W'wargaz

Ch'r'ai W'wargaz
Inquisitor of Vlaakith
Identity	Male
Voiced by	James Howard
Faction	Crèche Y'llek
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Humanoid
Race	Githyanki
Balanced Difficulty Stats
Level	6
HP	112
AC	17
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+3
Movement	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	17 (+3)
DEX	14 (+2)
CON	15 (+2)
INT	18 (+4)
WIS	16 (+3)
CHA	12 (+1)
Saving throws
STR	+6
DEX	+2
CON	+5
INT	+7
WIS	+6
CHA	+1
Features
Extra Attack You can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.  Githyanki Parry Parry unarmed and weapon attacks to reduce their damage by 10.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Perfect Sentry Cannot be surprised.  Psionic Revenge When you succeed a saving throw, the foe that caused it takes 1d4 Psychic.
Explorer Difficulty Stats
Level	6
HP	78
AC	17
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+5
Movement	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	17 (+3)
DEX	14 (+2)
CON	15 (+2)
INT	18 (+4)
WIS	16 (+3)
CHA	12 (+1)
Saving throws
STR	+8
DEX	+2
CON	+7
INT	+9
WIS	+8
CHA	+1
Features
Extra Attack You can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.  Githyanki Parry Parry unarmed and weapon attacks to reduce their damage by 10.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Perfect Sentry Cannot be surprised.  Psionic Revenge When you succeed a saving throw, the foe that caused it takes 1d4 Psychic.
Tactician Difficulty Stats
Level	6
HP	145
AC	17
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+3
Movement	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	17 (+3)
DEX	14 (+2)
CON	15 (+2)
INT	18 (+4)
WIS	16 (+3)
CHA	12 (+1)
Saving throws
STR	+6
DEX	+2
CON	+5
INT	+7
WIS	+6
CHA	+1
Conditions
Legendary Resistance Has a +10 bonus to its next 3 Saving Throws
Features
Extra Attack You can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.  Githyanki Parry Parry unarmed and weapon attacks to reduce their damage by 10.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Perfect Sentry Cannot be surprised.  Psionic Revenge When you succeed a saving throw, the foe that caused it takes 1d4 Psychic.  Psionic Empowerment Your attacks deal an extra 1d6Psychic damage - the scars of illithid enslavement run deep.
Honour Difficulty Stats
Level	6
HP	145
AC	17
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+3
Movement	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	17 (+3)
DEX	14 (+2)
CON	15 (+2)
INT	18 (+4)
WIS	16 (+3)
CHA	12 (+1)
Saving throws
STR	+6
DEX	+2
CON	+5
INT	+7
WIS	+6
CHA	+1
Conditions
Legendary Resistance Has a +10 bonus to its next 3 Saving Throws  Mind-Claws Available Twice per round, spend a Legendary Action to summon a Mind-Claw of Tu'narath after he or his allies are struck.
Features
Extra Attack You can make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.  Githyanki Parry Parry unarmed and weapon attacks to reduce their damage by 10.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Perfect Sentry Cannot be surprised.  Psionic Revenge When you succeed a saving throw, the foe that caused it takes 1d4 Psychic.  Psionic Empowerment Your attacks deal an extra 1d6Psychic damage - the scars of illithid enslavement run deep.  Legendary Action: Mind-Claw of Tu'narath Twice per round, Inquisitor W'wargaz can spend a Legendary Action to summon a Mind-Claw of Tu'narath after he or his allies are struck.
Technical
UID	S_CRE_Templar
UUID	378ac93e-03a0-40b4-904c-f37989ac7a8c
Stats	CRE_Githyanki_Inquisitor

Ch'r'ai W'wargaz is the inquisitor leading Vlaakith's search for the Mysterious Artefact during Act One.

“

So. The weapon. Please.

„

— W'wargaz being 'polite'

Involvement

Act One

A ruthless swordsman and psionic manipulator, W'wargaz can be considered the boss enemy of Crèche Y'llek.

Act Three

If not killed by the party at Crèche Y'llek, he can be fought at the Knights of the Shield Hideout as part of  Visit the Emperor's Old Hideout.

He can be spoken to with  Speak with Dead.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Cleave ()   –  Githyanki Greatsword

Damage: 3 + modifiers

3 + half weaponSlashing

Swing your weapon in a large arc to attack up to 3 enemies at once. They each take half the damage your weapon usually deals.

AoE: 2 m / 7 ft (Cone)

Recharge: Short rest

 Lacerate ()   –  Githyanki Greatsword

Damage: 6~16

2d6 + 4Slashing

Slash at your target's vital points to make it  Bleed.

Undead and Constructs can't Bleed.

CON Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

Recharge: Short rest

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Githyanki Greatsword

Damage: 6~16

2d6 + 4Slashing

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Mindsteal Link ()

Leech off a foe's psychic energy to make them more vulnerable and strengthen yourself.

You gain a +1 bonus to your  Armour Class and deal an additional 1d4Psychic with weapon attacks.

The target receives a -2 penalty to its Armour Class and becomes Vulnerable to Psychic damage.

INT Save

 Range: 20 m / 67 ft

 Mindsteal Tempest ()

Force a psychic connection on those around you. Use  Mindsteal Link on all nearby creatures.

You gain a +1 bonus to your  Armour Class and deal an additional 1d4Psychic with weapon attacks.

The target receives a -2 penalty to its Armour Class and becomes Vulnerable to Psychic damage.

INT Save

 Range: 20 m / 67 ft

AoE: 40 m / 133 ft (Radius)

Recharge: Per combat

 Misty Step ( + )

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

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Pommel Strike ()   –  Githyanki Greatsword

Damage: 1~4

1d4Bludgeoning

Make a non-lethal attack against an enemy and possibly  Daze them.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5 ft

Recharge: Short rest

W'wargaz is affected by  Legendary Resistance for his first three Saving Throws on Tactician difficulty.

Honour mode

W'wargaz receives the passive  Legendary Action: Mind-Claw of Tu'narath on Honour Mode, enabling him to freely summon up to two Mind-Claws of Tu'narath per round, whenever he or his allies are attacked.

 Mind-Claw of Tu'narath

Summon a vestigial echo of Vlaakith's ire as a wicked psionic blade.

Recharge: Twice per round

Whenever a summoned Mind-Claw strikes an opponent, W'wargaz can cast  Mindsteal Link as a reaction on the target. All Mind-Claws are dismissed when W'wargaz is killed. The summoned Mind-Claws are not dismissed by knocking W'wargaz unconscious.

Allies

• Ardent Jhe'rezath
• Ardent Qu'th
• Raider Kyrr'a'ath
• Warrior Brelal'reth

Tactics

• An effective way to deal with his  Githyanki Parry is to have him use his reaction on an  Opportunity Attack, allowing the party to deal more damage per round.

Loot

• Circlet of Psionic Revenge
• Githyanki Greatsword
• Githyanki Half Plate
• Potion of Angelic Slumber

Related literature

• Inquisitor's Prerogative - A Reminder

Speak with Dead

W'wargaz can be spoken to with  Speak with Dead.

Party member: Who are you?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: Was... Inquisitor... Now... Martyr...

Party member: Why were you here?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: The Inquisition... To find... The artefact... The Astral Prism...

Party member: What is inside the artefact?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: A secret... Used by Gith... To free us... Of ghaik shackles...
  • Party member: What is the secret?
    • Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*

Party member: What will the githyanki do now?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: This world... Is sick...
• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: Only cure... Annihilation...

Party member: What happened to you?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: Glorious combat... A powerful foe...

Party member: Where are you from?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: The god-corpse Tu'narath... Palace of Whispers...

Party member: Who is the Absolute?

• Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: A front... Masking... The Grand Design...
  • Party member: What is the Grand Design?
    • Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: Horror... True horror...
    • Ch'r'ai W'wargaz: All... Creation... Made ghaik...

External links

• W'wargaz on the Forgotten Realms Wiki