Demon, KithangianThis creature combines the features of a scorpion and a horse—
slavering humanoid faces peer from between its two pincers.
Kithangian CR 9Source The Worldwound pg. 47
XP 6,400
CE Large outsider (chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar)
Init +4; Senses darkvision 60 ft., all-around vision; Perception +18
DefenseAC 25, touch 9, flat-footed 25 (+16 natural, –1 size)
hp 115 (11d10+55)
Fort +12, Ref +9, Will +7
DR 10/good; Immune electricity, fear, poison; Resist acid 10,
cold 10, fire 10; SR 20
OffenseSpeed 50 ft.
Melee 2 claws +16 (1d6+6/19–20 plus grab), 2 stings +16
(1d6+6/19–20 plus poison)
Space 10 ft., Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks hatred, rasping tongues
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 12th; concentration +15)
Constant—speak with animals
At will—hold animal (DC 15), greater teleport (self plus
50 lbs. of objects only), unnatural lustUM (DC 14)
3/day—air walk, quickened unnatural lustUM (DC 14)
1/day—baleful polymorph (DC 18), summon (level 3,
1 kithangian 35%)
StatisticsStr 22, Dex 11, Con 20, Int 7, Wis 19, Cha 16
Base Atk +11; CMB +18 (+22 grapple); CMD 28
Feats Improved Critical (claw), Improved Critical (sting), Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (unnatural lust)
Skills Handle Animal +17, Intimidate +17, Perception +18,
Stealth +10
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic; speak with animals,
telepathy 100 ft.
SQ change shape (beast shape II, Medium or Large animal),
swift transformation
EcologyEnvironment any (Abyss)
Organization solitary, pair, or pack (3–8)
Treasure standard
Special AbilitiesHatred (Ex) A kithangian gains a +2 bonus on all attack rolls and
damage rolls made against all creatures of the animal type.
In addition, animals take a –2 penalty on all saving throws
against a kithangian’s supernatural or spell-like abilities.
Poison (Ex) Sting—injury; save Fort DC 20; frequency 1/round for
6 rounds; effect 1d4 Str plus nauseated; cure 2 consecutive saves.
Rasping Tongues (Su) The faces between a kithangian’s
claws have long rasping tongues covered with tiny teeth.
Whenever a kithangian successfully grapples a foe with its
claws, a rasping tongue slithers out from the face within
and burrows into the creature’s body. Each round that the
creature is grappled, it takes 1d6 points of damage and 1d4
points of Charisma damage as its sense of self-identity is
warped and twisted. A successful DC 18 Will save negates
the Charisma damage. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Swift Transformation (Su) A kithangian can use its change
shape ability as a swift action.
DescriptionKithangians, also known as beast demons, are reprehensible
monstrosities born from the souls of those who abused
and tormented animals in life. Universally male, the
sudden spread of fiendish elements through within an
area’s fauna is a sure indication of a kithangian’s presence in
a region. The fact that most creatures that birth litters of
young with the half-fiendish template die in the process
is of little concern to the kithangian, for it merely moves
on to new hunting grounds when uncorrupted animal
victims grow too rare.Creatures in "Demon" CategorySource Pathfinder RPG Bestiary pg. 57
Demons exist for one reason—to destroy. Where their more lawful counterparts, the devils of Hell, seek to twist mortal minds and values to remake and reshape them into reflections of their own evil, demons seek only to maim, ruin, and feed. They recruit mortal life only if such cohorts speed along the eventual destruction of hope and goodness. Death is, in some ways, their enemy—for a mortal who dies can often escape a demon's depredations and flee to his just reward in the afterlife. It is the prolonging of mortal pain and suffering that fuels a demon's lusts and desires, for it is partially from mortal sin and cruelty that these monstrous fiends were born.
Demons are the most prolific and among the most destructive of the fiendish races, yet despite what some lore might preach, they were not the first forms of life to rise in the stinking pits of ruin and cruelty known across the multiverse as the Abyss. Before the first fledgling deity gazed upon reality, before mortal life drew its breath, before even the Material Plane itself had fully formed, the Abyss was infested with life.
Known to many scholars as “proto-demons,” these wretched and deadly beings were the qlippoth. Today, because of the influence of sinful mortal souls upon the Abyss, mixed with unholy tamperings at the hands of the daemonic keepers of Abaddon and the cruel whims of fate and evolution, the rule of the qlippoth has receded. The proto-demons dwell now in the noxious and forgotten corners of the Abyss, and the far more fecund and prolific demons rule now in their stead. With each evil mortal soul that finds its way into the Abyss, the ranks of the demonic hordes grows—a single soul can fuel the manifestation of dozens or even hundreds of demons, with the exact nature of the sins carried by the soul guiding the shapes and roles of the newly formed fiends.
The Abyss is a vast (some say infinite) realm, far larger than any other plane save possibly the primal chaos of the Maelstrom itself. As befits such a vast and varied realm, the demonic host is likewise diverse. Some carry in their frames humanoid shapes, while others are twisted beasts. Some flop on land while others flap in air or sea. Some are schemers and manipulators of emotion and politics, others are destructive engines of ruin. Yet all demons work to the same goal—pain and suffering for mortal life in all its forms.
Yet despite this, mortals have sought demonic aid since the start. Be it an instinctual draw to self-destruction or a misguided lust for power, conjurers to this day continue to draw forth demons with forbidden magic. Some conjure demons for lore, while others call upon them to serve as assassins or guards. Demons view such summoners with a mix of hatred and thanks, for most demons lack the ability to come to the Material Plane to wreak havoc on their own. They depend on the mad to call them up from the Abyss, and while they gnash their fangs and rail against the commands and strictures enforced, most demons find ways to twist their summoners' demands so that even the most tightly controlled demonic slave leaves a trace of ruin and despair in its wake. More often than not, a foolish spellcaster makes a fatal mistake in the conjuring and pays for it with blood, unwittingly releasing a terrible blight upon the world as his conjuration breaks free of his control.
The truly mad call upon demons to offer themselves, both body and soul, in the misguided belief that alliance with the demonic can buy salvation and protection when the demonic apocalypse finally comes to call. Tales of desperate kings who sought to engage demons to serve as generals for their armies or of lunatics who seek demonic sires to gift them with horrific children are common enough, yet worst are those mortals who worship the most powerful demons as gods, and who pledge their lives in support of that which would bring destruction to all. Demon SubtypeDemons are chaotic evil outsiders that call the Abyss their home. Demons possess a particular suite of traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry) as summarized here.- Immunity to electricity and poison.
- Resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10.
- Summon (Sp) Demons share the ability to summon others of their kind, typically another of their type or a small number of less powerful demons.
- Telepathy.
- Except where otherwise noted, demons speak Abyssal, Celestial, and Draconic.
- A demon's natural weapons, as well as any weapon it wields, is treated as chaotic and evil for the purpose of resolving damage reduction
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