The Bound Choir
two voices, six wings, one unblinking watch.
The Bound Choir — The Encounter
two voices, six wings, one unblinking watch. · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.
Who Is The Bound Choir
The Bound Choir is the court's hardest control piece: two reactions and a bonus-action Dirge lock down a clump every round, and Harmonized Hold upgrades a restrained target to paralyzed. Open with it, then let the Marshal and heralds collect the held.
Run The Bound Choir in Sixty Seconds
- Hardest control piece two reactions + bonus-action Dirge every round.
- Dirge of the Found recharges on 4–6 — near-constant AoE restrain.
- Harmonized Hold upgrades a restrained target to paralyzed (1/day).
- A Hundred Eyes can't be surprised; strips court-wide invisibility.
- Open with it lock the clump, then let the court collect.
The Bound Choir
Large fiend (custodian of Seere), neutral
CR 7 · 2,900 XP · GUIDELINETwo Voices. The Bound Choir has two reactions each round, and once per round it may use Dirge of the Found as a bonus action (its second voice sings).
A Hundred Eyes. The Choir can't be surprised, and enemies within 60 feet gain no benefit from being invisible against its allies.
Actions
Multiattack. The Choir makes two Rending Talons attacks.
Rending Talons. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.
Dirge of the Found (Recharge 4–6). Each enemy within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be restrained until the end of the Choir's next turn.
Harmonized Hold (1/Day). One creature restrained by the Choir must make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw or be paralyzed until the end of the Choir's next turn.
Two who watched so long they forgot to be two. Six wings, one chord. When the Bound Choir sings, it sings twice — and the room stops moving.
The Bound Choir, Bound
Companion · acts on your initiative
Bound · GUIDELINETwo Voices (signature). The Bound Choir has two reactions each round, and once per round it may use Dirge of the Found as a bonus action (its second voice sings).
Actions
Rending Talons. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d8 + 4) slashing damage.
Reactions
Interpose (Reaction). When its owner is hit by an attack the companion can see, it interposes; if it is the nearer target, the attacker strikes it instead.
The same Large fiend, bound as a lesser ally and set to guard whoever summoned it.
Guideline numbers — formula-tuned and read from the miniature's design, not yet table-proven. Tell us how it ran in the comments.
How It Fights — by Tier
Same creature, scaled threat. The traits never change; only the numbers move.
A scaled-down The Bound Choir for a low-level party — keep its role identical, just softer numbers. It is the heaviest lockdown custodian — two reactions and a bonus-action Dirge restrain a clump every round, and Harmonized Hold escalates a restrained victim to paralyzed.
It is the heaviest lockdown custodian — two reactions and a bonus-action Dirge restrain a clump every round, and Harmonized Hold escalates a restrained victim to paralyzed.
The Bound Choir at full court strength. It is the heaviest lockdown custodian — two reactions and a bonus-action Dirge restrain a clump every round, and Harmonized Hold escalates a restrained victim to paralyzed. Field it alongside the rest of the Court of Seere to raise the stakes.
Put The Bound Choir on the table
Download the presupported STL and run the fight tonight — the model, and the encounter that comes with it.
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How a bound creature acts
- A companion acts on its owner's initiative, immediately after the owner.
- It uses the Companion block above — roughly ×0.6 HP and damage, no recharge abilities, and at most one reaction trait.
- It moves freely; it takes its Action only while its owner is conscious.
- At 0 HP a companion is broken, not dead — restored on a long rest unless your table rules otherwise.
Original Clay Cyanide material © Clay Cyanide LLC — explicitly not the non-SRD official sidekick rules.
Questions, Asked at the Table
What CR is The Bound Choir?
At its native tier The Bound Choir is CR 7. Scale the AC, HP, to-hit, and save DC to the tier line that matches your party's level.
How does The Bound Choir fight in the Court of Seere?
It is the heaviest lockdown custodian — two reactions and a bonus-action Dirge restrain a clump every round, and Harmonized Hold escalates a restrained victim to paralyzed.
What makes the Bound Choir worse than the other controllers?
Its Two Voices trait gives it two reactions and an extra bonus-action Dirge of the Found, so it can restrain far more often than a normal creature — and Harmonized Hold turns that lock into full paralysis.
Tell Us How It Ran
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