Commodore Krux
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space - Light of Xaryxis p. 22
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- humanoid
- Alignment
- any alignment
- AC
- 12
- Hit Points
- 75 (10d8+30)
- Speed
- walk 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
- Passive Perception
- 11
- Languages
- Common
- Challenge
- 3
- Lineage
- Giff Shipmate
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+2
Firearms Knowledge
Krux's mastery of its weapons enables it to ignore the loading property of any firearm.
Steady as She Goes
On the deck of a ship, Krux has advantage on ability checks and saving throws made against effects that would knock it prone or shove it overboard.
Actions
Multiattack
Krux makes two Longsword or Musket attacks.
Longsword
Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d8 + 4) slashing damage, or 9 (1d10 + 4) slashing damage if used with two hands.
Musket
Ranged Weapon Attack: +4 to hit, range 40/120 ft., one target. Hit: 8 (1d12 + 2) piercing damage.
Force Grenade
Krux throws a grenade up to 60 feet, and the grenade explodes in a 20-foot-radius sphere. Each creature in that area must make a DC 15 Dexterity saving throw, taking 17 (5d6) force damage on a failed save, or half as much damage on a successful one. After Krux throws the grenade, roll a d6; on a roll of 4 or lower, Krux has no more grenades to throw.
Other data
description
It's easy to spot giff in a room: these burly folk are 7-foot-tall, hippopotamus-headed people. In Wildspace and its associated ports, giff are most often encountered as spacefaring mercenaries. These troops are renowned for their martial training and love of explosives and are typically armed with gleaming firearms.
Every aspect of these spacefaring giff's society is organized along military lines. From birth until death, each has a military rank. Promotions don't depend on time in service but are granted by superiors as rewards for valor.
Muskets and grenades are the specialties of many giff regiments. The bigger the boom, the brighter the flash, and the thicker the smoke it produces, the greater the glory for the one wielding the weapon.
Giff shipmates, who make up the bulk of the crew on most giff vessels, are disciplined sailors.
Characters who venture to the Happy Beholder can find Commodore Krux there, day or night, nursing a hefty flagon of ale
Krux is a lawful good giff shipmate (see Boo's Astral Menagerie), a soldier who believes his glory days are behind him. Krux has spent the last few years working as a mercenary on and around the Rock of Bral, but lately the giff has been spending more time in his cups as new jobs have become fewer and farther between. The parrot perched on Krux's shoulder isn't his; the bird belongs to Large Luigi, the tavern's beholder proprietor. Luigi uses the parrot to help cheer up downtrodden patrons.
Stat Block Origin: Giff Shipmate Source: Spelljammer: Adventures in Space - Light of Xaryxis p. 22