UMBRAL MASTIFF

Tier 1 Bruiser
A large, shadow-drenched skeletal canine with soul-rending claws, always hungry and never satisfied.
Motives & Tactics: Protect pack, rend shadows, topple prey

Difficulty: 12 | Thresholds: 7/14 | HP: 6 | Stress: 3
ATK: -1 | Shadowed Claws and Bite: Melee | 1d10+1 phy
Experience: Aggressive +2

FEATURES

Shadow Step - Passive: The Mastiff may move from one shadow to another within Close range as if they were adjacent.

Rend Soul - Action: Make an attack against a target within Melee range. On a success, spend a Fear as the Mastiff bites and tears at the target's soul, dealing 1d10+2 direct magic damage. A Shadowless target must additionally mark a Stress.

Pack Protector - Reaction: When an ally within Very Close range would take damage, mark a Stress to move the Mastiff into Melee with the ally and take the damage instead.