Death Shepherd

Death Shepherd is an Undead creature in Baldur's Gate 3.

Involvement

Two Death Shepherds are leading a swarm of ghouls along the Rosymorn Monastery Trail. Another is in the Moonrise Towers Prison during the assault on Moonrise Towers, and a fourth appears in the Necrotic Laboratory within the Mind Flayer Colony. A unique Death Shepherd named  Garret Dortmell can appear in the Lower City Graveyard if the player character helps  Nina Dortmell resurrect him.

Combat

Attacks and actions

 Cleave ()   –  Greatsword

Damage

1/2 Normal weapon damage

Swing your weapon in a large arc to attack up to 3 enemies at once. They each take half the damage your weapon usually deals.

 Recharge: Short rest

 Lacerate ()   –  Greatsword

Damage: 4~14

2d6 + 2⁠Slashing

Slash at your target's vital points to make it  Bleed.

Undead and constructs can't bleed.

 CON Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

 Recharge: Short rest

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Greatsword

Damage: 4~14

2d6 + 2⁠Slashing

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 No Rest for the Wicked ()

Death is but a temporary inconvenience - raise a fallen undead with half of its hit points.

 Range: 3 m (10 ft)

 Pommel Strike ()   –  Greatsword

Damage: 1~4

1d4⁠Bludgeoning

Make a non-lethal attack against an enemy and possibly  Daze them.

 CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m (5 ft)

 Recharge: Short rest

 Reach from Beyond ()

Damage: 2~8 + modifiers

2d4 + Spellcasting modifier⁠Necrotic

Defile a target with Myrkul's decaying magic.

 Range: 18 m (60 ft)

 Recharge: Per turn

Loot

• Greatsword
• Half Plate Armour

Tactics

•  No Rest for the Wicked revives its target with full HP on Tactician and Honour difficulty.
• The Death Shepherd's  No Rest for the Wicked can be countered by picking up the corpses of defeated undead so that they cannot be revived. Counterspell is also effective.
• The Death Shepherd is able to revive other Death Shepherds using  No Rest for the Wicked, and those revived can also use this ability in turn. To avoid an endless cycle of Death Shepherds reviving each other, it is recommended to make sure that there are no downed Death Shepherds when any of them start their turn. One way to achieve this is to reduce each to a few HP remaining but not kill them, and when they all are at a few remaining HP, then eliminate them all in a single turn, for example by hitting them with a  Fireball.
• Death Shepherds lose most of their resistances once the temporary hit points from  Necrotic Veil are removed. However, they retain resistance to ⁠Slashing, ⁠Piercing, and ⁠Bludgeoning damage and immunity to ⁠Poison damage, so it may be wise to use spells of other damage types to defeat them (e.g.,  Fireball,  Lightning Bolt).

Death shepherd characters

•  Garret Dortmell

Gallery

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  Render by Reza Abedi

External links

•  Death shepherd on the Forgotten Realms Wiki