# Devil, Paeliryon >[!rimg]+ > ![[Placeholder2.png]] > >[!debug]+ *This bloated fiend has a massive paunch that hangs far below its waist. Where its warty pink flesh shows through its black robes, curls of stinking mist rise. The creature’s head is broad and monstrous. Its face has two yellow porcine eyes above a wide mouth filled with sharp teeth. Two bone ridges roll back along the top of its head. The thing’s lips are painted a glossy red, and blue eyeshadow darkens its eyes in the manner of a courtesan.* <div class="grid-container"><div class="MON">Paeliryon</div> <div class="CR">CR 18 (153,600 XP)</div> <div class="SOU">Fiendish Codex 2 pg. 130, Fiend Folio</div> <div class="SYS">Dungeons & Dragons 3.5</div></div> LE Large Outsider (devil, evil, lawful) **Init** +7 **Senses** darkvision 60 ft., scent, see in darkness, _see invisibility_; **Perception** +30 **Aura** intoxicating perfume (20 ft., DC 24 Will) #### defense **AC** 35, 12 touch, 32 flat-footed (+3 armor, +3 Dex, +20 natural, -1 size) **hp** 261 (18d10+162) **Fort** +15, **Refl** +14, **Will** +16 **Feint** 40, **Demoralize** 33 **DR** 15/good and silver; **SR** 29 **Immune** fire, poison; **Resist** acid 10, cold 20 #### offense **Speed** 20 ft., burrow 20 ft., fly 100 ft. (poor) **Melee** 2 claws +24 (1d6+7/18-20/x3 plus 1d4 Cha), bite +24 (1d8+7) **Space** 15 ft., **Reach** 15 ft. (25 ft. with claws) **Special Attacks** belittle **Spell-Like Abilities** (CL 18th; Concentration +23) > **At will**— _charm monster_, _clairaudience/clairvoyance_, _greater dispel magic_, _greater invisibility_, _greater teleport_ (self plus 50 lbs. only), _hold monster_, _major image_, _meteor swarm_, _mind blank_, _polymorph_, _suggestion_ > **3/day**— _antilife shell_, _blasphemy_, _enervation_, _greater command_, _greater prying eyes_, quickened _hold monster_, empowered _meteor swarm_ > **1/day**— _summon_ (level 8, 4 lemures, 2 bone or bearded devils, or 1 erinyes, horned devil, or ice devil, 100%) #### statistics **Str** 25, **Dex** 16, **Con** 28, **Int** 24, **Wis** 21, **Cha** 21 **BAB** +18, **CMB** +26, **CMD** 39, **TA** +24, **RTA** +20 **Feats** [[Alertness]], [[Combat Casting]], [[Combat Reflexes]], [[Empower Spell-Like Ability]] (meteor swarm), [[Improved Initiative]], [[Quicken Spell-Like Ability]] (hold monster), [[Power Attack]], [[Skill Focus]] (Diplomacy), [[Skill Focus]] (Knowledge (local)) **Skills** Bluff +26, Diplomacy +32, Disguise +26, Fly +18, Intimidate +23, Knowledge (arcana) +25, Knowledge (local) +34, Knowledge (religion) +25, Perception +30, Sense Motive +30, Spellcraft +28, Stealth +22, Survival +23 **Languages** Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft., tongues **SQ** augmented critical #### special abilities ### Augmented Critical (Ex) A paeliryon's claws threatens a critical hit on an 18-20 and deals ×3 damage on a successful critical hit. ### Belittle (Su) As a standard action, a paeliryon can unleash a torrent of epitaphs and insults. All non-devils within a 60-foot cone must succeed on a DC 24 Will save or be stunned for 1 round and become shaken for 1d4 rounds thereafter. The save DC is Charisma-based. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by that same paeliryon's belittle ability for 24 hours. ### Intoxicating Perfume (Su) Creatures who smell a paeliryon's perfume must succeed on a DC 24 Will save or take a –10 on Will saves and Wisdom checks for as long as they remain within the aura, and 2d6 rounds after. Creatures with the scent ability are affected by this ability at twice normal range (40 feet). A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by that same paeliryon’s belittle ability for 24 hours. This is a mind-affecting, compulsion effect. ### Retractable Claws (Ex) As a free action, a paeliryon can extend or retract its claws. When they are extended, the paeliryon's reach with its claw attacks increases by 10 feet. #### tactics A paeliryon is quick to erect its defenses in combat, using its antilife shell spell-like ability first, followed by a quickened hold monster. It then attacks ranged attackers and spellcasters, since they have the means to breach its ward. Once they have been dealt with, it hovers above land-bound melee attackers, using its retractable claws to shred its enemies. #### Gear **Combat Gear** > bracers of armor +3 #### ecology **Terrain** Any (Hell) **Organization** solitary, intrigue (2-4) or conspiracy (2-4 plus 1d3+1 horned devils, 1d6+2 barbed devils, and 1d10+4 spined devils.) **Treasure** Double **Advancement** 19–27 HD (Large); 28–54 HD (Huge) Paeliryons are crafty baatezu that manage vast spy networks extending across the planes. Paeliryons dwell in comfort. Situated in the hearts of the infernal cities, they dine on delicacies of flesh and soul, preen themselves before massive mirrors, and bathe in filthy waters polluted by the noxious oils that drip from their bloated bodies. Decadent and disgusting, they lavish themselves in finery and excess. Paeliryons are native to the Nine Hells of Baator, though they have strongholds in most of the evil-aligned planes. Many paeliryons serve Glasya. A paeliryon stands 16 feet tall and weighs 4,000 pounds. All paeliryons wear the makeup of courtesans, and thus might appear to be female, but they are genderless. Information is the key to power. Brokers of the clandestine, blackmailers, and extortionists, paeliryons deal in knowledge. Their reach is long, extending into the other Outer Planes and beyond, even onto the Material Plane. They sit at the center of a vast web of flowing intelligence, plucking out those strands that gain them the most power. They then coerce those most affected by this knowledge, blackmailing them into selling their souls cheaply. Paeliryons prey on mortals primarily. They also eavesdrop on other devils, even other paeliryons. From the lowly spined devil to the archdevils themselves, paeliryons have dirt on everyone in the Nine Hells.