Mortis said:
Count as adamantine for the purposes of bypassing DR etc?
Yep. I know there are a few monsters that do this already...just need to locate 'em.
Mortis said:
That's 20 - 80 minutes which seems rather long...
Yeah, that does. At that length, might as well just say 1 hour for simplicity's sake.
Mortis said:
Con damage with Ability Focus (poison) or just a special ability to save a feat.
Either way. Racial bonuses are used on occasion.
GrayLinnorm said:
The goristro, which is CR 16 in Fiendish Codex I, has an intelligence of 5.
Not all demons need to be brilliant tacticians.
True, but the goristro is more the exception than the rule, being little more than a siege engine/pet.
Still, I suppose 8 isn't so bad. The jarilith still has a fair array of tactics and spell-like abilities at Int 8. We should take a look at the module again and see how the ostegos behaved when used.
Here are stats for some other 6-8 HD demons...
Uridezu: Str 13, Dex 17, Con 13, Int 8, Wis 14, Cha 14
Colchiln: Str 22, Dex 8, Con 28, Int 8, Wis 12, Cha 10
Succubus: Str 13, Dex 13, Con 13, Int 16, Wis 14, Cha 26
Ekolid: Str 10, Dex 16, Con 15, Int 10, Wis 18, Cha 13
Bar-lgura: Str 22, Dex 19, Con 19, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 12
Earth Demon: Str 17, Dex 8, Con 16, Int 5, Wis 8, Cha 7
Skurchur: Str 15, Dex 20, Con 14, Int 15, Wis 19, Cha 18
Babau: Str 21, Dex 12, Con 20, Int 14, Wis 13, Cha 16
So assuming Int 8 and modifying Mortis's earlier suggestion slightly, how does this look?
Str 19, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 8, Wis 13, Cha 12
