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Invidiak (Envy Demon)

An invidiak has no physical body and is born out of a deep sense of envy over this lack. An invidiak only feels properly “alive” when they're possessing a host. In many cases, an invidiak remains dormant in such a host, spending months, even years, observing from within and building up its influence over the host slowly, so as to cause as much long-lasting despair and emotional trauma to the host's friends and family as possible.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 25
Unspecific Lore: DC 23
Specific Lore: DC 20

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InvidiakCreature 7

Uncommon Medium Demon Fiend Incorporeal Unholy 
Source Pathfinder #211: The Secret of Deathstalk Tower pg. 87
Perception +15; darkvision
Languages Chthonian, Common; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Acrobatics +15, Deception +18, Religion +13, Society +15, Stealth +17
Str -5, Dex +4, Con +3, Int +2, Wis +2, Cha +5
AC 23; Fort +14, Ref +17, Will +13; +1 to all saves vs. magic
HP 90; Immunities disease, poison, precision; Resistances all 5 (except force, ghost touch, or vitality; double resistance vs. non-magical); Weaknesses cold iron 5, holy 5
Exorcism Vulnerability If an invidiak attempts to possess a creature, and the creature rolls a critical success on their saving throw to resist, or if an invidiak's possession of a creature is ended prematurely, such as via a successful dispel magic, the invidiak takes 6d6 mental damage and cannot cast possession for 24 hours.Share Pain [reaction] (illusion, mental, nonlethal) Trigger A creature within 30 feet of the invidiak deals damage to the invidiak; Effect An echo of the invidiak's pain lashes out at the triggering creature, dealing an amount of nonlethal mental damage equal to half the damage the invidiak took from the triggering attack (DC 25 basic Will save). On a critical failure, the target is sickened 1.
Speed fly 30 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +13 [+9/+5] (agile, finesse, magical, unholy), Damage 2d8 cold plus 2d6 spiritDivine Innate Spells DC 25, attack +17; 7th possession (range touch); 5th translocate; 4th illusory creature, translocate (at will); 3rd fear, illusory disguise (×3); Cantrips (4th) telekinetic projectile
Rituals DC 25; 1st demonic pact
Favored Host Each invidiak has a type of creature they prefer possessing, chosen from aberration, animal, beast, or any humanoid (such as dwarf, elf, or human)—in most cases, the favored type of target is human. When an invidiak casts possession on a favored host, the duration of possession increases to unlimited, and the effect lasts until dispelled or until the invidiak dismisses it.Unbodied Possession An invidiak leaves no body behind when using possession.

Sidebar - Advice and Rules Lengthy Possessions

An invidiak can possess a favored host for an unlimited amount of time, and over the course of years their influence can result in their host gaining strange new and unique supernatural powers that grow from this spiritual corruption. Such powers only function as long as the possession lasts; if the invidiak is forced out of the body, these powers vanish and don't return, even if the invidiak later re-possesses the same host. These unique invidiaks are generally much more powerful than the typical one presented here.

All Monsters in "Demon"

NameLevel
Abrikandilu (Wrecker Demon)4
Babau (Blood Demon)6
Balor (Fire Demon)20
Brimorak (Arson Demon)5
Degholau (Treason Demon)13
Eshmok (Wasp Demon)9
Ghalzarokh (Tyranny Demon)15
Glabrezu (Treachery Demon)13
Hezrou (Toad Demon)11
Imvath (Apocalypse Demon)19
Invidiak (Envy Demon)7
Kalavakus (Slaver Demon)10
Katpaskir (Nihilism Demon)18
Kithangian (Beast Demon)9
Miastrilek (Spider Demon)11
Nabasu (Gluttony Demon)8
Nalfeshnee (Boar Demon)14
Omox (Slime Demon)12
Pusk (Sloth Demon)2
Quasit1
Roru (Hunter Demon)7
Seraptis (Suicide Demon)15
Shemhazian (Mutilation Demon)16
Succubus (Lust Demon)7
Urglid (Grave Demon)13
Vansidieth (Pride Demon)18
Vavakia18
Vermlek (Worm Demon)3
Vloriak (Despoiler Demon)5
Vrock (Wrath Demon)9
Vrolikai (Death Demon)20

Demon

Source Monster Core pg. 76 1.1
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.