Trillo
Trillo — The Encounter
Horned reaver who rides the night-mare over fields of the slain · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.
Who Is Trillo
They call him Trillo, the Horned Reaver, a lesser spirit of slaughter said to ride out wherever battle-dead lie thickest and unburied. The grimoires hold that he was once a captain of mortal cavalry who bargained away his soul for a steed that would never tire and a blade that would never dull; the bargain was kept, and the price exacted in full. Now he serves a greater infernal lord, dispatched to harvest the routed and the wounded who flee a lost field. His mount is no mere horse but a bound night-mare, its breath like smoke, its eyes like coals, shod in hooves that shatter weapons left in the mud. Folk who survive a battlefield speak of a black silhouette on a ridge at dusk, horns against the failing light, and the sound of a single horse circling closer. To hear that circling, the old soldiers warn, is to have already been chosen.
Run Trillo in Sixty Seconds
- Movement is his weapon. Trillo's whole kit keys off charging 20+ ft. straight at a target, so never let him start a turn standing still; reposition every round to set up Trampling Charge.
- Open with the charge. Pick the back-line caster or archer, charge, knock prone with the DC save, then Multiattack with the prone bonus attack for a brutal alpha strike.
- Kill-priority is the rider, not the horse. Most of the damage and the fear aura come from Trillo; drop him and the bound night-mare loses its purpose, though it fights on briefly.
- When bloodied, ride the line. Below half HP he uses Spurred Pursuit aggressively to stay mobile, picking off stragglers rather than trading blows toe-to-toe.
- Three ways to run him: a lone road-ambush terror against a low party; a cavalry striker in a pitched battle paired with foot troops; or the fast flanker beside a bigger boss who anchors the fight.
Trillo
Medium fiend (devil), lawful evil
CR 6 · 2,300 XP · GUIDELINETrampling Charge. If Trillo's mount moves at least 20 feet straight toward a creature and the rider then hits it with a melee attack on the same turn, that target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone. If the target is prone, Trillo can make one bonus melee attack against it.
Dread Cavalier. Trillo's signature. While mounted, Trillo and his steed are treated as a single combatant for the purpose of opportunity attacks made against the mount, and Trillo has advantage on saving throws against being knocked prone or dismounted. Creatures of his choice within 10 feet that can see him have disadvantage on saving throws against being frightened.
Actions
Multiattack. Trillo makes two Reaping Blade attacks.
Reaping Blade. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.
Horns. Melee Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage, and a Large or smaller target must succeed on a DC 14 Strength saving throw or be pushed 10 feet away.
Bonus Actions & Reactions
Spurred Pursuit. Reaction, while mounted. When a creature within 5 feet leaves Trillo's reach, the steed may move up to half its speed without provoking opportunity attacks, keeping the target in reach so Trillo can make one Reaping Blade attack against it.
A horned, leather-skinned reaver clad in blackened plate rides a snorting night-mare whose mane bristles like a dragon's crest, its iron hooves crushing the swords and skulls of those who stood against the charge.
Trillo, Bound
Companion · acts on your initiative
Bound · GUIDELINESmoldering Hooves (signature). The steed ignores difficult terrain made of rubble, corpses, or broken weapons, and its hooves deal an extra 3 (1d6) fire damage on a hit.
Actions
Hooves. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 11 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 3 (1d6) fire damage.
Reactions
Rearing Guard. When its rider is hit by a melee attack, the steed rears; the rider gains +2 AC against that attack, but the steed cannot use its Hooves on its next turn.
A bound night-mare with a draconic mane and coal-red eyes, never resting, never slowing, hooves wreathed in faint smoke.
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.
Open with a Trampling Charge to knock the squishiest PC prone, then the free attack. Keep moving every round so melee PCs can't pin the mount. Pair with a couple of low-tier skirmishers for a hit-and-run pack.
Open with a 20-ft. charge into the back line, knock the caster or archer prone, then Multiattack with advantage from the prone bonus. Use Spurred Pursuit to chase anyone who tries to disengage. He is a striker, not an anchor; pair him with a bigger threat or a knot of foot soldiers to hold the line while he circles and reaps.
Run him as the cavalry arm of a larger force: a commander, a lair, or a horde of minions to fix the party in place. Charge the most mobile or fragile target, knock prone, Multiattack, then Spurred Pursuit to deny the disengage. Never run him alone here; he is built to flank a heavier centerpiece.
Put Trillo 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 Trillo?
His native build is CR 6 (2,300 XP), tuned for a 5th-10th level party. The record also gives a CR 2-ish Tier 1 build and a CR 11-ish Tier 3 build; the traits stay identical and only the numbers shift between bands.
Can Trillo be a companion or ally?
Yes. As a lawful-evil mercenary spirit he can be bought, bargained with, or bound by a patron, riding as a hired lance. His bound night-mare is a natural companion mount, and a renegade Trillo who has slipped his infernal contract makes a striking anti-hero ally.
Is Trillo a solo boss?
No. He has no legendary actions and only one reaction, so a four-PC party will out-act him alone. Run him as an add-on: a cavalry striker beside foot troops, or the fast flanker for a heavier centerpiece monster.
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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Technical Specifications
32mm, 75mm
STL, Pre-supported STL
Standard or ABS-like resin, 0.05mm layer height
Yes — ready to print, optimized supports included
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