Monster Dossier

Krampus Celebrant

Life Imitates Art Fierce as he might be, Krampus|B3 rarely has the time to be everywhere at once. He doesn't have any particular ability to teleport or...

Level 8

Traits

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Rules & statistics

Monster Profile

Perception

19

Senses

  • Name
    darkvision
  • Type
    imprecise
    Name
    scent
    Range
    30

Languages

Languages
  • common

Skills

Athletics
17
Intimidation
18
Stealth
15
Survival
15

Ability Mods

Str
5
Dex
3
Con
4
Int
1
Wis
3
Cha
4

Defenses

Ac
27
Saving Throws
Fort
19
Ref
16
Will
13
Abilities
  • +1 status bonus to all saves against evil and necromancy spells and effects
Hp
  • Hp
    125
Weaknesses
  • Name
    good
    Amount
    5
Resistances
  • Name
    cold
    Amount
    10
  • Name
    physical
    Amount
    5

Speed

Walk
25
Abilities
  • snowstride

Attacks

  • Range
    Melee
    Name
    claw
    Attack
    20
    Traits
    • agile
    Effects
    • Grab
    Damage
    2d8+9 slashing plus Grab
    Types
    • slashing
  • Range
    Melee
    Name
    birch bundle
    Attack
    20
    Traits
    • backswing
    • forceful
    Damage
    2d10+9 bludgeoning
    Types
    • bludgeoning
  • Range
    Melee
    Name
    horn
    Attack
    20
    Damage
    2d12+9 piercing
    Types
    • piercing

Spellcasting

  • Type
    Innate
    Tradition
    primal
    DC
    26
    Entry
    0
    Level
    4
    Spells
    • Name
      tanglefoot
    2
    Spells
    • Name
      obscuring mist

Abilities

Mid
  • Name
    Frightful Presence
    Traits
    • aura
    • emotion
    • fear
    • mental
    Entries
    • 30 feet, 23
Bot
  • Name
    Frightful Parade
    Activity
    Number
    2
    Unit
    action
    Entries
    • The Krampus celebrant stride||Strides up to its Speed and attempts a birch bundle Strike against one creature within its reach at any point during that movement.
  • Name
    Relentless Torment
    Activity
    Unit
    reaction
    Number
    1
    Trigger
    The Krampus celebrant hits a frightened creature with its birch bundle Strike
    Entries
    • The target must attempt a 26 Will save to resist the effects of the fearful assault.
    • Type
      successDegree
      Entries
      Critical Success
      The creature is unaffected and becomes temporarily immune for 1 hour.
      Success
      The target is unaffected.
      Failure
      The creature takes 1d8 mental damage. At the end of the creature's next turn, its frightened condition doesn't decrease by 1.
      Critical Failure
      The creature takes 2d8 mental damage, and its frightened condition increases by 1 (maximum 4). At the end of its next turn, its frightened condition doesn't decrease by 1.
  • Name
    Snowstride
    Entries
    • The Krampus celebrant ignores difficult terrain||3|terrain caused by snow and ice, and it treats greater difficult terrain||3|terrain caused by snow and ice as difficult terrain.
  • Name
    Vandal
    Entries
    • Whenever the Krampus celebrant deals damage to an object, it ignores the first 10 points of the object's Hardness.

Background

Lore

Life Imitates Art

Fierce as he might be, Krampus|B3 rarely has the time to be everywhere at once. He doesn't have any particular ability to teleport or make speedy, long-distance travel, but he still strikes fear in the hearts of countless multitudes due to his power and the severity of the punishments he metes out.

Due to this lack of ubiquity, most societies appreciate Krampus more as a folkloric bogeyman and less as a physical threat that they're likely to encounter during any particular year's solstice. Come winter festivals, adults delightfully dress up as Krampus, parading through the streets to carouse, spook youngsters, and wave birch switches around.

However, if taken too far, this good-natured fun can attract Krampus's attention and blessing. Of course, this "blessing" is more of a dangerous curse that transforms those well-meaning revelers imitating him into sadistic tormentors dead-set on punishing the naughty before the festivities are through.

These so-called Krampus celebrants maraud for several nights, executing ghoulish acts of terror, vandalism, and cruel justice upon those who have "misbehaved" according to Krampus's own twisted sense of decorum, before reverting to their normal forms. Those who survive swiftly throw off their bloodstained pelts and costumes, swearing to never again tempt Krampus.

The Krampus celebrant statistics below befit these revelers for a festival gone wrong, yet in a pinch, depending upon your campaign, they're also suitable for a much less powerful Krampus who could be vanquished by lower-level PCs or a manifestation or aspect of Krampus that appears to haunt villages that Krampus himself can't reach. It could even represent a community's shared belief and paranoia in Krampus manifesting in a creature of belief similar to a brainchild.