers
- Cut a wagon axle to collapse cover and create a 10-foot gap.
- Kick loose sand into the wind to obscure a 15-foot line until the next round.
- Break the crate's three iron restraints with an action and a successful DC 16 Strength or Arcana check.
- Use an overturned wagon as half cover; the guardian can smash it apart with one slam.
