# Archdevil, Bel >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] *Crimson scales cover this large fiend, from its bestial head to its clawed toes. From its back spread great batlike wings. Foul green venom drips from its teeth, sending up streams of smoke wherever it falls. Cinched around its waist is a belt of a dozen shrieking angel heads, their necks neatly severed by the massive flaming sword the creature holds in his clawed fist.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Bel</div> <div class="CR">CR 20 (307,200 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Fiendish Codex 2 pg. 142</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LE Large Outsider (devil, evil, lawful) **Init** +6 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; **Perception** +33 **Aura** **Aura** frightful presence (120 ft. DC 28) #### defense **AC** 39, 15 touch, 37 flat-footed (+4 armor, +4 deflection, +2 Dex, +20 natural, -1 size) **hp** 341 (22d10+220); regeneration 5 (good weapons, good spells) **Fort** +17, **Refl** +15, **Will** +21 **Feint** 43, **Demoralize** 40 **Defensive Abilities** infernal resurrection **DR** 20/good and silver; **SR** 31 **Immune** ability damage, ability drain, charm, compulsion, death effects, energy drain, fire, petrification, poison; **Resist** acid 30, cold 30 #### offense **Speed** 40 ft., fly 60 ft. (average) **Melee** +3 flaming greatsword +39/+34/+29/+24 (3d6+24/17-20 plus 1d6 fire), claw +30 (1d6+7), bite +30 (1d8+7 plus poison), 2 wings +30 (1d6+7), tail +30 (1d8+21 plus grab) or 2 claws +35 (1d6+14), bite +35 (1d8+14 plus poison), 2 wings +30 (1d6+7), tail +30 (1d8+21 plus grab) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. **Special Attacks** constrict (1d8+21) **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 19th, Concentration +26) > **At will**— _dispel magic_, _greater teleport_, _hellfire storm_, _hold person_, _magic circle against chaos_, _major image_, _unhallow_, _wall of fire_ > **3/day**— _summon devils_ > **1/day**— _meteor swarm_, _unholy aura_ #### statistics **Str** 38, **Dex** 15, **Con** 30, **Int** 27, **Wis** 27, **Cha** 25 **BAB** +22, **CMB** +31, **CMD** 47, **TA** +35, **RTA** +23 **Feats** [[Awesome Blow]], [[Cleave]], [[Cornugon Smash]], [[Dark Speech]], [[Furious Focus]], [[Great Cleave]], [[Improved Bull Rush]], [[Improved Critical]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Power Attack]], [[Weapon Focus]] (greatsword) **Skills** Acrobatics +27, Bluff +32, Climb +36, Diplomacy +29, Disguise +29, Fly +25, Intimidate +32, Knowledge (arcana) +33, Knowledge (planes) +33, Perception +33, Sense Motive +33, Spellcraft +33, Stealth +25, Survival +30 **Languages** all (language mastery), telepathy 300 ft. #### special abilities ### Disease (Ex) Devil Chills (Ex) Bite—Injury; save Fort DC 31, onset 1d4 days, frequency 1/day, effect 1d4 Str damage, cure 3 consecutive saves. ### Fear Aura (Su) At the end of each of Bel's turns, creatures within 20 feet of him must succeed on DC 28 Will saves or be panicked for 10 rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected by Bel's aura for 24 hours. #### tactics Bel is never without his minions. When summoning baatezu, he mixes up the devils he calls, preferring horned devils to attack from the air and ice devils to contend with heavy hitters on the ground, while he himself fights from behind, loosing a barrage of spell-like abilities such as hellfire storm and wall of fire. Rarely does he commit himself to a direct confrontation, and when he does, it is only because he has an advantage. In such cases, he makes extensive use of his +3 flaming greatsword, reserving his bite to incapacitate arcane spellcasters #### Gear **Combat Gear** > +3 flaming greatsword, ring of protection +4, bracers of armor +4 #### ecology **Terrain** Any (Hell) **Organization** Solitary (unique) **Treasure** Quadruple **Advancement** — Bel is the Lord of the First, a brutal warlord turned archdevil after supplanting his mistress. ### Servants, Enemies and Goals Cunning, cruel, and perhaps one of the greatest tactical minds of the Nine Hells, Bel is a rising star. Bel deals in treachery, double-cross, and ambush, using his keen mind to anticipate the treachery of his rivals. Bel has yet to stabilize his domain. All efforts to establish an alliance with other Lords have come to nothing. Neither Mephistopheles nor Baalzebul trusts him, since he so readily betrayed his own mistress. Of course, any of the Lords of the Nine would have gladly dethroned Zariel themselves, and many had agents in place to do just this, but the coup wiped out most of their operatives. Though they have refused Bel’s efforts at peace, so far none of them move against him, because they value his role as a buffer against the demons, as well as his alliance with the Dark Eight.