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Deimavigga (Apostate Devil)
As masters of cold, calculated logic and perfectly timed proselytization, the loathsome deimaviggas seek to set friend against friend and turn the faithful from their beliefs at every opportunity. Their most common tools are mortal ego and despair. Those who are high-ranking or ambitious among their faith are lured toward self-aggrandizement until they see themselves first and their deity and clergy second. Those prone to doubt or heartache are isolated, as the deimavigga disrupts their divine spells and weakens their faith.Recall Knowledge - Fiend (Religion): DC 36
Unspecific Lore: DC 34
Specific Lore: DC 31
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DeimaviggaCreature 17
Medium Devil Fiend Unholy Source Monster Core 2 pg. 102
Perception +32; (36 to Sense Motive) greater darkvision
Languages Chthonian, Common, Diabolic, Draconic, Empyrean; indomitable oration, telepathy 100 feet
Skills Acrobatics +29, Deception +34, Diplomacy +36, Intimidation +30, Religion +30, Society +27, Stealth +33
Str +7, Dex +8, Con +6, Int +4, Wis +7, Cha +9
Indomitable Oration Any creature capable of comprehending speech understands the deimavigga, as if they constantly spoke in all languages at once.
Items +2 resilient raiment full plate
AC 40; Fort +27, Ref +29, Will +32; +1 status to all saves vs. magic
HP 285; Immunities fire; Resistances physical 15 (except silver); Weaknesses holy 15
Whispers of Discord [reaction] Trigger A creature within 60 feet is targeted by a spell that would restore Hit Points or provide a status bonus (the deimavigga automatically recognizes such effects); Effect The deimavigga whispers disturbing lies, audible only to the target, to shake the target's faith in the spell's caster. The target must attempt a DC 38 Will save. Critical Success The target disbelieves the lies and receives the intended benefit of the spell; the target becomes temporarily immune to Whispers of Discord for 24 hours. Success As critical success, but the target isn't temporarily immune. Failure The spell fails to affect the target. The target refuses all aid from that caster for 1 round and doesn't count as the caster's ally. Critical Failure As failure, but the duration is 1 minute.
Speed 30 feet, fly 40 feet
Melee [one-action] claw +33 [+29/+25] (agile, finesse, magical, unholy), Damage 3d8+18 slashingDivine Innate Spells DC 38, attack +34; 9th divine decree, dominate, illusory scene (at will); 7th illusory disguise, scrying, stupefy (at will), translocate, warp mind; 4th translocate (at will); 3rd dream message (at will)
Rituals DC 43; 1st diabolic pact
Boundless Reach (divine, teleportation) A deimavigga's razor-sharp claws can slice through reality, allowing them to make claw Strikes and use spells with a range of touch against any creature they can see directly or via magic. A creature targeted in this way can retaliate until the start of the deimavigga's next turn; it can target the devil's claws as if the devil were physically present and adjacent to the target, though the claws are concealed.Change Shape [one-action] (concentrate, divine, polymorph) The deimavigga can take on the appearance of any humanoid. This doesn't change their Speed or attack and damage bonuses with Strikes, but it might change the damage type their Strikes deal (typically to bludgeoning).Whisper Earworm [one-action] (divine, emotion, mental) The deimavigga whispers a terrifying multiversal truth to one adjacent creature, shaking its faith in reality and divinity. The target must attempt a DC 38 Will save. Celestials and fiends gain a +2 status bonus to this save.
Critical Success The target is unaffected and temporarily immune to Whisper Earworm for 24 hours.
Success The target is unaffected.
Failure The next time the target rests, it ruminates on the deimavigga's words instead of sleeping or otherwise resting and awakens fatigued. The target also becomes drained 1 and stupefied 1 until it's no longer fatigued.
Critical Failure As failure, but drained 2. After this rest, the target must attempt another DC 38 Will save. On a failure, the target becomes stupefied 2 and takes a –4 status penalty to Will saves against effects from unholy creatures. These effects last until the target unlearns the truth spoken by the deimavigga, requiring a rewrite memory spell, other means of modifying their memory, or powerful magic such as a wish ritual.
Lore Operators
While most devils perform a specialized role within a complex infernal machine, deimaviggas work almost exclusively alone, as they find even the most obedient minions a hindrance to their stratagems.All Monsters in "Devil"
Devil
Source Monster Core pg. 86 1.1Masters of corruption and architects of conquest, devils seek both to tempt mortal life to join in their pursuit of all things profane and to spread tyranny throughout all worlds. The temptations they offer mortals range from great powers granted by the signing of an infernal contract to twisted favors following a whispered pledge to a diabolic patron, or any number of even subtler exchanges. Those who succumb to these temptations find themselves consigned to an afterlife of endless torment in the pits of Hell, wherein the only hope of escape lies in the chance of being promoted to become a devil in the infernal ranks.
Every devil has a specific role to play in the upkeep of the remorseless bureaucratic machine that is Hell, from soldiers and scholars to inquisitors, lawyers, judges, and executioners. Lowly orts perform subservient labor to more powerful and specialized devils, such as infantry and contract devils, while the greatest nessaris command entire infernal armies.
Asmodeus stands at the apex of the structure he created, but the layers below him are marked by a constant jockeying for position. Most diabolic plans ultimately serve to improve the schemer's place in the hierarchy.
Archdevils
Eight archdevils rule the eight upper layers of Hell, while the deepest layer is ruled by Asmodeus. Barbatos is the doorwarden of Hell's uppermost layer, while Dispater rules Hell's largest city. Mammon guards Hell's treasuries, and Belial designs new weapons for Hell's legions. Geryon is the oldest archdevil and keeper of many secrets, while Moloch leads Hell's armies. Baalzebul is a brooding archdevil who has fallen from Asmodeus's favor, while Mephistopheles was formed from the plane of Hell itself Diabolic Divinities
Numerous unique and powerful devils hold positions of power in Hell. The most numerous of these are the infernal dukes, many of whom were promoted to this position from already impressive statures as nessaris. The supreme ruler of Hell itself is Asmodeus, the Prince of Darkness. Between these two tiers rule the eight archdevils.
Diabolic Locations
The nine layers of Hell are the planar home of all devils, and they much prefer its tyrannically ordered environs to anywhere else in the multiverse. Yet devils can be encountered anywhere mortals can be tempted by infernal bargains or to seek diabolic aid. On Golarion, the nation of Cheliax is particularly aligned with Hell. Its government is based upon Hell's organization, and the state church is that of Asmodeus. Fiendish Relations
Devils view daemons' constant hunt for souls as a short-sighted waste of potential, and demons' selfish destruction of society and flesh as uncivilized and obnoxious, but they do not loathe their fiendish counterparts. Indeed, most devils are more than willing to take advantage of daemons and demons as they can to further their own machinations. Fire and Ice
The classic depiction of Hell is of a burning wasteland of magma and volcanoes, a searing landscape rife with the screaming souls of the damned. Yet those who have visited Hell know the awful truth—for its torments do not cease at eternal burning. Some regions of Hell are perpetually frozen reaches of razor-sharp ice and flesh-scouring wind, while others are miasmic swamps filled with poison and disease. Hell does not limit its torturous toolbox merely to the fires for which it is so well known! Other Devils
The devils presented on these pages are a small sampling of the torments Hell has to offer. Other devils, like the mechanical warmonger devils, the cherub-faced and fly-bodied accuser devils, and the executioner devils beholden to the Queens of Night are but a few examples of these widespread immortal creatures. The Hierarchy of Hell
Hell is a harsh plane of law with little use for compassion or empathy. As such, it exists entirely within a strict hierarchy, and this order extends to its denizens. While different types of demons correspond to various sins and daemons are associated with modes of mortal death, the different types of devils exist solely to fulfill particular roles in the infernal machine. On occasion, a particular devil can transcend the role for which they were literally shaped, but this often transforms the devil physically into the type suitable for their new role.
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