Tska'an

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 X: -263 Y: -37 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

 Astral Step ()

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

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Eldritch Blast ()

1d10 (1~10) Force

Conjure a beam of crackling energy. Deals 1d10Force damage to a target.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Form of Dread ()

Manifest some of Vlaakith's power and appearance.

You gain 15 Temporary Hit Points and can't be Frightened. Each time you attack a foe, that foe can become Frightened for 1 turn.

 Range: Self

Recharge: Per battle

 Light ()

Infuse an object with an aura of light.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

Honour Mode

 Legendary Action: Soul Sacrifice

Once per round when a humanoid dies, the Ch'r'ai can spend a legendary action to  Sacrifice its soul to Vlaakith in return for great power. Once 3 souls have been sacrificed, the Ch'r'ai takes on  Vlaakith's Undying Aspect.

Allies

• Veteran Raider Nimba'as
• Veteran Raider Zunii
• Veteran Warrior Bradi'ith
• Veteran Warrior Ma'athal

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

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  Tska'an bars the path to Baldur's Gate

Notable loot

• Hr'a'cknir Bracers
• Psionic Ward Armour

Notes

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