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Nupperibo Innate Spellcasting
The nupperibo (CR 1/2) can have 1 talent. Type: Trait.
Talent Cost: 2 (Counts as 2 Talents).
Blood Frenzy Innate Spellcasting. The orthon’s innate
Type: Trait. spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC
15, +7 to hit with spell attacks). The orthon can
Blood Frenzy. The nupperibo has advantage on
innately cast the following spells, requiring no
melee attack rolls against any creature that doesn't
material components:
have all its hit points. At-will: hunter's mark
1/day each: conjure volley, steel wind strike, teleport
Fear Aura
Type: Trait. Legendary Actions
A creature, other than a devil, hostile to the Type: Action.
nupperibo that starts its turn within 10 feet of
Talent Cost: 4 (Counts as 4 Talents).
two nupperibo must make a DC 11 Wisdom saving
throw, unless the nupperibos are incapacitated. The orthon gains 3 legendary actions, choosing
On a failed save, the target is frightened until from the options below. Only one legendary action
the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving option can be used at a time and only at the end of
throw is successful, the creature is immune to the another creature's turn. The orthon regains spent
nupperibo's Fear Aura for the next 24 hours. legendary actions at the start of its turn.
Move. The orthon moves up to half its speed
without provoking opportunity attacks.
Ravenous Infernal Attack (Costs 2 Actions). The orthon
makes an Infernal Dagger or Infernal Crossbow
Type: Trait.
attack.
Ravenous. The nupperibo can take a bonus action
to make one bite attack against a creature that
Maggot Burst
doesn't have all its hit points. Attacks against the
nupperibo have advantage until the start of the
Type: Trait.
nupperibo's next turn.
A creature that takes damage from the orthon's
Explosive Retribution is infested with 1d4 maggots.
At the start of each of the target’s turns, the target
takes 1d6 piercing damage per maggot infesting
Orthon it. Applying fire to the bite wound before the end
of the target’s next turn deals 1 fire damage to the
The nupperibo (CR 10) can have a maximum of 4 target and kills these maggots. After this time, the
talents. maggots are too far under the skin to be burned.
If a target infested by maggots ends its turn with
0 hit points, it dies as the maggots burrow into its
Close Quarters Shooting heart and kills it. Any effect that cures disease kills
Type: Trait. all maggots infesting the target.
Close Quarters Shooting. Making a ranged attack
roll while within 5 feet of an enemy doesn’t impose Sharpshooter
disadvantage on the orthon's roll. In addition, if
Type: Trait.
the orthon hits a creature within 5 feet of it with a
ranged attack on its turn, that creature can’t take Sharpshooter. The orthon's ranged weapon
reactions until the end of the orthon's turn. attacks ignore half cover and three-quarters
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