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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cleon" data-source="post: 5077518" data-attributes="member: 57383">Okay, here's a first stab at an Outsider version of the Goat Demon, the "Greater Goat Demon". Note that this one is able to spawn regular goat demons, explaining how these fiends spread across the land. Goat Demon, GreaterMedium Outsider (Chaotic, Evil, Extraplanar, Shapechanger)Hit Dice: 4d8+8 (26 hp)Initiative: +2Speed: 30 ft. (6 squares) [40 ft. in goat form]Armor Class: 18 (+2 Dex, +6 natural), touch 12, flat-footed 16Base Attack/Grapple: +4/+7Attack: Horns +7 melee (1d8+3 plus paralysis) or halberd +7 melee (1d10+4/×3)Full Attack: Horns +7 melee (1d8+3 plus paralysis) and 2 slams +5 melee (1d3+1); or halberd +7 melee (1d10+4/×3) and horns +5 melee (1d8+1 plus paralysis)Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.Special Attacks: Create spawn, gnaw away essence, paralysisSpecial Qualities: Alternate form, damage reduction 5/cold iron or good, darkvision 60 ft., grave-touched (with +4 turn resistance), illusory disguise, pseudo-undead immunities, resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10, spell resistance 12 [CR+4], telepathy 100 ft.Saves: Fort +6, Ref +6, Will +6Abilities: Str 16, Dex 15, Con 15, Int 13, Wis 14, Cha 14Skills: Balance +6, Bluff +9, Climb +9, Disguise +6* (+16 with illusory disguise), Hide +9, Intimidate +9, Jump +10, Listen +9, Move Silently +9, Spot +9Feats: Multiattack, Power AttackEnvironment: Any land or The AbyssOrganization: Solitary, gang (2-4) or herd (1-4 greater goat demons plus 2-24 goat demons)Challenge Rating: 4Treasure: StandardAlignment: Always Chaotic EvilAdvancement: by character classLevel Adjustment: —Greater goat demons are true demons, not extraplanar undead like regular goat demons. They often command herds of goat demons they have created by gnawing away the life-energy of their victims. These creatures were once ordinary goat demons who were promoted to Outsiders by some Abyssal power, such as Orcus, for achieving noteworthy deeds of evil and chaos.A typical greater goat demon is 6 feet tall and weighs 200 pounds.Greater goat demons speak Abyssal and Common. CombatA greater goat demon usually assumes some innocent looking guise - such as an old woman, a stray goat or a large dog - and tries to work its way close to a lone victim, then launch a surprise attack with its paralysing horns. If it succeeds it uses Gnaw Away Essence on its helpless victim. A group of greater goat demons uses similar ambush tactics, often masquerading as a band of travellers, or goatherds and their flock (the goats really being regular goat demons).Greater goat demons are somewhat braver creatures than the ordinary variety - they often only run away once all their minions have been slaughtered.Alternate Form (Su): A greater goat demon's natural form is that of a hideous decomposing goat, but it prefers to attack in its alternate form, a creature with the body of a hairy ghoul and the head of a goat (stats as above). A greater goat demon can switch from one form to the other with a swift action.When in its true goat form the greater goat demon's Speed increases to 40 ft., but it loses the ability to wield weapons (or any other activity requiring hands).If slain, a greater goat demon reverts to its goat form and then dissolves into a pile of bones and putrescence.Create Spawn (Ex): Any humanoid slain by a greater goat demon's Gnaw Away Essence attack rises as a goat demon at the next midnight. The goat demon is of the regular, brutish variety. The new goat demon retains none of the abilities or memories it had in life, it hungers for the flesh of the living and behaves like a normal goat demon in all respects. Greater goat demons have no special control over the goat demons it spawns, so must use threats and force to command their obedience.Note that the humanoid's corpse must remain relatively intact to rise as a goat demon. Greater goat demons often completely devour their victims, either out of greed or to prevent the creation of a potential rival.Gnaw Away Essence (Ex): A greater goat demon can chew away the soul or essence of an object, as well as its material substance. As a standard action, the goat demon can automatically do 2d6+3 damage and bestow one negative level to any immobile target, including victims of its Paralysis attack and opponents the goat demon has grappled and pinned. Gnaw Away Essence ignores all Hardness and Damage Reduction with a value less than 20.Grave Touched (Ex): A greater goat demon is treated as an Undead by all spells and powers that especially affect Undead, including cure spells, negative energy, and a cleric's ability to turn or rebuke undead, although the greater goat demon is partially protected from the latter by a +4 turn resistance.Illusory Disguise (Su): The greater goat demon can take the appearance of any Small or Medium-sized creature or object that is shaped like a humanoid or a four-legged animal. The goat demon can take on the form of inanimate objects of the same shape (i.e. statues) as well living, dead or undead creatures. This is an illusion (glamour) effect that includes visual, olfactory (smell), auditory (sound) and tactile (touch) components. A greater goat demon using this power to create a disguise gets a +10 bonus on its Disguise check. A creature that interacts with the Illusory Disguise gets a DC16 Will save to recognize it as an illusion. The save DC is Charisma-based and includes a +2 racial bonus.Paralysis (Ex): Those hit by a goat demon's horns attack must succeed on a DC 14 Fortitude save or be paralysed for 1d4+1 rounds. The save DC is Charisma-based.Pseudo-Undead Immunities (Ex): A greater goat demon has many of the immunities of the Undead type. It is immune to poison, paralysis, stunning, disease, death effects, critical hits, nonlethal damage, ability drain and ability drain and energy drain. It has a constitution score and is affected by mind-affecting effects, sleep effects, fatigue and exhaustion like any living creature.Greater Goat Demons with Character Class LevelsA greater goat demon's favoured class is cleric. A greater goat demon cleric has the Chaos, Death and Trickery domains, with the granted powers of all three of these Domains. Most goat demons worship Orcus, who many presume to be the creator of these creatures.Greater goat demons which do not focus in cleric often gain levels in sorcerer or warlock.</blockquote>

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