AC 20 (full plate, heavy shield)
HP 133 (14d8+70 ; bloodied 66)
Speed 30 ft., 90 ft.
Proficiency +4; Maneuver DC 16
Skills Animal Handling +8, Athletics +8, Insight +8, Medicine +8, Perception +8
Damage Resistances acid, fire; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical weapons
Damage Immunities cold, lightning, poison
Condition Immunities
poisoned
Senses darkvision 60 ft., passive Perception 18
Languages Celestial, Common (tongues)
Brute. A melee weapon deals one extra die of its damage when Brünnhilde hits with it (included in the attack).
Choose the Slain (1/day). Brünnhilde can innately cast imprisonment without the need for material components. She is only able to target a recently killed creature, it must be a willing target, and Brünnhilde must choose the Minimus Containment effect. The target is stored inside of Brünnhilde’s sword, regaining 1 hit point after 24 hours.
Innate Spellcasting. Brünnhilde’s innate
spellcasting
ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). She can
innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
Constant:
tongues
At will:
aid
,
death ward
,
gentle repose
,
plane shift
(self and mount only)
3/day:
call lightning
,
geas
1/day:
conjure celestial
,
heal
,
revivify
Magic Resistance. Brünnhilde has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Powerful Attacks. When Brünnhilde makes her first melee weapon attack in a turn, she can choose to take a –5 penalty to her melee weapon attack rolls in exchange for a +10 bonus to melee weapon damage.
Striking Opportunity. Brünnhilde can use a bonus action or reaction to make one melee weapon attack after she uses a melee weapon to reduce a creature to 0 hit points or scores a critical hit with it.
ACTIONS
Multiattack. Brünnhilde attacks six times: four times with her spear and twice with her shield bash.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6+4) magical piercing damage. Immediately after hitting or missing the target, Brünnhilde’s spear returns to her hand.
Shield Bash. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 9 (2d4+4) magical bludgeoning damage. If the target is a Medium or smaller creature, it must
succeed on a DC 16 Strength
saving throw
or be knocked
prone
.
Vital Strike. Brünnhilde makes a single weapon attack, automatically hitting her target and scoring a critical hit. She makes an attack roll with advantage and if she would have successfully hit, the critical hit does twice the maximum damage.
Are you ready for a Valkyrie? Let’s hope so because this is one of Norse mythology’s premier shield-maidens, Brünnhilde!
There’s an enormous amount of information about Brünnhilde and I’ll try to summarize it here. First off there are two versions of this Valkyrie: one Germanic and the other Norse. Whichever one you’re looking at she’s responsible for the death of Siegfried, an epic dragonslaying hero. She is likely based on a Visigothic princess named Brunhilda of Austrasia.
When Odin declared that the Valkyrie must marry, Brünnhilde vowed that she would only marry a man who could ride through a wall of flame. Siegfried, who had recently defeated the dragon Fafnir, proved worthy, but he had deceived the shield-maiden, for he was disguised as his friend Gunnar, who desired to marry the Valkyrie but was unable to pass through the flames. When, during a quarrel about whose husband was braver, Siegfried’s wife revealed to Brünnhilde that she had been tricked into marrying the wrong man, she arranged for Gunnar to slay Siegfried, before ending her own life.
There are a bunch of different legends that frequently argue with one another. In some versions, Brünnhilde and Siegfried vowed to marry earlier, but Siegfried’s memory of this was wiped due to a magical potion. Sometimes Brünnhilde loves Siegfried so much that she has him killed because she can’t have him, sometimes other people get involved and the murderer is someone other than Gunnar, and the prerequisites for marrying her change too (they must surpass the Valkyrie’s strength, or prove fearless). However, the common theme is that Gunnar desires Brünnhilde and Siegfried wins the challenge for him.
Celestials are creatures native to divine realms or heavens. Celestials have alignments, such as Lawful Good. Most celestials are good, although the servants of evil deities can be evil. Angels are celestials.