Rickard Frey

What — Paladin leader of the Anthropocentrists, a human-supremacist gang in Gwyndinas; appeared as an elderly human in heavy plate, and the post-mortem Identify put his species at one-thirty-second orc and one-thirty-second halfling. No age was ever read out.

Threat — Deadly. A single critical smite dealt 87 radiant damage and killed Ashlyn outright; the GM called him a "high-level paladin" Session 16.

Observed abilities

• Divine radiant smite (longsword + channelling "the one true god, the human emperor"): first hit on a 32 to-hit for 42 radiant damage, cracking the cobblestones Session 16.
• A later smite hit on a 28 to-hit for 28 radiant Session 16.
• Critical smite for 87 radiant — instant kill on Ashlyn (she was at ~10 HP) Session 16; GM noted "too many d10s — that's smite" on another hit (8 piercing) Session 16.
• Attuned to a magical longsword and a spellbook / tome of hateful hymns (confirmed by post-mortem Identify) Session 16.

Resistances / immunities / weaknesses — None observed. (No resist/immune/vuln line ever surfaced in play.)

Tactics & behavior — Front-line smiter: closes with the longsword and dumps high-level spell slots into radiant smites, targeting non-humans. Fought to the death — no flee or surrender. Tactically stubborn: he kept smiting Ashlyn even as her Soulbind reflected the damage back into him, "too racist" to stop (Session 16). No reaction to Fenric or spellbreakers noted.

Disposition to the party — Hostile. Ambushed by the party with investigator Palumbo; singled out and slurred non-human PCs.

Status — Dead. Killed in Session 16 when Ashlyn's Soulbind reflected his lethal 87-damage smite back into him, dropping both simultaneously. Body looted: Lash took the longsword and a supremacist bandana.

Gaps / unconfirmed — AC and HP never clearly stated. Exact paladin level, spell save DC, smite spell-slot levels, and subclass unknown. Whether his followers knew about the orc and halfling in his bloodline is unknown.

SUMMARY: Deadly human-supremacist paladin gang-leader; 87-radiant crit smite; killed by reflected Soulbind, Session 16.