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Obcisidaemon (Obliteration Daemon)

Obcisidaemons (known to some as obliteration daemons) care only for the brutality and violence that conflict brings.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 41
Unspecific Lore: DC 39
Specific Lore: DC 36

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ObcisidaemonCreature 19

Legacy Content

Uncommon NE Gargantuan Daemon Fiend 
Source Pathfinder #192: Worst of All Possible Worlds pg. 80
Perception +35; darkvision, true seeing
Languages Common, Daemonic; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Acrobatics +33, Athletics +39, Deception +34, Intimidation +36, Religion +32, Warfare Lore +36
Str +10, Dex +4, Con +8, Int +4, Wis +5, Cha +7
Cloak of Souls An obcisidaemon is shrouded at all times in a cloak of captured souls. It can hold a number of souls equal to the daemon's Charisma modifier. Destroying the daemon frees the souls, though this doesn't return the deceased creatures to life. A creature whose soul is trapped within this cloak can't be resurrected except by a 9th-level resurrect ritual or similarly powerful magic.
Items +3 major striking halberd
AC 43; Fort +35, Ref +29, Will +32; +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 425; Immunities death effects; Weaknesses good 20
Attack of Opportunity [reaction] Scorched Earth (aura, divine, necromancy) 60 feet. Any creature who dies within the aura and isn't drawn into the obcisidaemon's Cloak of Souls via Inherit Soul must attempt a 38 Fortitude save. On a failure, the creature's body (but not its gear) is immediately reduced to a fine smear of ashes.
Speed 25 feet, fly 50 feet
Melee [one-action] halberd +36 [+31/+26] (evil, magical, reach, versatile S), Damage 4d10+18 slashing plus 1d6 evilMelee [one-action] jaws +36 [+31/+26] (evil, magical, reach 15 feet), Damage 4d6+18 piercing plus 1d6 evil and GrabDivine Innate Spells DC 38, +30; 10th massacre; 9th disintegrate, meteor swarm; 7th paralyze, spell turning; 6th cloudkill; 5th dimension door; 4th dimension door (at will); 1st detect alignment (at will; good only); Constant (10th) true seeing
Consume Soul [two-actions] (divine, necromancy) The obcisidaemon consumes a soul from its cloak to gain one of the following effects. A consumed soul in this way can't be resurrected except by wish or a similarly powerful effect.
  • Empower Spell The obcisidaemon gains a +2 status bonus to its spell DCs and spell attack rolls until the end of its next turn.
  • Empower Weapon The obcisidaemon's weapon gains the effects of a greater flaming, greater frost, greater shock, or wounding rune until the end of its next turn.
  • Healing The daemon gains the benefit of a two-action, 8th-level heal spell.
Inherit Soul [reaction] (divine, incapacitation, necromancy) Trigger The obcisidaemon slays a creature; Effect The obcisidaemon attempts to draw the creature's soul into its cloak of souls. The triggering creature must attempt a DC 38 Fortitude save. On a failure, its soul is consumed and added to the cloak of souls. If the obcisidaemon's cloak can't hold any more souls, the daemon can release one of the souls as a free action; otherwise, the soul isn't absorbed.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Soul Hoarding

Obcisidaemons carry some souls for months or even years at a time, choosing never to consume them, even when doing so might grant an advantage in combat.

All Monsters in "Daemon"

NameLevel
Agradaemon (Conflagration Daemon)19
Astradaemon (Void Daemon)16
Cacodaemon (Harvester Daemon)1
Ceustodaemon (Guardian Daemon)6
Crucidaemon (Torture Daemon)15
Derghodaemon (Ravager Daemon)12
Leukodaemon (Pestilence Daemon)9
Meladaemon (Famine Daemon)11
Obcisidaemon (Obliteration Daemon)19
Olethrodaemon (Apocalypse Daemon)20
Phasmadaemon (Terror Daemon)17
Piscodaemon (Venom Daemon)10
Purrodaemon (War Daemon)18
Sordesdaemon (Pollution Daemon)15
Thanadaemon (Death Daemon)13

Daemon

Source Bestiary pg. 70
Denizens of the bleak and terrible plane of Abaddon, daemons are shaped by and devoted to the destruction of life in all its forms. They seek the death of every mortal being by the most painful and horrible means possible, all in service to the apocalyptic entities known as the Four Horsemen. Each kind of daemon represents a different way to die, and their powers are nearly always aimed at spreading that particular form of death. Through the use of these powers, they seek to drag all existence down into a pit of hopelessness and despair, and to commit all souls to oblivion.

While those who summon daemons to the Material Plane usually seek to use the creatures’ destructive and corrupting powers for their own ends, daemons always look for ways to spread fear, doubt, and despair wherever they go. Often, daemons disguise their plots as the workings of other fiends, knowing that such confusion compounds mortals’ fear.

While all fiends seek to tempt mortals into lives of evil to increase their own numbers and power on their native planes, daemons are further driven by a supernatural hunger for mortal souls and use a variety of methods—not least of which is the cacodaemons’ soul gems—to entrap them. On Abaddon and in other forbidding places across the multiverse, souls are simultaneously a delicacy, a trade good, and a source of magical power, and the daemons are among the greatest gluttons, merchants, and abusers of this spiritual “resource.”

Sidebar - Locations Abaddon

Daemons hail from Abaddon, a plane of pure evil for only the most corrupt souls. If Hell is a realm of torture and systematic depravity, Abaddon is its twisted cousin—a place where one can find only misery and despair in ample quantities, with neither the strictures of Hell nor the chaotic freedom of the Abyss. For evildoers who seek simply to inflict their wickedness on others, Abaddon is a rich hunting ground where one can revel in turpitude, though visitors be forewarned: the competition is fierce.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Daemon Harbingers

The four Horsemen are the most powerful of the daemonic demigods, but they are only four of many. Far more daemonic harbingers dwell on Abaddon, each a unique and powerful demigod in their own right that enjoys sweeping influence among daemonkind. Jacarkas the Collector (ruler of the slave city of Awaiting Consumption), Vorasha the Ophidian (consort to the Horseman of Famine), and Zelishkar the Bitter Flame (patron to arsonists and agent of the Horseman of War) are but three of the dozens of harbingers who rule realms in Abaddon.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Daemonic Deacons

Each of the four Horsemen is served by a specific category of servitor daemons known as deacons. Leukodaemons serve as deacons to the Horseman of Pestilence. Meladaemons serve as deacons to the Horseman of Famine, while thanadaemons serve as deacons to the Horseman of Death. Purrodaemons are currently the most powerful of the deacons, and serve the Horseman of War—yet over time, which category of deacon is the most powerful can wax and wane.

Sidebar - Additional Lore Daemonic Divinities

Numerous powerful and unique daemon demigods, known collectively as harbingers, rule over swaths of Abaddon. Above these demigods, though, are entities of even greater power—the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. As the eons go on, the names and identities of specific horsemen change. Currently, they consist of Apollyon (Horseman of Pestilence), Charon (Horseman of Death), Szuriel (Horseman of War), and Trelmarixian (Horseman of Famine). Of these, only Charon has never fallen to an upstart. Some hold that a “Fifth Horseman” once ruled over the other four, while others maintain that the eternally eclipsed sun in the skies above Abaddon is all that remains of this long-dead god.

Sidebar - Related Creatures Other Daemons

As many daemons exist as there are awful ways to die. The bloody sangudaemon personifies death by blood loss, while the skeletal thanadaemon represents death from old age. The most powerful daemons are the olethrodaemons, who represent the massive deaths caused by apocalypses and the end of entire worlds.

Sidebar - Treasure and Rewards Soul Gems as Gear

Daemons often carry soul gems either as trophies or for powering an ability. Cacodaemons are the most common source for soul gems, but they can also be created by spells like bind soul. If a daemon crushes a soul gem to power an ability, the trapped soul is released into the afterlife and can be resurrected normally.

Sidebar - Treasure and Rewards Soul Gems as Treasure

Soul gems are traded in illicit markets, a tradition celestials and psychopomps alike find vile. Soul gems' value varies, but is generally worth an amount relative to the level of a gem's captive soul.

Sidebar - Additional Lore The Daemonic Paradox

Daemons embody a fundamental paradox—while they are incarnations of death and seek to devour all that lives, they are themselves living creatures. Some speak of a glorious end time after which reality will finally be free of the contagion that is life itself. Most daemons give no thought to this paradox.