#subtype demon

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Demon, Evistro

  Evistros, also known as carnage demons, are demons formed from the souls of wrathful brutes such as orcs, ogres, or human thugs. They may also sometimes evolve from dretches that overcome their natural slothfulness and give themselves over to blind rage. Evistros roam the Abyss in unruly mobs, spreading murder and destruction in their wake. They are commonly rounded up by more powerful fiends into demonic hordes and sent into battle behind a first wave of dretches, who are spurred forward in fear of the carnage demons' wrath.

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Demon, Yaenit

(Yaenit with a mutated quasit)

One of the vilest acts committed by the demon goddess Lamashtu, the Mother of Monsters, was the corruption of a legion of holy hound archons when the forces of Heaven sent them to avenge her murder of Curchanus, the god of beasts. The archons profoundly underestimated Lamashtu's newfound power, and were devoured by the newly ascended goddess one and all. Lamashtu took their souls into herself and let them gestate for a year and a day, after which time she birthed them again as the first yaenits, demons with the heads of jackals or hyenas and consumed with lust and hatred.

Yaenits serve Lamashtu alone. They feel no purpose in life but to fight, breed, and spread fear, and are commonly conjured by Lamashtu's priests for those purposes. A great many half-fiend gnolls and fiendish hyenas owe their existence to these mockeries. Female yaenits are usually more powerful than the males; they often possess a third eye in reflection of their creator, and appear pregnant even when not; many gain class levels as clerics or antipaladins. Yaenits may be mistaken for gnolls at first glance, but the prevalence of random mutations and palpable aura of wrongness that hangs over them quickly dispels that illusion.

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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.

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Demon, Maurezhi

Maurezhis, or carrion demons, are degenerate demons formed from the souls of murderers who cannibalized their victims. They are easily mistaken for ghouls, and in fact only their faintly glowing white eyes and slow, ragged breath easily distinguishes them from common ghouls or ghasts. The resemblance is not a coincidence, for the first maurezhis formed from the spilled ichor of Kabriri, the demon prince of ghouls, who then drove the wretched creatures from his domain to wreak havoc throughout the Abyss.

More than just scavengers, maurezhis possess the ability to consume the life force, memories, and even appearance of those they kill and eat, and seek egress onto the Material Plane whenever possible to spread misery in humanoid guise. They delight in consuming mortals, stealing their forms, and tormenting the victim's loved ones while wearing the victim's face.

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Demon, Rutterkin

Rutterkins, also called wretch demons, are twisted demons formed from the damned souls of murderous bullies, or else molded from several manes whose tortured forms are fused together in unspeakable rituals. They are bestial creatures whose blasted frames inflict on them constant agony. They live only to exert brute force and make other beings suffer. Rutterkins form the backbone of many demonic hordes.

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Demon, Mane

Manes are the weakest, most basic constituents of the demonic host. A single evil soul - typically one of the pettiest, most pathetic sinners - can spawn dozens of manes, their writhing, slime-covered masses heaving en masse out of the filthy Abyssal soil.