Z'rell

Disciple Z'rell
Level 9
Voiced by	Jessica Carroll
Information
Title	Disciple
Race	Half-orc
Class	The Fiend Warlock
Hometown	Moonrise Towers
Occupation	Lieutenant
Faction	Cult of the Absolute
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Humanoid
Armour Class	14
Hit points	90 (Balanced) 117 (Tactician)
Weight	100 kg (200 lb)
Initiative	+0
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 11 (+0) 18 (+4) 14 (+2) 9 (-1) 17 (+3)
Proficiency bonus	+4
Saving throws	Str +3 Dex 0 Con +8 Int +2 Wis +3 Cha +3
Features
Absolute's Aegis	All damage received from spells is reduced by 1.
Agonising Blast	Add your Charisma modifier to the damage done by Eldritch Blast, unless it is negative.
Dark One's Blessing	If you reduce a hostile creature to 0 HP, gain 12 temporary hit points.
Dark One's Own Luck	Per short rest, add +1d10 to an ability check.
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Psionic Backlash (passive feature)	When a nearby enemy casts a spell, react to deal 1d4 Psychic damage for every level of that spell.
Shield Bash	When hit with a melee attack, react to Prone the attacker, unless they succeed a DEX saving throw.

Disciple Z'rell is a Half-Orc Warlock who can be found in Moonrise Towers in Act 2. She is a high-ranking member of the Cult of the Absolute and a trusted advisor to Ketheric Thorm.

Involvement

Act Two

Z'rell is first encountered in the Moonrise audience chamber along with General Thorm, where they are judging the failures of the Absolute's forces from the Goblin Camp. Ultimately, Z'rell delegates their punishment to the player, and orders them to report to her afterwards. There, she assigns them the task of assisting the necromancer Balthazar in securing a relic needed by Ketheric, called the Nightsong. If the player allows Balthazar to take the Nightsong Z'rell will give a follow-up quest, Resolve the Abduction, tasking the player to assist Marcus with the abduction of Isobel.

Unlocking Lann Tarv's secret stash

The trader Lann Tarv has a secret stash of items that can be unlocked by convincing Z'rell to give you access to it.

If the dialogue option "What exactly was this relic he was sent to retrieve?" doesn't appear, cast Detect Thoughts. After choosing it, you will need to pass an insight check followed by a DC 18 persuasion check. If you succeed, speak with Lann Tarv, with the same character that convinced Z'rell, in order to unlock the secret stash.

Assault on Moonrise Towers

If Z'rell is still alive after the player kills or frees the Nightsong, she will lead the forces of the Absolute against the party when they attempt to enter Moonrise Towers. She will start this battle with  Mirror Image and  Fire Shield: Chill.

Attacks and Abilities

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Handaxe +1

Normal weapon damage Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Black Hole ()

Create a point of intense gravity that pulls in all nearby enemies and possibly Slows them.

Five more black holes can be summoned after this spell's initial casting. Afterwards, you must Short Rest before casting it again.

INT Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Recharge: Short rest

 Counterspell ()

Try to stop a spell being cast.

If it is higher level than the spell slot you used to Counterspell, you must make a check using your spellcasting ability^{[See Notes]} to prevent it. The check's difficulty is equal to 10 plus the level of the spell you are trying to counter.

Loot

• Absolute's Protector
•  Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen
• Handaxe +1
• Scroll of Fear
• Scroll of Shatter
• Studded Leather Armour

Gallery

• 

  Z'rell's model.

Related literature

Written by Z'rell

• Beheading the Bitterroots
• Orcs of the Trielta Hills
• Recruiting Gnolls
• Z'rell's personal reminder

External links

• Z'rell on the Forgotten Realms Wiki