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Bloody Hands

Bloody Hands was no agent of Gorum when he first rose from the polluted swamps of a remote fen in the Outer Rifts. For the first several millennia of his life, he fought for his own domain in the sprawling slime, eventually securing a realm the size of a small continent where his rule was unquestioned—at least, until it was invaded by a host of Gorum's einherjar. Bloody Hands was taken aback at the aesirs' battle prowess, and he gloried in the fall of his empire to the extent that, by the end of the invasion, he was proudly fighting on their side, mercilessly destroying hordes of demons who had so recently served him out of fear. The einherjar admired his lust for battle but didn't quite know what to make of the frog-like demon, especially when he followed them back across the Maelstrom to Clashing Shore. After several centuries of brawling along the borders of that realm, growing increasingly less interested in sadism and more enthralled with the tactics of battle, Bloody Hands was granted permission by Gorum to become one of his servitors.

Bloody Hands appears as a vaguely humanoid frog-like demon whose stance evokes that of a lumbering gorilla. His slimy green skin shifts to a bloody red along the length of his arms, so that his claws look as though they're constantly glistening with fresh blood. He has four beady eyes and a wide mouth filled with sharp teeth.

Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 45
Unspecific Lore: DC 43
Specific Lore: DC 40

Elite | Normal | Weak
Proficiency without Level

Changes from being Elite are marked in red below.
NOTE: The +2 damage bonus to non-strike offensive abilities (+4 if the ability is limited, such as spells) is NOT factored in.

Elite Bloody HandsCreature 17

Unique Large Amphibious Demon Fiend 
Source Prey for Death pg. 114
Perception +30; darkvision
Languages Chthonian, Empyrean, Jotun, Protean; telepathy 100 feet
Skills Athletics +35, Intimidation +31, Religion +30
Str +9, Dex +4, Con +8, Int +5, Wis +6, Cha +5
AC 41; Fort +32, Ref +26, Will +30; +1 to all saves vs. magic
HP 320; Weaknesses cold iron 15
Battle Reek (aura, olfactory) 30 feet. Bloody Hands exudes the carrion stink of a sprawling battlefield—a cloying mixture of death and mud. Any creature entering the aura or starting its turn in the aura must succeed at a DC 36 Fortitude save or become sickened 1 (plus slowed 1 for as long as it's sickened on a critical failure). While within the aura, affected creatures take a –2 circumstance penalty to saves against fear and to recover from the sickened condition. A creature that succeeds at its save is temporarily immune for 1 minute.
Speed 30 feet, swim 30 feet
Melee [one-action] jaws +35 [+30/+25] (magical, reach 10 feet, unholy), Damage 3d12+2+17 piercingMelee [one-action] claw +35 [+31/+27] (agile, magical, reach 10 feet, unholy), Damage 3d6+2+17 slashing plus 1d6 persistent bleedDivine Innate Spells DC 36 (+4 dmg); 8th divine wrath; 7th divine decree; 6th phantasmal calamity; 5th translocate; 4th translocate (at will); Cantrips (8th) divine lance, telekinetic projectile
Bloody Mess [two-actions] (divine) Frequency once per day; Effect Bloody Hands slashes his claws out in all directions, causing blood from all living creatures within a 20-foot-radius to leap out and fill the air with a fine red mist. All creatures in the area must attempt a DC 39 Fortitude save—creatures that are already wounded take a –2 penalty to this saving throw. If more than 3 creatures fail this saving throw, the 20-foot-radius becomes so thick with bloody mist that all creatures in the area become concealed until the end of Bloody Hands' next turn.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected.
Success The creature takes 8d6 slashing damage.
Failure The creature takes 8d6 slashing damage, 4d6 persistent bleed damage, and becomes enfeebled 1 from blood loss for 1 minute.
Critical Failure The creature takes 12d6 persistent bleed damage and becomes enfeebled 2 from blood loss.Leaping Slam [three-actions] (incapacitation) Bloody Hands Strides, then makes a High Jump or a Long Jump, and can land in a space occupied by creatures. All creatures in the 10-foot space he lands in must attempt a DC 39 Reflex save.
Critical Success The creature dodges aside and takes no damage, and it can choose any square adjacent to Bloody Hands to immediately move into; this movement does not trigger reactions.
Success The creature takes 4d6 bludgeoning damage and is pushed into an adjacent space of Bloody Hands' choice.
Failure The creature takes 8d6 bludgeoning damage, is pushed into an adjacent space of Bloody Hands' choice, and is knocked prone.
Critical Failure The creature takes 8d6 bludgeoning damage, is knocked prone, and becomes pinned by Bloody Hands

Sidebar - Additional Lore Ex-Demons

Demons are known for their cruelty and wanton embrace of chaos and destruction, but now and then an individual demon encounters something that draws them away from their very nature. Such was the case with Bloody Hands, who discovered, through Gorum, that warfare in its purest form was of little interest to the concerns of demons.

All Monsters in "Servitors of Gorum"

NameLevel
Bloody Hands16
Saint Fang18
Temperbrand18

Servitors of Gorum

Source Prey for Death pg. 114
All deities maintain favored agents to work their will among mortals. Heralds are among the most well-known of these agents—unique entities who serve as the deity's mouthpiece and messenger and are often sent in response to a mortal spellcaster requesting aid in the form of a planar servitor ritual. But a deity's herald isn't the only agent permitted to walk among worshippers or smite enemies of the faith. Those called servitors are unique, powerful, and stand among the deity's most devoted adherents.

Servitors are quite powerful, yet they're not truly immortal. Any servitor of the divine may be slain in battle or through misadventure. In some cases, a slain servitor's body vanishes and is replaced by a powerful treasure. In others, the body itself simply crumples to the ground as a corpse. Servitors can be restored to life at a deity's whim, yet in many cases their deity won't immediately grant this resurrection and may simply seek to create or elevate an entirely different servitor. Should the unthinkable happen and a deity themselves perish, their existing servitors do not die but are immediately aware of the fact that their creator has ceased to be. Some myths tell of servitors who have then gone on to ascend in power and replace their creator as a demigod or even a deity themselves, while in other stories, a desperate servitor may seek out a new god or goddess to devote themselves to.

While servitors are all unique creatures, in most cases they were once mortal worshippers—be they humanoid or otherwise—who have particularly pleased their deity. The resulting powers and abilities granted to the servitor vary wildly, but it's almost unheard of for a servitor of any deity to be less powerful than 15th level, or at least a few levels above what they possessed in their previous life. While there are not limits to the number of servitors a deity might keep, most gods traditionally keep no more than three.

In Gorum's case, his three most well-known servitors are comprised of a demon, dragon, and an elemental, creatures who either embody the chaos of battle or the raw spirit of the forge. In each case, these unique servitors' worldview and philosophy closely match that of their Lord in Iron, leaving them outcasts or even pariahs among others of their kind. Yet to Bloody Hands, Saint Fang, and Temperbrand, there is no greater comfort in life than service to the god of war.