Aggressive. As a bonus action, Bonebreaker Dorokor can move up to her speed toward a hostile creature she can see.
Wielder of Wound. Bonebreaker Dorokor wields the magical greataxe Wound.
Multiattack. Bonebreaker Dorokor makes three weapon attacks, or she makes two attacks and issues a War Cry if it is available.
Wound. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11(1d12 + 5) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) necrotic damage. The target’s maximum hit points are decreased in equal amount to the necrotic damage dealt. The target’s hit point maximum does not return to normal until it finishes a long rest or its grievous wounds are soothed by a greater restoration spell.
Longbow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +5 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d8 + 2) piercing damage.
War Cry (Recharge 4–6). Dorokor screams an orcish war phrase, spurring her warriors on toward victory. Choose one of the following effects:
- Rally: All of Dorokor’s minions within 30 feet that can hear her gain 22 (4d10) temporary hit points.
- Focus: All of Dorokor’s minions within 30 feet that can hear her will have advantage on the next attack roll they make before the end of their next turn.
- Charge: All of Dorokor’s minions within 30 feet that can hear her can move up to their speed as a reaction.
Warlord. As a reaction, when a minion dies, issue a command to your other minions. Those who can hear you gain a reaction they can use to immediately take another movement.
Description
Bonebreaker Dorokor commands the unquestioning loyalty of the White Tusk orc clan. She stands nearly seven feet tall and lifts her wicked greataxe, Wound, with ease. Her clan respects her leadership as well as her might. Dorokor is a crafty and strategic warrior. Her plots and schemes are sophisticated—her bargain with Lord Saxton is the first one to backfire, causing her people to question her leadership a little. But her people believe that taking young Edmund, the baron’s son, hostage is a feat that shows she thinks much farther ahead than a normal orc.
Her fanatical devotion to Grole is both her greatest strength and her greatest weakness. Her zeal for Grole has driven her to become strong and self-sufficient, but it has also made her exploitable. Lord Saxton manipulated her into slaughtering the Baron of Bedegar and his family by promising her the Sanguineous Oriflamme, an artifact of Grole that the old baron’s forebears took from the orcs decades ago.
Dorokor could not resist Saxton’s offer. She accepted the deal and mustered her tribe. Saxton’s men opened the gates of Bedegar Keep and the White Tusk orcs stormed in, mercilessly slaughtering all within—except one young boy. Dorokor was no fool and could sense that Saxton was a snake. She spared the life of young Edmund Bedegar and spirited him away to Castle Rend, the derelict fortress that the White Tusk orcs call home. She is keeping the young lordling as insurance against Lord Saxton’s treachery. She believes—and she is correct—that if she produces the boy at the right place and time, the humans will rebel against the usurper Saxton. She doesn’t particularly care who rules, she just wants the Oriflamme.
Despite her cunning, Dorokor knows little of the ways of human diplomacy. She assumes that humans are weak and, should you capture one, they will give up much to recover them. During the adventure, she initiates negotiations in the same way that Saxton dealt with her: she kidnaps a young woman from the nearby town of Gravesford and will only release her if they agree to parley. She reacts with confusion and hostility if the heroes arrive at her keep and attack. Dorokor’s Common is simple but fluent. When speaking in Orc, however, she uses grandiose and often poetic turns of phrase.
Motivation: Bonebreaker Dorokor wants to see her clan triumph over all others, including Men and elves. She has ambition beyond any normal bloodchief. She also seeks to honor Grole with glorious victories in combat and is often torn between her desire to protect her clan and her hunger for war.
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