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Withered shadow-cloaked draugr
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Rendition of a shadow-cloaked draugr by Mnar Akurion.
Utterly immense, the draugr's humanoid shape is comprised wholly of inky shadows that drip and pool at its intangible feet. Cruel eyes of frigid light glare from a face of sharp lines and malevolent angles. The shade's arms are lightless and devoid of all but the most rudimentary features, but are massively thick and traced with intricate lines of blazing blue radiance.
A shadow-cloaked draugr is a type of corporeal undead creature, approximately level 105-110, found in the Pits of the Dead zone of the Hinterwilds. They are enormous, powerful creatures typically wielding a two-handed greatsword with tremendous strength, but also capable of various maneuver attacks able to damage and knock players prone. They wear decaying leathers that are equivalent to AsG 7 armor (reinforced leather).
Hunting Strategies
Shadow-cloaked draugrs are able to focused multi-strike players up to five times with either their greatsword or a combination of hands, feet and shoulders. They seem to have limitless stamina and are able to multi-strike at will, preferring this to normal attacks.
Periodically, but almost always on their first attack after spawning, shadow-cloaked draugrs are able to perform an exceptionally powerful attack with their greatsword, raising their AS by approximately 80 for one strike.
They are also capable of an SMR2-based stomp attack with two components: an attempt to crush players with their foot, followed by a quaking effect that may knock players prone and induce roundtime. The quake check will occur regardless of whether the stomp succeeds or fails.
Typical Multi-strike Attack
In an awe-inspiring display of combat mastery, a withered shadow-cloaked draugr engages you in a furious dance macabre, spiraling into a blur of strikes and ripostes!
Wisps of shadow follow the arc of a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's arm as she swings a huge black alloy greatsword at you!
AS: +589 vs DS: +461 with AvD: +48 + d100 roll: +55 = +231
... and hits for 37 points of damage!
Powerful slash just cracks your shield arm!
You are stunned for 2 rounds!
Wisps of shadow follow the arc of a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's arm as she swings a huge black alloy greatsword at you!
Nearly insensible, you desperately evade the attack!
Wisps of shadow follow the arc of a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's arm as she swings a huge black alloy greatsword at you!
AS: +589 vs DS: +340 with AvD: +48 + d100 roll: +75 = +372
... and hits for 63 points of damage!
Your right hand is mangled horribly.
Wisps of shadow follow the arc of a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's arm as she swings a huge black alloy greatsword at you!
AS: +589 vs DS: +325 with AvD: +48 + d100 roll: +64 = +376
... and hits for 99 points of damage!
Incredible blast shatters your head into a red spray.
Stomp Attack
[SMR result: 130 (Open d100: 65, Bonus: 2)]
A withered shadow-cloaked draugr raises a colossal foot and tries to crush you with it! The force of the stomp flattens you to the ground!
... 20 points of damage!
Left elbow smashed into a thousand pieces.
You are stunned for 2 rounds!
Tremors echo outward from the point of impact!
[SMR result: 178 (Open d100: 74, Bonus: 41)]
Rocked by the rumbling tremors, you fall to the ground!
Roundtime: 20 sec.
SMR Attack
A withered shadow-cloaked draugr surrenders to bloodthirst, darkness swathing him in a thick shroud!
[SMR result: 158 (Open d100: 165)]
Stooping down from his vast height, a withered shadow-cloaked draugr reaches toward you with a gigantic fist! Massive fingers close around your midsection as the draugr tries to squeeze the life out of you!
... 18 points of damage!
Hard shove to the midriff staggers you.
You are knocked to the ground!
You are stunned for 4 rounds!
The draugr lifts you into the air, trapping you in his huge fist!
Augmented Attack
A withered shadow-cloaked draugr surrenders to bloodthirst, darkness swathing her in a thick shroud!
A ghost of rage twists a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's decaying features!
Your companion takes up a position of watchful wariness in front of you.
Wisps of shadow follow the arc of a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's arm as she swings a huge black alloy greatsword at you!
AS: +667 vs DS: +640 with AvD: +48 + d100 roll: +51 = +126
... and hits for 6 points of damage!
Hit glances off your hip.
The ethereal necrotic film covering a withered shadow-cloaked draugr's black alloy greatsword shrivels away.
- General Advice
- Taking out a draugr's greatsword and leaving them swinging a closed fist is as close to taking out the draugr as can be short of actually killing it, so Disarm Weapon, Vibration Chant (1002), or even Limb Disruption (708) work great here. DoT spells like Condemn (309) and Earthen Fury (917) are liable to also sever an arm by sheer probability given enough rounds of going off.
- In lieu of killing a draugr or getting rid of its weapon, another strong option is taking out its legs or inflicting Rooted since draugrs rely heavily on high AS or maneuvers to be effective. Hamstring (despite Major Bleed not affecting undead), Cripple, Pin Down, and other options can do the trick.
- In lieu of any of the above, draugrs are also square enemies in light armor, so low TD and low CvA leaves them pretty vulnerable to most CS-based attacks despite their high level.
You feel your song resonate around the shadow-cloaked draugr, pulling at the threads of mana within.
You gain 51 mana!
Other Information
Lore
Shadow-cloaked draugrs are undead Gigas, the race of giants who live in the Hinterwilds and its villages. The corrupted blood of Zerroth has awakened them from their eternal slumber, and they haunt the Pits of the Dead and the chambers below the Angargreft temple, driven by a mad desire to destroy any intruders who dare trespass in their sacred halls.
Non-Gemstone Inspiration
In Scandanavian mythology, draugr are undead creatures found in cairns, barrows, or other gravesites. They are animated corpses with physical bodies rather than spiritual forms such as ghosts. In Old Norse, the term 'draugr' can be any ghost or spirit inhabiting a cairn, but is usually a reanimated corpse.
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