Medium Humanoid (Human), Any Alignment
Armor Class 11
Hit Points 27 (5d8 + 5)
Speed 30 ft.
STR
14 (+2)
DEX
12 (+1)
CON
11 (+0)
INT
10 (+0)
WIS
11 (+0)
CHA
10 (+0)
Senses Passive Perception 12
Languages Old Persian, Ancient Aramaic
Challenge 1/2 (100 XP)
Proficiency Bonus +2
Traits

Raise the Alarm!  If the soldier is guarding an area, it can use a bonus action to raise the alarm. By shouting or ringing a bell, the alarm brings an additional 3 soldiers every two rounds.

Pack Tactics. The soldier has advantage on attack rolls against a creature if at least one of the soldier's allies is within 5 feet of the creature and the ally isn't incapacitated.

Actions

Multiattack. The soldier makes two attacks with its recurve bow.

Recurve bow. Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 6 (1d6 + 3) piercing damage. The soldier carries a quiver with 20 arrows.

Description

The soldiers of the Achaemenid Persian Empire are recruited from across Persia and the middle east. Most of the army is composed of tens of thousands of peasants conscripted to become spearmen, however there is always a core of elite archers who are professional soldiers, trained with the recurve bow. Their prime function is as a fighting force in a major battle, providing supporting fire and "turning the sky dark with volleys that blot out the sun." Archers are never meant to get into melee, and are defended by spearmen.

The Achaemenid Persian Empire has famously conquered Babylon, Assyria, Syria, Phoenicia, the Levant, Egypt, Cyprus, Anatolia, Lydia, Ionia, Thrace, Sogdia and Bactria, becoming unquestionably the most powerful empire in the world. Persians believe in Zoroastrianism, and follow the god Ahura Mazda.

Monster Tags: NPCHuman

Habitat: DesertUrban

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