#subtype extraplanar

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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.

Remember when I said I’d still update from time to time?

Yeah.

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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.

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Cyclops, Fomor-bound

The fomorians are the uncontested rulers of the fey underworld, but they are few in number and unable to gather in great armies to enforce their rule. To this end, the fomorians have gathered great legions of loyal followers: the fomor-bound cyclopes.

Thousands of years ago, the cyclopes of Golarion ruled great empires, but wars with rising human kingdoms and internal corruption slowly wore away at the giants' civilization until they were reduced to bestial savages. Some cyclopes in the northern empire of Koloran saw their culture's impending doom and made a pact with the fomorians of the First World. Retreating from the Material Plane before the devastatation of Earthfall brought about Koloran's end, these cyclopes safely waited out the Age of Darkness in the fomorians' extraplanar redoubts, loyally serving the malformed giants in exchange for survival.

Fomor-bound cyclopes resemble their common kin, but are marked with ashen gray skin, bald scalps, and horned brows. Their single eye has a catlike slit like the "evil eyes" of their fomorian masters, and the fomorians have imbued them with the ability to focus a similar (albeit weaker) form of their warping curse. Fomor-bound cyclopes are always clad in finely-crafted clothing and armor of their own make.

The fomorians rely on their cyclops servants as both armed forces and skilled craftspeople. They send their cyclops minions to the surface to raid and capture fey slaves, as well as defend their strongholds and keep order among their households. The fomor-bound cyclopes have retained the skill at art and craftwork of ancient Koloran, and are the finest smiths, masons, seamstresses, leatherworers, and carpenters of the First World, constructing the fomorians' eerily beautiful castles and forging their masterwork arms and armor. A cyclops crafter focuses on a single work at a time, pouring her heart and soul into each item until it reaches completion. Fomor-bound cyclopes are not evil by nature and take no pleasure in carrying out their masters' cruel commands, but the ancient pact binds them to the fomorians' service, and they follow orders unquestioningly.

FOMOR-BOUND CYCLOPS CR: 7 XP: 3,200 LN Large humanoid (extraplanar, giant) Init: +0; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, see invisibility; Perception +19 __________________________________ AC: 22, touch 9, flat-footed 22 (+4 armor, +7 natural, +2 shield, -1 size) hp: 91 (14 HD) Fort +11, Ref +4, Will +7 Defensive Abilities: Ferocity __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft. Melee: Mwk battleaxe +17/+12 (2d6+6/x3) Ranged: Spear +9 (2d6+6/x3/20 ft.) Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 10 ft. Special Attacks: Evil eye Spell-Like Abilities (CL 7th, concentration +11): Constant - See invisibility __________________________________ Str 22, Dex 10, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 17, Cha 11 Base Atk: +10; CMB: +17 (+19 bull rush); CMD: 27 (29 vs. bull rush) Feats: Alertness, Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Martial Weapon Proficiency (battleaxe), Power Attack, Weapon Focus (battleaxe) Skills: Craft (armor) +14, Intimidate +10, Perception +19, Sense Motive +12, Survival +10; Racial Modifiers: +4 Craft (any one), +8 Perception Languages: Cyclops, Giant, Undercommon __________________________________ Environment: Underground (First World) Organization: Solitary, conclave (2-6 plus 1 fomorian), or court (7-18 plus 3-5 fomorians) Treasure: Standard (mwk hide armor, mwk heavy steel shield) __________________________________ Evil Eye (Su): As a standard action, a fomor-bound cyclops may direct its gaze at a single creature within 60 feet to which it has line of sight. The creature must make a DC 17 Will save or be sickened for 1d8 rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based.

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Modron, Decaton

Art by ingdamnit.

Decatons are the lowest rank of hierarch modrons, the "officials" who coordinate the legions of base modrons in Regulus. As the rank directly above the base masses, decatons are the voice of Primus to his soldiers and workers. They are responsible for the health and wellbeing of the masses and the physical upkeep and repair of their realm's gear-cities.

There are precisely one-hundred forty-four decatons in existence at any given time. One decaton serves in each of Regulus's sixty-four sectors, overseeing public health, maintenance, and diplomacy toward visitors. The remaining thirty-six decatons serve as needed as field commanders and medics as needed in the modron armies. Among other races, decatons have a reputation as overbearing and patronizing.

A decaton appears much like a gigantic monodrone, with a spherical metal body atop two stumpy legs. Four evenly-spaced eyes circle its body, as well as ten prehensile tentacles. Decatons are capable of limited magical flight, aided by lighter-than-air gas stored in internal bladders, though they are slow and clumsy in the air; they usually fly only to survey the area around them.

DECATON CR: 8 XP: 4,800 LN Large outsider (extraplanar, lawful, modron) Init: 11; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +25 __________________________________ AC: 25, touch 12, flat-footed 23 (+2 Dex, +13 natural) hp: 105 (10 HD) Fort +12, Ref +7, Will +11 Defensive Abilities: All-around vision; DR 10/adamantine or chaotic; Immune: Constructed; Resist: Acid 10, cold 10, fire 10; SR 19 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft., fly 10 ft. (poor) Melee: 4 tentacles +15 (1d6+6) Space: 10 ft.; Reach: 10 ft. Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th, concentration +11, +15 melee touch): At will - Clairaudience/clairvoyance, command (DC 14), greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), remove disease, remove paralysis 3/day - Dimension door, flame strike (DC 18), wall of force 1/day - Heal (DC 20) Spells Prepared (CL 8th, concentration +12, +15 melee touch): 4th - Dismissal (DC 18), order's wrath (DC 18) 3rd - Cure serious wounds (2, DC 17), prayer 2nd - Cure moderate wounds (DC 16), hold person (DC 16), silence, sound burst (DC 16) 1st - Bless, detect chaos, protection from chaos, sanctuary (DC 15), shield of faith 0 (at will) - Detect magic, guidance, mending, resistance __________________________________ Str 23, Dex 14, Con 21, Int 17, Wis 18, Cha 16 Base Atk: +10; CMB: +17; CMD: 29 Feats: Alertness, Combat Casting, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Spell Penetration Skills: Diplomacy +16, Fly -4, Heal +17, Knowledge (arcana) +13, Knowledge (planes) +16, Perception +25, Sense Motive +21, Spellcraft +16, Survival +13, Use Magic Device +16; Racial Modifiers: +4 Perception Languages: Celestial, Infernal, Modron; telepathy 100 ft. (with non-modrons) or 40 miles (with modrons) SQ: Coordinated ally, fixed initiative, maintenance refuge __________________________________ Environment: Any (Regulus) Organization: Solitary Treasure: None __________________________________ All-Around Vision (Ex): A decaton sees in all directions at once. It cannot be flanked. Fixed Initiative (Ex): A decaton never rolls initiative. Its initiative is always equal to half its Hit Dice plus its Dexterity (11 for a typical decaton, including a +4 bonus from Improved Initiative). Maintenance Refuge (Su): Once per hour, a decaton can touch a willing modron of decaton rank or lower (including itself) as a standard action. That modron is whisked away to a place of safety in Regulus for three rounds. While there, the modron gains regeneration 5, and can take no actions. At the end of the effect, the modron reappears in the square it left, or if the space is not vacant, the nearest available square. This is a conjuration (healing and teleportation) effect. Spells: Decatons cast divine spells as 8th-level clerics. They do not gain access to domains or other cleric abilities.

Finally on to the hierarch modrons!

This one took over a year for me to post, even though I had the stats worked out no sooner than I had finished the pentadrone, simply because I was completely unsatisfied with every piece of art I'd ever seen of a decaton, official or fan-made. I feel prouder of my modron conversions than anything else on this blog, and I wanted to make sure that each post looked as good as it possibly could. So finally I caved and hired my Twitter friend ingdamnit for a commission, and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out.

I won't guarantee that the modron conversions will go forward on a regular basis, but hopefully you can expect the nonaton in less than a year. :P

Because the 3rd edition version was kind of bland, my version of the decaton owes some of its special abilities to this 4E version by R. M. Walker.

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Modron, Pentadrone

Pentadrone by ~Clone-Artist

Pentadrones are the inquisitors and police force of the modrons. These automatons patrol the gears of Regulus on guard for trespassers and troublemakers, whom they capture for trial in the courts of the nonatons. As the highest caste of base modrons, pentadrones are also the intermediaries between the hierarchs and the working castes, serving as lieutenants on the field of battle. Finally, pentadrones are charged with hunting down rogue modrons, whom they execute on sight.

The most alien of the base modrons, a pentadrone appears as a metallic starfish with a fleshy one-eyed face on each of its five appendages. A metallic tube on the creature's top dispenses powerful blasts of paralytic gas that it uses to apprehend non-modron interlopers; a second spigot on the pentadrone's underside expels a different gas that allows it to levitate. There are always precisely five-hundred thousand pentadrones in existence.

In combat, pentadrones prefer to direct other modrons from the sidelines, using their paralysis gas (to which other modrons are immune) at range to incapacitate opponents. When they see an opening, they will often rush in to make attacks of opportunity. Pentadrones are highly intelligent, and unlike lower modrons, they are capable of reevaluating plans on the fly and rapidly changing tactics. Knowing their importance in the modron hierarchy, pentadrones rarely fight to the death and try to withdraw from combat when overwhelmed.

PENTADRONE CR: 6 XP: 2,400 LN Medium outsider (extraplanar, lawful, modron) Init: 7; Senses: Darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision; Perception +20 __________________________________ AC: 21, touch 14, flat-footed 17 (+4 Dex, +7 natural) hp: 76 (8 HD) Fort +11, Ref +5, Will +9 Immune: Constructed; Resist: Acid 10, cold 10, fire 10 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft. Melee: 5 slams +12 (1d6+4) Special Attacks: Paralysis gas __________________________________ Str 19, Dex 16, Con 21, Int 17, Wis 16, Cha 16 Base Atk: +8; CMB: +12; CMD: 26 (32 vs. trip) Feats: Alertness, Blind-Fight, Combat Reflexes, Paired Opportunists Skills: Acrobatics +14, Craft (any one) +14, Diplomacy +14, Knowledge (any two) +14, Perception +20, Sense Motive +16, Stealth +14, Survival +14; Racial Modifiers: +4 Perception Languages: Celestial, Common, Infernal, Modron SQ: Coordinated ally, fixed initiative, levitation gas __________________________________ Environment: Any (Regulus) Organization: Solitary or regiment (5 plus 32 quadrones, 328 tridrones, 590 duodrones, 1,728 monodrones, and 24 messenger monodrones) Treasure: None __________________________________ All-Around Vision (Ex): A pentadrone sees in all directions at once. It cannot be flanked. Fixed Initiative (Ex): A pentadrone never rolls initiative. Its initiative is always equal to half its Hit Dice plus its Dexterity (7 for a typical pentadrone). Paralysis Gas (Su): Pentadrones can emit a 30-foot line of paralysis gas. Creatures caught within the area must make a DC 19 Fortitude save of be paralyzed for 2d4 rounds. The DC is Constitution-based. After a pentadrone uses its gas emitter to spray paralysis gas, it cannot use it again for levitation or paralysis gas for 5 rounds. Levitation Gas (Su): Pentadrones possess a gas emitter that, when aimed downward, allows them to float as per the levitate spell (CL 5th). After a pentadrone levitates in this manner, it cannot use its gas emitter to levitate or spray paralysis gas for 5 rounds.

(Thus concludes the base modron conversions. Hierarch modron stats are forthcoming, but will take longer to get out, possibly one or two per week.)

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Modron, Quadrone

Quadrones are the modron equivalent of field officers and skilled laborers. As troop leaders, they are the main point of contact in negotiations with other races, and because of their relatively high intelligence, rogue quadrones are more likely to escape Regulus than rogues of lower castes. As a result, other races deal with quadrones far more often than with other castes, and quadrones are seen by many outsiders as the archetypal modrons.

Quadrones are unflinchingly organized and capable of a high degree of planning and strategy. They prefer to begin combat with ranged attacks and close for melee only when their opponents come to them. They are well aware of lower castes' capabilities and order them to attack according to their strengths, and as the negotiators of the modron race, they are also usually knowledgeable of enemy races' weaknesses. They are ruthless and coldly unemotional in battle.

There are always exactly one-million five-hundred-thousand quadrones in existence at a time. A quadrone resembles a metallic cube with two spindly legs, four arms, and two fleshy faces at the front and back. Exactly one-fourth of all quadrones possess fan-like wings instead of a second pair of arms and act as scouts and aerial assailants.

QUADRONE CR: 5 XP: 1,600 LN Medium outsider (extraplanar, lawful, modron) Init: 7; Senses: Low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +15 __________________________________ AC: 19, touch 14, flat-footed 15 (+4 Dex, +5 natural) hp: 57 (6 HD) Fort +9, Ref +6, Will +7 Defensive Abilities: All-around vision; Immune: Constructed; Resist: Acid 10, cold 10, fire 10 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft. Melee: Mwk longsword +9/+4 (1d8+3/19-20), mwk longsword +9 (1d8+1/19-20) Ranged: Mwk longbow +11/+6 (1d8/x3/100 ft.; +9/+9/+4 Rapid Shot), mwk longbow +6 (1d8/x3/100 ft.) Special Attacks: Multiweapon mastery, repetitive attack Combat Gear: 40 arrows __________________________________ Str 16, Dex 19, Con 19, Int 14, Wis 15, Cha 12 Base Atk: +6; CMB: +9; CMD: 23 Feats: Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, Weapon Focus (longbow) Skills: Craft (any one) +11, Diplomacy +10, Disable Device +13, Knowledge (any two) +11, Perception +15, Sense Motive +11, Survival +11; Racial Modifiers: +4 Perception Languages: Celestial, Common, Modron SQ: Coordinated ally, fixed initiative __________________________________ Environment: Any (Regulus) Organization: Solitary, squad (12), or battalion (16 plus 864 monodrones, 295 duodrones, 164 tridrones, and 12 messenger monodrones) Treasure: None __________________________________ All-Around Vision (Ex): A quadrone sees in all directions at once. It cannot be flanked. Fixed Initiative (Ex): A quadrone never rolls initiative. Its initiative is always equal to half its Hit Dice plus its Dexterity (7 for a typical quadrone). Multiweapon Mastery (Ex): A quadrone never takes penalties on its attack rolls when fighting with multiple weapons. Repetitive Attack (Ex): If a quadrone makes a full-attack action against the same target on consecutive turns, it gains a +2 bonus on its attack rolls. Changing targets or performing any other action causes the quadrone to lose this bonus. This bonus does not stack with itself.

WINGED QUADRONE Winged quadrones have the same stats as common quadrones except as follows: Speed: 30 ft., fly 30 ft. (poor) Melee: Mwk longsword +9/+4 (1d8+3/19-20) Ranged: Mwk longbow +11/+6 (1d8/x3/100 ft.; +9/+9/+4 Rapid Shot) Skills: Craft (any one) +11, Diplomacy +10, Disable Device +13, Fly +9, Knowledge (any one) +11, Perception +15, Sense Motive +11, Survival +11

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Modron, Tridrone

Tridrones are low-level supervisors capable of limited resource management and decision making. Their spiderlike climbing ability and all-around vision, as well as their ability to report actions and observations, make them excellent scouts and guards. In the modron armies, tridrones are the equivalent of non-comissioned officers, supervising small companies of duodrones that in turn control a detachment of monodrones.

Tridrones are strange creatures of flesh and metal that resemble upside-down three-sided pyramids with a single eye, mouth, and arm on three of its four sides. Six spindly clockwork legs radiate from the bottom of its body. They are the lowest-ranking modrons capable of speaking the Common tongue, but they are rarely very talkative. There are precisely six million tridrones in creation at a given time.

In combat, tridrones are highly mobile, darting rapidly from one opponent to the next. Because they are used to working alone as scouts or border guards, tridrones are more likely to split up and fight as individuals than lower-ranking modrons. They take advantage of the terrain, preferring to climb walls to throw their javelins then drop down on their opponents.

TRIDRONE CR: 4 XP: 1,200 LN Medium outsider (extraplanar, lawful, modron) Init: 4; Senses: Low-light vision, darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +13 __________________________________ AC: 17, touch 13, flat-footed 14 (+1 dodge, +2 Dex, +4 natural) hp: 42 (5 HD) Fort +7, Ref +3, Will +5 Defensive Abilities: All-around vision; Immune: Constructed; Resist: Acid 10, cold 10, fire 10 __________________________________ Speed: 30 ft., climb 30 ft. Melee: Mwk spear +8 (1d8+2/x3), 2 mwk spears +3 (1d8+1/x3) Ranged: Javelin +7 (1d6+2/30 ft.), 2 javelins +2 (1d6+1/30 ft.) Special Attacks: Multiweapon mastery __________________________________ Str 14, Dex 15, Con 17, Int 10, Wis 13, Cha 10 Base Atk: +5; CMB: +7; CMD: 19 (25 vs. trip) Feats: Combat Patrol (10 ft.), Combat ReflexesB, Dodge, Mobility Skills: Climb +10, Craft (any two) +8, Diplomacy +8, Perception +13, Sense Motive +9, Survival +9; Racial Modifiers: +4 Perception Languages: Common, Modron SQ: Coordinated ally, fixed initiative __________________________________ Environment: Any (Regulus) Organization: Solitary or company (2-4 plus 12 duodrones and 144 monodrones) Treasure: None __________________________________ All-Around Vision (Ex): A tridrone sees in all directions at once. It cannot be flanked. Fixed Initiative (Ex): A tridrone never rolls initiative. Its initiative is always equal to half its Hit Dice plus its Dexterity (4 for a typical tridrone). Multiweapon Mastery (Ex): A tridrone never takes penalties on its attack rolls when fighting with multiple weapons.