My group is approaching the climax of "Thirteen Cages", and upon examining the stat block for Dyr'ryd, I have to wonder whether he was intended to be size Huge, instead of Large as listed.
That would account for Mindbite (Guisarme) doing 3d6 instead of 2d6 as does that of a standard Shator, as well as the bite doing 3d6 instead of 2d6.
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Good catch! Originally, Dyr'ryd was indeed a Huge shator with 23 Hit Dice. That set his CR at something like 22. Which was WAY too much for a group of 16th-17th level characters to handle, especially after they've likely expended most of their resources on the other seven cagewrights in the region.
Swap Mindbite's damage back down to 2d6. It'll be 2d6 in the upcoming hardcover release, at least!