Demon of Despair Rank 3 · Type: Skulk A cloaked one-creature with long limbs, seeping shadows. Motives & Tactics Make fear contagious, stick to the shadows, undermine resolve Difficulty: 17 | Damage thresholds: 18/35 | HP: 6 | Stress: 5 Standard attack: ATK +3 | Miasma Bolt | Far | 3d6+4 mag Experiences - Manipulation +3 Features - Depths of Despair — Passive The Demon deals double damage to PCs with 0 Hope. - Your Struggle Is Pointless — Action Spend a Fear to weigh down the spirits of all PCs within Far range. All targets affected replace their Hope Die with a d8 until they roll a success with Hope or their next rest. - Your Friends Will Fail You — Reaction When a PC fails with Fear, you can mark a Stress to cause all other PCs within Close range to lose a Hope. - Momentum — Reaction When the Demon makes a successful attack against a PC, you gain a Fear. Source: SRD