Buraot
bat-winged headsman swinging a great war-axe
Buraot — The Encounter
bat-winged headsman swinging a great war-axe · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.
Who Is Buraot
Buraot kept more of his Watcher discipline than most of the brood, and he turned it to the harvest of war. His degraded blood gave him a heavy frame and membranous wings, but it is the executioner's axe he is known for, scavenged plate strapped over corded muscle. In the host he is the line-breaker, swinging in wide arcs that bite two foes at once and stepping through the gaps his kills tear open. He times his strikes to the warband's press, never charging off alone but always positioned where enemies cluster thickest. When the flight closes a ring, Buraot is the blade that opens it from the inside, and the dead pile where his arc has passed.
Run Buraot in Sixty Seconds
- Hit the cluster then strike where two foes stand close so Headsman's Arc carries to a second.
- Chain the kills then on any Greataxe kill, Cleaving Momentum gives a free step and swing.
- Let kin herd then have the flight push enemies together for his wide arcs.
- Shove stragglers in then Wing Buffet a loose foe 5 ft. back into reach.
- Hold the chokepoint then plant him where the warband's ring is tightest, not out alone.
Buraot
Medium fiend, lawful evil
CR 6 · 2,300 XP · GUIDELINEHeadsman's Arc (Signature). When Buraot hits a creature with a Greataxe attack, he can choose a second creature within 5 feet of the first; that creature takes 9 (2d8) slashing damage. He can do this once per turn.
Cleaving Momentum. Whenever Buraot reduces a creature to 0 hit points with a Greataxe attack, he can immediately move up to 10 feet and make one additional Greataxe attack.
Actions
Multiattack. Buraot makes two Greataxe attacks.
Greataxe. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d12+4) slashing damage.
Wing Buffet. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 9 (2d4+4) bludgeoning damage, and the target is pushed 5 feet.
The great axe is heavier than a mortal could lift one-handed, yet Buraot wields it like a reaper's scythe, taking two heads with every swing.
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.
Use Buraot as the cleaver of a small fallen band. Position him where two foes stand close so Headsman's Arc hits both, and let his kin herd enemies into clusters for him. Wing Buffet shoves stragglers into reach.
His native tier; run him as the line-breaker of a Fallen Watcher flight. Strike where enemies bunch so each Greataxe carries to a second target, and ride Cleaving Momentum from kill to kill across the formation. He works the warband's chokepoints, never solo.
Field him in a larger warband as the cluster-cleaver. The flight herds foes together; Buraot wades in, Headsman's Arc splits the crowd, and Cleaving Momentum lets him chain through the dying. He is a frontline reaper backed by his kin.
Put Buraot on the table
Download the presupported STL and run the fight tonight — the model, and the encounter that comes with it.
Get the STL on MyMiniFactory →Clay Cyanide Companion Rules v1
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 Buraot?
Buraot is CR 6 (2,300 XP) at his native Tier 2, with Tier 1 (~CR 2) and Tier 3 (~CR 11) lines for weaker or stronger Fallen Watcher warbands.
How does Buraot fight alongside the rest of the Fallen Watchers?
He is the line-breaker. The flight herds enemies into clusters; Buraot's Headsman's Arc bites two at once and Cleaving Momentum carries him from kill to kill, opening the formation from the inside while his kin hold the ring.
Can Buraot win a fight by himself?
No. His power is cleaving through bunched foes, which depends on allies driving enemies together, and he has no legendary actions, so he is an elite line-breaker rather than a boss.
Tell Us How It Ran
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