Asciar, the Demon Eater (5e Creature)
Asciar, the Demon Eater[edit]
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Large fiend (devil), lawful evil Armor Class 22 (natural armor)
Saving Throws Dex +11, Con +14, Wis +12 Fear Aura. Any creature hostile to Asciar that starts its turn within 20 feet of him must make a DC 24 Wisdom saving throw, unless Asciar is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is frightened until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to Asciar's Fear Aura for the next 24 hours. Magic Resistance. Asciar has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects. Magic Weapons. Asciar's weapon attacks are magical. Innate Spellcasting. Asciar's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 24). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect magic, fireball Glow of Atlanticus. Asciar glows faintly, shedding dim light for 10 feet around him. Any creature hostile to Asciar that starts in this light must make a DC 23 Wisdom saving throw, unless Asciar is incapacitated. On a failed save, the creature is charmed until the start of its next turn. If a creature's saving throw is successful, the creature is immune to Asciar's Light of Atlanticus for the next 24 hours. If a creature is affected by both Asciar's Fear Aura and his Light of Atlanticus at the same time, it is paralyzed while both charmed and frightened in these ways. Hand of Rarcracloni. Asciar is constantly under the effects of a telekinesis spell, no concentration required. Asciar loses the use of this while in an antimagic field, and he loses the use of this when successfully target by dispel magic until he takes a long rest. Armor of Mania. When Asciar take damage from an effect he had disadvantage on his saving throw against, or from an attack that had advantage against him, roll a d20. On an 11 or higher, Asciar takes no damage and the attacker instead takes all the damage he would have taken. ACTIONSMultiattack. Asciar makes five attacks: one with his bite, one with his wings, one with his mace, one with his tail, and takes a Magic action to operate his telekinesis. Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 32 (5d8 + 9) piercing damage. If a creature is reduced to 0 hit points by this attack, it is immediately devoured by Asciar. If the target is a creature, it becomes grappled (escape DC 26). While grappled in this way, a creature is restrained, and Asciar cannot use his bite attack on another target. Wings. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 18 (2d8 + 9) slashing damage. Mace. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d6 + 9) bludgeoning damage plus 21 (6d6) fire damage. Tail. Melee Weapon Attack: +16 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 25 (3d10 + 9) bludgeoning damage.
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It's hard to believe that Asciar, the Demon Eater, was once a pit fiend. But he was. He used to be an ordinary general, leading the offense of the blood war, cutting down demons. But he also was curious. Smarter than the typical pit friends. And that was what would give him his true power. He noticed that demons devour each other's essence to gain their strength and grow. And so he gave it a shot. Why not? The effects were mixed. Drastic changes to his biology, like his hair and horns falling into a mess of floppy, asymmetrical bits of goo, growing a third arm, and his digestive tract twisting around into a blind gut. Some were more damaging: he grew too dense for his wings to carry him, and when his left hand turned into a living wolf's head, he had to cut it off. But there were certainly some more positive augmentations. Devouring the demon lord Atlanticus grew him a pair of pharyngeal jaws that could launch out of his throat and expand, to drag more demons down his gullet. Devouring Rarcracloni gave him the ability to telepathically control the world around him. And although his fight with Mania remains unresolved, what he's taken so far has made his hide more unpenetrable. Physically, he's a deformed amalgamation of devil and demon, and he's been shunned by devilkind for this. Recently, though, Khenret has taken note of his skills and brought him into the Council of Pride. He suffers from body dysmorphia and is generally reclusive and anti-social, but he's by far the sheer powerhouse of Khenret's council, a terrifying force of nature that can stand against a thousand demons and win. |
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