Pentastrife
This morning on FaceBook, Scott Denman asked, “Can a devil and modron have offspring??”
The answer is, of course, “Yes.”
Theirs was a forbidden union, an erinyes and a rogue pentadrone, and Pentastrife, their only child, is a fearsome creature. Pentastrife resembles a tall human of indeterminate gender. It has five arms, five legs, and five great fleshy wings. It has five eyes, five mouths, and ten each nostrils and ears, arranged in rings around its bald head.
Frequency: Unique
No. Appearing: 1
Armor Class: 2
Move: 12″/15″
Hit Dice: 60 hit points
% in Lair: 20%
Treasure Type: R
No. of Attacks: 5
Damage/Attack: By weapon (x5)
Special Attacks: See below
Special Defenses: See below
Magic Resistance: 15%
Intelligence: Very
Alignment: Lawful evil (neutral tendencies)
Size: M (6-1/2′ tall)
Psionic Ability: Nil
Attack/Defens Modes: Nil
Level/XP Value: IX/7,610
Pentastrife fights with all five arms at once, wielding whatever combination of weapons it has available. For example, it might wield a longbow with two arms and three long swords with its other limbs. Regardless, Pentastrife always makes five attacks per round, whether wielding one weapon or five. It is also quite strong, possessing an 18/51 strength (apply +2 to-hit and +3 damage bonuses where appropriate). Instead of its weapon attacks, Pentastrife may spew a stream of paralyzing gas from one of its five mouths, doing so no more than once every 5 turns up to 5 times per day. The gas forms a cloud 3″ long, 2″ wide, and 1″ high. Any creature caught in the cloud must make a save versus paralysis or remain immobile for 5 rounds.
Pentastrife cannot be affected by illusions or magic that affects the mind (beguilement, charm, domination, hold, hypnosis, sleep, et cetera). Fear and other emotion spells have no affect, nor do attacks based in the Positive or Negative Planes (including life-draining or life-stealing). Cold, gas, and acid attacks against Pentastrife are always at -2 per die of damage. It cannot be harmed by nonmagical weapons, fire attacks, or by iron weapons (even magical ones). Pentastrife has potent magical powers, usable at will, once per round: animate dead, cause fear, charm person, detect invisible, illusion, invisibility, know alignment, locate object, polymorph self, produce flame, suggestion, and teleport (no error).
Pentastrife has double human senses and double normal infravision and ultravision (180 feet and 200 yards, respectively). It cannot be surprised by visible creatures.
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