Ephialtes
Level 16Attacks
Abilities
A velstrac automatically knows whether a creature it sees has any of the Doomed, Dying, and Wounded conditions, as well as the value of those conditions.
30 feet. When a creature ends its turn in the aura, it feels a powerful sensation of hopelessness. The creature must succeed at a DC 34 will save or become Slowed 1 (Slowed 2 on a critical failure) for 1 round.
(2d4+13)[slashing], DC 37 fortitude
The ephialtes exhales a tangle of barbed chains. All creatures in a 50-foot area must attempt a DC 37 reflex save. The ephialtes can't Exhale Chains for .
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success It takes 8d6 piercing damage.
Failure It takes 15d6 piercing 2d6 bleed, and is Off-Guard for 1 round.
Critical Failure As failure, but 30d6 piercing 2d6 bleed, and is Restrained until they Escape ().
The ephialtes stares at a creature they can see within 30 feet. The creature must attempt a Will save against the nowhere to run aura. If it was already slowed, on a failed save its speed is reduced by 10 feet until the end of its next turn. After attempting this save, the targeted creature is then temporarily immune to Focus Gaze until the start of the ephialtes's next turn.
Ephialtes velstracs are consummate and fearless hunters of the doomed and the damned.
Ephialtes Prey
When they catch enough quarry, an ephialtes velstrac returns to the Shadow Plane, bringing victims for other velstracs to use for training or raw material. Velstracs respect ephialtes for their "generosity" in guiding and providing for others of their kind, yet are always wary about making assumptions about the limits of this generosity.