Luke

Strangler Luke is a member of the Cult of Bhaal who will ambush the party on their way to the Bhaal temple in the Undercity Ruins.

Strangler Luke
Medium Humanoid
Level 8 Monk Human
Stats
Armour Class	16
Hit points	76 (Balanced) 98 (Tactician)
Movement speed	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
Initiative	+5
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 20 (+5) 20 (+5) 20 (+5) 14 (+2) 13 (+1) 16 (+3)
Proficiency bonus	+3
Saving throws	Str +8 Dex +8 Con +5 Int +2 Wis +1 Cha +3
Features
Darkvision	Can see in the dark up to 12m.
Deflect Missiles (passive feature)	Reduce ranged damage with your reaction.
Evasion	Take less damage from spells or effects that require a DEX saving throw.
Extra Attack	Make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.
Ki-Empowered Strikes	Your unarmed attacks ignore resistances to non-magical damage.
Magic Resistance	Advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Martial Arts: Bonus Unarmed Strike	After an unarmed or monk weapon attack, you can make another unarmed attack as a bonus action.
Martial Arts: Deft Strikes	Monk weapon attacks have a floor of 1d4 Bludgeoning.
Martial Arts: Dextrous Attacks	Monk weapon and unarmed attacks scale with your DEX, if it is higher than STR.
Murder Hungry	Each time you kill a creature, gain 1 charge of Unstoppable.
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Sentinel: Opportunity Advantage Tactician	Advantage on Opportunity Attacks.
Sentinel: Snare Tactician	When you hit a creature with an Opportunity Attack, it cannot move for the rest of its turn.
Sentinel: Vengeance Tactician	When an enemy in melee range attacks an ally, use a Reaction to make a weapon attack against that enemy.
Slow Fall	When falling, use your reaction to gain Resistance to Falling damage.
Stillness of Mind (passive feature)	Automatically removes Charmed or Frightened.
Unarmoured Defence (Monk)	Add your WIS modifier to your AC.
Unarmoured Movement	Your movement speed increases by 6m (20ft).

If killed he drops the Bonespike Gloves. To obtain these, he must be killed and looted before completing the trial led by Farslayer of Bhaal Ghislev, as his corpse despawns upon completion of the trial. Note that escaping the trial by running away does not complete it. He is located above the start of the stone bridge across the chasm X: -138 Y: 995.

Conditions

•  Aura of Murder
•  Unstoppable: 3

Notable Loot

• Bonespike Gloves — must be looted before completing the trial, as Luke's corpse despawns upon completion.

Related Literature

• Strangledeath Manifesto