#subtype daemon

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Daemon, Ultrodaemon

Long ago, a daemonic harbinger whose name has been stricken from history challenged the rule of the Four Horsemen of Abaddon. Somehow discovering the prison of the legendary Oinodaemon, this nameless fiend siphoned part of the god-daemon’s power into itself and ascended to become the Fifth of the Four: the Horseman of Conquest. This living blasphemy was struck down decisively not long after by an alliance of all four archdaemons, the killing blow struck by Roshmolem the Steel Weaver, then the Horseman of War, but not before it created its own daemonic race of deacons: the ultrodaemons.

Ultrodaemons personify death from oppression: the slaver working his slaves to death, the tyrant slaughtering dissenters to make an example, the torturer wringing the last drop of life out of his victims. An ultrodaemon is a towering, slender humanoid with hairless gray skin and an elongated head. They have no mouths, but a chilling voice seems to echo from the air about them. Ultrodaemons’ most striking feature is their eyes: ovoid pools of radiance that shine with every color and transfix those who meet their gaze. Ultrodaemons favor ornate robes that cover their enchanted armor.

Given their origin, ultrodaemons are despised in Abaddon, and only a few serve the Four Horsemen or harbingers as marshals and field commanders. Most ultrodaemons inhabit Abbadon’s forsaken wastes outside the realms of the Horsemen or roam the hinterlands of Hell or the Abyss, petty warlords over their own daemonic armies. Such ultrodaemons plot campaigns of wanton destruction or hire their services out as mercenaries, spreading death and misery however they can. Ultrodaemons are cruel even by fiendish standards, and few minions survive long in their employ.

ULTRODAEMON CR: 13 XP: 25,600 NE Medium outsider (daemon, evil, extraplanar) Init: +7; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +23 Aura: Fear (30 ft., DC 23) __________________________________ AC: 27, touch 13, flat-footed 24 (+4 armor, +3 Dex, +10 natural) hp: 189 (18 HD) Fort +16, Ref +14, Will +15 DR 10/good; Immune: Acid, death effects, disease, poison; Resist: Cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR 24 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft. Melee: +3 greatsword +23/+18/+13/+8 (2d6+6/19-20) Special Attacks: Hypnotic gaze (fascinated, 30 ft., Will DC 23) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 18th, concentration +24, +22 ranged touch): At will - Alter self, deeper darkness, detect magic, detect thoughts (DC 16), dispel magic, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), invisibility (self only), prying eyes, ray of enfeeblement, ray of exhaustion, scorching ray, suggestion (DC 17) 3/day - Enervation, quickened scorching ray, wall of fire 1/day - Fire storm (DC 22), mass suggestion (DC 20), summon (level 8; 1 ultrodaemon, 1d4 nycadaemons, or 1d6 mezzodaemons; 35%) __________________________________ Str 15, Dex 16, Con 21, Int 16, Wis 15, Cha 19 Base Atk: +18; CMB: +20; CMD: 33 Feats: Combat Casting, Improved Critical (ray), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (scorching ray), Uncanny ConcentrationUM, Weapon Focus (ray) Skills: Bluff +25, Diplomacy +25, Intimidate +25, Knowledge (arcana) +24, Knowledge (planes) +24, Perception +23, Sense Motive +23, Spellcraft +24, Stealth +23 Languages: Abyssal, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft. __________________________________ Environment: Any (Abaddon) Organization: Solitary or pair Treasure: Double standard (+3 longsword, +2 chain shirt, other treasure) __________________________________ Hypnotic Gaze (Su): Creatures with 30 feet that meet an ultrodaemon's gaze are fascinated for as long as the ultrodaemon concentrates and for 2 rounds thereafter (Will DC 23 negates). The ultrodaemon's allies are immune to this gaze attack. The save DC is Charisma-based.

THE GENERAL OF GEHENNA Either a region of Abaddon’s outlands or an adjacent demiplane (sources differ), Gehenna is a hard-to-reach realm dominated by four impossibly huge volcanoes, where no natural surface exists at more than a forty-five degree angle. A haven for divs, night hags, barghests, asuras, and outcast daemons and devils, this deadly range is ruled by the General of Gehenna, an ultrodaemon who has attained the power of a daemonic harbinger. Styling himself heir to the Horseman of Conquest, the General rules from the Crawling City, a metropolis propelled across Gehenna’s surface on billions of grotesque humanoid legs, and most (but not all) ultrodaemons loosely claim allegiance to him. The General of Gehenna is despised by all Four Horsemen, but all campaigns to unseat him have failed due to the inhospitable terrain he calls home.

The General of Gehenna is a neutral evil daemonic harbinger. His areas of concern are conquest and mercenaries, and his unholy symbol is a flaming sword between two glowing eyes. He grants access to the domains of Destruction, Evil, Trickery, and War and to the subdomains of Daemon, Greed, Tactics, and Torture.

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Daemon, Nycadaemon

Nycadaemons are the scouts and elite shock troops of Abbadon, performing reconnaissance for their daemonic masters and raining death from above. Personifying death by falling from great heights, nycadaemons delight in snatching victims into the air and letting them fall to their deaths.

Among the most classically fiendish-looking of all daemons, nycadaemons resemble bloated green gargoyles with wings that look almost too small to support their weight, yet bear them through the air at great speed regardless. Nycadaemons are powerfully muscled and stand nine feet tall or more. They favor great double-headed axes in combat, though other heavy two-handed weapons are not uncommon.

Nycadaemons are generally more loyal than other daemons, if only due to a complacent nature, and tend to stay with a single master for as long as they are treated well. Nycadaemons relish combat, striking hard and fast, but also delight in subterfuge and intimidation. Though only of middling intelligence, they make great use of their magic abilities to strike from invisibility, deceive foes with mirror images, and teleport away after getting in a few good hits. Nycadaemons are common in the armies of all Four Horsemen and many daemonic harbingers, and even sell their services to powerful archdevils, demon lords, and powerful evil mortals.

NYCADAEMON CR: 10 XP: 9,600 NE Large outsider (daemon, evil, extraplanar) Init: +2; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +21 __________________________________ AC: 25, touch 11, flat-footed 23 (+2 Dex, +14 natural, -1 size) hp: 133 (14 HD) Fort +13, Ref +11, Will +11 DR 10/good; Immune: Acid, death effects, disease, poison; Resist: Cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR 21 __________________________________ Speed: 40 ft., fly 90 ft. (good) Melee: Mwk greataxe +20/+15/+10 (3d6+7/19-20/x3); or 2 claws +18 (1d6+4 plus 5 bleed plus grab) Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 10 ft. Special Attacks: Liftoff, rake (2 claws +18, 1d6+2) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 14th, concentration +17): Constant - Ant haulAPG At will - Deeper darkness, detect magic, greater teleport (self plus 50 lb. of objects only), invisibility, mirror image 1/day - Summon (level 4, 1 nycadaemon or 1d4 mezzodaemons, 30%) __________________________________ Str 20, Dex 14, Con 19, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 16 Base Atk: +14; CMB: +20 (+24 grapple); CMD: 32 Feats: Alertness, Cleave, Flyby Attack, Improved Critical (greataxe), Iron Will, MobilityB, Power Attack, Weapon Focus (greataxe) Skills: Bluff +20, Intimidate +20, Fly +21, Knowledge (planes) +18, Perception +21, Sense Motive +21, Stealth +15 Languages: Abyssal, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft. __________________________________ Environment: Any (Abaddon) Organization: Solitary or squad (4-8) Treasure: Standard (masterwork greataxe, other treasure) __________________________________ Liftoff (Ex): A nycadaemon can only use this ability when airborne. A nycadaemon that gets a hold on a nonflying opponent at least one size category smaller than it can ascend with the grappled creature. When carrying a medium load (for most nycadaemons, a creature weighing between 400 and 798 pounds), the nycadaemon's fly speed drops to 60 feet and it takes a -3 penalty on Fly checks; this penalty worsens to -6 with a heavy load (799 to 1,200 pounds). A nycadaemon can't carry a load of more than 1,200 pounds. The carrying capacity limits here take into account the nycadaemon's ant haul spell-like ability.

GREATER NYCADAEMON (CR 12) Some nycadaemons, born from souls of exceptional power and cruelty, are created larger and stronger than others of their kind and with four powerful arms. Greater nycadaemons have the advanced simple template and a total of four claw attacks, allowing them to attack with both a greataxe and two claws at once.

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Daemon, Echinodaemon

Echinodaemons are rarely seen, sticking to the deepest chasms of Abaddon’s foul seas. Embodying death by crushing pressure at the ocean floor, echinodaemons only rarely follow other daemons into battle, cleaning up already weakened opponents and devouring the corpses of the fallen.

An echinodaemon’s body is almost entirely mouth, its slavering maw filled with two rows of shark-like teeth and balanced on two spindly legs. Tentacles resembling a cross between a squid’s and a spiny starfish’s emerge from its lumpish body at random points. It has no eyes.

Echinodaemons are not very intelligent and are of limited use to other daemons, so their role in battle is limited to taking up flanking positions to aid more powerful fiends. Left to their own devices, they scavenge whatever they can find in Abaddon’s putrid oceans. They are not capable swimmers, instead simply walking or climbing along the ocean floor.

ECHINODAEMON CR: 8 XP: 4,800 NE Large outsider (aquatic, daemon, evil, extraplanar) Init: +5; Senses: Tremorsense 60 ft.; Perception +12 Aura: Nauseating (30 ft.) __________________________________ AC: 21, touch 11, flat-footed 20 (+1 Dex, +11 natural, -1 size) hp: 105 (10 HD) Fort +10, Ref +8, Will +8 DR 10/good or silver; Immune: Acid, blind, bottom dweller, death effects, disease, poison; Resist: Cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR 19 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Melee: Bite +15 (1d8+6), 4 tentacles +10 (1d6+3) Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 10 ft. (5 ft. with bite) Special Attacks: Rend (2 tentacles, 2d6+9 plus infernal wound) Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th, concentration +8): 1/day - Summon (level 5, 1 echinodaemon, 40%) __________________________________ Str 22, Dex 13, Con 20, Int 6, Wis 8, Cha 11 Base Atk: +10; CMB: +17; CMD: 28 Feats: Cleave, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack Skills: Climb +14, Escape Artist +14, Perception +12, Stealth +10, Swim +19 Languages: Abyssal, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft. SQ: Amphibious __________________________________ Environment: Any aquatic (Abaddon) Organization: Solitary, cluster (3-5), or tangle (7-12) Treasure: Standard __________________________________ Blind (Ex): An echinodaemon is immune to gaze attacks, visual effects, illusions, and other attack forms that rely on sight. Bottom Dweller (Ex): Echinodaemons are immune to water pressure damage and nonlethal damage from hypothermia. Although echinodaemons have the aquatic subtype, they do not have a swim speed. Infernal Wound (Su): The damage an echinodaemon deals as it rends with its terrible hooked tentacles causes persistent wounds. Any creature injured by the echinodaemon's rend attack takes 1 bleed per round. The wound does not heal naturally and resists healing spells. The bleed can be stopped by a DC 20 Heal check, a cure spell, or a heal spell; however, a creature attempting to cast a cure or heal spell to heal such a wound must succeed on a DC 20 caster level check, or the spell fails. The save DC is Constitution-based. Nauseating Aura (Su): Creatures within 30 feet of an echinodaemon must succeed at a DC 20 Fortitude save or become nauseated for 1 round, Daemons are immune to this effect. The save DC is Constitution-based.