Melee claw +13 (agile, evil, finesse, magical), Damage 2d6+2 slashing plus 2d6 persistent bleedĭivine Innate Spells DC 24 3rd enthrall, wanderer’s guide 2nd calm emotions (at will), darkness, silence Cantrips (3rd) shieldĬompel Courage (auditory, divine, emotion, enchantment, linguistic, mental) The ostiarius inspires their willing allies and themself by whispering words of courage from their wounds. The ostiarius and their allies in a 50-foot emanation gain a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects. The ostiarius can Sustain Compel Courage. Non-velstracs who accept this compelled courage find bleeding wounds opening on their own bodies to whisper in thanks. They take 1 persistent bleed damage and can’t attempt a flat check to end this damage as long as they’re compelled.įocus Gaze (concentrate, divine, enchantment, fear, mental, visual) The ostiarius stares at a creature they can see within 30 feet. The creature must immediately attempt a Will save against whispering wounds. In addition, if the creature was already sickened and fails its save, the creature is fascinated by the ostiarius and can’t use hostile actions. This fascination lasts for 1 round or until the ostiarius takes any hostile action against the creature or the creature’s allies. Whether the creature succeeds at or fails the save, it is temporarily immune for 1 hour. Ostiariuses, as emissaries of the velstracs, tend to the portals between the Shadow Plane and the Material Plane. They not only escort other velstracs into the world of mortals, but also work to entice mortals into the realms of the velstracs- from which most mortals never leave. Among the most pleasant and persuasive of the velstracs, ostiariuses are prepared to converse for hours upon any topic, and they are skilled at returning, again and again, to the subject of the delights found in their perverse philosophies. The most powerful velstracs are unique divinities known collectively as velstrac demagogues-powerful creatures worshiped by those mortals who seek to experience agonizing new revelations and gain power by enhancing the body through pain.Clearly someone (okay, it’s wesschnieder) knows their Ostiariuses stand over 6 feet tall, and individuals range from skeletally thin to hugely corpulent. There’s also a pun in there (the Latin “ostium” for door not being far from the Multiverse’s creepiest BDSM club (risk and kink, yes aware and consensual,ĭefinitely not), carnival whisperers rather than barkers, touts whose job it is So ostiariuses are the kyton race’s gatekeepers. Of Shadow are able to so easily move between the Material and Shadow They are low-level monsters that usefully explain how kytons and other servants Ostiariuses also fulfill a utilitarian role in the metagame, as To set the hook, dangle it, and see who (ceno)bites. Who travel about might be the means sought by PCs questing for a plane shift at low levels.
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