Blasphemous Acolyte

Blasphemous Acolyte is a hostile Countermeasure Aberration character in Baldur's Gate 3 who may appear during the fight on Atop the Netherbrain if the player sides with the Emperor. It will appear if a cleric is present in the party.

Blasphemous Acolyte
Level 12
Information
Title	Countermeasure: Cleric
Race	Aberration
Faction	Cult of the Absolute
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Aberration
Armour Class	21
Hit points	87 (Balanced) 113 (Tactician)
Movement speed	9 m (30 ft)
Weight	90 kg (180 lb)
Initiative	+2
Ability scores
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA 16 (+3) 14 (+2) 14 (+2) 10 (0) 22 (+6) 8 (-1)
Proficiency bonus	+4
Saving throws	Str +3 Dex +2 Con +2 Int 0 Wis +10 Cha +3
Resistances
Resistant	Necrotic, Radiant
Features
Chilling Strikes	Your strikes Bone Chill your target.
Destroy Undead	When you successfully turn an Undead creature, it also takes 6d4Radiant.
Extra Attack	Make an additional free attack after making an unarmed or weapon attack.
Favourable Beginnings	The first attack roll or ability check you make against any target gains a bonus equal to your Proficiency Bonus.
Opportunity Attack	Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.
Tenacity (passive feature)	When you miss an attack, you deal 3Bludgeoning anyway.

Attacks and abilities

 Main Hand Attack ()

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

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Inflict Wounds ()

3d10 (3~30) Necrotic

Putrefy a creature with Necrotic energy filling your hands.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Spirit Guardians ()

Call forth spirits to protect you.

Nearby enemies take 3d8Radiant or 3d8Necrotic damage per turn, and their Movement Speed is halved.

WIS Save

 Range: Self

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

 Harm ()

14d6 (14~84) Necrotic

Reduce a target's maximum Hit Points, but never below 1.

CON Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Notes

• Blasphemous Acolyte begins combat already concentrating on the Necrotic damage version of Spirit Guardians.

Loot

• Flail +2
• Shield +1