Tarazak (5e Creature)
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Tarazak[edit]
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Medium humanoid, neutral evil Armor Class 15 (natural armor)
Saving Throws Con +7, Int +8, Cha +9 Amphibious. Tarazak can breathe air and water. Spellcasting. Tarazak is a 10th-level spellcaster. His spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17, +9 to hit with spell attacks), and he needs only verbal components to cast its spells. He has the following cleric spells prepared:
ACTIONSTongue. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 15 ft., one target. Hit: 23 (6d6 + 2) piercing damage.
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Tarazak was a rich and selfish baron who was cursed by the local river gods for pollutive activities under his supervision. As a result, he was cursed to take this hideous appearance of a frog. Formerly human, Tarazak took great pains to hide his change. He paid great sums for powerful and knowledgeable wizards and clerics to have them heal him and restore his form. However, it was no simple task to undo such a divine curse. Tarazak learned of a possible cure: the lives of 1,000 young, human women, one each day, at midnight. He had to consume their body and soul. Desperate, he began to order that all young, human women within his domain had to be bought to his castle on their 16th birthday. There, they would be subdued and kept in grotesque frog eggs in a half-dead, half-alive state, waiting for him to consume them. It is said he already consumed over 100 women this way, and his subjects who object are swiftly silenced. These heinous crimes, along with his transformation, have made the baron a scourge in his own domain, and he seems to be getting more insane with each passing day.
As perhaps a positive side of Tarazak's transformation, he gained a magic source similar to sorcerous blood in addition to his horrendous appearance. After learning of his cure, he has only learned how to further use them with devastating effect and malicious intent. While he appears slow and merely sly, he also possesses enough grace to subdue unwary opponents. Tarazak's primary weapon is his tongue when he wishes to kill anyone, as it is able to pierce even armor. His magic is more for providing smokescreens or placing opponents at a disadvantage such that he can pick them off. Tarazak aims primarily for any females first, though not to kill so much as just incapacitate. For males, he will kill them if they vex him. Tarazak's LairWithin his lair, Tarazak has a challenge rating of 11 (7,200 XP). His lair consists of his main castle, surrounded by a murky lake. His castle has been renovated to be almost maze-like inside. His guards are only situated about the periphery, allowing him to do as he pleases. Several rooms are dedicated to storing the frog spawn bubbles where the women are imprisoned in a state of stasis. The ripest ones are deeper inside, while fresher victims are located in rooms closer outward. These rooms are all connected by labyrinthine hallways that Tarazak can use to his advantage when intruders come. He can efficiently skulk about the castle and use magic and traps to slow down attackers. Lair ActionsOn initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Tarazak can take a lair action to cause one of the following magical effects; he can't use the same effect two rounds in a row:
Regional EffectsTarazak exerts control over his lair in the following ways:
When Tarazak dies, all of these regional effects fade immediately. |
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