Rattler

"Trauma and torment return for an encore performance."

Fears, regrets, delusions and the hope of redemption, that are driving forces that brings these poor wandering souls to our Estate. However in this remote place where many evils roam the land and corruption plagued the countryside, where something far worse sleeps in the depths of the Darkest Dungeon, where boundary between our world and unseen realms from beyond as withered down to a thin veil, it becames harder to separate what is real and what is not, what are creatures of flesh and blood or figments and delusions of a mad mind. Sometimes the fears, regrets and delusions your employees brought with them take on a life of their own and have potential to become something far deadly.

Ever since the arrival of Shieldbreaker something else also has come the Estate. She may have found something when she was lost in that accursed desert and she may unknowingly brought it with her to the estate or she is trying to run away from it but it keeps fallowing her relentless. However, whatever it may be, only thing is clear, it has slithered its way into the Estate and now it is lurking just out of sight, hiding in the underbrush, behind rocks and in the twisted shadows of your Estate waiting to strike your heroes at night.

It seem to be an illusion given power and form by the Shieldbreaker’s fears and delusions or some otherworldly creature that feeds on the fear and delusions of the Shieldbreaker manifesting themselves as the thing she fears the most. The Estate is already drenched in the fears and mad delusions of your heroes that it has become the new feeding grounds of this thing.

The Rattler is an rattlesnake of unusual size, fast and vicious, this serpent is ready to strike anyone with its fangs who dare to harm its brood brethren and only fool would be willing to put his hand into this den of Vipers.

Behavior and Strategy
The Rattler is a beast enemy that appears exclusively in the Shieldbreaker DLC. It only appears in nighttime ambushes when the Shieldbreaker is present. They will disappear after a while, and seem to be an illusion given power by the Shieldbreaker.

Defeating the group of snakes brings great rewards, as they may drop a Aegis Scale when they die, as well as a diary entry for the Shieldbreaker. The entire party also receives a quest buff for -15% stress except for the Shieldbreaker who receives -33% stress and +3% CRIT. However, the battle will end if the Shieldbreaker becomes afflicted, and failing to disperse the illusion will cause a terrible quest debuff on the party instead, causing the same amount of stress to be increased with the Shiledbreaker losing 3 ACC instead of CRIT.

Abilities
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Veteran =

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Related Enemies
Pliskin Adder