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PFS StandardShemhazian (Mutilation Demon)

Shemhazians rise from the souls of torturers and those who reveled in mutilating the physical bodies of their victims. Standing 35 feet tall, a shemhazian is well equipped with a wide range of claws, pincers, and fangs to continue inflicting such torments on those they encounter.

Shemhazians delight in tormenting mortals, of course, but more than most demons, they revel in sharing the pain with their own kind. Other demons fear and hate shemhazians for this reason, with only the most powerful willing to work with a shemhazian to achieve a shared goal. Even then, the shemhazian is always on the watch for an opportunity to bring pain and suffering to their allies along with any foe.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 35
Unspecific Lore: DC 33
Specific Lore: DC 30

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ShemhazianCreature 16

Gargantuan Demon Fiend Unholy 
Source Monster Core pg. 81
Perception +30; darkvision, scent (imprecise) 60 feet, truesight
Languages Chthonian, Draconic, Empyrean; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Athletics +31, Deception +25, Intimidation +27, Medicine +28, Religion +30
Str +9, Dex +5, Con +7, Int +0, Wis +6, Cha +3
AC 39; Fort +32, Ref +26, Will +27; +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 350; Weaknesses cold iron 15, holy 15
Paralyzing Gaze (aura, divine, unholy, visual) 30 feet. A non-demon creature that ends its turn in the aura must attempt a DC 35 Fortitude save. If it fails, it's slowed 1 for 1 round, and if it critically fails, it is paralyzed for 1 round.Succor Vulnerability A shemhazian's mutilation is a part of them, and they can't bear to see it reversed. The first time each round that a creature heals from damage the shemhazian dealt on their last turn, the demon takes 3d6 mental damage.Tail Whip [reaction] Trigger A creature within reach of the shemhazian's tail leaves a square during a move action it's using; Effect The shemhazian attempts to Trip the triggering creature. On a success, the creature also takes damage as if the shemhazian had hit with a tail Strike, and if the creature was flying, it falls 30 feet.
Speed 35 feet, climb 20 feet, fly 35 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws (magical, reach 20 feet, unholy +33), Damage 3d12+17 piercing plus enfeebling biteMelee [one-action] claw (agile, magical, reach 20 feet, unholy +33), Damage 3d8+17 slashingMelee [one-action] pincer (magical, reach 20 feet, unholy +33), Damage 3d8+17 bludgeoning plus Improved GrabMelee [one-action] tail (magical, reach 30 feet, unholy +33), Damage 3d8+17 slashingDivine Innate Spells DC 37; 8th divine decree; 5th scouting eye (×3), translocate; 4th clairvoyance (×3), translocate (at will); 2nd invisibility (at will); Constant (7th) truesight
Rituals DC 37; 1st demonic pact
Enfeebling Bite (divine) If the shemhazian's jaws Strike damages a creature, the target is enfeebled 3 for 24 hours. The target can attempt a DC 37 Fortitude save to reduce this to enfeebled 1 (or be unaffected on a critical success).Focused Gaze [one-action] (concentrate, divine, incapacitation, visual) The shemhazian focuses their gaze on a non-demon creature they can see within 30 feet. If that creature isn't already slowed by the shemhazian's paralyzing gaze, it must attempt a save against the shemhazian's paralyzing gaze. If that creature is slowed, it must succeed at a DC 35 Fortitude save or be paralyzed for 1 round. A shemhazian can't use this ability against the same creature more than once per round.Rend [one-action] claw

All Monsters in "Demon"

NameLevel
Brimorak (Arson Demon)5
Omox (Slime Demon)12
Pusk (Sloth Demon)2
Seraptis (Suicide Demon)15
Shemhazian (Mutilation Demon)16
Succubus (Lust Demon)7
Vrolikai (Death Demon)20

Demon

Source Monster Core pg. 76
When a sinful mortal soul is judged and sent on to the Outer Rifts, it can become a deadly fiend—a demon. Demons are living incarnations of sin—be they classic sins like wrath or gluttony, or more “specialized” depravities like an obsession with torture or the act of treason or treachery. Once formed, a demon's driving goals are twofold—the amassing of personal power, and the corruption of mortal souls to cause them to become tainted by sin. In this way demons ensure a never-ending supply of new demons to bolster their ever-growing ranks in the Outer Rifts.

Demons are selfish and self-absorbed creatures, and most firmly believe that mortals only play at being more virtuous than fiends. They enjoy tempting mortals into damnation to both indulge their egos and swell their armies. Like many other fiends, one of the great rewards of this manipulation is fulfilling their hunger for souls. In their eyes, the primary use for these souls is to spawn new demons, who can serve as soldiers, slaves, pawns, or even currency for their more powerful masters.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Demonic Deities

The most powerful demons are known as demon lords (the term is gender neutral in this case). Of these divinities, Lamashtu is the most powerful. Countless other demon lords exist, including Abraxas, Cyth-V'sug, Kabriri, and Zura.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Demonic Sources

When a sinful mortal soul is consigned to the Outer Rifts, it spends time wallowing in the mire and feeding on filth. If it survives and is not itself eaten, the soul eventually ascends into a demon, as influenced by the nature of its sin, yet most demons are themselves capable of reproduction as well. The fecundity of demonic life is perhaps the greatest—and most threatening—aspect of these dangerous fiends.

Sidebar - Related Creatures History of Evil

Before mortals flooded the Universe with their sins, qlippoths (page 280) ruled the depths of the Outer Rifts. It has been ages since a qlippoth has risen high enough to directly challenge the demons' hold, but the ancient fiends still work to weaken their enemies by attacking the mortals that spawn them.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Newcomers to the Rifts

Though now the most plentiful fiends of the Outer Rifts, demons are relative newcomers, spawning only as mortal influence—and mortal sin, in particular—began to shape the plane. For eons, demons fought with other longstanding residents of the Rifts for dominance, but eventually their sheer numbers allowed them to become the predominant fiends of the plane.

Sidebar - Locations Out of the Rifts

The winding, ever-changing realm of the Outer Rifts is the planar home of demonic life, but demons can be found anywhere the capacity to sin exists. Evil or foolish conjurers are fond of calling upon demons for advice or darker needs. When the Outer Rifts wear through the boundaries of reality to create wound-like portals into other worlds, demons can spill over to wreak incredible havoc.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Sinful Destruction

While they enjoy causing destruction themselves, most demons prefer to trick and tempt mortals into falling to sin of their own volition. Unlike devils, who seek control, demons have a taste for ruin.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Uncountable Demons

The Outer Rifts may be the largest of the Outer Planes, and mortals have an equally large capacity to betray themselves, society, and the natural order of reality. With this limitless source for increasingly specialized sins, the Outer Rifts is constantly generating new types of demons to plague reality. While the vast majority of these are swiftly destroyed and never rise again, enough survive that dozens, if not hundreds, of types of demons are known to exist beyond those listed here.

Sidebar - Additional Lore What Makes a Sin?

Some classify sin into seven categories—envy, gluttony, greed, lust, pride, sloth, and wrath. While these sins embody some of the most powerful and numerous demons, far more than seven types of demons exist. Any act of cruelty or destruction a mortal takes to gratify the self at others' expense is, in effect, a sin, and any such act can spawn a demon from a soul in the afterlife.