Darkfliers are winged creatures in the shape of giant birds, coming from The Shadowfell.
Lore
A character knows the following information with a successful Arcana check.
DC 15: The Darkfliers came from The Shadowfell, and lurk in dark caves.
DC 20: The Darkfliers, who are shadow creatures, are vunerable to radiant damage, and resistant to necrotic damage.
Encounters
The Darkfliers are taken as guards and the like for strong creatures, or they keep lurker creatures to keep their treasures.
- Encounter Examples
Level 5 Encounter (XP 700)
- 1 Darkflier (Level 5 Artillery)
- 2 Wraiths (Level 5 Lurker)
Level 10 Encounter (XP 1900)
- 2 Black Talon Shadowfliers (Level 10 Soldier)
- 1 Dragonborn Gladiator (Level 10 Soldier)
- 1 Skull Lord (Level 10 Artillery)
Darkflier
Darkflier Level 5 Artillery
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Large Shadow Beast XP 200
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| HP 78; Bloodied 39
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Initiative +6
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| AC 19; Fortitude 15, Reflex 18, Will 16
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Perception +7
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| Speed 3 (Clumsy), fly 6
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Low-light vision
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| Resist Necrotic 5
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| Vulnerable Radiant 5
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Standard Actions
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 Wing Slash ♦ At-Will
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| Attack: +10 Vs. AC
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| Hit: 1d8 + 6 damage.
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 Necrotic Wind (Necrotic)♦ At-Will
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| Attack: Close blast 3; +8 Vs. Fortitude
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| Hit: 2d6 + 6 necrotic damage.
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 Slowing Wind ♦ Encounter
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| Attack: Ranged 6; +8 Vs. Fortitude
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| Hit: The target is slowed (Save ends).
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| Skills Intimidate +6
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| Str 19 (+6)
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Dex 23 (+8)
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Wis 12 (+3)
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| Con 16 (+5)
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Int 3 (-2)
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Cha 6 (+0)
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| Alignment Evil
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Languages Abyssal
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| Equipment —
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A Darkflier will begin a fight with Necrotic Winds. Only when an enemy is adjacent it may use it's basic melee. When bloodied, it may fly away and use Slowing Wind, then return to it's usual attacks. The Darkflier will try to use Necrotic Wind as much as it can.
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Black Talon Darkflier
Black Talon Darkflier Level 11 Soldier
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Large Shadow Beast XP 600
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| HP 112; Bloodied 56
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Initiative +9
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| AC 26; Fortitude 24, Reflex 25, Will 22
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Perception +8
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| Speed 3 (Clumsy), fly 8.
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Low-light vision
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| Resist Necrotic 7
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| Vulnerable Radiant 5
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Standard Actions
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| Black Talon ♦ At-Will
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| Attack: +16 Vs. AC
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| Hit: 2d6 + 7 damage.
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| Mortal Blast (Necrotic)♦ At-Will
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| Attack: Close burst 2; +16 Vs. AC
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| Hit: 3d6 + 13 necrotic damage.
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 Necrotic Lowering (Necrotic)♦ Encounter
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| Attack: +14 Vs. Will
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| Hit: 2d6 + 5 necrotic damage; the target suffers from a 3 vulnerability to necrotic damage (Save ends).
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| Skills +13 Intimidate
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| Str 26 (+13)
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Dex 23 (+11)
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Wis 17 (+9)
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| Con 22 (+11)
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Int 3 (+1)
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Cha 5 (+2)
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| Alignment Evil
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Languages Abyssal
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| Equipment —
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The Black Talon Darkflier rushes into melee combat using Black Talon, when needed using Necrotic Lowering and running away from radiant power users. The Black Talon Darkflier also uses intimidate skills to keep enemies away.
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