Orpheus/Combat

Overview

Combat

This page focuses on Orpheus's behavior during turn-based combat gameplay.

Attacks and abilities

Githyanki form

Orpheus has the Orphic Favour Aura, giving all allies within 60ft/18m of him the  Orphic Favour condition.

In his githyanki form, Orpheus is a Way of the Four Elements Monk and has the following abilities:

 Greater Invisibility ( + )

Turn a creature Invisible. Attacks against it have Disadvantage. It attacks with Advantage.

Invisibility breaks when you fail increasingly harder Stealth checks on attacking, casting spells, or interacting with items.

 Range: 1.5 m / 5 ft

 Sanctuary ( + )

You or an ally cannot be targeted until you attack or harm a creature. You can still take damage from area spells.

Until the affected entity attacks or harms another creature, it cannot be targeted by enemy attacks. However, it can still take damage from spells that influence a larger area.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Dimension Door ( + )

Teleport yourself and up to one adjacent ally to a place you can see. The ally cannot be larger than Medium.

 Range: 50 m / 167 ft

 Telekinesis ( + )

Throw a creature or object up to 18 m / 60 ft with a thought. Once per turn, you can use Telekinesis again without expending a Spell Slot.

Heavier items deal more damage.

STR Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Globe of Invulnerability ( + )

Create a barrier that makes creatures and objects inside it Immune to all damage.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 3 m / 10 ft (Radius)

 Misty Step ( + )

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

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Enhance Leap ( + )

Triple a creature's Jumping distance.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Stunning Strike (Unarmed) ( + )

Damage: 5~10

1d6 + 4Bludgeoning

Spend a Ki Point to deal normal unarmed damage and possibly  Stun the target.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Stunning Strike (Melee) ( + )

Damage:

Normal weapon damage

Spend a Ki Point to deal normal weapon damage and possibly  Stun the target.

CON Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Harmony of Fire and Water ()

While not in combat, regain half of your  Ki Point (rounded down).

Recharge: Long rest

 Fist of Unbroken Air ( + 2 )

Damage: 3~30

3d10Bludgeoning

Push the target back 6 m / 20 ft and knock it  Prone.

STR Save

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Flurry of Blows ( + )

Damage:

UnarmedBludgeoning

+ UnarmedBludgeoning

Punch twice in quick succession.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Unarmed Strike ()

Damage: 2

2Bludgeoning

Hit a target with your bare fists.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Flames of the Phoenix ( + 4 )

Damage: 8~48

8d6Fire

Shoot a bright flame from your fingers that explodes upon contact, torching everything in the vicinity

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 4 m / 13 ft (Radius)

Illithid form

See also: Full-illithid

If he undergoes ceremorphosis, Orpheus will have all the statistics (save his INT, WIS and CHA scores, which remain the same) and powers of a full-illithid. As well as gaining illithid passives, he will retain his original monk passives (but not abilities). The full-illithid ability Permanent Mind Sanctuary, allows Orpheus to use actions and bonus actions interchangeably.

Orpheus possesses the following illithid abilities:

 Levitate (Illithid Power) ()

Float effortlessly to a destination.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

Recharge: Per Turn

 Tentacle Whip ()

Damage: 6~24

2d10 + 4Psychic

Lash out with your tentacles and possibly Stun your target.

INT Save

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Potent Concentrated Blast ()

Damage: 9~54

9d6Psychic

Healing: 9~54

9d6Healing

Blast a creature with sapping psychic energy. If the target was concentrating on a spell, you heal equal to the damage dealt.

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

Recharge: Per Turn

 Mind Blast ()

Damage: 4~32 + modifiers

4d8 + Spellcasting modifierPsychic

Spew forth a conical wave of psychic energy and possibly  Stun targets within.

INT Save

AoE: 14 m / 47 ft (Cone)

Recharge: Long rest

 Extract Brain ()

Damage: 11~101

10d10 + 1Piercing

Healing: 6~36

6d6Healing

Try to extract the brain of a Stunned or Unconscious creature.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Recharge: Per turn

 Mind Sanctuary ()

Sculpt a magical nexus that allows those within to take actions and bonus actions interchangeably.

(Honour Mode only) Instead of allowing bonus actions and actions to be used interchangeably, Mind Sanctuary just grants  Hastened . The Mind Sanctuary removes and prevents other sources of  Slowed or  Hastened conditions affecting creatures within it.

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

Recharge: Long rest

 Strengthened Force Tunnel ()

Damage: 7~34

3d10 + 4Force

Charge forward, pushing all objects and creatures in your path 12 m / 40 ft away from you.

STR Save

 Range: 12 m / 40 ft

 Augmented Shield of Thralls ()

Conjure a volatile shield around yourself or an ally, granting the target 25 temporary hit points. If these temporary hit points are lost due to incoming damage, the shield bursts and  Stuns nearby foes.

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Nebulous Black Hole ()

Damage: 7~34

3d10 + 4Force

Create a point of intense gravity that pulls in all nearby enemies and possibly  Slows them.

INT Save

 Range: 18 m /  ft

 Synaptic Consumption ()

Healing: 2~20

2d10Healing

Devour your foe, lowering all of their Ability Scores initially by 5, and by 1 each subsequent turn. Additionally, you regain 2~20hit points per turn. This lasts for 5 turns, after which the target is left  Prone

INT Save

 Range: 9 m /  ft

 Fierce Perilous Stakes ()

Grant an ally an additional 15Psychic damage, healing 2~16hit points when they attack. They become Vulnerable to all damage for the duration of this effect.

INT Save

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

 Fracture Psyche ()

Invade a target's mind and disrupt its defences. The target's  Armour Class and Saving throws are reduced by 1.

If the target dies while its psyche is fractured, you can cast  Shatter Psyche on another target.

INT Save

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

Recharge: Short rest

 Displacer Beast Shape ()

Transform into a displacer beast that can Displace itself and enemies, and has 85 hit points.

You take on the attributes of a displacer beast, but maintain your Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma scores.

When your displacer beast form drops to 0 hit points, you revert to your original form.

Recharge: Long rest

 Stage Fright ()

Your targets have Disadvantage on Attack Rolls and take 2~12Psychic damage each time they miss.

WIS Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 6 m / 20 ft (Radius)

Recharge: Short rest

 Transfuse Health ()

Sacrifice half your remaining hit points to heal a target for the same amount.

 Range: 9 m / 30 ft

Recharge: Per Turn

 Psionic Overload ()

Your attacks deal an additional 1d4Psychic damage, but you take 1d4Psychic damage every turn.

 Range: Self

Recharge: Short rest

Illithid Orpheus also possesses the unique endgame ability:

 Karsus' Compulsion ()

Channel the stones' magic to control the Crown of Karsus and dominate the Netherbrain. The caster must  channel this spell until their next turn for it to take effect.

 Range: 6 m / 20 ft