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The Outer Seas

or smaller creature, it is grappled (DC 15 Escape). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, and the Raid Captain Reaver may not use their Shockwave attack. Shockwave. As an action, the Raid Captain Reaver sweeps their anchor with dizzying speed, caus ing a shockwave to ripple out from them in a 15 ft. radius. Each crea ture in the area of the shockwave must make a Strength Saving Throw DC 14, taking 18 (1d4) force damage and becoming stunned until the end of their next turn on a failed save, or half as much dam age and not becoming stunned on a successful one. Description The largest among the ranks of the forces of Atlas are the Raid Captain Reavers. These hulking merfolk are typically clad in armor made from bent and shaped metal collected from sunken ships. The Raid Cap tain Reavers wield anchors as melee

weapons, often discarding smaller anchors for larger ones in a constant effort to wield the most ornate or prestigious offerings from the world above the waves. About Raid Captain Reavers are rare, and when they appear amongst the communities across the kingdom of Atlas, they are celebrated and seen as a sign of things to come. It is said that the dead father of the Collec tor Queen was the child of a mer folk and a giantess, and that union was responsible for his imposing size. Due to the folklore surround ing the father of their matriarch, all larger offspring are taught by the most prominent of strategists and equipped with armor and anchors pulled from ships of great renown. They often find themselves clad in the wreckage of ships belonging to famed merchant lords and even, in some cases, members of the crimson court. This results in their weapons

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