Viconia DeVir/Combat

Overview

Combat

Mother Superior of Shar
Viconia DeVir
Stats
Level 11
STR 14 (+2) DEX 19 (+4) CON 10 INT 17 (+3) WIS 18 (+4) CHA 16 (+3)
Race	Lolth-Sworn Drow
Type	Humanoid
HP	124; 161TTactician
AC	20
Movement Speed	9m / 30ft
Size	Medium
Weight	75 kg / 150 lbs
Initiative	+4
Passive features
Born into Darkness  Darkvision  Fey Ancestry  Magic Resistance  Mortal Reminder  Opportunity Attack  ProtectionTTactician  Rebuke of the Mighty  Sentinel: Opportunity AdvantageTTactician  Sentinel: SnareTTactician  Sentinel: VengeanceTTactician  Shadow Ambush  Shar's Umbrae  Sharran Veil  Spellguard  Sunlight Sensitivity  TenacityTTactician
Character information
Location	Cloister of Sombre Embrace
Faction	Shar
Experience on kill	800

This page focuses on Viconia DeVir's behaviour during her combat encounter. Viconia DeVir is able to be fought in the Cloister of Sombre Embrace, which is found under the House of Grief in the Lower City. She is joined by the members of her flock.

Attacks and abilities

•  Blight
•  Cloak of Shadows using Channel Divinity
•  Divine Intervention: Sunder the Heretical
•  Divine Strike: Poison
•  Shadow Step
•  Spirit Guardians: Necrotic

Mapping of the Heart spells

•  Castigate Heartform - applies a specialized debuff depending on the character's responses to the Mapping of the Heart
•  Mapped Terror- applies  Frightened and an additional condition depending on the character's response to "What is your greatest fear?" during the Mapping of the Heart. Cast against the same target as  Castigate Heartform. Two variations have additional effects that buff the Sharrans:
  •  Mapped Terror: Wolves - Uniquely cast against Shadowheart if she sat on the bench in the House of Grief, this ability polymorphs Viconia and two allies into wolves.
    •  Bite
    •  Sinister Howl
  •  Mapped Terror: Spiders - Polymorphs Viconia and two allies into spiders.
    • Bite (Mapped Terror: Spiders)

Conditions and passives

 Radiant Retort

• Whenever you take Radiant damage, reflect it back at your attacker twofold as Force damage.

 Nightbringer's Beloved

Regain 7d8 (7~56) hit points every time you use your Channel Divinity.

Passives

Viconia's armour and weapons grant her a few passives and boosts:

• Handmaiden's Mace
  • Set the wearer's Strength score to 18

• Viconia's Walking Fortress
  •  Rebuke of the Mighty
  • Spellguard

• Viconia's Priestess Robe
  • Shar's Umbrae
  • Sharran Veil

Allies

Viconia DeVir can be fought in the Cloister of Sombre Embrace. She is joined by eighteen other sharrans:

• Two Justiciar Crusaders; Owltalon and Nightmist
• Five Sharran Fidelians; Gloommask, Lamnoa, Hyrald, Uttermmask and Gydd
• Ten Sharran Novices
• One Sentry Fredrichk

If Shadowheart is a Dark Justiciar, she can convince some of the sharrans to fight alongside the party.

Tactics

If fought, Viconia is one of the more difficult opponents in the game. She is continuously affected by the conditions  Nightbringer's Beloved and  Radiant Retort and begins the battle under the effect of  Sanctuary. She gains unique spells depending on your answers during the Mapping of the Heart and the "Heartform" (False Heart, Craven Heart, etc) she determines you have.

• e.g. saying you're afraid of turning into a Mind Flayer gives her the spell Mapped Terror: Ceremorphosis to make that character believe they have undergone ceremorphosis, preventing them from moving or taking actions for a turn. Viconia also gains the spell Castigate Heartform which allows her to put the relevant Heartform debuff on you, e.g. False Heart which lasts until the next long rest or until you get silenced and which makes you have disadvantage on Wisdom saving throws and makes Viconia's attacks against you automatically crit.
  • As the beastly Heartform Terrors are illusions, Dominate Beast doesn't work on them.

She is supported by approximately twenty allies including two powerful Justiciar Crusaders and four Sharran Fidelian mages. All of her allies are capable of controlling the arena with  Darkness and casting synergistic spells like  Overwhelming Grief. All possess the  Shadow Ambush passive, allowing them to deal massive Necrotic damage to the party; they also liberally use  Bone Chill to prevent healing.