Bahairim Missionary (Basic Lore)

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Bahairim Missionary (CR 8)

Bahairim Missionary
Pure Evil - Medium - Construct (Outsider)
Carry the burden of Woe to the Unbeliever. Preach the Gospel of Agony. Scrape the Disbelief, tear the marrow, crack teeth and salt eyes. The message of pain and woe are the meat and drink of the Bahairim Missionaries, and these terrible things are tireless in their advocacy for the awful.

The origins of Bahairim are uncertain, but their interactions with Duergar are well-known. Bahairim might be a form of devil, administering penitence to those they perceive to have sinned in order to bring about enlightenment. They may be undead or constructs, as indicated by their nearly indestructible bodies, and implacable desire to torture their victims. Their existence within this reality seems transient and alien, suggesting they might be outsiders or aberrations from the outer planes. Their exact nature seems malleable and temporal. Nonetheless, they are known to visit the Prime Material, to identify with the religious zeal of the Duergar, and to ruthlessly execute some twisted notion of penitence upon those they deem unfit to join their brotherhood.

Bahairim are highly resistant to magic, but employ magic themselves, attacking the minds of their victims to coerce them into a more correct way of thinking. Their abilities are more powerful in melee than ranged, but their ranged abilities seem designed to draw non-believers closer, so that proper instruction can be given.