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Demon, Nalfeshnee

CR 14.00 Outsider CE Huge

A towering, corpulent beast, this fiend has the hideous head of a boar and arms ending in fatty, four-fingered hands.

Description

Few demons understand the inner workings of the Abyss like the nalfeshnee, and it is not unusual to see a nalfeshnee seeming to serve the Abyss itself rather than a demon lord. Some claim stewardship over the fleshy realms that birth new demons, while others guard sites of particular significance deep in the plane's secret reaches. Often, a nalfeshnee's realm in the Abyss surpasses the strength and size of the largest of mortal kingdoms, for nalfeshnees display a singular gift for managing and ordering the chaos of the Abyss. Mortal summoners often seek them out for their unparalleled yet mad intellects, ever taking care to comb through bargains with such demons for hidden and unwanted consequences, for there is little a nalfeshnee will agree to do that does not, in some sinister way, advance the needs and desires of the Abyss.

Nalfeshnees stand 20 feet tall and weigh 8,000 pounds. They form from the souls of greedy or avaricious evil mortals, particularly those who ruled over empires of slavery, theft, banditry, and more violent vices.

Ability Scores

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Combat Stats

HP: 203 (14d10+126)
AC: 29, touch 13, flat-footed 28 (+4 deflection, +1 Dex, +16 natural, -2 size)
Speed: 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (poor)
Init: +5
Melee: bite +23 (3d8+11/19-20), 2 claws +23 (2d6+11)
Space: 15 ft.
Reach: 15 ft.
BAB: +14
CMB: +27
CMD: 42
Fort: +22
Ref: +9
Will: +21
DR: 10/good
SR: 25
Racial Modifiers: +8 on Perception

Proficiencies

Weapons: Martial, Simple

Special Attacks

Unholy Nimbus — Three times per day as a free action a nalfeshnee can create a nimbus of unholy light, causing nauseating beams of writhing color to play around its body. One round later, the light bursts in a 60-foot radius. Any non-demon creature caught within this area must succeed on a DC 22 Will save or be dazed for 1d10 rounds as visions of madness hound it. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Feats

Awesome Blow, Cleave, Improved Bull Rush, Improved Critical (bite), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Power Attack

Special Abilities

Cleave from Feat

As a standard action, you can make a single attack at your full base attack bonus against a foe within reach. If you hit, you deal damage normally and can make an additional attack (using your full base attack bonus) against a foe that is adjacent to the first and also within reach. You can only make one additional attack per round with this feat. When you use this feat, you take a –2 penalty to your Armor Class until your next turn.

Improved Bull Rush from Feat

You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a bull rush combat maneuver. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks made to bull rush a foe. You also receive a +2 bonus to your Combat Maneuver Defense whenever an opponent tries to bull rush you.

Improved Critical from Feat

When using the weapon you selected, your threat range is doubled.

Improved Initiative from Feat

You get a +4 bonus on initiative checks.

Iron Will from Feat

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

Power Attack from Feat

You can choose to take a –1 penalty on all melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +2 bonus on all melee damage rolls. This bonus to damage is increased by half (+50%) if you are making an attack with a two-handed weapon, a one handed weapon using two hands, or a primary natural weapon that adds 1-1/2 times your Strength modifier on damage rolls. This bonus to damage is halved (–50%) if you are making an attack with an off-hand weapon or secondary natural weapon. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every 4 points thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the bonus to damage increases by +2. You must choose to use this feat before making an attack roll, and its effects last until your next turn. The bonus damage does not apply to touch attacks or effects that do not deal hit point damage.

Skills

Bluff +22, Diplomacy +22, Fly +10, Intimidate +19, Knowledge (arcana) +23, Knowledge (planes) +23, Knowledge (any one other) +20, Perception +31, Sense Motive +23, Spellcraft +23, Stealth +10, Use Magic Device +22

Spells

spell-like abilities:

Constant—True Seeing, Constant—Unholy Aura, At will—Call Lightning, At will—Feeblemind, At will—Dispel Magic, Greater, At will—Slow, At will—Teleport, Greater

Details

Type: Outsider
Alignment: CE
Size: Huge
Environment: any (Abyss)
Organization: solitary or warband (1 nalfeshnee, 1 hezrou, and 2-5 vrocks)
Treasure: standard
Senses: darkvision 60 ft., true seeing; Perception +31
Languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic; telepathy 100 ft.
Source: Bestiary

Sources Used in This Record

13 House/Core

Uses feat: Cleave (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Bull Rush (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Critical (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Improved Initiative (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Iron Will (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Uses feat: Power Attack (Feat)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: True Seeing (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Unholy Aura (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Call Lightning (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Feeblemind (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Dispel Magic, Greater (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Slow (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.
Knows spell: Teleport, Greater (Spell)

House/Core — covered by the site's Section 15.

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