Ga Ga
quick-draw blademaster of the panda village-guard
Ga Ga — The Encounter
quick-draw blademaster of the panda village-guard · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.
Who Is Ga Ga
Ga Ga carries the longest blade in the panda village-guard slung across his back, and he draws it only once a fight, in a single devastating stroke. He is the warband's duelist, posted to the flank where he answers the most dangerous enemy champion blade to blade while the brawlers hold the line. The shrine-masters drilled him in the drawing arts until he could fell a charging foe before the steel fully cleared its scabbard. He guards the wall's edge, turning blows with a parry-cut and reaping clustered attackers in crescent arcs. He fights for the guard, picking the threats the formation cannot afford to ignore.
Run Ga Ga in Sixty Seconds
- Hold his first cut then the opening Iaido Draw adds +3d6 to the first hit.
- Post him on a duelist then Riposte Stance gives +2 AC vs. the first melee hit each round.
- When a melee attack lands spend Parry and Cut for +3 AC; on a miss he free-strikes back.
- When foes cluster recharge Crescent Sweep for a DC 14 Dex save, 4d8 in 5 ft.
Ga Ga
Medium humanoid (beastfolk), lawful neutral
CR 6 · 2,300 XP · GUIDELINEIaido Draw. On its first turn of combat, Ga Ga's first Long Blade hit deals an extra 10 (3d6) slashing damage as it draws the great blade in a single stroke.
Riposte Stance. Ga Ga adds +2 to its AC against the first melee attack made against it each round (reflected when it has not yet been hit that round).
Actions
Multiattack. Ga Ga makes two Long Blade attacks.
Long Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d10+3) slashing damage.
Crescent Sweep (Recharge 5-6). Ga Ga sweeps its blade in a wide arc. Each creature within 5 feet must make a DC 14 Dexterity save, taking 18 (4d8) slashing damage on a failure or half on a success.
Bonus Actions & Reactions
Parry and Cut. When a creature Ga Ga can see hits it with a melee attack, Ga Ga can use its reaction to add 3 to its AC against that attack; if the attack then misses, Ga Ga makes one Long Blade attack against the attacker.
One breath, one stroke: Ga Ga opens combat with a single drawing cut that few survive.
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.
Hold Ga Ga's first turn for the biggest target so Iaido Draw lands its bonus damage. Post him on the flank to answer enemy duelists while the brawlers hold center. He fights as the guard's edge-blade, never alone.
Open with the drawing cut on the enemy's strongest fighter for the Iaido bonus, then duel it down while Riposte Stance and Parry and Cut punish its swings. Save Crescent Sweep for when foes cluster on the flank. Anchor him beside the village-guard, never out alone.
Ga Ga becomes the warband's threat-answer, stationed to cut down whatever champion the line cannot ignore. He fights as the guard's flank-duelist, not a solo. Let the formation funnel a target to him and let his draw open the books.
Put Ga Ga 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 Ga Ga?
Ga Ga is CR 6 (2,300 XP) at his native Tier 2, with Tier 1 and Tier 3 scalings provided.
How does Ga Ga fight alongside the rest of the PON Village?
He is the village-guard's flank-duelist: he draws his great blade on the enemy's strongest champion and answers it one-on-one while the brawlers hold the line. He fights for the formation, not solo.
Is Ga Ga a boss?
No. He is an elite swordsman with a strong reaction but no legendary actions; deploy him as the guard's edge-blade against priority threats.
Tell Us How It Ran
This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.
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