# Demon, Sorrowsworn >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Sorrowsworn Demon</div> <div class="CR">CR 17 (102,400 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Monster Manual 3</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> *This emaciated figure stands nearly 15 feet tall. Batlike wings protrude from its back. Its face is a skeletal mockery of utter mourning, and two short, twisted horns sprout from the front of its high brow. A wide maw and hooked claws clutching a massive polearm only add to this picture of lethality.* CE Large Outsider (chaotic, demon, evil) **Init** +7 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft.; **Perception** +31 **Aura** sorrow (30 ft., DC 26 Will) #### defense **AC** 28, 12 touch, 25 flat-footed (+3 Dex, +16 natural, -1 size) **hp** 297 (18d10+198) **Fort** +22, **Refl** +14, **Will** +14; +4 vs. mind-affecting **Feint** 41, **Demoralize** 34 **Defensive Abilities** strong willed **DR** 10/cold iron and good; **SR** 28 **Immune** electricity, mind reading, poison; **Resist** acid 10, cold 10, fire 10 #### offense **Speed** 40 ft., fly 80 ft. (poor) **Melee** +2 glaive +28/+23/+18/+13 (2d6+15/x3), bite +21 (2d6+4 plus 1 con damage) or 2 claws +26 (1d6+9), bite +21 (1d8+9 plus 1 con damage) **Space** 10 ft., **Reach** 10 ft. (20 ft. with glaive) **Special Attacks** mind reading, whispers of loss **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 20th, Concentration +25) > **At will**—_ detect magic_, _invisibility_, _nondetection_, _greater teleport_ (self plus 50 lbs only) > **3/day**— _greater dispel magic_, _touch of idiocy_ > **1/day**— _feeblemind_, _mind fog_, _plane shift_, _weird_ #### statistics **Str** 29, **Dex** 17, **Con** 32, **Int** 20, **Wis** 22, **Cha** 21 **BAB** +18, **CMB** +23, **CMD** 36, **TA** +26, **RTA** +20 **Feats** [[Ability Focus]] (aura of sorrow), [[Alertness]], [[Cleave]], [[Combat Reflexes]], [[Improved Initiative]], [[Improved Iron Will]], [[Iron Will]], [[Power Attack]], [[Toughness]] **Skills** Bluff +26, Diplomacy +23, Fly +18, Intimidate +26, Knowledge (arcana) +26, Knowledge (history) +26, Perception +31, Sense Motive +31, Spellcraft +26, Stealth +30, Survival +32 **Racial Modifiers** Stealth +8, Survival +8 **Languages** Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Dwarven, Elven, Giant, Goblin, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft. #### special abilities ### Aura of Sorrow (Su) A sorrowsworn demon radiates feelings of intense personal loss. Any creature within 30 feet of a sorrowsworn demon must succeed at a DC 26 Will save or be overwhelmed with feelings of despair as they continually visualize the most terrible losses they've ever endured or can imagine happening. These feelings manifest as a –2 penalty on attack rolls, saving throws, ability checks, and skill checks. In addition, due to the distracting nature of the aura, any affected creatures that attempt to cast spells must succeed on a Concentration check (DC 20 + spell level) to avoid losing the spell. This ability lasts for as long as affected creatures remain within the area of the aura and for 2d6 rounds after they leave. The sorrowsworn demon can suppress or activate this ability at will as a free action. This is a emotion, mind-affecting ability. The save DC is Charisma-based. ### Mind Reading (Su) Once per round as a free action, a sorrowsworn demon can read the mind of one opponent within 60 feet. This functions as _detect thoughts spell_, except that it immediately provides the surface thoughts of the affected creature, and imposes a –2 penalty against the sorrowsworn demon's mind-affecting abilities for 1 round. A successful DC 24 Will save negates the effect. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw is immune to that sorrowsworn demon's mind reading ability for the next 24 hours. This is a mind-affecting effect. The save DC is Charisma-based. ### Strong Willed (Ex) Masters of manipulating minds, sorrowsworn demons are in turn especially resistant to similar abilities. They have a +4 racial bonus on saves against mind-affecting effects. If they fail a saving throw against such an effect, they may attempt another save at the same DC to end the effect. ### Whispers of Loss (Su) A sorrowsworn demon preys on an enemy's feelings of loss, both real and projected. Sorrowsworn whisper and hiss constantly, both aloud and in the minds of those creatures that can understand it. A sorrowsworn demon can intensify these whispers, focusing them as a swift action each round on one target within 60 feet. These intensified whispers of loss have different effects, depending on the sorrowsworn demon's whims and tactics. **Future Sorrow:** A sorrowsworn demon whispers of the losses to come, and the futility of struggling against the inevitability of loss. The target creature must succeed at a DC 24 Will save or be stunned for 2 rounds. **Great Emptiness:** A sorrowsworn demon whispers of the great losses of history— genocides, mass murders, great tragedies, and empty sacrifices. The target creature must succeed at a DC 24 Will save or become confused for 5 rounds. **Past Losses:** A sorrowsworn demon describes the target creature's past losses, both real and imagined. The target creature must succeed at a DC 24 Will save or be dazed for 3 rounds as it contemplates all the losses of its life (Will DC 24 negates). This is a language-dependent, mind-affecting, emotion effect. A creature that succeeds on the saving throw against a whispers of loss effect is immune to that effect (but not the other effects) for 24 hours. The save DCs are Charisma-based. #### tactics A sorrowsworn demon preys on the weakness of others, and its tactics reflect this preference. It nearly always strikes from hiding, attempting to bring its aura of loss to bear on as many foes as possible. It then uses its mind reading abilities to determine what its foes most fear losing, then uses its whispers of loss to further weaken its opponents before ripping into them. A sorrowsworn normally attacks using its Power Attack. #### Gear **Combat Gear** > large +2 glaive #### ecology **Terrain** Any (Abyss) **Organization** Solitary **Treasure** Standard coins; double goods; standard items, **Advancement** 19–36 HD (Large); 37–72 HD (Huge) Creatures of loss, sorrowsworn demons appear only after a war or battle has finished. They prey on the feelings of great sorrow that permeate a region after the loss of its youth and promise. Favored haunts of sorrowsworn demons include mass graves, orphanages, hospitals, and the homes of those who have lost loved ones to battle. Wherever one can find the greatest concentration of souls suffering from loss, one can also often find a lurking sorrowsworn demon, encouraging those feelings and sating itself on them. A sorrowsworn demon stands between 12 and 15 feet high and weighs about 500 pounds. Its skin is always a dusky black, and its face always appears as a mocking visage of great sadness. .