Ticktock
Creature 16 (unique) — fiend, unholy, velstrac
Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.
AnvilSnareLANDVERTICALfiendunholyvelstrac
Sacristans are failures among the velstracs, creatures whose bodies and minds have been utterly broken by the velstracs' torments. These unfortunates are assembled from scrap metal, nerveless flesh, and bits of darkness into loyal agents who take ecstatic pleasure in serving other velstracs. Sacristans are empowered by a miniature gateway to the Shadow Plane deep in their mouths. By distending their jaws, they can howl with the shrieks and windstorms of that plane. Sacristans vary in appearance
Source: stolen-fate-bestiary (Pre-Remaster)
Perception +27; echolocation 120 feet; painsense
Languages common, diabolic, shadowtongue
Skills acrobatics +32, athletics +30, crafting +31, thievery +30, Torture Lore +29
Str
+6
Dex
+8
Con
+6
Int
+5
Wis
+3
Cha
+0
Items The Forge
AC 40
Fort +28
Ref +30
Will +25
+1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 275 (regeneration 15 (deactivated by holy or silver))
Immunities cold, blinded
Weaknesses holy 15, silver 15
Speed 25 feet, climb 25 feet
Offense
Melee Tool Fingers (agile, evil, magical, unholy, versatile-s) +32, Damage 3d4+14 piercing plus 2d6 bleed plus 1d6 spirit
Abilities
Echolocation — Ticktock can use his hearing as a precise sense at the listed range.
Painsense (divine) — Ticktock automatically knows whether a creature he hears has any of the Doomed, Dying, or Wounded conditions, as well as the value of those conditions.
+1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic —
Regeneration 15 (Deactivated by Holy or Silver) — This monster regains the listed number of Hit Points each round at the beginning of its turn. Its Dying condition never increases beyond Dying 3 as long as its regeneration is active. However, if it takes damage of a type listed in the regeneration entry, its regeneration deactivates until the end of its next turn. Deactivate the regeneration before applying any damage of a listed type, since that damage might kill the monster by bringing it to Dying 4.
Attack of Opportunity —
Tick Tock Tick Tock (auditory, aura, divine, mental, sonic) — 30 feet. When a creature ends its turn in the aura, the constant clicking and ticking sounds coming from Ticktock worm into its thoughts and fill the listener with the sense that time is speeding up for everyone but itself. The creature must succeed at a DC 34 Will save or become Slowed 1 (or Slowed 2 on a critical failure) until the end of its next turn.
Shadow Scream (aura, concentrate, darkness, divine, mental, sonic) — Frequency once per hour
Effect The sacristan opens their mouth to unloose a series of thunderous clicking sounds and mind-twisting darkness of the Shadow Plane. This creates a 30-foot emanation of darkness and sounds around the sacristan. Creatures with Darkvision can't see through this darkness. The sacristan can Sustain Shadow Scream for up to 1 minute. Non-velstrac creatures in the area when the ability is used, as well as those who enter or start their turn in the area, must attempt a DC 37 Will save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is then temporarily immune for 24 hours.
Success The creature is Deafened for 1 round.
Failure The creature is Confused and deafened for 1 round.
Critical Failure The creature takes 20 mental damage, and is confused and deafened for 1 round.
Effect The sacristan opens their mouth to unloose a series of thunderous clicking sounds and mind-twisting darkness of the Shadow Plane. This creates a 30-foot emanation of darkness and sounds around the sacristan. Creatures with Darkvision can't see through this darkness. The sacristan can Sustain Shadow Scream for up to 1 minute. Non-velstrac creatures in the area when the ability is used, as well as those who enter or start their turn in the area, must attempt a DC 37 Will save.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected and is then temporarily immune for 24 hours.
Success The creature is Deafened for 1 round.
Failure The creature is Confused and deafened for 1 round.
Critical Failure The creature takes 20 mental damage, and is confused and deafened for 1 round.
Divine Innate Spells DC 37, attack +29
5th Chilling Darkness
3rd Fear
WORKS WELL WITH
SniperLAND / VERTICALRanged damage bypasses its melee reach threat while regeneration keeps grinding down anyone who commits to melee.
WeaverLAND / VERTICALAdditional debuffs stack on top of the unease aura, compounding Will save pressure across the group.
FlankerLAND / VERTICALA mobile skirmisher can dart past the melee threat range to strike while it's occupied punishing whoever disengages.
PUNISHES
✖ melee reliance✖ lingering near it✖ low Will saves✖ reliance on sustained burst without holy or silver options
Avoid pairing with another high-regeneration Anvil; without holy or silver access the fight stalls into an attrition standoff.
Works well with · Punishes · Pairing advice
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