Fear Aura. Any creature hostile to Achlys that starts its turn within 10 feet of her must make a DC 16 Wisdom saving throw, unless Achlys is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to Achlys' Fear Aura for the next 24 hours.
Charge. If Achlys moves at least 10 feet straight toward a target and then hits it with a gore attack on the same turn, the target takes and extra 9 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage. If the target is a creature, it must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be pushed up to 10 feet away and knocked Prone.
Magic Weapons. Achlys' weapon attacks are magical.
Innate Spellcasting. Achlys' spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16). She can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
At will: Primal Savagery, Eldritch Blast (x3 blasts)
3/day each: Fireball
Multiattack. Achlys makes two attacks on each of her turns.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (4d6 + 8) piercing damage. The target must succeed on a DC 14 Constitution saving throw or become poisoned. While poisoned in this way, the target can't regain hit points, and it takes 11 (2d6 + 4) poison damage at the start of each of its turns. The poisoned target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
Claw. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 17 (2d8 + 8) slashing damage, plus 13 (4d6) fire damage.
Gore. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage from horns that extend out to the target.
Viscera. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 22 (3d12 + 8) slashing damage. The target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or take an additional 22 (3d12 + 8) bleed damage
Description
Her fur stained with the blood of fallen foes, Achlys, Bringer of Chaos is a bull-headed demon whose roar is a savage battle cry that all civilized creatures fear.
The Beast Within. Achlys is a carnivore that roams labyrinthine dungeons, twisting caves, primeval woods, and the maze-like streets and passages of desolate ruins. She can visualize every route it might take to close the distance to her prey.
The scent of blood, the tearing of flesh, and the cracking of bones spur her lust for carnage, overwhelming all thought and reason. In a blood rage, Achlys charges anything she sees, butting and goring like a battering ram, then ripping the fallen in twain.
Cults of the Horned King. Achlys is the dark descendant of humanoids transformed by the rituals of cults that reject the oppression of authority by returning to nature. Inductees often mistake these cults for druidic circles or totemic religions whose ceremonies involve entering a labyrinth while wearing a ceremonial animal mask.
Within these bounded environments, cultists hunt, kill, and eat wild beasts, indulging their basest primal urges. In the end, however, sacrificial animals are exchanged for humanoid sacrifice — sometimes an inductee that tried to escape the cult after learning its secrets. These labyrinths become blood-soaked halls of slaughter, echoing to the cultists’ savagery.
Unknown to all but their highest-ranking leaders, these mystery cults are creations of the demon lord Baphomet, the Horned King, whose layer of the Abyss is a gigantic labyrinth. Some of his followers are fervent supplicants that plead for strength and power. Others come to the cult seeking a life free from authority’s chains — and are liberated of their humanity instead as Baphomet transforms them into the minotaurs that echo his own savage form.
Achlys, Bringer of Chaos is a creation of the Horned King, Himself. Her namesake represents the night before the Chaos. She is associated with misery.
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