Thri-kreen Gladiator
Spelljammer: Adventures in Space - Boo's Astral Menagerie p. 60
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- monstrosity
- Alignment
- any alignment
- AC
- 17 (natural armor)
- Hit Points
- 142 (19d8+57)
- Speed
- walk 30 ft.
- Saving Throws
- str +7, wis +5, dex +7
- Skills
- athletics +7, acrobatics +7, perception +5
- Senses
- darkvision 60 ft.
- Passive Perception
- 15
- Languages
- telepathy 60 ft., Thri-kreen
- Challenge
- 7
Traits
Proficiency Bonus
+3
Actions
Multiattack
The thri-kreen makes two Gythka attacks and one Chatkcha attack.
Gythka
Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit (with advantage if the thri-kreen is missing any hit points), reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.
Chatkcha
Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit (with advantage if the thri-kreen is missing any hit points), range 30/120 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Leap (Bonus Action)
The thri-kreen leaps up to 20 feet in any direction, provided its speed isn't 0.
Reactions
Parry
The thri-kreen adds 3 to its AC against one melee attack that would hit it. To do so, the thri-kreen must see the attacker and be wielding a melee weapon.
Other data
description
Thri-kreen are carnivores with insectile features and two pairs of arms. Because their bodies are encased in protective chitin, they tend to eschew armor. Although thri-kreen don't need to sleep, they do require periods of inactivity to revitalize themselves.
The Thri-kreen language doesn't employ words in the usual sense. To demonstrate emotion and reaction, thri-kreen clack their mandibles and wave their antennae, indicating to other thri-kreen what they are thinking and feeling. Other creatures find this method of communication difficult to interpret and impossible to duplicate. To interact with creatures of other sapient species, thri-kreen rely on a form of telepathy.
Thri-kreen often use weapons of their own design, particularly the gythka (a two-handed polearm with a blade at each end) and a light thrown weapon called a chatkcha (a flat, triangular wedge with three serrated blades). Gythkas typically have shafts of bone and obsidian blades, while chatkchas are usually made of sharpened bone or crystal.
A generic thri-kreen stat block appears in the Monster Manual. This section provides a few more options.
Thri-kreen gladiators relish opportunities to test their mettle in combat and often paint their carapaces with the blood of their enemies.