Monsters / Demon, Babau
Demon, Babau
CR 6 - 2,400 XP - CE Medium Outsider
Stat block
AC19 (touch 11, flat-footed 18)HP73 (7d10+35)SavesFort +10, Ref +6, Will +5Melee2 claws +12 (1d6+5), bite +12 (1d6+5) or longspear +12/+7 (1d8+7/x3), bite +7 (1d6+2)Speed30 ft.AbilitiesStr 21, Dex 13, Con 20, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 16BAB / CMB / CMD+7 / +12 / 23Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., see invisibility; Perception +19Environmentany (Abyss)
DR 10/cold iron or goodimmune electricityimmune poisonresist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10SR 17
Combat brain - every behavior cites its line (6 rules)
Built only from this entry: stat-block special attacks, the printed Int score, the creature type, its feats and senses, and the behavioral prose of its own description. Nothing invented - an uncited behavior is a test failure.
ambush (from lore)
With no need to eat (although most babaus relish the flavor of mortal meat on their thin, raspy tongues), a babau can wait in ambush for years or decades-their inhuman...
With no need to eat (although most babaus relish the flavor of mortal meat on their thin, raspy tongues), a babau can wait in ambush for years or decades-their inhuman...
bruiser (from abilities)
abilities: Str 21 over Dex 13 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
abilities: Str 21 over Dex 13 - plant and full-attack, soak the hits
aoo-coverage (from feats)
feats: Combat Reflexes - movement through its reach is punished
feats: Combat Reflexes - movement through its reach is punished
strikes-first (from feats)
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
feats: Improved Initiative - it moves before you do
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., see invisibility; Perception +19 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., see invisibility; Perception +19 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment CE, Int 14 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment CE, Int 14 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
On-hit riders and breath
sneak attack2d6
From the entry
A layer of acidic slime coats a babau's skin. Any creature that strikes a babau with a natural attack or unarmed strike takes 1d8 points of acid damage from this slime if it fails a DC 18 Reflex save. A creature that strikes a babau with a melee weapon must make a DC 18 Reflex save or the weapon takes 1d8 points of acid damage; if this damage penetrates the weapon's hardness, the weapon gains the broken condition. Ammunition that strikes a babau is automatically destroyed after it inflicts its damage.
The babau is an assassin, a murderer, and a sadist-certainly not traits unusual in the demons, yet the babau's penchant for stealth and surprise sets it apart from its generally less-subtle kin. With no need to eat (although most babaus relish the flavor of mortal meat on their thin, raspy tongues), a babau can wait in ambush for years or decades-their inhuman patience in anticipating a ...