Monster Manual V

in a puff of smoke and brimstone and reappear ina square up to 20 feet away to which it has lineof sight.Eyethief (Ex) An gadacro can forgo its sneakattack damage or extra damage on aconfirmed critical hit to instead blind itsopponent for 5 rounds. A creature thathas been blinded in this way cannot beaffected again until it has recoveredfrom the current effect. Creaturesthat lack eyes are immune.Summon Tanar’ri (Sp) 35% chanceto summon 1d2 gadacros;1/day; caster level 4th. Thisability is the equivalent of a2nd-level spell.Skills Gadacros have a +4racial bonus on EscapeArtist and Spot checks.DEMONA gadacro is a vicious lesserdemon that torments its foesby blinding them.Strategies and TacticsGadacros are wild and reckless,using Flyby Attack toslash and harry their opponents.Once they blind a foe, the gadacros ina group surround that creature, intent on tearingit apart. If the battle turns against them, they fall backto use mirror image and summon tanar’ri to seemingly andliterally inflate their numbers.Sample EncounterGadacros are like carrion birds, following demonic hoststo pick off the stragglers or torment the survivors left in thewake of war. These demons collect in clutches of two to six,or murders of seven to twelve.Murder of Eyes (EL 9): A moderately skilled wizardfascinated with seeing and eyes discovered informationabout the gadacro in a codex he recently acquired. Fascinated,he engaged in a ritual designed to call and bindone of the creatures so he could study it. He botched theceremony, and a murder of nine gadacros burst throughthe brief rift to the Abyss created thereafter. The wizard’smanor contains enough other creatures that the gadacroshave been entertained, but one person who went to callon the wizard has disappeared, and a few creatures thatcould have come only from the wizard’s home have troubledthe town.EcologyDespite having no need for sustenance, gadacros crave theflesh of the living all the same. Specifically, they relish theirvictims’ eyes, preferably plucked from the skull of a victimthat still lives. Gadacros rarely agree on who among themshould have the right to eat the tastiest bits.GadacroEnvironment: Gadacros can be found anywhere inthe Infinite Layers of the Abyss, though they are commonin the Screaming Peaks of Yeenoghu’s Realm onthe 422nd layer.pqqqqqqqqqrsGADACRO LORECharacters who have ranks in Knowledge (the planes) canlearn more about gadacros. When a character makes a successfulskill check, the following lore is revealed, including theinformation from lower DCs.Knowledge (the Planes)DC Result13 A demon from the Abyss, this creature is known asa gadacro. It is cowardly yet savage, and its talonsare deadly. This result reveals all outsider andtanar’ri traits.18 When a gadacro hits an opponent solidly, thatfoe goes temporarily blind. The demon can alsomake illusory duplicates of itself and bind flyingcreatures to the earth.23 Gadacros are hard to kill and extremely mobile.They can transport themselves away from dangerimmediately, and their scaly skin turns awaynormal weapons. Good-aligned or cold ironweapons can easily harm them.pqqqqqqqqqrsIllus. by Daarken27