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Pelyious Avhoste

Pelyious Avhoste
Pelyious Avhoste
CR 9
Medium Humanoid (human), Neutral Evil
Reveal Stat Block
Armor Class
12
Hit Points
143 (22d8 + 44)
Speed
30 ft., swim 30 ft.
str
18
+4
dex
14
+2
con
14
+2
int
17
+3
wis
11
+0
cha
13
+1

Traits

Hold Breath.Pelyious can hold his breath for 15 minutes.

Actions

Multiattack (Humanoid or Hybrid Form).In Humanoid form, Pelyious makes two Scimitar attacks or two Hand Crossbow attacks. In hybrid form, he can substitute one Scimitar attack for a Bite attack.
Scimitar (Humanoid or Hybrid Form).mw 8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. ({@damage 1d6 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
Hand Crossbow (Humanoid or Hybrid Form).rw 6 to hit, range 30/90 ft., one target. ({@damage 1d6 + 3) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) poison damage.
Bite (Hybrid Form Only).mw 8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. ({@damage 1d10 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is Medium or smaller, it is grappled (escape 16) and until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and Pelyious can't Bite another target.
Change Shape.Pelyious polymorphs into a crocodile-humanoid hybrid, or back into his true form, which is Humanoid. His statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn't transformed. He reverts to his true form if he dies.

Pelyious Avhoste

Pelyious is a Halruaan sky captain who hires out his services to those with a desperate need to get somewhere quickly. His skyship is one of the fastest in all Faerûn, designed by his uncle, Zythan Oolorius Avhoste, the famed Halruaan designer.

Charismatic, cultured and sophisticated, Pelyious is a lover of ancient art and music. He professes an admiration for the extinct Netherese—precursors to the Halruaan people—and the ancient kingdom of Mezro. His skyship is decorated with artifacts and paintings from these cultures, and he enjoys showing off his impressive collection to his guests. He is also an excellent musician and delights in playing complex compositions from the 'lost ages' that haven't been heard in centuries.

Though a bit pretentious, Pelyious is unfailingly courteous and polite. He has utter disdain for those who do not share his refinement, viewing them as barbarous, rude, or just plain uncouth.

Pelyious is a skilled ship captain and an excellent swordsman. He has also been mentored in the magical arts by his uncle Zythan. This combination of skills makes him an unpredictable and dangerous opponent; someone who can engage in close melee combat or use magical spells from range.

However, unbeknown to most, Pelyious and his crew are also faithful servants of Bhaal, the God of Murder. Beneath his cultured veneer lurks a bloodthirsty monster (a lycanthropic form he learned through an ancient Mezro ritual), and he occasionally plans 'murder rituals' where he turns his entire Halruaan skyship into a slaughterhouse. Victims in these massacres are not merely killed, but often tortured, mutilated, and eventually skinned. While most of the remains are tossed over the side of the airship when it crosses the oceans, the hearts and other vital organs of his victims are used for ritual feasts to celebrate the slaughter.

Pelyious prefers to reserve these ritual killing sprees for those that have insulted him, tried to cheat him, or offended his honor in some manner. However, if no suitable candidates have made themselves available, Pelyious sometimes has to settle on victims that he genuinely likes, for the Lord of Murder can only wait so long for his sacrifices. Pelyious shows no remorse when forced to slaughter those he considers friends, as his devotion to Bhaal supersedes all other loyalties.

Pelyious crews his airship with a family of wolfweres. Most stay in their human forms when there are passengers on board, though the alpha, who is also the wife of Pelyious, likes to take the role of a wolf that Pelyious has tamed.