Monsters / Devil, Ice
Devil, Ice
CR 13 - 25,600 XP - LE Large Outsider
Stat block
AC32 (touch 14, flat-footed 27)HP161 (14d10+84)SavesFort +15, Ref +14, Will +12Melee+1 frost spear +21/+16/+11 (2d6+10/x3 plus 1d6 cold plus slow), bite +14 (2d6+6), tail +14 (3d6+3 plus slow)Speed40 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)AbilitiesStr 23, Dex 21, Con 22, Int 25, Wis 22, Cha 20BAB / CMB / CMD+14 / +21 / 36Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +27Environmentany (Hell)
DR 10/goodimmune fireimmune coldimmune poisonresist acid 10SR 24
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.
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
power-attack (from feats)
feats: Power Attack - trades accuracy for damage when the hit is likely
feats: Power Attack - trades accuracy for damage when the hit is likely
night-hunter (from senses)
senses: darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +27 - hunts where prey is blind
senses: darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +27 - hunts where prey is blind
targets-weakest (from alignment)
alignment LE, Int 25 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
alignment LE, Int 25 - picks off the wounded and the unarmored first
holds-line (from alignment)
alignment LE, Int 25 - disciplined: keeps formation, never chases alone
alignment LE, Int 25 - disciplined: keeps formation, never chases alone
From the entry
A hit from an ice devil's tail or spear induces numbing cold. The opponent must succeed on a DC 23 Fortitude save or be affected as though by a slow spell for 1d6 rounds. This effect comes from the devil in the case of its weapon; it is not a quality possessed by the spear itself. The save DC is Constitution-based.
It is said that each ice devil-known as gelugons among the ranks of devilkind-bears within its chest a stolen, frozen mortal heart, which allows it to make decisions free of all emotion. Born on the icy layer of Cocytus, Hell's seventh layer, most ice devils migrate to Caina, the eighth layer, where they plot world-damning machinations from courts of freezing steel. Although they are perhaps the most alien and monstrous in appearance of all devils, few breeds are accorded greater respect.
In combat, a gelugon prefers to let its minions engage foes in melee so that it can ha...