Deconstructed: Demon of Despair
A Tier 3 Adversary that preys on those who have lost all Hope.
THE DEMONS IN TIER 3 are some of the most talked about adversaries in the book. They have evocative abilities that really hone in on what emotion they represent and give us a glimpse into the sort of cosmology that the designers created. It’s also a masterful use of non-standard features that Skulks can possess.
The Demon of Despair is full of flavor, and its features build on themselves in very interesting ways. It’s not going to hit hard, instead it is going to make PCs struggle to succeed. While that makes it excellent at supporting other Adversaries, it still has a wonderful (terrible?) ability to make the worst out of any situation.
The Demons in Tier 3 tend toward higher stats and the Demon of Despair continues this trend, clocking in with the highest Difficulty in its type and Tier combo. It has a middling Major and a very high Severe Threshold. With six HP, it is going to hang around for at least three turns.
