Prayantis

Once a chitinous creature of the hive-cities beneath the Norman underground, Prayantis was conscripted into the royal guard before betraying his colony to pursue a more lucrative trade as an assassin for the highest bidder. When a catastrophic alchemical accident melted away his exoskeleton during a botched contract in the year 1847, he faced certain death until a rogue biomechanic surgeon offered him a second life—one of burnished steel, grinding gears, and pneumatic limbs that granted him inhuman speed and devastating strength. Transformed into a fusion of insectoid predator and steampunk apparatus, Prayantis reinvented himself as the most feared operative in the Norman underworld, his form now a masterwork of brass and leather that whispers through shadows with lethal grace. His trademark ensemble—tailored waistcoat, obsidian top hat, and floor-length trench coat lined with an arsenal of honed blades—became as recognizable as his reputation for never failing a contract. Beyond his mechanical prowess, he retained mastery of the venomous arts from his hive-days, blending ancient insectoid poison-craft with forbidden alchemies to ensure that even his swiftest prey had nowhere to hide from his touch. Now a perfectly calibrated instrument of death, Prayantis stalks the gaslit streets of Norman cities, a cyborg assassin whose very footsteps herald the end of empires and the downfall of kings.

Strength

18, modifier 4

Dexterity

20, modifier 5

Constitution

20, modifier 5

Intelligence

14, modifier 2

Wisdom

12, modifier 1

Charisma

10, modifier 0

Multiattack

Prayantis makes three attacks: one with his Poisoned Blade and two with his Mechanical Claws.

Poisoned Blade

Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 1d10 + 5 piercing damage plus 3d6 poison damage. Target must succeed on a DC 16 Constitution saving throw or be poisoned for 1 minute.

Mechanical Claws

Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 2d6 + 4 slashing damage. On a hit, the target must succeed on a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw or be grappled.

Shadow Step

Prayantis can teleport up to 30 feet to an unoccupied space he can see. He gains advantage on the first melee attack he makes before the end of his turn.

Toxic Cloud

Prayantis releases a cloud of poison in a 15-foot radius. Each creature in that area must make a DC 16 Constitution saving throw, taking 4d6 poison damage on a failed save, or half as much on a successful one.

Stealthy Predator

Prayantis has advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks in dim light or darkness.

Poison Mastery

Prayantis is immune to poison damage and the poisoned condition.

strength

8

dexterity

9

constitution

9

intelligence

6

Poison

Slashing