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Having covered Angrath in the previous post. It’s now time to look at creating his rival pirate captain Vraska.

I’ve not decided what the cause of the two pirates rivalry is yet. I think it will be one of the pieces from that legendary weapon. The idea of having an uneasy truce between the two rival captains also appeals to me.

Borrowing once more from the MtG lore for Ixalan the ship commanded by Vraska will be called The Belligerent.

Creating the Vraska npc is easier. I could have used the medusa stats from the Monster Manual. But the Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica goes one better and presents us with an Undercity Medusa that is a variant on the Monster Manual one. Vraska is one of these so it seems only right to use this stat block.

The thing I like about the MtG gorgan it explains why Vraska wasn’t turning everyone to stone with her gaze.

“The gaze of a medusa’s glowing eyes causes living tissue to petrify. The transformation is rapid, leaving the victim as a stone statue, usually frozen in a position of abject fear or agony- a fine trophy for the medusa’s macabre collection. The medusa must exert its will to effect this transformation, so the gaze of a surprised or friendly Ravnican medusa is harmless.”

That gets round the problem I had.

Weapon wise, I’d like to give Vraska a sword like the one in the pictures above. I’m going to call it as being like a longsword.

I also like the idea that when the players eventually get to Vraska’s base of operations that there is a garden of statues made up of people she has turned to stone.

So as you can see bringing Vraska into the campaign is a lot easier than Angrath.