Kethk

Sa'varsh Kethk
Level 5
Information
Title	Warfare Instructor
Race	Githyanki
Faction	Crèche Y'llek
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Humanoid
Armour Class	17
Hit points	73
Movement speed	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
Initiative	+3
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 12 (+1) 17 (+3) 14 (+2) 10 (0) 12 (+1) 12 (+1)
Proficiency bonus	+2
Saving throws	Str +3 Dex +3 Con +4 Int 0 Wis +1 Cha +1
Features
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Extra Attack	Make a free attack after an unarmed or weapon attack.
Crossbow Expert: Point-Blank	The attack roll for melee range crossbow attacks do not have disadvantage.
Crossbow Expert: Wounding	Piercing Shot inflicts Gaping Wounds for twice as long.
Psionic Empowerment Tactician	Your attacks deal an extra 1d6 Psychic damage.
Archery Tactician	+2 to attack rolls with ranged weapons.

Sa'varsh Kethk is a Githyanki NPC in Baldur's Gate 3. He can be found at the Classroom in Crèche Y'llek at X: 1358 Y: -774.

Interactions

Kethk is a brutal taskmaster, not above killing his own students if it means hardening the survivors. He will do exactly this to Youth Varrl, unless interrupted by the player, who can step in to save the youth's life or kill the child themselves.

He firmly believes in survival of the fittest, and will espouse his beliefs on child rearing and other tenets of traditional githyanki philosophy when further engaged in conversation.

He and his students will become hostile if the player progresses far enough in Discover the Artefact's Secrets.

Attacks and abilities

 Ranged Attack ()

Normal weapon damage Make a ranged attack with your equipped weapon.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Misty Step ()

Surrounded by silver mist, you teleport to an unoccupied space you can see.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Mental Instruction ()

Give one of your students telepathic instructions to psionically empower them.

The target gains 20 temporary hit points and deals an additional 2d6Psychic damage until it loses its temporary hit points.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 1.5 m / 5 ft (Radius)

Kethk can spend up to three Superiority Die on Battle Manoeuvers:

 Rally ()

8 Temporary hit points

Expend a superiority die to bolster the resolve of a friendly creature. It gains an additional 8 Temporary Hit Points

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Trip Attack (Ranged) ()

Normal weapon damage + Superiority Die Weapon damage A powerful shot that possibly knocks the target  Prone.

STR Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

Recharge: Per turn