Demon, Hezrou

This fiend’s armored flesh is scaly and moist. Its large, toothy mouth gapes below a pair of hungry, reptilian eyes.

Hezrou CR 11

XP 12,800
CE Large outsider (aquatic, chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft.; Perception +23
Aura stench (DC 24, 10 rounds)

DEFENSE

AC 25, touch 9, flat-footed 25 (+16 natural, –1 size)
hp 145 (10d10+90)
Fort +16, Ref +3, Will +9
DR 10/good; Immune electricity, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10; SR 22

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., swim 30 ft.
Melee bite +17 (4d4+8 plus grab), 2 claws +17 (1d8+8 plus grab)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks nausea
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th)

At willchaos hammer (DC 18), greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), unholy blight (DC 18)
3/daygaseous form
1/dayblasphemy (DC 21), summon (level 4, 1 hezrou 35%)

STATISTICS

Str 27, Dex 11, Con 29, Int 14, Wis 14, Cha 18
Base Atk +10; CMB +19 (+23 grapple); CMD 29
Feats Blind-Fight, Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Initiative, Power Attack
Skills Climb +21, Escape Artist +10, Intimidate +14, Knowledge (arcana) +15, Perception +23, Spellcraft +15, Stealth +9, Swim +29; Racial Modifiers +8 Perception
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic; telepathy 100 ft.
SQ amphibious

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Nausea (Ex)

The noxious vapors and foul fluids that constantly weep and seethe from a hezrou’s body are particularly heinous to those the creature grapples. Each round a creature is grappled by a hezrou, the grappled foe must make a DC 24 Fortitude save to avoid becoming nauseated. A creature nauseated in this manner remains nauseated until he succeeds on a DC 24 Fortitude save, or until a minute has passed during which he is not grappled by the hezrou, whichever condition comes first. The save DC is Constitution-based.

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abyss)
Organization solitary or gang (2–4)
Treasure standard

The hezrou dwells in the vast Abyssal swamps, mires, and waterways, equally at home on land and in the water. The presence of a hezrou has an obvious effect on the nearby flora and water, causing plant life to twist and knurl and infusing water with a foul odor and brackish taste—signs much easier to spot on the Material Plane than the Abyss. Long exposure to this corruption can cause vile transformations and hideous deformities. Often, entire backwater communities of deformed mutants owe their twisted countenances not as much to incest and poor breeding as they do to a hezrou’s proximity.

Although quite intelligent, a hezrou can fairly be said to waste its intellect. They prefer the simple pleasures—slumber, the thrill of torture, the bliss of feasting on a living meal, or the joy of feeling something beautiful breaking and crumbling in a clenched fist. They do not often seek to build empires or lead cults—although few hezrous would turn away prospective minions who came to serve the demon on their own.

These monstrous and bestial creatures form from the souls of evil mortals who poisoned themselves, their kin, or their surroundings, such as drug addicts, assassins, and alchemists who cared not how their experiments polluted the environment.

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Pathfinder RPG Bestiary. Copyright 2009, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Jason Bulmahn, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.

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