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Velstrac Conductor

Conductors are velstracs who believe screams of anguish to be the ultimate form of musical expression. These sadistic musicians compose “joyous symphonies” from the agonized howling of their tortured, captive choirs.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 26
Unspecific Lore: DC 24
Specific Lore: DC 21

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Changes from being Weak are marked in red below.
NOTE: The -2 damage penalty to non-strike offensive abilities (-4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Weak ConductorCreature 8

Medium Fiend Velstrac
Source Pathfinder #215: To Blot Out the Sun pg. 88
Perception +18; greater darkvision, painsight
Languages Chthonian, Common, Diabolic, Shadowtongue
Skills Acrobatics +17, Athletics +12, Deception +17, Diplomacy +17, Intimidation +17, Medicine +15, Performance +21, Religion +15, Stealth +17, Torture Lore +14
Str +3, Dex +6, Con +5, Int +3, Wis +5, Cha +6
Painsight (divine) A velstrac automatically knows whether a creature it sees has any of the doomed, dying, and wounded conditions, as well as the value of those conditions.
Items conductor's baton

AC 23; Fort +16, Ref +19, Will +16; +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 110, regeneration 10 (deactivated by holy or silver); Immunities cold; Resistances sonic 10; Weaknesses holy 10, silver 10
Horrifying Accompaniment (auditory, aura, divine, emotion, fear, mental) 30 feet. When a creature ends its turn in the aura, it hears every scream the velstrac conductor's victims have ever uttered. The creature must succeed at a DC 23 Will save or become frightened 2 (frightened 4 on a critical failure).Sonic Redirection [reaction] (divine, sonic) Trigger A creature targets the velstrac conductor with an auditory or sonic effect or includes the conductor in the area of an auditory or sonic effect; Effect The conductor sings a note that resonates with the triggering effect, redirecting it to the triggering creature. The triggering creature becomes the target of the triggering effect, instead of the conductor.25 feet, fly 25 feet (from fly)

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Melee [one-action] claw +17 [+13/+9] (agile, finesse, magical, unholy), Damage 4d6-2+7 slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleedMelee [one-action] conductor's baton +17 [+13/+9] (agile, finesse, magical, unholy), Damage 3d4-2+7 piercing plus 2d6 spiritRanged [one-action] pinpoint shriek +17 [+12/+7] (divine, range increment 90 feet, sonic), Damage 4d6-2 sonicDivine Innate Spells DC 26 (-4 dmg); 3rd haste; 2nd darkness; Constant (4th) fly
Focus Gaze [one-action] (divine, emotion, fear, mental) The velstrac conductor stares at a creature they can see within 30 feet. The creature must immediately attempt a Will save against the velstrac conductor's horrifying accompaniment aura. In addition, if the creature was already frightened, on a failed save the creature takes 1d6 persistent mental damage. After attempting this save, the creature is then temporarily immune for 1 hour.Scream for Me [one-action] (divine, mental, sonic) Frequency once per round; Effect With a horrifying flourish and hungry smile, the velstrac conductor points their baton at a creature within 100 feet, compelling them to scream. The creature must attempt a DC 26 Will save. On a failure, they scream, taking 4d6 mental damage (8d6 on a critical failure) and dealing 2d6 sonic damage to all creatures in a 20-foot emanation (DC 26 basic Fortitude save).
Instead of targeting one creature, the conductor can choose to target all creatures in range that were compelled to scream by this ability last round.Unholy Exaltation [two-actions] (divine, sonic, unholy) The conductor lets out a terrible scream of joy, dealing 10d6 sonic damage to all creatures in either a 30-foot cone or a 90-foot line (DC 26 basic Will save). Holy creatures that fail this save are also sickened 2. The conductor can't use Unholy Exaltation again for 1d4 rounds.

Instruments

Conductors go to great lengths to acquire the finest instruments for their choirs, judging an individual singer's worth by their tone, emotion, endurance, and responsiveness. Vocalists who don't measure up to a conductor's standards are either played to death or passed on to other “less discerning” velstracs. Cherished instruments can expect to live a long, tortuous existence in a conductor's choir, receiving the best medical attention after each performance—at least until their voice gives out.

Tortured Friendships

Velstrac conductors are fairly amiable among their kind and often work with other velstracs. They particularly get along well with ostiarius velstracs and velstrac evangelists, who they tend to boss around. Though they find sacristans piteous, they're intrigued by their Shadow Scream ability.

All Monsters in "Velstrac"

Name	Level
Augur	1
Augur	1
Velstrac Conductor	9
Ephialtes	16
Eremite	20
Evangelist	6
Evangelist	6
Interlocutor	12
Interlocutor	12
Ostiarius	5
Precentor	16
Sacristan	10
Vincuvicar	18

Velstrac

Source Monster Core 2 pg. 344
The shadow-dwelling fiends known as velstracs all share a horrifying preoccupation with the search for ultimate sensation through self-mutilation. Velstracs transcend their stoic detachment only when inflicting pain and terror upon their victims, practicing new forms of torture, or turning their agonizing practices back on themselves. They consider themselves enlightened beings, transcending such limitations as morality or mortal taboos, but their victims know them as emotionless tormentors who inflict sadistic suffering. These fiends claim to seek perfection in thought, form, and action, although they don’t recognize any refinement that doesn’t require the painful excision of the flesh or spirit.

Velstracs manifest from the souls of the most extreme masochistic or sadistic mortals who are judged and sent on to the Netherworld. They take on forms that suit their vile predilections, ranging from the low-ranking augurs to the maestros of suffering and mutilation, the eremites. The process of transformation warps the soul step by step, with other velstracs conveying their new members through untold chambers of pain among the dark reaches of the Netherworld.

Check With Players

Velstracs are creatures of pain and mutilation. Encounters with velstracs often delve into the realm of body horror, which could be overly disturbing to some players, leading to unintentional effects on your game and your friends. Before introducing velstracs into your game, talk with your players to learn about any particular phobias or limits to determine what content you bring to the table, and consider that on your own behalf as well. Some specific elements to be aware of are velstrac themes around cutting flesh and drawing blood, especially the eremite’s abilities to remove the flesh of others and graft it to themself.

Despicable Origins

Velstracs originated with the first debased thoughts of mortals, which divine beings found so deplorable that they locked all velstracs away in Hell. It wasn’t long, however, before the newly formed beings escaped their infernal prison to the Netherworld.

Other Velstracs

There are as many different velstracs as there are ways to inflict pain. Other velstracs range in power from the relatively weak lampadariuses to the powerful phylacators.

The Shadow Forge

Many velstracs outsource the forging of their chains to unique velstracs known as almoners. These six-armed, legless humanoids toil endlessly at a great burning foundry called the Shadow Forge. Almoners operate under mysterious strictures and are just as likely to turn a velstrac away emptyhanded as not.

Velstrac Divinities

The most powerful velstracs are unique divinities known collectively as velstrac demagogues—powerful creatures worshipped by those mortals who seek to experience agonizing new revelations and gain power by enhancing the body through pain.

Velstracs on Golarion

Velstracs are most often encountered in the shadowy realm of Nidal, where the state worship of Zon-Kuthon is rigidly enforced. Indeed, many velstracs are created from the souls of Joyful Things, devotees of Zon-Kuthon who have had their limbs amputated to focus their minds on the veneration of pain, sacrifice, and torment.

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