A Journal of A Demon Hunter

Fiends; A Journal of a Demon Hunter
I
have wandered the Nine Hells, the Abyss and Table Of Contents
everything in between. This journal is a collection of
my notes on the fiends that I have encountered. A Demons
fiend is an evil creature from one of the Fiendish General
Planes. They are not just evil, but born of Evil; primal Babau
malevolence is one of the roots of their nature, and Balor
the evil essence of the fiendish planes permeates Barluga
every part of their bodies. Chasme
While sometimes vague, these observations are as Devourer
accurate as I could make them while dodging infernal fires Draegloth
and mind-probing fiends. Dretch
I hope this finds its hands into the right hands, so that the Glabrezu
races of the Material Plane have a better understanding of Goristro
what lurks in the Lower Planes. Hezrou
— Casimir Planestalker, Demon Hunter Manes
Marilith
Maw Demon
Nalfeshnee
Quasit
Shadow Demon
Shoosuva
A player reading this book can make a Intelligence Tanarukk
(Investigation) check for every complete hour of reading Vrock
towards a specific subchapter. Yochlol
After reaching a tier, the DM can let the player know what Devils
they retained from their reading. The player receives the General
appropriate piece of information for the creature they read Barbed Devil
about. The player is aware that the creature has more tiers, in Bearded Devil
other words has more to read on.
Bone Devil
Chain Devil
The player can then apply the remainder of his check to the
Erinyes
next tier or another subchapter. To make things easier on the Horned Devil
DM, a player should concentrate on one subchapter at a time. Ice Devil
The DM will have their completed copy and will add from it Imp
sections that the player has read on their copy for reference. Lemures
This book is written in Infernal. Pit Fiend
Spined Devil
Yugoloth
General
Arcanaloth
Mezzoloth
Nycaloth
Ultroloth
Voor
Others
Barghest
Cambion
Hell Hound
Nightmare
Rakshasa
Succubus / Incubus
Table Of Contents
1
Demons
General
Information Progress
Demons are from the Abyss and yearn for destruction 15
Demons are sorted by type according to power using a scale of 1 to 8 30
Demons evolve as they fight, rarely reaching higher types 45
Demon Lords rank at 8, otherwise see individual entries for their type 60
Summoning a demon is a very risky endeavour and should be approached with careful planning 75
The only way to permanently defeat a demon is to defeat it in the Abyss 90
Babau
This demon is type 1 5
They have leathery black skin pulled tight over a gaunt humanoid frame, with a curved horn at the back of its head 10
They are both cunning and bloodthisty 15
They have limited spellcasting 20
They possess a gaze that can weaken a foe 30
Balor
They are huge bipedal demons with wings 20
They are usually generals over demonic armies 40
They usually wield a lightning greatsword and a fiery whip 60
They fall with a blast of fire that can destroy even the hardiest foes 90
Barluga
They resemble large very muscular orangutans 10
They gather in packs to take down tougher opponents 15
They are mainly melee focused 25
Chasme
They resemble a mixture of a humanoid and a fly 10
They serve as interrogators or taskmasters for more powerful masters 15
They emit a droning sound which can inflict lethargy on foes 25
They can suck the life force out of their foes 40
2
Devourer
They resemble a desiccated humanoid with a hollowed-out ribcage 20
They are demons promoted by Orcus and they attract undead 35
It can create a vortex of life-draining energy 50
One should take care of going unconscious near it, for fear it will devour them 70
Draegloth
They are ogre-sized, four-armed humanoids with dark skin and pale hair 20
They are quiet despite their large stature, as they are a mixture of a drow and a glabrezu 30
Dretch
They resemble deformed humanoids 10
Their low intelligence makes them unsuitable for anything but the simplest of tasks 15
They are incredibly weak in combat compared to their demonic peers 20
They emit a cloud that can poison nearby foes 30
Glabrezu
They are a mixture of a demon form and a crab. They have two humanoid arms and two pincers 20
They enjoy using wealth and power as a lure to tempt victims 30
Goristro
They resemble a huge fiendish minotaur 20
They possess the labyrithine memory of minotaurs 40
They can take down structures with easy 60
They have a devastating charge 90
Hezrou
They resemble large demonic frogs 20
They are quite weak-minded and can be easily manipulated by more powerful demons 30
They emit a stench that can prove poisonous to nearby creatures 50
3
Manes
They resemble undead, short and chubby humanoids 10
They are the lowest of demonkind, used as food for demon lords and as a base for Orcus to create undead 15
They are solely melee focused 20
Marilith
They possess the lower body of a great serpent and the upper torso of a humanoid female with six arms 20
They are often captains of a demonic horde, they possess a tactical mind 35
They can dish out a flurry of blows due to their six arms 55
They have incredibly good reflexes and therefore are able to react quickly 80
Maw Demon
They resemble a quadruped abomination split in half by a teeth-filled maw 10
They are closely tied to Yeenoghu and are usually summoned from rituals to the Lord of Savagery 15
They tend to go on a rampage when they defeat a creature 30
Nalfeshnee
They resemble a corpulent mockery of ape and boar standing twice as tall as a human, with small feathered wings 20
They crave humanoid flesh and keep prisoners abducted from the Material Plane as eventual feasts 35
Despite their appearance, they are quite resilient to effects 50
They can emit a frightening aura, but are otherwise melee focused 70
Quasit
They resemble 2-foot-tall green humanoids with a barbed tail and horns, but can assume animal forms 10
Powerful demons use them as spies and messengers, or sometimes even as food 15
They have a poisonous bite 20
They have the ability to turn invisible 30
Shadow Demon
They are mostly made shadowy smoke and vaguely resemble a horned humanoid with wings 10
They form when a demon is unable to reform in the Abyss, usually from a ritual of mortal magic 15
They are solely melee focused, although their attacks injure the mind, not the body 25
They are sensitive to light 40
4
Shoosuva
They resemble demonic hyenas with spikes down their backs and a long stinger as a tail 10
They are spawned as a gift from Yeenoghu for powerful gnolls 15
They have a stinger that can paralyze an enemy 20
They tend to go on a rampage when they defeat a creature 30
Tanarukk
They resemble a demonic orc, turned dark and spiked 10
They spawn when demonic corruption taints the leadership of an orc tribe, who then turns to abyssal magic to 15
create a Tanarukk. This knowledge is gladly given by Baphomet and corrupts an unborn orc child to transform it
They gain a few resistances from their abyssal corruption that a regular orc wouldn't have 20
They are incredibly aggressive and retaliate with an unbridled fury 30
Vrock
They resemble a giant hybrid of humanoid and vulture with elongated arms and large feathered wings 10
They covet pretty things and would turn against eachother for the chance to lay claim on even the cheapest jewelry 15
They can emit a horrific screech that can temporarily stop its enemies 25
They can shake off toxic spores off its wings 40
Yochlol
Their true form is that of a pillar of yellow slime with a single malevolent eye 20
They are the Handmaidens of Lloth, acting as her spies, taskmasters and agents of villany 30
If threatened they can turn to mist to escape 60
5
Devils
General
Devils are from the Nine Hells and live to corrupt or acquire souls 15
The Nine Hells are a single plane comprising nine seperate layers that have to be traversed in order 30
Deals struck by any devil is enforced by Asmodeus' will, the dark lord of the 9th Hell layer 45
Devils come in tiers as well as ranks. The tiers are Lesser, Greater and Archdevil and the ranks vary from 1 to 13 60
A devil gets promoted with victory and demoted with failure by a devil of higher tier than itself 75
Devils are used to the fires of the Nine Hells as well as any poisons known to man 90
The only way to permanently defeat a devil is to defeat it in the Nine Hells 105
Breaking a contract instantly forfeits the person's soul, which is spirited away to the Nine Hells 120
Barbed Devil
This devil is rank 5 and a lesser devil 10
They resemble tall humanoids covered in sharp barbs, spines, and hooks. 20
They are known for their alertness that makes them difficult to surprise and do not get bored of tasks 30
Their spikes can hurt anyone that grabs them 40
They have the ability to shoot out a small ball of fire at their enemies 50
Bearded Devil
They have pointed ears, scaly skin, a long tail and fiendish claws. They possess snakelike grrowths on their chins 10
They serve as shock troops, reveling in violence both real or imagined 15
Their experience as shock troops has made them fearless 25
Their spear can heavily wound a foe, with increasing devastation over time 40
Bone Devil
They have a humanoid husk, with dried skin stretched tight on their skeletal frame. They have tails like scorpions 20
They are cruel taskmasters and delight in seeing lower fiends demoted if they defy them 30
Their tails are quite poisonous 60
Chain Devil
They are humanoid and cover themselves in chains 20
They act as sadistic jailers and torturers, inflicting their sadistic fury on lemures and other devils in their charge 30
They can cause fear in the heart of their enemies 40
They can animate chains around them to attack their enemies 50
6
Erinyes
This devil is rank 9 and a greater devil 10
They appear as male or female humanoids with statuesque builds and large feathery wings. Most are equipped head 20
to toe in stylized armor and exquisite weapons
They are sent after those that have wronged their masters or defied the edicts of Asmodeus 35
They are quite adept at parrying melee attacks 50
Their weapons are cursed with hellish poison 70
Horned Devil
They resemble large humanoids with huge wings and sweeping horns and usually wield forks 20
They are the flying infantry of the hellish legions, following orders to the letter 30
They have the ability to shoot out a ball of fire at their enemies 45
Their tail can heavily wound a foe, with increasing devastation over time 60
Ice Devil
They resemble giant bipedal insects, with clawed hands and feet, powerful mandibles and a long spiked tail 20
They serve as commanders and work ceaselessly toward promotion, doing anything to please their masters 35
Their attacks chill their targets and cold does not bother them 55
They can create a wall of ice to split their enemies up 80
Imp
They resemble a diminutive red-skinned humanoid with a barbed tail, small horns and leathery wings 10
They act as spies, errand-runners and corrupters of waylaying mortals. They cannot be relied on completing tasks 15
They have stingers that they use to poison their enemies 20
They can turn invisible at will 30
Lemures
This devil is rank 1 and below lesser devils 5
They resemble a molten mass of flesh with a vaguely humanoid head and torso. Their faces always express anguish 10
They arise when a mortal soul enters the Nine Hells, doomed to suffer until promoted by any higher tier devil 15
Their lack of intelligence leads them to have no fear or mind to take over 20
They cannot be killed by normal means in the Nine Hells, it requires holy water or being killed by a blessed foe 30
Pit Fiend
They resemble hulking monsters with a whip-like tail, enormous wings and armored scales 20
They are the undisputed lords of most other devils, attending to archdukes and archduchesses of the Nine Hells 40
They have the ability to stop their foes from healing 90
7
Spined Devil
They resemble small humanoids with spines all over its body, the ones on its tail are larger and detach themselves 10
They are smaller than most devils and are usually used as messengers and spies, or as the Nine Hells' flying artillery 15
They are incredibly agile in the air, leaving no openings in flight 25
They can shoot out their tail spines at a distance, but only have so many to use 40
8
Yugoloth
General
Yugoloth were created by a sisterhood of night hags on the plane of Gehenna, one of the Lower Planes 20
It is believed that Asmodeus commissioned their creation, in hope of creating an army of fiends that were not 40
bound to the Nine Hells
The hags had to create four Books of Keeping, where they wrote down the true names of each Yugoloth they 60
created, except for the General of Gehenna. They have been lost or stolen, releasing the yugoloth from servitude
The General is an ultroloth that roams the brimstone wastes of Gehenna, and can only be found if he desires it 80
Yugoloth are now mercenaries, usually hired as armies. Their cost is extremely high 100
The only way to permanently defeat a yugoloth is to defeat it in Gehenna 120
Once killed, their name vanishes from the Books of Keeping and can only be revived by unholy rituals requiring 150
large amounts of souls at which point its name reappears in the books
Arcanaloth
They can speak and write all languages 10
They are sly, jackal-headed beings with humanoid bodies 20
They have uncanny negotiation and diplomatic skills 40
They can change their form to that of any humanoid's 60
They yearn for information and power, readily accepting them as a form of payment 90
They are adept spellcasters, similar to wizards in the sense they keep a written log of their spells 120
Mezzoloth
They are the bulk of the yugoloth population and act as foot soldiers 10
They are human-sized insect creatures covered in dense chitinous plates and have four arms 20
They are driven by violence and reward, and are attracted to powerful beings that promise one or the other 40
They usually wield a trident with two of their arms, keeping the other two unencumbered 60
They can exhale toxic fumes that can choke and kill whole groups of creatures 80
Nycaloth
They are the elite shock troops of the yugoloth 10
They resemble muscular gargoyles, except with green skin and a few spikes on their bodies 20
They are the most loyal of their kind and will only betray a trusted master if the reward is extreme 40
They have limited spellcasting that they use to confound their enemies 60
They have the ability to teleport while fighting, hitting different enemies with every strike 90
Ultroloth
They are the commanders of yugoloth armies 10
They resemble slender gray-skinned humanoids with elongated heads, which bear no features save two ovoid eyes 25
They scheme to enhance their own power, have a reputation for cruelty and can freely command lesser yugoloths 45
Their gaze can hypnotize their enemies 70
They have access to spellcasting 100
9
Voor
They serve more powerful fiends as guardians 10
They resemble tentacled, hulking brutes. They lack eyes and whip around their tendrils furiously 20
They are incredibly patient, are too dim-witted to contest orders and quench their bloodlust on lesser creatures 30
They can whip multiple tendrils at different foes, even if they lack eyes 45
They can climb up walls and even ceilings due to their spiked forearms, using their position to set up ambushes 60
10
Others
Barghest
They are born from goblin parents in a normal goblinoid form. They live to consume 17 goblinoid souls, preferably 10
powerful ones, in order to reach higher statuses in the afterlife
They can change forms from goblinoid to a large wolf-like creature with a baboon-like face 20
They were created by the General of Gehenna as revenge for a broken contract of 17 oaths with Maglubiyet, the 30
master of globlinoid gods
They are avoid fire that can engulf them, as it can banish them to Gehenna, where they will be slain or enslaved by a 60
yugoloth for their failure
Cambion
They are the offspring of a fiend and a humanoid. They always retain their fiendish disposition for evil 10
They inherit aspects of both parents but have horns, leathery wings and sinewy tails from their fiendish parentage 20
They tend to lead towards crime or chaos, in the Nine Hells they serve as soldiers and envoys to greater devils. In 35
the Abyss they fend for themselves
They can charm their enemies 50
Hell Hound
Without a master, they roam in packs, feeding on any creature that seems edible. They have an unsatiable hunger 10
They resemble fiendish hounds, seemlingly with a fire burning within them 20
Their evil disposition means that they can only be trained to be ruthless killers and will abandon or turn against 30
their master if their hunger isn't allowed to be sated
Their disposition to hunt in packs allows them to easily overwhelm creatures 40
They have the ability to release a burst of fire from their mouths 55
Nightmare
They serve as steeds for especially evil creatures, demons, death knights, liches, night hags and other vile monsters 10
They resemble pitch black horses with flames that replace where a horse's long hair would be 20
They are created from pegasi in a dark ritual involving the removal of their wings and the corruption of their souls 30
They can protect the rider from flames 40
They have the ability to transport themselves and others to the Ethereal Plane 55
Rakshasa
They originated from the Nine Hells but are no longer bound to the Lower Planes. They enjoy feeding on flesh 10
In their true form, the resemble a mixture of features of a human and tiger, with inverted hands. They usually pick a 25
gender to their liking, although aren't restricted by it
Similar to devils, rakshasa cannot be killed except in the Nine Hells. Death on the Material Plane makes them return 45
to the Nine Hells, a process that can take months or years
They have been known to be rarely affected by spells 100
11
Succubus / Incubus
They are the main source of cambions, when they reproduce with a humanoid. They usually serve other fiends 10
In their true form, they resemble fiendish humanoids with large wings and a pointed tail 20
They live to corrupt mortals, tempting them to commit sinful acts in their dreams, then allowing them to fufill their 30
newfound fantasies on their fiendish selves
They can charm an enemy, usually as a form of self-defense 45
They can kiss creatures that allow them to do so, inflicting pain and profound emptiness 60
12
Yugoloth
These are additions to the yugoloth present in the Monster's
Manual. Voor
Large fiend (yugoloth), neutral evil
Voor Armor Class 16
Voors have ravenous appetites for flesh and even greater Hit Points 110(13d10 + 39)
appetites for blood; the legacy of cruelty and murder they Speed 30ft., climb 30ft.
leave behind makes this obvious to those who have witnessed
their rampages. Periodically a voor may spawn broods: it
STR DEX CON INT WIS CHA
takes five years for a juvenile voor to reach maturity, after
which it is ready for guard duty. For a long time the voor will 18 (+4) 12 (+1) 16 (+3) 6 (-2) 14 (+2) 6 (-2)
stick close to the voor that spawned it, learning techniques
for guarding an area and capturing prey. Skills Perception +4, Stealth +3
Voors serve more powerful fiends because they're tough Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning;
and dangerous enough to be effective, yet dim-witted enough bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from
to take orders without question. The voor is incredibly nonmagical attacks
patient, as it can be content to sit and guard an area for Damage Immunities acid, poison
weeks, waiting patiently for the opportunity to cause Senses blindsight 60ft. (blind beyond this radius)
destruction and havoc. Languages Abyssal, Infernal, telepathy 60ft.
Due to its simple intellect, a voor can only comprehend Challenge 4 (1100 XP)
simple commands like "Guard this area" or "Permit only
humans who say 'Orcus' to pass"—anything more Spider Climb. The voor can climb difficult surfaces,
complicated is simply lost to them. Unless told otherwise, the including upside down on ceilings, without needing
to make an ability check.
voor will pursue and destroy lesser fiends who enter the area
it guards. The unfortunates that fall will have their corpses
laid out as a warning to other trespassers. Actions
Though the voor is more subservient than most fiends, it Multiattack. The voor makes four tendril attacks or
still delights in the bullying of lesser creatures. Perhaps this two slam attacks and a bite attack.
is a way to express their bloodlust.
Tendril. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach
10ft., one target. Hit 7 (1d6 + 4) slashing damage.
Slam. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10ft.,
one target. Hit 7 (1d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage,
and the target is grappled (escape DC 14). The voor
has two arms, each of which can grapple only one
target.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 10ft.,
one target. Hit 7 (2d6 + 4) piercing damage.
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