Cult Iconward

Saves: Willpower +6, Toughness +4

Proficiencies: Command +5

Sacred Standard. Cult allies within 30 feet gain +1 to Willpower Saves and do not make Morale checks while the Iconward and its icon stand.

The Icon Must Not Fall. When the Iconward dies, a cult ally within 10 feet may spend its reaction to take up the banner, becoming a new Iconward whose Sacred Standard grants only the +1 to Willpower Saves.

Raise the Image. Once per scene, the Iconward lifts the wrought image high: all cult allies within 30 feet immediately end the Pinned and Suppressed conditions and any fear effects on them.

Autopistol. Ranged Attack: +4 to hit, range 30/90 ft., one target. Hit: 1d6 + 1 ballistic damage. The banner is the real weapon; the pistol is a formality.

Morale: Utterly fanatical; it will die holding the icon upright and considers that a victory.

Tactics: Place it at the heart of the cult formation, behind bodies and cover, and let its aura make every Suppression attempt underperform. Teach the party to prioritize it — then make that shot expensive. When the icon finally falls, make the collapse in cult morale immediate and dramatic.

Loot / Evidence / Hooks: The icon itself: a genealogy of the infection worked in brass and bone, worth more to an interrogator than any prisoner.

A Cult Iconward carries the wrought image of the star-children ancestry, and the faithful fight like the god under the floor is watching — because it is. Kill the banner and you kill the certainty.

Use this enemy to make a cult force hold ground it should abandon, and to give the party a target whose death visibly changes the battle.

Moderate durability, minimal personal offense, powerful morale aura, priority-target dynamics, fanatical to the last.

Sacred Standard. Cult allies within 30 feet gain +1 to Willpower Saves and do not make Morale checks while the icon stands.

The Icon Must Not Fall. When the Iconward dies, a nearby cultist may spend its reaction to take up the banner, becoming the new Iconward with reduced effect.

Raise the Image. Once per scene, removes Pinned and shaken from all cult allies within 30 feet.

Autopistol. Token ranged attack; the banner is the weapon.

Morale: Utterly fanatical; will die holding the icon upright and considers that a victory.

Tactics: Place the Iconward at the heart of the cult formation, behind bodies and cover, and let its aura make every Suppression attempt underperform. The party should learn to prioritize it — then make that shot expensive. When the icon finally falls, let the collapse in cult morale be dramatic and immediate.

Full Stat Block Priority: Medium