Phylactery - Players may attempt a repeatable arcana 10 check per turn to discover that the Zombified Pirate Captain's hat is a phylactery. If they roll 12 or higher, they discover that the phylactery is defective, and
Arcana check: Branaugh has a shielding spell cast on his hat. The shield gives the hat an AC of 18, and HP of 5.
A slight of hand check (16) may be attempted on the hat once during the battle (it has been sewed into his head and cannot simply be knocked off).
Removing the hat will cause Branaugh to panic - his AC drops to 4, he loses resistance to nonsilvered weapons, and he takes +5 HP damage per tern but he'll gain +10 to movement speed and +1 to attack rolls.
He will attack the player with the hat on the next turn. If a player fails the check, Branaugh gets an opportunity attack.
A player in possession of the hat may attack the hat on the next turn. If the hat is in your possession, it has an AC of 4 and 6 HP. If the hat is destroyed, Branaugh dies.
Cutlass. Melee Weapon Attack: +3 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: (1d8 + 1) slashing damage
Cause Fear - 1 action, WIS check, 60 ft. Causes Frightened for 1 turn - disadvantage on ability and attack rolls, cannot willingly move closer to the caster. Can be used twice per battle.
Arm whip - Branaugh turns his arm stump into a thorny whip and lashes out over 30 feat. +3 to hit, one target, Hit: does 1 damage and pulls the target 10 feet towards the caster.
Branaugh has one arm, so he can only take one action or bonus action that requires the use of his arm per turn.
Branaugh will call two Drowned Sailors at 50% health, and two more at 25% health. These appear at half-health and will die when he dies.
Description
Branaugh is a undead, one-armed and peglegged Pirate captain with a fabulous frilled tricorn hat. Despite Branaugh's shambling and rotting corpse, his hat appears to be in perfect condition.
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Posted May 3, 2026Drowned Sailors use the Zombie stats from Intro to Stormwreck isle. I designed this boss to make the combat encounter from that pack more interesting.