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The Outer Tunnels · area boss CIII

Renjiro Vask, the Echo-Cutter

Hit Him While He's Still. That's The Whole Trick.

Renjiro fights the tunnels the way he was taught to fight everything: by listening for the one perfect moment and refusing every other one. He is at his most dangerous the instant he stops moving.

CR 16Human · Fighter 2 / Iaijutsu Master 14resref ot5_renjirospawn table 197 · always, 12% · count 1

Stat Block

Race / Class
Human · Fighter 2 / Iaijutsu Master 14
Challenge Rating
16
Hit Points
128 (expected ~111)
Natural Armor
3
Str
18
+4
Dex
18
+4
Con
14
+2
Int
10
+0
Wis
12
+1
Cha
8
-1
Feats — Toughness, Great Fortitude, Dodge, Mobility, Weapon Focus (Dagger), Improved Critical (Dagger), Two-Weapon Fighting, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Epic Spellcasting, Epic Spell: Hellball
Skills — Discipline 16, Intimidate 12, Tumble 10
SpellsEpic Spell L9 (Epic) Hellball

The Fight

Every 3rd round

Focus

He visibly stills and does not press the attack this round - a genuine telegraph, not a free action.

The round after an UNBROKEN Focus

Perfect Cut

A guaranteed, massive critical-style strike on his nearest enemy. No prior mark/capstone mechanic in this bestiary has real counterplay tied to TIMING - Kharn's gore charge (round 9) always connects regardless of what the party does.

Damage taken during Focus

Cut Denied

The Focus breaks and the following round's Cut simply doesn't happen - the actual counterplay.

His second landed Perfect Cut

Hellball

His epic spell answers - reflavored the Final Draw, a shockwave of released ki rather than a literal fireball.

Why These Numbers

The Outer Tunnels' real ceiling was Kharn One-Horn at CR15 (round 9); Renjiro is pitched one notch above at CR16, into 3 of the area's remaining Sparky slots.

He is the bestiary's first Iaijutsu Master - cloned from rwrogue, which conveniently already carries real dagger and two-weapon feats from its own prior build; those were unioned with, not overwritten by, his own new feat picks rather than duplicated.

Real Epic Spell: Hellball (id 636/876) - The Outer Tunnels already had Mage Armor (Perrin Ashgrave) and Dragon Knight (Kharn One-Horn); Hellball went here instead, reflavored as a burst of unleashed ki rather than literal fire to fit a blademaster rather than a caster.

How It's Wired

pattern
new build — cloned from rwrogue (Race 6 human, existing dagger/TWF feats unioned)
blueprint
ot5_renjiro.utc
scripts
ot5_rj_inc.nss, ot5_rj_spawn.nss, ot5_rj_damaged.nss, ot5_rj_round.nss, ot5_rj_death.nss
area wiring
theoutertunnels.git · sparky_variables, enc08 → 197