Stat Block

Class: Nemesis

Affinities: Void (add to attacks targeting Zalgo that are of void origin).

Skills: All (1), Coercion (4), Cool (3), Deception (3), Discipline (4), Leadership (4), Medicine (3), Melee (4), Perception (3), Resilience (2), Vigilance (4)

Talents: Adversary 3 (upgrade difficulty of all combat checks against this target thrice)

Abilities: Corruption (as a maneuver, Zalgo may target one character within Medium range who must make an upgraded Hard [] Discipline check, target takes strain equal to the number of un-cancelled failures on the check; any character who exceeds their strain threshold due to this ability becomes an ally of Zalgo), Creature of the Void (Void Demons use Discipline for all magic checks, and reduces the difficulty of all magic checks by one, to a minimum of Easy (), and the base damage of their Attack spells is increased by three), Dark Sense (Zalgo can sense others in complete darkness with no penalty), Cruel Empathy (when a character within short range of Zalgo generates a despair, Zalgo removes one strain), Eldritch Horror (at the start of an encounter, all opponents must make an upgraded Daunting [] fear check), Silhouette 3

Equipment

Am Dhaegar (Melee; Damage 9; Critical 2; Range [Engaged]; Burn 6, Reinforced, Sunder, Vicious 4)

• A blade forged of Void energy, it burns to the touch. Upgrade the difficulty of any check to heal a critical injury caused by Am Dhaegar.

Claws (Brawl; Damage 6; Critical 3; Range [Engaged]; Knockdown, Pierce 2, Vicious 2).

SPELL LIST
Name	Difficulty	Range	Target	On Success
Blinding Curse		Short	Single	The target decreases the ability of all checks they make by one and adds to all checks involving sight until the end of Zalgo's next turn. These effects can be sustained by using the concentrate maneuver.
Shuddering Paralysis		Short	Single	'Perform a magic attack that inflicts 7 damage - +1 damage per success - with the Ensnare 3 quality.'
Summon Void Demon		Medium	Single	Summons a Void Demon within short range - increase difficulty by for each additional range band.
Black Hole		Short	Location	A black hole opens up and rips the fabric of space and time - inflicts 6 damage with Blast 3 / Pierce 3 / Sunder - Blast affects all characters within Short range