Encore! (Recharge after Short or Long Rest)
If reduced to 0 HP while on stage, the Cursed Actor revives at 1 HP instead.
All creatures who witnessed it must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma save or act out a tragic scene from the play — they lose their next turn in a dazed state.
Stage Presence (Aura, 10 ft.)
While in combat and visible, all creatures in range must succeed on a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed for 1 minute.
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While charmed this way, they can’t attack the Actor and feel compelled to “play along” in its tragic scene.
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It speaks in monologues and screams “LINE?!” when struck.
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It repeats the same dramatic lines with increasing fury.
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Defeating it causes it to bow deeply, whisper, “...thank you for seeing the show,” and vanish in a swirl of curtain dust.
Psychic Slap (Melee Weapon Attack)
+6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature.
Hit: 10 (2d6 + 3) psychic damage.
Target must make a DC 13 Wisdom save or have disadvantage on their next saving throw.
Phantom Strings (Recharge 5–6)
Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, range 30 ft., one target.
Hit: Target is grappled and restrained (escape DC 14).
While restrained, the Cursed Actor can force the target to speak lines or move like a puppet.
Final Bow (1/Day)
The Actor bows dramatically and releases a burst of psychic theater.
Each creature within 20 feet must succeed on a DC 14 Charisma save or take 6d6 psychic damage and be forced prone, overcome by phantom emotions.
On a success, they take half damage and are not knocked prone.
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Description
The Cursed Actor appears as a tragic, puppet-like undead performer — half-phantom, half-theatrical nightmare.
A once-grand actor now trapped in undeath, the Cursed Actor drifts across the stage with exaggerated movements, as though still in a performance long forgotten.
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Face: A cracked porcelain mask with a frown permanently etched into it. One side has fallen away, revealing a shriveled, gray face beneath — lips sewn shut with black thread.
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Eyes: Hollow voids behind the mask, glowing faintly with ghostlight.
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Clothing: Wears a tattered velvet doublet, frilled collar stained with rot, and black stage breeches torn at the knee. Dust and cobwebs cling to the fabric.
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Limbs: Jerky, unnatural movements — like he’s being pulled by invisible strings. His fingers are long and splintered like marionette joints.
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Strings: Phantom tendrils of spectral energy dangle from his shoulders and wrists, snaking toward the rafters where nothing hangs. They twitch with every emotion.
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Voice: Echoes as if from an empty theater — every line is a dramatic monologue delivered with too much flourish.
“Ah… to die again upon the boards… what glory!”
When he takes damage, pieces of his mask fall away — revealing more of the human tragedy underneath.
When slain, he takes a bow, whispers “Thank you… for seeing the show…”, and vanishes in a swirl of stage dust.
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