Finesse Master. The Abyss Watcher wields a greatsword in one hand and a dagger in the other, and can use its Dexterity modifier instead of its Strength modifier for attack and damage rolls made with its greatsword.
Pack Tactics. The Abyss Watcher has advantage on attack rolls against another creature if at least one of its allies is within 5 feet of the target creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.
Undead Curse. If an Abyss Watcher is slain, and another Abyss Watcher is alive within 60 feet of it, the fallen Abyss Watcher returns to life with full hit points at the start of its third turn after dying, as long as none of the Abyss Watchers have used their Lord of Cinder feature.
Undead Nature. The Abyss Watcher doesn't require air, food, drink, or sleep.
Multiattack. The Abyss Watcher makes two attacks, one with its greatsword and one with its dagger.
Greatsword. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Dagger. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, one target. Hit: 6 (1d4 + 4) piercing damage.
Farron Greatsword Art (Recharge 5–6). The Abyss Watcher can perform a special attack with its greatsword, leaping towards a target within 15 feet and striking with a powerful downward slash. This attack deals 17 (3d8 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage, and the target must succeed on a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw or be knocked prone. This ability does not provoke attacks of opportunity.
Lord of Cinder (1/day). If the Abyss Watcher is the last among its allies to die, it rises again at the start of its next turn at its hit point maximum, its body wreathed in flickering flame, and gains the following benefits:
- All conditions affecting it end.
- It gains immunity to fire damage.
- It can make two greatsword attacks and one dagger attack per turn.
- Its greatsword attacks deal an additional 1d6 fire damage.
It cannot use this ability if it was not fighting alongside at least two other Abyss Watchers.
Parry. The Abyss Watcher adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the Abyss Watcher must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Description
The Abyss Watchers were the main component of the Undead Legion of Farron, a special fighting force formed to combat the threat of the Abyss. Taking inspiration from the Wolf Knight (Sir Artorias, the Abyss Walker), the Abyss Watchers themselves sought to utilize the techniques of Artorias, and partook of wolf blood to do so. Now equipped with the strength of Artorias, they became intensely strong and agile, fighting in a coordinated and sporadic pack akin to wolves.
Though the Legion was not inherently evil or overtly violent, at the slightest threat of the Abyss the Watchers would go so far as to decimate an entire territory. Their distinct outfits, topped off with a tall pointed helm, became an ill omen for any who saw them. Their wolf-blood fighting style was enhanced by the revolutionary use of an ultra greatsword modeled after Artorias' sword along with a carved dagger, utilizing the dagger as support for them to develop their own unique, highly agile fighting techniques that were even more unpredictable and vicious than their predecessor.
Their wolf blood did more than enhance their bodies, but their very essence, for all those who partook in it were linked to the soul of Artorias himself. As such, instead of each body hosting distinct souls, all that partook the wolf blood share the one soul distributed among them.
Eventually, the Watchers linked the Fire, although it is unknown if one or all had done so, but had returned as Lords of Cinder.
With nothing to live for after the Abyss Watchers linked the flame, the Followers went hollow, roaming the land and eventually disappearing into the Painted World of Ariandel. Since there were none to execute the corrupt, the acolytes were slowly devolved by the Abyss, and Farron was consumed in a rotting bog. Once the Abyss Watchers had awakened, their home was corrupt and their mission unsuccessful. The Watchers in the keep now fight against themselves; endlessly slaying their brethren corrupted by the Abyss.
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