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Imvath (Apocalypse Demon)

Some demons embody subtle methods in their pursuit of tempting mortals to fall into sin so that their souls will be damned to the Outer Rifts. Others embrace brutality and devastation and seek instead to ruin mortal lives and accomplishments. The imvath is both, for their whispers encourage mortals to seek not only their own destruction, but also the destruction of their worlds, so the imvath can enjoy the spectacle of extinction. Thankfully rare, imvaths arise from the souls of mortals whose acts came close to, or actually ended, worlds.

An imvath appears as an androgynous, towering, pale humanoid with four red eyes, an oversized mouth filled with fangs, and dozens of blood-red spurs. One arm is muscular, while the other is gaunt. Its legs end in burning hooves, while a lion's tail and bat wings complete its frame.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 44
Unspecific Lore: DC 42
Specific Lore: DC 39

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ImvathCreature 19

Rare Large Demon Fiend Unholy 
Source Pathfinder #212: A Voice in the Blight pg. 81
Perception +33; darkvision, truesight
Languages Chthonian, Common, Empyrean; telepathy 100 feet, truespeech
Skills Acrobatics +31, Arcana +33, Athletics +37, Deception +35, Diplomacy +33, Intimidation +35, Religion +35, Society +32, Stealth +33
Str +10, Dex +6, Con +6, Int +5, Wis +8, Cha +6
AC 43; Fort +33, Ref +31, Will +35; +1 to all saves vs. magic
HP 400; Weaknesses cold iron 15, holy 15
Frightful Presence (aura, emotion, fear, mental) 30 feet, DC 38.Restoration Vulnerability The first time each round that a creature avoids death via an effect like breath of life or spends all their Hero Points to avoid death (but not if a dead creature is restored to life), or the first time each round a broken object is repaired to full Hit Points (such as via a mending or remake spell) within 120 feet of the imvath, the demon takes 6d6 mental damage.Reactive Strike [reaction] Fist or claw only.
Speed 30 feet, fly 30 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +37 [+32/+27] (magical, unholy), Damage 4d8+18 piercing plus 2d6 spirit and doom soulMelee [one-action] fist +37 [+32/+27] (magical, reach 10 feet, unholy), Damage 4d10+18 bludgeoning plus Improved KnockdownMelee [one-action] claw +37 [+33/+29] (agile, magical, reach 10 feet, unholy), Damage 4d4+18 slashing plus 2d6 persistent bleedDivine Innate Spells DC 41, attack +33; 10th cataclysm; 9th nightmare (at will), phantasmagoria, phantasmal calamity (×3); 8th charm, divine decree, suggestion; 5th humanoid form, translocate; 4th translocate (at will); Cantrips (9th) divine lance; Constant (9th) truesight, truespeech
Rituals DC 41; 8th control weather; 3rd geas; 1st demonic pact
Doom Soul (divine) An imvath's fangs rip and tear souls as easily as they do flesh and bone. The first time in a round that a creature takes any spirit damage from an imvath's bite, it must succeed at a DC 41 Will save or its doomed condition value increases by 1.Lasting Form When an imvath casts humanoid form, the spell's duration lasts until their next daily preparations.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Imvath Goals

Whether as generals among demonic armies or as assassins and saboteurs of nations, imvaths know that a world's destruction requires time and dedication. When not actively enjoying planetary devastation, they lend their talents at ruination to those whose work can set a world on just such a path to doom.

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.