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Daemon, Cacodaemon

CR 2.00 Outsider NE Tiny HD 3

An ever-gnashing maw, filled with row after row of mismatched teeth, dominates this frightful creature's orb-like body.

Description

Any evil outsider can, as a standard action, ingest a soul gem. Doing so frees the soul within, but condemns it to one of the lower planes (though the soul can be returned to life as normal). The outsider gains fast healing 2 for a number of rounds equal to its Hit Dice.

The least of daemonkind, cacodaemons spawn from eddies of angry, violent, and demented souls amid the mists of Abaddon. Dim-witted but utterly evil, they endlessly seek to cause pain and indulge their hunger for mortal souls. Many more powerful fiends keep cacodaemons as pets, if only to be able to harvest the tiny creatures' soul gems. A 7th-level spellcaster can gain a cacodaemon as a familiar if she has the Improved Familiar feat.

Combat Stats

19 (3d10+3); fast healing 2

16, touch 12, flat-footed 16 (+4 natural, +2 size)

Init

Speed

5 ft., fly 50 ft. (perfect)

Fort

Ref

Will

BAB

CMB

CMD

Melee: bite +6 (1d4+1 plus disease)
Space: 2-1/2 ft.
Reach: 0 ft.
DR: 5/good or silver

Ability Scores

str

dex

con

int

-1

wis

cha

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

Soul Lock — Once per day as a full-round action, a cacodaemon can ingest the spirit of any sentient creature that has died within the last minute. This causes a soul gem to grow inside of the cacodaemon's gut, which it can regurgitate as a standard action. A soul gem is a fine-sized object with 1 hit point and hardness 2. Destroying a soul gem frees the soul within, though it does not return the deceased creature to life. This is a death effect. Any attempt to resurrect a body whose soul is trapped in a soul gem requires a DC 12 caster level check. Failure results in the spell having no effect, while success shatters the victim's soul gem and returns the creature to life as normal. If the soul gem rests in an unholy location, such as that created by the spell unhallow, the DC of this caster level check increases by +2. The caster level check DC is Charisma-based.

Special Qualities

change shape (2 of the following forms: lizard, octopus, Small scorpion, venomous snake, polymorph)

Feats

Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes

Special Abilities

Universal Monster Rules

Change Shape (2 of the following forms: lizard, octopus, Small scorpion, venomous snake, polymorph) Su from Universal Monster Rule

A creature with this special quality has the ability to assume the appearance of a specific creature or type of creature (usually a humanoid), but retains most of its own physical qualities. The creature cannot change shape to a form more than one size category smaller or larger than its original form. This ability functions as a polymorph spell, the type of which is listed in the creature's description, but the creature does not adjust its ability scores (although it gains any other abilities of the creature it mimics). Unless otherwise stated, it can remain in an alternate form indefinitely. Some creatures, such as lycanthropes, can transform into unique forms with special modifiers and abilities. These creatures do adjust their ability scores, as noted in their descriptions.

Disease (bite) Ex from Universal Monster Rule

A creature with this ability causes disease in those it contacts. The effects of the disease, including its save, frequency, and cure, are included in the creature's description. The saving throw to negate the disease is usually a Fort save (DC 10 + 1/2 the infecting creature's racial HD + the creature's Con modifier; the exact DC is given in the creature's descriptive text). Disease can be removed through remove disease and similar effects.

Special Abilities

Soul Lock from text

Once per day as a full-round action, a cacodaemon can ingest the spirit of any sentient creature that has died within the last minute. This causes a soul gem to grow inside of the cacodaemon's gut, which it can regurgitate as a standard action. A soul gem is a fine-sized object with 1 hit point and hardness 2. Destroying a soul gem frees the soul within, though it does not return the deceased creature to life. This is a death effect. Any attempt to resurrect a body whose soul is trapped in a soul gem requires a DC 12 caster level check. Failure results in the spell having no effect, while success shatters the victim's soul gem and returns the creature to life as normal. If the soul gem rests in an unholy location, such as that created by the spell unhallow, the DC of this caster level check increases by +2. The caster level check DC is Charisma-based.

Feats, Traits & Items

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Calculated: +4 Initiative

Lightning Reflexes from Feat

You get a +2 bonus on all Reflex saving throws.

Calculated: +2 Ref

Skills

Bluff +7, Fly +18, Knowledge (planes) +5, Perception +7, Stealth +14

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—Detect Good, Constant—Detect Magic, At will—Invisibility (DC 13), 3/day—Confusion, Lesser (DC 12), 1/week—Commune

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: NE
Size: Tiny
Environment: any (Abaddon)
Organization: solitary or swarm (2-10)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., detect good, detect magic; Perception +7
Languages: Abyssal, Common, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.
Source: Bestiary 2

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