He lunges at Sophie to get Jolie's brooch, burning her in the process. During the visit, Brant behaves erratically and has drastic mood swings, fluctuating between calmness, excitement, and anger unpredictably. It is unknown if Brant murdered Jolie on purpose, or if it was a tragic accident. Jolie tried to convince Brant to leave the Neverseen, but he lost his temper, sparking Everblaze and resulting in the murder of Jolie. Not being able to practice his ability and being ruled Talentless was part of why he became unstable and joined the Neverseen in the first place. Brant wrote Jolie sappy love letters while she was in the elite levels that Sophie discovered in Exile and Everblaze. He was not able to attend the elite levels at Foxfire because pyrokinesis is banned, so he was labeled Talentless. Brant pretended his mind was broken but was truly devastated by her death. That led to him Jolie being a Bad Match which made him join the Neverseen, a place where his ability was valued.īrant was Jolie Ruewen's fiancé before Jolie died in a fire. He was considered Talentless because pyrokinesis is a banned ability. He was one of the few (known) Pyrokinetics that could call down Everblaze and survive. Brant lost a hand and gained many more scars in a fight with Grady in Everblaze, Grady managed to mesmerize Brant into burning his own hand off.īrant was a Pyrokinetic who was illegally trained by Fintan.
He had jet black hair and pale gray-blue eyes, and was noted by Sophie looking at photographs, to be especially handsome before he got his scars.
Then again, the party often surprises me.Brant had terrible scarring and burns, even on his crippled face. Then it all comes down to a DC19 CHA check? So maybe Zikran makes a mistake and casts time stop while the bard is in counterspell range.
But Zikran won't let them leave with the book, and they won't surrender the book and walk away, so a fight is inevitable. Ok, first he wants to brag about his cannon. What would Zikran do if they try to long rest? I don't think it would save them from the time stop strategy above, so let them long rest? I think he'd want to kill them with his fancy cannon. If he can isolate any two with a wall of force, he and his elementals and cannon should be able to kill the other two without much trouble. If they short rest, stoneskin will wear off, but a time stop before the bard gets into range to counterspell, and he'll cast mirror image, fire shield, and wall of force to divide and conquer. I had him cast his defensive spells ( mage armor, stoneskin, and mind blank) when they triggered the elementals on the stairs. I guess that's fine, but they're all long rest casters, so they won't gain much besides hit points from a short rest. They want to take a short rest immediately. I think the artificer is all out of slots. The bard has 3 spell slots left (one each of 3rd, 4th and 5th level) Same for the sorcerer. They used a lot of resources to win that fight and only barely survived. That made the a series of small easy encounters into one huge one that nearly TPK'd them. The rogue provoked one giant ghost, then more, then the mephits and elementals on the stairs. Rogue, bard, artificer/wizard, and sorcerer. The party of 4 arrived at the cloud giant fortress fully rested.