#yagnodaemon

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Daemon, Yagnodaemon

Image by Tony DiTerlizzi, © TSR. Accessed at the Monstrous Index website here.

[The yagnodaemon/yagnoloth dates back to the original Monster Manual 2. They’ve always been represented as petty bureaucrats, but my version of them might be a little more savage/colored by current affairs.]

Daemon, Yagnodaemon CR 13 NE Outsider This red-skinned humanoid giant is profoundly lopsided—one of its arms is enormously lopsided and the other is undersized and seemingly feeble. Its face is like a monstrous skull with wing-like ears.

Daemons are the most hated of fiends, as each one represents some way for a mortal life to be snuffed out. Yagnodaemons are perhaps the most hated of all, as they represent death by bureaucracy. Every life lost because of the wrong paperwork, every sick child who dies because they couldn’t afford to be cured, every person starved because they were driven to ruin by a rival business are all sweet balm to the yagnodaemons. Every yagnodaemon is created from the soul of an evil creature who killed others through bureaucratic manipulations or neglect, and their numbers grow ever greater as more societies develop down cruel paths.

A yagnodaemon views itself as a lord above all other daemons, despite the obvious truth that some daemons are physically and mentally more capable than they. Each yagnodaemon carves itself out a fiefdom in Abaddon and demands tribute from the region’s inhabitants. A yagnodaemon’s home is its castle, and even the least influential yagnodaemon has layers of traps and guardians in its lair. They typically do not serve one of the Horsemen directly out of stubborn pride, but their vassals may act in the interests of one or more of the Four. A yagnodaemon pressed into service by a more powerful daemon will complain incessantly and may even attempt to sabotage its superior in order to profit from its failure.

The body of a yagnodaemon is as warped as its mind—they combine monstrous strength and physical weakness in a single form. Yagnodaemons covet magical weapons to enhance their fighting potential, and may send their minions on multi-planar expeditions for the finest treasures. A yagnodaemon stands twelve feet tall and weighs about 2,000 pounds.

Yagnodaemon   CR 13 XP 25,600 NE Large outsider (daemon, evil, extraplanar) Init +7; Senses darkvision 60 ft., Perception +22, see invisibility Defense AC 28, touch 12, flat-footed 25 (-1 size, +3 natural, +16 natural)hp 184 (16d10+96) Fort +16, Ref +8, Will +14 DR 10/good; Immune acid, death effects, disease, poison; Resist cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR 24 Offense Speed 50 ft. Melee +2 longsword +27/+22/+17 (1d8+7/19-20) and slam +25 (2d12+15 plus stun) Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft. Special Attacks breath weapon (30 ft. cone, 13d6 acid, once every 1d4 rounds, Reflex DC 24 half), drain essence, spellstrike, stun (1d4 rounds, Fort DC 28) Spell-like Abilities CL 13th, concentration +17 (+21 casting defensively) Constant—see invisibility At will—contagion (DC 18), greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects), telekinesis (DC 19) 3/day—empowered shocking grasp, touch of idiocy, vampiric touch 1/day—banishment (DC 20), summon (level 4, 1 piscodaemon, 50%) Statistics Str 30, Dex 17, Con 23, Int 14, Wis 19, Cha 18 Base Atk +16; CMB +27 (+30 bull’s rush); CMD 40 (42 vs. bull’s rush) Feats Awesome Blow, Combat Casting, Empower Spell-like Ability (shocking grasp), Improved Bull’s Rush, Improved Initiative, Improved Vital Strike, Power Attack, Vital Strike Skills Acrobatics +22 (+30 when jumping), Bluff +23, Climb +29, Diplomacy +23, Intimidate +23, Knowledge (planes) +21, Perception +23, Sense Motive +23 Languages Abyssal, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft. SQ mismatched arms Ecology Environment Abaddon Organization solitary or court (1 plus 2-6 hydrodaemons and 1-3 piscodaemons) Treasure standard (+2 longsword, other treasure) Special Abilities Breath Weapon (Su) Any creature that takes damage from a yagnodaemon’s breath weapon must succeed a DC 24 Fortitude save or be staggered from pain for 1d4 rounds. This is a pain effect. The DC is Constitution based. Drain Essence (Su) A yagnodaemon can make a melee touch attack against a stunned, paralyzed or helpless creature as a standard action and deal 1d4 negative levels to it. For every negative level inflicted in this way, a yagnodaemon gains 5 temporary hit points. The save DC to remove these negative levels is Fortitude DC 22. The save DC is Charisma based. Mismatched Arms (Ex) The small arm of a yagnodaemon is treated as having the undersized weapon special quality and deals only ½ of the yagnodaemon’s Strength bonus to damage, as if it were wielding a weapon in the off hand. The large arm of a yagnodaemon deals 1.5 times the yagnodaemon’s Strength bonus to damage on its slam attacks and is always treated as a primary weapon, even if the yagnodaemon is wielding a weapon in its small arm. Spellstrike (Su) whenever a yagnodaemon uses a spell-like ability with a range of “touch”, it can deliver the spell through any weapon he is wielding as part of a melee attack. Instead of the free melee touch attack normally allowed to deliver the spell, the yagnodaemon can make one free melee attack with his weapon (at his highest base attack bonus) as part of casting this spell. If successful, this melee attack deals its normal damage as well as the effects of the spell.

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Progress on the #daemon ‘s from #lootstudios Having fun with this #YagnoDaemon on vacation. Like it so much I’m constructing an NPC based on it in our home game. Going with a starry universe look on the #PlagueDaemon s robes. Just getting going on it. Share more soon! Happy Gaming https://www.instagram.com/p/CPd0rfIByxJ/?utm_medium=tumblr