Tska'an

Ch'r'ai Tska'an

Avatar of Vlaakith

Model
Portrait

Voiced by

Jodie Steele

Role

Githyanki Inquisitor

Faction

Vlaakith Loyalist

Stats

Size

Medium

Type

Humanoid

Race

Githyanki

Balanced Difficulty Stats

Level

9

HP

127

Initiative

+3

Proficiency

+4

Weight

75 kg (150 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
12 (+1)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	18 (+4)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
+1	+3	+2	+2	+2	+4

Resistances ^(info)

Features

Agonising Blast
When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
Devil's Sight
You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m / 80 ft.
Githyanki War Magic
After the githyanki casts a spell or cantrip, they can make a weapon attack using a Bonus action.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Psionic Ward
If the item detects that the wearer is gith, they have Resistance to Psychic damage.
Whenever the wearer succeeds on a Saving throw against a spell, they regain 1d4hit points.
Repelling Blast
When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m / 15 ft away from you.

Explorer Difficulty Stats

Level

9

HP

88

Initiative

+3

Proficiency

+6

Weight

75 kg (150 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
12 (+1)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	18 (+4)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
+1	+3	+2	+2	+2	+4

Resistances ^(info)

Features

Agonising Blast
When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
Devil's Sight
You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m / 80 ft.
Githyanki War Magic
After the githyanki casts a spell or cantrip, they can make a weapon attack using a Bonus action.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Psionic Ward
If the item detects that the wearer is gith, they have Resistance to Psychic damage.
Whenever the wearer succeeds on a Saving throw against a spell, they regain 1d4hit points.
Repelling Blast
When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m / 15 ft away from you.

Tactician Difficulty Stats

Level

9

HP

165

Initiative

+3

Proficiency

+4

Weight

75 kg (150 lb)

Ability scores
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
12 (+1)	16 (+3)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	14 (+2)	18 (+4)

Saving throws
STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
+1	+3	+2	+2	+2	+4

Resistances ^(info)

Conditions

Legendary Resistance
Has a +10 bonus to its next 3 Saving Throws

Features

Agonising Blast
When you cast Eldritch Blast, add your Charisma Modifier to the damage it deals, unless it is negative.
Devil's Sight
You can see normally in darkness, both magical and non-magical, to a distance of 24 m / 80 ft.
Githyanki War Magic
After the githyanki casts a spell or cantrip, they can make a weapon attack using a Bonus action.
Opportunity Attack
Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Psionic Ward
If the item detects that the wearer is gith, they have Resistance to Psychic damage.
Whenever the wearer succeeds on a Saving throw against a spell, they regain 1d4hit points.
Psionic Empowerment
Your attacks deal an extra 1d6Psychic damage - the scars of illithid enslavement run deep.
Repelling Blast
When you hit a creature with Eldritch Blast, you can push the creature up to 4.5 m / 15 ft away from you.
War Caster: Concentration
You gain Advantage on Saving throws to maintain Concentration on a Spell.
War Caster: Opportunity Spell
You can also use a Reaction to cast Shocking Grasp at a target moving out of melee range.

Ch'r'ai Tska'an is a githyanki NPC encountered in Act Two. She will always be hostile.

Involvement

Ch'r'ai Tska'an and her group of Githyanki will ambush the party as they are approaching the Road To Baldur's Gate Waypoint. Carrying the Qua'nith Psionic Detector, whether gifted by Voss or looted off his corpse, allows the player to more easily spot their ambush and surprise the raiding party.

If the party was not marked for death by Vlaakith, Tska’an and her entourage will not appear at the ambush spot. If this is the case, Tska'an can be fought in the Knights of the Shield Hideout in Act Three as part of the quest Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout.

In combat, Tska'an functions as a gish and a warlock.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

Allies

Encounter details

Tska'an and her squad will block the player from proceeding to Baldur's Gate and Act Three. Tska'an begins the battle standing on an archway flanked by two Veteran Githyanki Raiders who will often use Trip Attack and Arrow of Many Targets. Below her are two Veteran Githyanki Warriors armed with Githyanki Parry.
All members of the gith ambush carry weapons imbued with Light, to protect them from the weaker areas of the Shadow Curse on the border of Reithwin.

Tactics

An effective way to begin the fight is using spells like Enhance Leap, Misty Step, or Dimension Door to get the entire party onto the top of the archway and begin focusing attacks on the raiders. Alternatively, the party can sneak their way onto the archway via a path to the north before the githyanki appear and surprise them. The warriors below will be forced to waste a turn or two taking the long way around or using Enhance Leap to follow with a jump.
While Tska'an herself is immune to the Shadow curse, her allies can all be affected by it. Retreating deeper into the town of Reithwin will cause the darker shadows to extinguish the Light spell on their weapons, causing them to take damage from the curse every turn. However, if they die to the curse in this way then they will be revived with half health as Shadow-Cursed Undead. If they die to the curse, then they will be hostile to everyone, including Tska’an.

Gallery

Tska'an bars the path to Baldur's Gate

Notable loot

Notes

Tska'an displays the abilities of an Undead Patron Warlock despite the fact that this Warlock subclass is not available to player characters.

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