Aelis Siryasius

Aelis Siryasius
Identity	Male
Voiced by	Steve Chusak
Hometown	Lower City Sewers, Baldur's Gate
Stats
Size	Medium
Type	Humanoid
Race	Half-Elf
Subrace	Drow Half-Elf
Class	Sorcerer
Subclass	Draconic Bloodline (Red)
Balanced Difficulty Stats
Level	10
HP	119
AC	15
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+4
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	10 (0)
DEX	15 (+2)
CON	14 (+2)
INT	16 (+3)
WIS	12 (+1)
CHA	18 (+4)
Saving throws
STR	0
DEX	+2
CON	+2
INT	+7
WIS	+5
CHA	+4
Skills
Athletics	0
Acrobatics	2
Perception	1
Resistances (info)
Conditions
Elemental Affinity: Fire Resistance You are Resistant to Fire damage.  Freedom of Movement Cannot be slowed by Difficult Terrain, spells or effects. Cannot be  Paralysed or Restrained.
Features
Darkvision Can see in the dark up to 12 m / 40 ft.  Draconic Ancestry: Red (Fire) At Level 6, spells that deal Fire damage are more powerful, and you can become Resistant to Fire damage.  Draconic Resilience Dragon-like scales cover parts of your skin. When you aren't wearing armour, your base  Armour Class is 13.  Elemental Affinity: Damage When you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you add your Charisma Modifier to the damage.  Fey Ancestry Advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed, and magic can't put you to Sleep.  Flaming Shroud Creatures that damage you within 2m (7ft) receive Burning.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Sunlight Sensitivity Has disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks while in sunlight.
Explorer Difficulty Stats
Level	10
HP	83
AC	15
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+6
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	10 (0)
DEX	15 (+2)
CON	14 (+2)
INT	16 (+3)
WIS	12 (+1)
CHA	18 (+4)
Saving throws
STR	0
DEX	+2
CON	+2
INT	+9
WIS	+7
CHA	+4
Skills
Athletics	0
Acrobatics	2
Perception	1
Resistances (info)
Conditions
Elemental Affinity: Fire Resistance You are Resistant to Fire damage.  Freedom of Movement Cannot be slowed by Difficult Terrain, spells or effects. Cannot be  Paralysed or Restrained.
Features
Darkvision Can see in the dark up to 12 m / 40 ft.  Draconic Ancestry: Red (Fire) At Level 6, spells that deal Fire damage are more powerful, and you can become Resistant to Fire damage.  Draconic Resilience Dragon-like scales cover parts of your skin. When you aren't wearing armour, your base  Armour Class is 13.  Elemental Affinity: Damage When you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you add your Charisma Modifier to the damage.  Fey Ancestry Advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed, and magic can't put you to Sleep.  Flaming Shroud Creatures that damage you within 2m (7ft) receive Burning.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Sunlight Sensitivity Has disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks while in sunlight.
Tactician Difficulty Stats
Level	10
HP	154
AC	15
Initiative	+2
Proficiency	+4
Weight	75 kg (150 lb)
XP reward	320
Ability scores
STR	10 (0)
DEX	15 (+2)
CON	14 (+2)
INT	16 (+3)
WIS	12 (+1)
CHA	21 (+5)
Saving throws
STR	0
DEX	+2
CON	+2
INT	+7
WIS	+5
CHA	+5
Skills
Athletics	0
Acrobatics	2
Perception	1
Resistances (info)
Conditions
Elemental Affinity: Fire Resistance You are Resistant to Fire damage.  Fire Shield: Warm Take only half Cold damage. Melee attackers take 2d8 Fire damage.  Freedom of Movement Cannot be slowed by Difficult Terrain, spells or effects. Cannot be  Paralysed or Restrained.
Features
Darkvision Can see in the dark up to 12 m / 40 ft.  Draconic Ancestry: Red (Fire) At Level 6, spells that deal Fire damage are more powerful, and you can become Resistant to Fire damage.  Draconic Resilience Dragon-like scales cover parts of your skin. When you aren't wearing armour, your base  Armour Class is 13.  Elemental Affinity: Damage When you cast a spell that deals damage of the type associated with your draconic ancestry, you add your Charisma Modifier to the damage.  Fey Ancestry Advantage on Saving Throws against being Charmed, and magic can't put you to Sleep.  Flaming Shroud Creatures that damage you within 2m (7ft) receive Burning.  Grim Harvest Killing a living creature grants hit points equal to twice the level of spell slot used, or triple if it's a Necromancy spell  Inured to Undeath You have steeped yourself so completely in death that you are Resistant to Necrotic damage, and moreover your hit point maximum cannot be reduced.  Opportunity Attack Automatically attack an enemy moving out of your reach.  Sunlight Sensitivity Has disadvantage on attack rolls and Perception checks while in sunlight.
Technical
UID	S_LOW_FireWizard
UUID	5a4f7f77-43c9-4f84-b3f4-4076d876ccde
Stats	LOW_Sewers_Dragonborn_Red_Evocation_Wizard

Aelis Siryasius is in the Lower City Sewers of Baldur's Gate during Act Three.

“

This is Sarin's final resting place- and a killing ground for all who would disturb her.

„

— Aelis Siryasius

Involvement

Act Three

Aelis Siryasius inhabits an area surrounded by Grease Elementals, Grease Mephits, and Greaseballs. Upon approaching Aelis' grease summons, he warns the party to halt and accuses them of working with the Cult of the Absolute. Over the course of a rambling speech, he reveals that he was one of the "three finest thieves in Baldur's Gate" alongside Bareki and Sarin before the trio broke into Enver Gortash's office. In doing so, they discovered the secret plot of The Absolute and were hunted down by Absolutists until they fled into the sewers. They became increasingly paranoid until Sarin believed that Aelis and Bareki "had gone strange" and hid the treasure that they stole from Gortash. Convinced that she was taken over by the Absolute, Bareki decapitated her and Aelis burned her until only her skeleton remained. Aelis' account of what happened to Sarin hints that Bareki has Sarin's Skull.

Throughout the conversation, Aelis repeatedly addresses a nearby Grease Elemental as 'his cousin' and pauses as if he can hear it speaking. He eventually reveals that he summoned his elementals to bear witness to Sarin's funeral and act as fuel for the fire.

This conversation eventually leads to several dialogue options:

• [INTIMIDATION] Your paranoia already killed Sarin. Are you so keen to follow her? (DC 18)
• [PERSUASION] I'm not a cultist. And I don't think your friend was, either. Your paranoia turned you against one another. (DC 18)
• [PERSUASION] If you're a thief, then you answer to Nine-Fingers. We're allies. (If siding with Nine-Fingers Keene during  Aid the Underduke) (DC 18)
• [DECEPTION] You need witnesses- I'm a witness. Just here to pay my respects. (DC 18)
• Attack

If failing any checks, Aelis attacks. If passing any of the checks, Aelis allows the party safe passage, and he cannot be spoken to again. If re-entering the sewers and approaching Sarin's skeleton, Aelis becomes hostile. Talking him and his allies down rewards 3340 experience.

Combat

Attacks and abilities

 Fireball ( + )

Damage: 8~48

8d6Fire

Shoot a bright flame from your fingers that explodes upon contact, torching everything in the vicinity for 8d6Fire damage.

DEX Save

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 4 m / 13 ft (Radius)

 Fire Bolt ()

Damage: 1~10

1d10Fire

Hurl a mote of fire.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Fly ()

Fly to a target position

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Invigorating Flame ( + )

Ignite the corpses of nearby grease elementals with revitalising flame, resurrecting them as lava elementals to fight beside you.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

AoE: 30 m / 100 ft (Radius)

 Main Hand Attack ()   –  Quarterstaff +2

Damage: 2~7

1d6 + 1Bludgeoning

Make a melee attack with your equipped weapon.

 Melee: 1.5 m / 5  ft

 Scorching Ray ( + )

Damage: 6~36

2d6Fire

+ 2d6Fire

+ 2d6Fire

Hurl 3 rays of fire. Each ray deals 2d6Fire damage.

 Range: 18 m / 60 ft

 Topple ()   –  Quarterstaff +2

Damage: 1~4

1d4Bludgeoning

Swipe at a creature to knock it Prone.

DEX Save

 Range: Normal weapon range

Recharge: Short rest

Allies

• Greaseball x7
• Grease Elemental x2
• Grease Mephit x9

Encounter details

Aelis can cast Fire damage spells igniting the ground which is covered in  Grease. He also can use  Fly to reach better positions on the battle field.

On balanced difficulty, Aelis summons numerous Mephits, who can cast  Heat Metal. The Mephits are summoned out of sight and can fly, allowing them to rapidly reach the party, where they cause an explosion of AOE fire damage when killed. However, some of his grease summons are far enough away that they cannot immediately join the fight. All of the grease summons are vulnerable to fire.

Tactics

Fire damage spells such as  Scorching Ray,  Fireball, and  Wall of Fire ignite the  Grease and damage all his allies, decimating the grease summons due to their fire vulnerability, though Aelis himself has resistance to fire damage.

Initiating combat with a summoned Fire Elemental causes the grease to ignite (removing the slip hazard and applying incidental burning damage), and appears to draw most of the aggression onto the Fire Elemental; Aelis focuses on flying around and attacking the Fire Elemental.

Aelis may be difficult to approach due to the grease on the ground, his many allies, and his ability to  Fly (class action) away from threats. Using spells like  Misty Step,  Dimension Door, or  Grant Flight can make it easier to reach him.

Loot

• Cindermoth Cloak
• Quarterstaff +2

Related literature

• Incomplete Journal
• Scorched Book
• Stained Journal Fragment
• Torn Journal Fragment

Speak with Dead

Aelis Siryasius can be spoken to with  Speak with Dead.

Party member: Who are you?

• Aelis Siryasius: Aeris... the Turnkey Three...
  • Party member: The 'Turnkey Three'? What's that?
    • Aelis Siryasius: Sarin... Bareki... me... no better... thieves...
      • Party member: What happened to Bareki?
        • Aelis Siryasius: Said I lost... my mind... then lost... his voice...

Party member: What happened here?

• Aelis Siryasius: Cult... took Sarin's mind... so we... took her head...
  • Party member: Did Sarin have a parasite in her head? A tadpole?
    • Aelis Siryasius: *The corpse remains silent. It does not know.*

Party member: What were you doing down here?

• Aelis Siryasius: Hiding... loot... from cult...
  • Party member: Where is this loot now?
    • Aelis Siryasius: Sarin... paranoid... hid it... away...