ability_mods: cha_mod: 5 con_mod: 2 dex_mod: 4 int_mod: 2 str_mod: 0 wis_mod: 4 ac: 21 ac_special: null active_abilities: - action_cost: One Action critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: The ostiarius inspires their willing allies and themself by whispering words of courage from their wounds. The ostiarius and their allies in a 50-foot emanation gain a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects. The ostiarius can Sustain Compel Courage. Non-velstracs who accept this compelled courage find bleeding wounds opening on their own bodies to whisper in thanks. They take 1 __persistent bleed damage__ and can't attempt a flat check to end this damage as long as they're compelled. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Compel Courage range: null raw_description: '**Compel Courage** [One Action] (__auditory__, __divine__, __emotion__, __enchantment__, __linguistic__, __mental__) The ostiarius inspires their willing allies and themself by whispering words of courage from their wounds. The ostiarius and their allies in a 50-foot emanation gain a +1 status bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, and saves against fear effects. The ostiarius can Sustain Compel Courage. Non-velstracs who accept this compelled courage find bleeding wounds opening on their own bodies to whisper in thanks. They take 1 __persistent bleed damage__ and can''t attempt a flat check to end this damage as long as they''re compelled.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: - auditory - divine - emotion - enchantment - linguistic - mental trigger: null - action_cost: One Action critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: The ostiarius stares at a creature they can see within 30 feet. The creature must immediately attempt a Will save against Whispering Wounds. In addition, if the creature was already __sickened__ and fails its save, the creature is __fascinated__ by the ostiarius and can't use hostile actions. This fascination lasts for 1 round or until the ostiarius takes any hostile action against the creature or the creature's allies. Whether the creature succeeds at or fails the save, it is temporarily immune for 1 hour. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Focus Gaze range: null raw_description: '**Focus Gaze** [One Action] (__concentrate__, __divine__, __enchantment__, __fear__, __mental__, __visual__) The ostiarius stares at a creature they can see within 30 feet. The creature must immediately attempt a Will save against Whispering Wounds. In addition, if the creature was already __sickened__ and fails its save, the creature is __fascinated__ by the ostiarius and can''t use hostile actions. This fascination lasts for 1 round or until the ostiarius takes any hostile action against the creature or the creature''s allies. Whether the creature succeeds at or fails the save, it is temporarily immune for 1 hour.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: - concentrate - divine - enchantment - fear - mental - visual trigger: null alignment: LE automatic_abilities: - action_cost: None critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: When a creature ends its turn in the aura, it hears the wounds on the ostiarius's body whisper obscene truths. The creature must succeed at a DC 21 Will save or become __sickened 1__. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Whispering Wounds range: 30 feet raw_description: '**Whispering Wounds** (__aura__, __divine__, __enchantment__, __mental__, __visual__) 30 feet. When a creature ends its turn in the aura, it hears the wounds on the ostiarius''s body whisper obscene truths. The creature must succeed at a DC 21 Will save or become __sickened 1__.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: - aura - divine - enchantment - mental - visual trigger: null description: 'Ostiariuses, as emissaries of the velstracs, tend to the portals between the __Shadow Plane__ and the Material Plane. They not only escort other velstracs into the world of mortals, but also work to entice mortals into the realms of the velstracs— from which most mortals never leave. Among the most pleasant and persuasive of the velstracs, ostiariuses are prepared to converse for hours upon any topic, and they are skilled at returning, again and again, to the subject of the delights found in their perverse philosophies. Ostiariuses stand over 6 feet tall, and individuals range from skeletally thin to hugely corpulent. **__Recall Knowledge - Fiend__ (__Religion__)**: DC 20' hp: 67 hp_misc: regeneration 5 (deactivated by good or silver) immunities: - cold languages: - Common - Infernal - Shadowtongue - telepathy 100 feet level: 5 melee_attacks: - action_cost: One Action damage: - formula: 2d6+2 type: slashing - formula: 2d6 type: persistent bleed name: claw to_hit: 13 traits: - agile - evil - finesse - magical name: Ostiarius perception: 15 ranged_attacks: null saves: fort: 9 fort_misc: null misc: +1 status to all saves vs. magic ref: 15 ref_misc: null will: 13 will_misc: null sense_abilities: - action_cost: None critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: A velstrac automatically knows whether a creature it sees has any of the __doomed__, __dying__, and __wounded__ conditions, as well as the value of those conditions effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Painsight range: null raw_description: '**Painsight** (__divination__, __divine__) A velstrac automatically knows whether a creature it sees has any of the __doomed__, __dying__, and __wounded__ conditions, as well as the value of those conditions' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: - divination - divine trigger: null - action_cost: None critical_failure: null critical_success: null description: The ostiarius always knows the direction and distance to the closest portal between the __Shadow Plane__ and the Material Plane. This sense functions only on these two planes. effect: null failure: null frequency: null maximum_duration: null name: Sense Portal range: null raw_description: '**Sense Portal** (__divination__, __divine__) The ostiarius always knows the direction and distance to the closest portal between the __Shadow Plane__ and the Material Plane. This sense functions only on these two planes.' requirements: null saving_throw: null stages: null success: null traits: - divination - divine trigger: null senses: - greater darkvision - painsight - sense portal size: Medium skills: - bonus: 13 misc: null name: Acrobatics - bonus: 12 misc: null name: Deception - bonus: 12 misc: null name: Diplomacy - bonus: 16 misc: null name: Intimidation - bonus: 11 misc: null name: Religion - bonus: 11 misc: null name: Torture Lore sources: - abbr: Bestiary 2 page_start: '281' page_stop: null speed: - amount: 25 misc: null type: Land spell_lists: - attack_bonus: null cantrips: - level: 3 spells: - misc: null name: shield constants: null dc: 24 focus_points: null misc: null spell_lists: - level: 3 spells: - misc: null name: enthrall - misc: null name: wanderer's guide - level: 2 spells: - misc: at will name: calm emotions - misc: null name: darkness - misc: null name: silence spells_source: Divine Innate Spells - attack_bonus: null cantrips: null constants: null dc: 22 focus_points: null misc: null spell_lists: - level: 2 spells: - misc: null name: inveigle spells_source: Rituals traits: - Fiend - Velstrac weaknesses: - amount: 5 misc: null type: good - amount: 5 misc: null type: silver