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Elemental, Smoke

A smoke elemental (left) fighting a mud elemental

The Plane of Fire is a constant conflagration of eternally burning flames. Though this landscape of fire needs no fuel to burn, it nonetheless releases vast billowing clouds of smoke that fill the sky above. This is the domain of the smoke elementals.

Smoke elementals are living clouds of semi-solid choking black vapor. They resemble air elementals at first glance, but two glowing eyes and a burning core of red-hot embers gives away their true nature. They can form wicked claws of solid smoke from their bodies. They believe that the first of their kind were elementals from the Plane of Air who found their way to the Plane of Fire ages ago, and the plane itself reshaped them according to its own needs and accepted them as native children, soon birthing new smoke elementals from its own fabric. Whether this is true or not, smoke elementals are almost as common in the skies of the Plane of Fire as fire elementals are on the ground.

Like fire and magma elementals, smoke elementals are neutral in the complex political machinations of the Plane of Fire, avoiding the efreet, mephits, azers, and minions of the elemental lord Ymeri. The belkers, evil smoke-creatures found on the Plane of Air, are thought to be smoke elementals who found their way back to their plane of origin and dwindled in power without a connection to the life-giving flames.

SMOKE ELEMENTAL Languages: Ignan Environment: Any (Plane of Fire) Organization: Solitary, pair, or gang Treasure: None __________________________________ Smoke Claws (Ex): A smoke elemental using its smoke form ability can enter a target's square as a standard action that does not provoke attacks of opportunity. The target must make a Fortitude save or inhale part of the creature. Smoke inside the victim solidifies into a claw and attacks the target from within, dealing the indicated amount of damage per round as a swift action. If the target moves, the smoke elemental may automatically move with the target (this movement does not count toward the elemental's movement and does not provoke attacks of opportunity against the elemental). Each round, the target can attempt another Fortitude save to cough out the elemental's smoke, which ends the smoke claws attack and forces the elemental into an adjacent square. Creatures that do not need to breathe are immune to this attack. The save DC is Constitution-based. Smoke Form (Su): A smoke elemental can switch from its normal form to one of pure smoke or back again as a swift action. It can spend up to 20 rounds per day in smoke form. In smoke form, the elemental acts as if under the effects of a gaseous form spell, except that it retains its natural fly speed of 90 feet (good). Smoke Vision (Ex): A smoke elemental can see perfectly in smoky conditions (such as those created by pyrotechnics).

SMALL SMOKE ELEMENTAL CR: 1 XP: 400 N Small outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar, fire) Init: +6; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., smoke vision; Perception +4 __________________________________ AC: 17, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+2 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 natural, +1 size) hp: 13 (2 HD) Fort +4, Ref +5, Will +0 Immune: Elemental traits, fire Weakness: Vulnerability to cold __________________________________ Speed: Fly 50 ft. (good) Melee: Claw +5 (1d4+1) Special Attacks: Smoke claws (DC 12, 2d4+1) __________________________________ Str 12, Dex 17, Con 12, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk: +2; CMB: +2; CMD: 15 Feats: Dodge, Improved InitiativeB, Weapon FinesseB Skills: Acrobatics +6, Escape Artist +6, Fly +12, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +4, Stealth +10 SQ: Smoke form MEDIUM SMOKE ELEMENTAL CR: 3 XP: 800 N Medium outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar, fire) Init: +8; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., smoke vision; Perception +7 __________________________________ AC: 18, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+4 Dex, +1 dodge, +3 natural) hp: 30 (4 HD) Fort +6, Ref +8, Will +1 Immune: Elemental traits, fire Weakness: Vulnerability to cold __________________________________ Speed: Fly 50 ft. (good) Melee: Claw +8 (1d6+3) Special Attacks: Smoke claws (DC 14, 2d6+3) __________________________________ Str 14, Dex 19, Con 14, Int 4, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk: +4; CMB: +6; CMD: 22 Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved InitiativeB, Weapon FinesseB Skills: Acrobatics +10, Escape Artist +8, Fly +12, Knowledge (planes) +1, Perception +7, Stealth +9 SQ: Smoke form LARGE SMOKE ELEMENTAL CR: 5 XP: 1,600 N Large outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar, fire) Init: +10; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., smoke vision; Perception +11 __________________________________ AC: 21, touch 17, flat-footed 13 (+7 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 natural, -1 size) hp: 68 (8 HD) Fort +9, Ref +12, Will +2 DR 5/--; Immune: Elemental traits, fire Weakness: Vulnerability to cold __________________________________ Speed: Fly 50 ft. (good) Melee: 2 claws +13 (1d8+4) Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 10 ft. Special Attacks: Smoke claws (DC 17, 2d8+6) __________________________________ Str 18, Dex 23, Con 16, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk: +8; CMB: +13; CMD: 31 Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved InitiativeB, Mobility, Vital Strike, Weapon FinesseB Skills: Acrobatics +14, Escape Artist +14, Fly +16, Knowledge (planes) +5, Perception +11, Stealth +10 SQ: Smoke form HUGE SMOKE ELEMENTAL CR: 7 XP: 3,200 N Huge outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar, fire) Init: +12; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13 __________________________________ AC: 21, touch 17, flat-footed 12 (+9 Dex, +1 dodge, +4 natural, -2 size) hp: 95 (10 HD) Fort +11, Ref +15, Will +5 DR 5/--; Immune: Elemental traits, fire Weakness: Vulnerability to cold __________________________________ Speed: Fly 50 ft. (good) Melee: 2 claws +16 (2d6+6) Space: 15 ft.; Reach: 15 ft. Special Attacks: Smoke claws (DC 19, 4d6+9) __________________________________ Str 22, Dex 27, Con 18, Int 6, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk: +10; CMB: +18; CMD: 38 Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved InitiativeB, Iron Will, Mobility, Vital Strike, Weapon FinesseB Skills: Acrobatics +17, Escape Artist +17, Fly +18, Knowledge (planes) +7, Perception +13, Stealth +8 SQ: Smoke form GREATER SMOKE ELEMENTAL CR: 9 XP: 6,400 N Huge outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar, fire) Init: +13; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., smoke vision; Perception +16 __________________________________ AC: 24, touch 18, flat-footed 14 (+9 Dex, +1 dodge, +6 natural, -2 size) hp: 123 (13 HD) Fort +12, Ref +17, Will +6 DR 10/--; Immune: Elemental traits, fire Weakness: Vulnerability to cold __________________________________ Speed: Fly 50 ft. (good) Melee: 2 claws +21 (2d8+7) Space: 15 ft.; Reach: 15 ft. Special Attacks: Smoke claws (DC 20, 4d8+10) __________________________________ Str 24, Dex 29, Con 18, Int 8, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk: +13; CMB: +22; CMD: 43 Feats: Blind-Fight, Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved InitiativeB, Improved Vital Strike, Iron Will, Mobility, Vital Strike, Weapon FinesseB Skills: Acrobatics +24, Escape Artist +22, Fly +22, Knowledge (planes) +12, Perception +16, Stealth +14 SQ: Smoke form ELDER SMOKE ELEMENTAL CR: 11 XP: 12,800 N Huge outsider (air, elemental, extraplanar, fire) Init: +14; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., smoke vision; Perception +19 __________________________________ AC: 27, touch 19, flat-footed 1 (+10 Dex, +1 dodge, +8 natural, -2 size) hp: 152 (15 HD) Fort +14, Ref +20, Will +7 DR 10/--; Immune: Elemental traits, fire Weakness: Vulnerability to cold __________________________________ Speed: Fly 50 ft. (good) Melee: 2 claws +24 (2d8+9) Space: 15 ft.; Reach: 15 ft. Special Attacks: Smoke claws (DC 21, 4d8+13) __________________________________ Str 28, Dex 31, Con 18, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 11 Base Atk: +16; CMB: +27; CMD: 49 Feats: Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Dodge, Flyby Attack, Improved InitiativeB, Improved Vital Strike, Iron Will, Mobility, Vital Strike, Weapon FinesseB Skills: Acrobatics +29, Escape Artist +29, Fly +29, Knowledge (planes) +19, Perception +19, Stealth +21 SQ: Smoke form

(And here's the only one of D&D's "paraelementals" that doesn't have an analog in Pathfinder. Really it's just a modified air elemental with the belker's abilities tacked on, but then, so was the original.)

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Demon, Sarumzhi

Sarumzhis are demons of the air, embodiments of the storm's wrath given evil and destructive purpose. The first sarumzhis were created by the demon lord Pazuzu, King of the Wind Demons, by consuming evil souls and breathing them forth again in the form of avian terrors. Since then, sarumzhis have bred true throughout the Abyss, and while thousands of them flock to Pazuzu's side to join him in acts of destruction, millions more inhabit the wild places of the Abyss, seeking out titanic howling storms and reveling in the wind and lightning.

Given their birdlike appearance, sarumzhis are easily mistaken for vrocks, but sarumzhis hate and fear those more powerful demons, even when both serve under the same master. Sarumzhis most often live as little more than hateful animals, but some greater demons enslave them to use as messengers.

SARUMZHI CR: 3 XP: 800 CE Medium outsider (air, chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar) Init: +3; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13 __________________________________ AC: 16, touch 14, flat-footed 13 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural) hp: 32 (5 HD) Fort +5, Ref +4, Will +6 DR 5/cold iron or good; Immune: Cold, electricity, poison; Resist: Acid 10, fire 10; SR 14 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft., fly 80 ft. (perfect) Melee: Bite +7 (1d6+2), 2 claws +7 (1d4+2) Ranged: Air blast +8 (see below) __________________________________ Str 14, Dex 16, Con 13, Int 5, Wis 15, Cha 10 Base Atk: +5; CMB: +6; CMD: 20 Feats: Dodge, Flyby Attack, Skill Focus (Perception) Skills: Acrobatics +11, Fly +11, Perception +13, Survival +10 Languages: Abyssal; telepathy 100 ft. __________________________________ Environment: Any land (The Abyss) Organization: Solitary or flock (3-12) Treasure: Standard __________________________________ Air Blast (Su): At will, a sarumzhi can form a powerful sphere of fetid air and send it whistling toward a target as a ranged touch attack (maximum range 100 ft., no range increment). If the attack hits, the target takes 2d6 points of damage and must make a successful Strength check (DC 13) or be pushed 5 feet directly backward and knocked prone. The save DC is Constitution-based.