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Raphael
Medium Fiend
Level 12 Fiend
Stats
Armour Class	21
Hit points	666
Weight	80 kg (160 lb)
Initiative	+3
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 18 (+4) 16 (+3) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 19 (+4)
Proficiency bonus	+4
Saving throws	Str +8 Dex +3 Con +7 Int +6 Wis +3 Cha +8
Resistances
Immune	Fire
Resistant	Piercing, Bludgeoning, Slashing, Cold, Poison, Lightning
Conditions
Soul Pillar Proximity	For every remaining Soul Pillar, Raphael gains additional fire damage and bonus to Dexterity.
Features
Darkvision	Can attack creatures in the dark without disadvantage, up to a range of 12 m (40 ft).
Devil's Sight	Can see normally in magical and natural darkness.
Fiendish Blessing	Grants +2 to armour class.
Inevitable Resolve	Cannot be controlled or incapacitated.
Infernal Retribution	Burns an opponent who tries to make a saving throw against Raphael.
Magic Resistance	Gives advantage on saving throws against magical effects.
Opportunity Attack	React by attacking a creature moving out of range.
Soul Pillar Proximity	Gives Raphael bonuses for remaining pillars.
Soul Reaper	Sever the soul of a creature who is downed by Raphael.
Legendary Action: Beguiling Rebuke Honour	Use a legendary action to Beguile an attacker.
Level 12 Ascended differences Stats Initiative +7 Ability scores STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 20 (+5) 16 (+3) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 16 (+3) 19 (+4) Proficiency bonus +4 Saving throws Str +9 Dex +3 Con +7 Int +6 Wis +3 Cha +8 Conditions  Ascended Fiend Raphael has ascended, granting him an even deadlier array of spells and abilities. Features  Multiattack: Last Resort Raphael can multiattack while in his ascended form and with no remaining pillars.  Legendary Action: Soul Ascension Honour Use a legendary action to use Soul Ascension after Raphael or an ally is attacked. Replaces Beguiling Rebuke.

Overview

Combat

This page focuses on Raphael's behaviour during his combat encounter. Raphael is able to be fought at the House of Hope, where he is joined by Korilla, Yurgir and six Vengeful Cambions. His arena also has four Soul Pilllars, which Raphael uses to regain health and cast powerful spells.

Actions

 Igniting Spark

• Ranged attack: +8 to hit, 18 m range, 1 target
• Hit: 4d6 Fire damage
• Target: Creates Hellfire Surface, 1 turn
• Cost: 1 Action or 1 Bonus Action & 1 Soul Charge

Igniting Spark is a ranged attack which deals Fire damage and creates a Hellfire Surface beneath the target.

Creatures within the surface are inflicted with  Roiling Hellfire, which deals Fire Hellfire damage per turn. Hellfire damage ignores Fire Resistance and Immunity.

 Incinerate

• Spell: AoE
• Hit: 8d8 Fire damage
• Save: Dexterity (DC 15) halves damage
• Cost: 1 Action & 2 Soul Charges

Raphael spends 2 Soul Charges to deal 8~64Fire damage in a small area.

 Diabolic Chains

• Ranged spell attack: range 18 m, 3 rays
• Hit: 6d6 Fire damage per ray
• Target: creates Hellfire Surface, 1 turn
• Cost: 1 Action & 2 Soul Charges

Raphael spends 2 Soul Charges to lash out with 3 chains of Hellfire and push the targets back 3m.

Creates a Hellfire Surface beneath the targets for one turn. Hellfire ignores Resistance and Immunity to Fire damage.

 Consume Souls

• Action: range 30 m
• Effect: 3d6hit points 3d6 hp per soul pillar
• Effect: restore  Punish Divinity
• Cost: Bonus Action

Raphael absorbs souls from each remaining Soul Pillar, regaining 3~18hit points hit points per pillar, and restoring  Punish Divinity. He also restores a soul charge for each remaining pillar.

Ascended fiend form

 Fiendish Ascension

Fiendish Ascension allows Raphael to take on a more powerful infernal form, consuming a new soul for every broken pillar. He may stay in this form longer for each pillar destroyed.

See Ascended differences in Raphael's infobox.

 Multiattack

• Melee attack: +9 to hit, 1.5 m (5 ft) range, 1 target
• Hit: 2d12 + 5 Slashing damage
• Effect:  Action Surge on self
• Cost: 1 Action

Raphael's Multiattack may only be used while Raphael has fulfilled the conditions for Multiattack: Last Resort; all soul pillars have been destroyed and he has transformed into his ascended form. This attack deals Slashing damage twice, and grants him Action Surge.

With Action Surge, Raphael can attack four times per round.

After Raphael has used the last of his Soul Charges, he will only use this attack.

 Ravaging Inferno

• Ranged spell attack: range 18 m, AoE 4 m
• Hit: 20d6 Fire damage (Dexterity save to halve)
• Target: creates Hellfire Surface, 1 turn
• Cost: 1 Action & 2 Soul Charges

Raphael spends 2 Soul Charges to hurl an exploding ball of  Roiling Hellfire that damages all nearby creatures and objects. Raphael must be in ascended fiend form to use this spell.

Creates a Roiling Hellfire surface for one turn. Hellfire ignores Resistance and Immunity to Fire damage.

 Claws

• Melee attack: +9 to hit, 1.5 m (5 ft) range, 1 target
• Hit: 3d6 Slashing damage
• Cost: 1 Action

Claws is a melee attack which dealing 3d6 + 5 Slashing damage. Raphael may use this as a Reaction to someone moving out of melee range.

Punish Divinity

 Punish Divinity

• Effect:  Infernal Stun on target
• Cost: 1 Reaction

While Raphael has the condition  Punish Divinity, he may use Punish Divinity as a reaction, to attempt to Infernal Stun a creature who attacks him with Radiant damage.

 Soul Drain

• Ranged spell attack: range 18 m (60 ft)
• Hit: 12d6 Necrotic damage
• Cost: 1 Reaction

While a creature has the condition Infernal Stun, Raphael may deal 12d6 Necrotic damage and restore his hit points by half the damage dealt.

Honour mode

While in Honour mode, Raphael has access to legendary actions, which let him use two additional abilities. He can use legendary actions as many times per round as there are remaining Soul Pillars at the start of the round.

 Beguiling Rebuke

• Action: range 18 m, AoE attacker
• Effect: inflict Beguiled (Condition), 2 turns (Wisdom save to avoid)
• Cost: Legendary Action

While in his cambion form, Raphael can react to being attacked with Beguiling Rebuke. This attack  Beguiles an attacker and its nearby allies. Creatures charmed in this way cannot target Raphael.

Raphael can use this legendary reaction to cast this as many times per round as there are remaining Soul Pillars.

 Soul Ascension

• Action: range 18 m, AoE attacker
• Writhing Souls area: inflict Writhing Souls (Condition) and Hellfire Cambion (Condition)
• Writhing Souls damage: 6d10 Necrotic damage (DC 18 Dexterity save to halve)
• Cost: Legendary Action

While Raphael is in his Fiendish Ascension form, he can spend a legendary action after he or one of his allies are attacked, to cast Soul Ascension on the attacker. Raphael creates a column of writhing souls that transforms allied cambions into Hellfire Cambions and deals 6d10 Necrotic damage to any non-fiend caught inside.

Cambions ascended by this cascade deal Hellfire damage, which ignores Resistance and Immunity to Fire damage.

Conditions and passives

Soul Pillar Proximity

 Soul Pillar Proximity

• Raphael is surrounded by Soul Pillars, granting Raphael's attacks an additional 1~12Fire (per pillar) damage and a +3 (per pillar) bonus to his Dexterity score.

• This condition stacks for each Soul Pillar still active. At the maximum of four stacks, Raphael will have an additional 4~48Fire damage and a +12 bonus to Dexterity checks and saving throws.
• As this affects his Dexterity score, at the beginning of combat he will have an AC of 27

Soul Charges

 Soul Charges

• Raphael has soul(s) to spend on powerful spells.

• This condition will recharge when Raphael uses his  Consume Souls ability. He gains a charge for each remaining pillar.
• This condition will also recharge when Raphael uses his  Fiendish Ascension ability. He gains a charge for each destroyed pillar.
• Raphael uses these charges as spell slots.

Ascended Fiend

 Ascended Fiend

• Raphael has gorged on souls and enhanced his fiendish powers, granting him an even deadlier array of spells and abilities. In this form,  Soul Overcharge will not prevent him from using Souls to cast spells.

Soul Reaper

 Soul Reaper

• When Raphael reduces an enemy's hit points to 0, he Severs the soul from their body.

 Severed Soul

• With no soul to motivate it, the affected entity has Disadvantage on Attack rolls and all Ability checks until  Restore Soul is cast on a Soul Pillar or Raphael.

Honour mode

While in Honour mode, Raphael has some additional passives, which let him use their associated abilities (see #Honour mode):

•  Legendary Action: Soul Ascension
•  Legendary Action: Beguiling Rebuke

Encounter

Pillar of Souls
Stats
Hit points	99
Initiative	-5
Proficiency bonus	+2
Resistances
Immune	Necrotic, Fire, Psychic, Poison
Resistant	Piercing
Vulnerable	Bludgeoning, Force

Raphael can be fought in the House of Hopes foyer. He is joined by Yurgir, Korilla and six Vengeful Cambions.

The player may be joined by Hope if they completed Save Hope before confronting Raphael. Yurgir will also join the party if they previously sided with him during the quest Kill Raphael's Old Enemy and completed Break Yurgir's Contract in Act Two; otherwise, he will need to be convinced to switch sides with a DC 30 Persuasion check.

Phase one

This room has four soul pillars which Raphael will use during combat. Each soul pillar gives Raphael:

• An additional 1~12 Fire damage and a +3 bonus to DEX checks and saving throws (see #Soul Pillar Proximity)
• One soul charge, which Raphael uses as spell slots. These are refreshed when he uses his Consume Souls ability, or when he ascends. (See #Soul Charges)
• 3d6 Healing when he uses his  Consume Souls ability.

Raphael's Fiendish Ascension ability will let him take on a more powerful form (see the Ascended tab in the info box at the top of this page). He may use this to transform whenever a pillar is broken, and each destroyed pillar will give him another Soul Charge.

Raphael also has the ability to sever souls. If a character reaches 0 HP while in battle, they will receive the condition Severed Soul, having disadvantage on attack rolls and all ability checks. This debuff will be removed after Raphael is defeated.

Phase two

When all soul pillars have been destroyed Raphael will permanently transform into his Ascended Fiend form. When transforming into his fiend form for this final time, the four broken soul pillars will give him four final soul charges.

At this stage, he may use his most powerful attack, Ravaging Inferno, costing 2 soul charges and dealing 20d6 Hellfire damage in a AoE: 4 m / 13 ft (Radius).

He will also now be able to use his Multiattack. This attack does 2d16 slashing, plus his attack modifier, which is +5 while he is in his ascended form. It also grants him Action Surge, so he may use his multiattack again, possibly attacking four times in one round. Once all his soul charges are depleted, Raphael will only be able to use his multiattack.

Tactics

Pre-combat

• Before fighting Raphael, the taps in the boudoir can be used to take a pseudo long rest. They can be used to restore spell slots after casting passive buffs, such as  Heroes' Feast or  Freedom of Movement (they are not considered a true long rest, so conditions that are removed upon a long rest will remain).
• Placing Smokepowder Barrels or Runepowder Barrels around each pillar before beginning the fight can help you easily remove Soul Pillars and deal damage during combat.

During

• It is worthwhile destroying the surrounding Soul Pillars before focusing on Raphael, as he will not only use them for spell casting, but can regain hit points from them each round with Consume Souls. Raphael will also be harder to hit the more pillars are active, as each pillar increases his AC through his DEX score.
  • The pillars are weak to Bludgeoning and Force damage.
  • The Orphic Hammer, which is picked up at the House of Hope, may be useful for destroying the pillars.
• Take care when using Radiant damage against Raphael's cambions, as their  Fleeting Protection allows Raphael to reflect twice the amount of radiant damage done as Fire damage.
•  Planar Binding is useful here for controlling the cambions.
• If the party rescued Hope, she will also have available  Divine Intervention and her unique  Revoke Guest Status which can be used to permanently eject cambions.
•  Hold Monster is very effective against Raphael since, while the condition ends following his next turn due to his  Inevitable Resolve feature, it effectively skips his turn and all damage he takes until he breaks out of it become Critial Hits.