Manual of the Planes

CHAPTER 9:MONSTERSIllus. by W. Reynolds166For the purposes of feat selection, they are consideredto have the Mounted Combat feat (only to satisfy prerequisites;it has no game effect).Summon Tanar’ri (Sp): Once per day, an armanite canattempt to summon 1d10 dretches or another armanitewith a 30% chance of success.GORISTROThe hulking goristros are kept as destructive siegeengines and pets by powerful demon lords. Stupid creatures,they exist only to smash anything they can. Centuriesin the Abyssal breeding pits have renderedthem frighteningly effective at that task.A goristro looks like a twisted crossbetween a bison and a human, with asquat, muscular body and broadshoulders supporting a massivehorned head. Its armsare overly long, enabling the goristro to walk onits knuckles like a gorilla.CombatGoristros are incapable of subtlety andhave only a feral grasp of combattactics. They usually charge intobattle and beat enemies with theirmassive fists until the fight isover. They use their stampability if they’re outnumberedby smaller creatures.Unlike other tanar’ri,goristros cannot summonother tanar’ri.Stamp (Ex): By stamping itsmassive feet on the ground, agoristro can produce a shockwave that sends its foescareening off-balance. Theshock lasts 1 round, duringwhich time creatures on theground within 60 feet ofthe goristro can’t move or attack.Spellcasters within rangemust make successful Concentrationchecks (DC 20 + spell level) or lose any spellsthey try to cast. All creatures standing in range mustmake Reflex saves or fall down. Most structures on openground and caverns underground collapse, dealing 8d6points of damage to those caught within or beneath therubble (Reflex DC 15 half ). The goristro can stamp thisway three times per day.Spell-Like Abilities: At will—fear as the spell cast by a10th-level sorcerer (save DC = 11 + spell level). A goristrocan continuously use see invisibility as the spell cast by a10th-level sorcerer.Rock Throwing (Ex): Goristro are trained to throwrocks weighing 60 to 80 pounds. These missiles have arange increment of 140 feet.DEVILBaator’s devils seek to place the planes under a shroudof evil. Their dark minions scheme to overthrow all thatis good, establishing a tyrannical structure with themselveson top.Most fiends inhabiting Baator are baatezu. Becausethey come from such a regimented plane, it’s often difficultto tell apart members of a particularbaatezu type. They tend to dress alike andspeak alike, because individuality gets stampedout ruthlessly.The baatezu described below speak Infernal,Celestial, and Draconic.COMBATDevils favor organized battles,and they use small-grouptactics whenever they can toflank or surround foes, softenup targets with rangedattacks, and divideup large groups withspell-like abilities beforetackling them piecemeal.Summon Baatezu (Sp):Most baatezu can summontheir cohorts muchas though casting a summonmonster spell, butthey have only a limitedchance of success.Roll d%: On a failure,no baatezu answer thesummons. Summonedcreatures automaticallyreturn whence theycame after 1 hour, andthey can’t use their ownsummoning ability ifthey were summonedthemselves. And in therigid caste society of the baatezu,the summoner is always obliged to repay the summonedbaatezu somehow. Many devils are loath to entanglethemselves so.Baatezu QualitiesImmunities (Ex): Baatezu are immune to fire andpoison.Resistances (Ex): Baatezu have cold and acid resistance20.See in Darkness (Su): All devils can see perfectly indarkness of any kind, even that created by deeper darknessspells.Telepathy (Su): Baatezu can communicate telepathicallywith any creature within 100 feet that has alanguage.