Shattered Land · area boss

Corven Ashmere, the Word-Breaker

the Word-Breaker

A named threat of Shattered Land, encountered rarely and never in numbers - real Dungeons & Dragons statistics, no auto-computed shortcuts.

CR 17 Human · Ranger 6 / ShadowbaneStalker 11 resref shl2_ashmere

Stat block

STR
14
+2
DEX
22
+6
CON
14
+2
INT
12
+1
WIS
16
+3
CHA
10
+0
Hit points
155
Natural AC
3
Skills
Hide 15 · MoveSilently 15 · Persuade 10 · Search 8 · Spot 12 · Sense_Motive 8
Feats
Dodge, Mobility, LightngRef, Alertness, RapidShot, ImpInit, Track, BlindFight

Combat sequence

Layered on top of the module's own combat AI, which still picks targets and positioning. The fight below moves through real hit-point-gated phases; every save DC and attack bonus computes from the stat block above at runtime.

I

Spellbreaker's Riposte

Always active, the instant a hostile spell targets her

Every spell aimed her way has a real chance of an immediate answer, fired the same instant it lands rather than banked for later - and whoever cast it is marked as Hunted, their own Concentration eroding a little more each time they try again.

II

Hunting Bolt

Above 66% hp

A patient shot at whoever's nearest, testing the ground before she commits to a target.

III

Word-Break

Every 4th round, 66%-33% hp

Her hunted mark - or whoever's closest, lacking one - takes a shot meant to silence, not just wound.

IV

Silence Absolute

Once, below 33% hp

Every word she's ever hunted goes quiet at once, and the foe she's chased longest takes one final, unanswerable strike.

Why these numbers

CR 17 is set against Shattered Land's own real ambient ceiling, not auto-computed from level alone - a genuine Ranger 6 / ShadowbaneStalker 11 build at 17 total levels.

Hit points (155) follow this project's own average-hit-dice convention, and every save/attack bonus derives from the ability scores above at runtime - nothing here is hardcoded past the phase gates themselves.

How it's wired

Boss-flagged (bypasses the drop-rate roll, two loot-generation passes) and gated to a single spawn - only one Corven Ashmere is ever up in Shattered Land at a time.

Recovered artifact

Ashmere's Word-Breaker Arrow

Corven Ashmere's recovered black-feathered arrowhead. A plot artifact from the Word-Breaker. shl2_ash_art