High Roller

CREATURE 11

MEDIUM HUMAN HUMANOID

Those with a particular mastery over luck can make a living through games of chance as professional gamblers.

These lone wolves have an aura of mystery, bravado, and swagger.

Perception +22; (+26 for Sense Motive)

Languages Common

Skills Deception +24, Games Lore +26, Intimidation +22, Society +21, Thievery +22

Str +1, Dex +5, Con +0, Int +2, Wis +3, Cha +5

Items Rapier, Playing Cards (54-Card Deck), Predictable Silver Piece

Gaming Arsenal

The high roller treats all game tools—such as cards (used in the stat block's Strike entries), dice, coins, and gambling tokens—as melee weapons with a d4 damage die and the agile, finesse and thrown 20 feet traits. The high roller gets a +1 item bonus to attack rolls with them and deals two damage dice. The damage type depends on the item and is determined by the GM.

AC 30; Fort +17, Ref +24, Will +22

HP 150

+4 to Sense Motive

Tip the Scales (divine, fortune)

Trigger A creature the high roller is observing critically fails a check

Effect The high roller picks up on luck that others dropped. They roll twice on their next d20 roll before the end of their next turn and take the better result.

Speed 25 feet

Melee Rapier +23 (deadly d8, disarm, finesse, magical), Damage 2d6+11 piercing

Melee Fist +22 (agile, finesse, nonlethal, unarmed), Damage 1d4+11 bludgeoning

Melee Card +23 (agile, finesse), Damage 2d4+11 slashing

Melee Card +23 (agile, thrown 20), Damage 2d4+11 slashing

Lucky Momentum

Requirements The high roller's last action was a critical success

Effect The high roller either Strides twice or attempts a Strike that deals an additional 4d6 precision damage and deals half damage on a failure (but not a critical failure).

Royal Flush Flurry

Frequency once per hour

Requirements The high roller has at least 16 cards in one hand

Effect The high roller unleashes the cards in a 30-foot cone, dealing 16d4 slashing damage to all creatures in the area with a DC 30 basic Reflex save. This ability expends the full deck of cards held.

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