Dog Moon
Adventurer
Sceaduwe Fyr
And another update, impressive since I only recently updated this thread again. This was based off a picture that I saw and for some reason decided it could make a cool Demoness. However, in the middle of making it, I thought of what I considered to be a more interesting 'ecology' for this creature and then stuck with that, though I also added in the option of Demons being able to create these in a way, though it would not be an easy task. Not even Chaotic Demons are capable of controlling Chaos and since the creation of these things is almost random, though should not be able to be created en masse. In case you're curious, and you notice such details, I did take the base Erinyes and modified some of it's stuff to be more appropriate to be what I wanted.
I think this is the second time I've used a weird variant of Barbarian Rage to simulate an ability of a creature. I'm not sure why, but I do think it is sometimes fitting, and I kinda liked the idea of this creature's Shadowy Form, but didn't want to have it be something it could always do. So, I treated it similar to the Barbarian Rage ability.
Btw, this is the image that influenced the creature of this creature.
Sceaduwe Fyr
Size/Type: Medium Outsider (Chaotic, Evil, Extraplanar, Fire)
Hit Dice: 9d8+45 (102 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 40 ft
Armor Class: 27 (+5 Dex, +8 natural, +4 wis), touch 19, flat-footed 18
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+14
Attack: Slam +14 melee (1d6+5 +1d6 fire) or Touch +14 melee touch (1d3 Str)
Full Attack: Flurry +12/+12/+7
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: -
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 5/good, darkvision 60 ft, immunity to fire and poison, monk abilities, resistance to acid 10, see in darkness, shadowy form, spell resistance 20, telepathy 100 ft, true seeing
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +11, Will +10
Abilities: Str 21, Dex 21, Con 21, Int 14, Wis 18, Cha 20
Skills: Balance +17, Diplomacy +7, Escape Artist +17, Hide +17, Intimidate +17, Listen +16, Move Silently +17, Search +14, Sense Motive +16, Spot +16, Tumble +17
Feats: COmbat Expertise, DodgeB, Improved Trip, MobilityB, Power Attack, Spring Attack
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 9
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: 10-18 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: -
Appearance
The midsection of this beautiful fiendish woman cannot be seen, so deeply hidden within shadows does it hide. Rising up, the figure of the Scaeduwe Fyr slowly appears and finally at her breasts can a hint of color be seen, though the light color of her skin cannot be truly seen until just beneath the pair of curled horns sticking up and the unruly mass of flaming red hair like a pyre, twisting whether there is any wind or not.
Heading down from the midsection, the barest trace of her hips can be seen within the shadows and only when the long thighs appear from her body can that same hint of color be seen. It does not take long before red lines like cracks of lava appearing through old rock cross her thighs and trail down to her feet. Feet as red and hot as the depths of hell stand upon the ground, melting the very stone itself in a lick of flame.
No arms can be seen among the Scaeduwe Fyr and only a pair of tiny red dots mark her eyes.
COMBAT
Scaeduwe Fyr are special. With a Base Attack of +9, they normally have two attacks. The first consists of their slam attack, essentially, their feet, which is why they also deal additional fire damage. However, they also have a second attack. While it appears that the Scaeduwe Fyr has no arms, they are in truth the entirety of the shadows surrounding her. When they touch the target, they sap the strength from any living target it touches. When making an attack action, the Scaeduwe Fyr can switch back and forth using any combination of these two attacks.
Monk Abilities: The Scaeduwe Fyr are effectively third level in consideration for the AC bonus granted by the Monk Class, the speed, Flurry of Blows, and Unarmed Damage. While in the statblock their attack is listed as a slam attack, this is in fact their unarmed strike. Unlike what would normally be the case, the shadows and the touch attack count as part of this unarmed strike. These abilities stack with any class levels of Monk or other classes with similar abilities.
Special: The Strength damaging strick also increases if the Scaeduwe Fyr takes levels in the Monk class. This is always treated as one-half the die of their Unarmed Strike [d10 becomes d5, where a 1-2 on a d10 becomes 1, 3-4 become 2, etc].
Shadowy Form: 1/day, for a number of rounds equal to 3 + their Constitution modifier, Scaeduwe Fyr can force their entire bodies to fade into a shadowy substance, quenching the fire which burns within them, causing their bodies to suddenly freeze. Because they are shadowy versions of themselves, they gain a +8 bonus on their Hide checks. The freezing part of the shadow means their kick attacks now deal cold damage. Also, all living creatures within 10 feet take cold damage equal to the die of the Strength damaging attacking. The Scaeduwe Fyr is effectively stealing the warmth of the creatures and absorbing it within themselves, healing the amount of damage they have dealt.
Ecology
Scaeduwe Fyr are not technically natural creatures in the world, though what creates them has sadly become a natural thing. In the dark, near campfires, are common occurrances among those enjoying the woods or by adventurers traveling through the world. Ambushes happen all too frequently during these times. Most of the time, nothing arises from this except for the deaths of the attackers or the ambushed. Other times, great pain is brought down upon the innocent, causing these souls to be tormented. These souls do not become ghosts, but instead wrap themselves with the nearest elements at hand: the flames and the shadows. These are wrapped tightly around the soul so greatly so that the soul becomes physical in form. Then, with feelings of only hate and pain, the souls are freed into the world.
While every case of Scaeduwe Fyrs being seen have been female - some male scholars say this is because women are weaker to pain and thus feel it more and resent it greatly, but they tend to be looked down, especially among the female scholars - that isn't to say that male Scaeduwe Fyr do not exist.
Recently, however, several Scaeduwe Fyr have been seen on the side of the Demons, to the horror of onlookers, not to say that the rest of the horde didn't cause as much horror, but it is certainly a fearsome thing if the Demons have managed to replicate what needs to be done to cause form in the souls of these poor women.
And another update, impressive since I only recently updated this thread again. This was based off a picture that I saw and for some reason decided it could make a cool Demoness. However, in the middle of making it, I thought of what I considered to be a more interesting 'ecology' for this creature and then stuck with that, though I also added in the option of Demons being able to create these in a way, though it would not be an easy task. Not even Chaotic Demons are capable of controlling Chaos and since the creation of these things is almost random, though should not be able to be created en masse. In case you're curious, and you notice such details, I did take the base Erinyes and modified some of it's stuff to be more appropriate to be what I wanted.
I think this is the second time I've used a weird variant of Barbarian Rage to simulate an ability of a creature. I'm not sure why, but I do think it is sometimes fitting, and I kinda liked the idea of this creature's Shadowy Form, but didn't want to have it be something it could always do. So, I treated it similar to the Barbarian Rage ability.
Btw, this is the image that influenced the creature of this creature.

Sceaduwe Fyr
Size/Type: Medium Outsider (Chaotic, Evil, Extraplanar, Fire)
Hit Dice: 9d8+45 (102 hp)
Initiative: +5
Speed: 40 ft
Armor Class: 27 (+5 Dex, +8 natural, +4 wis), touch 19, flat-footed 18
Base Attack/Grapple: +9/+14
Attack: Slam +14 melee (1d6+5 +1d6 fire) or Touch +14 melee touch (1d3 Str)
Full Attack: Flurry +12/+12/+7
Space/Reach: 5 ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks: -
Special Qualities: Damage reduction 5/good, darkvision 60 ft, immunity to fire and poison, monk abilities, resistance to acid 10, see in darkness, shadowy form, spell resistance 20, telepathy 100 ft, true seeing
Saves: Fort +11, Ref +11, Will +10
Abilities: Str 21, Dex 21, Con 21, Int 14, Wis 18, Cha 20
Skills: Balance +17, Diplomacy +7, Escape Artist +17, Hide +17, Intimidate +17, Listen +16, Move Silently +17, Search +14, Sense Motive +16, Spot +16, Tumble +17
Feats: COmbat Expertise, DodgeB, Improved Trip, MobilityB, Power Attack, Spring Attack
Environment: Any
Organization: Solitary
Challenge Rating: 9
Treasure: Standard
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Advancement: 10-18 HD (Medium)
Level Adjustment: -
Appearance
The midsection of this beautiful fiendish woman cannot be seen, so deeply hidden within shadows does it hide. Rising up, the figure of the Scaeduwe Fyr slowly appears and finally at her breasts can a hint of color be seen, though the light color of her skin cannot be truly seen until just beneath the pair of curled horns sticking up and the unruly mass of flaming red hair like a pyre, twisting whether there is any wind or not.
Heading down from the midsection, the barest trace of her hips can be seen within the shadows and only when the long thighs appear from her body can that same hint of color be seen. It does not take long before red lines like cracks of lava appearing through old rock cross her thighs and trail down to her feet. Feet as red and hot as the depths of hell stand upon the ground, melting the very stone itself in a lick of flame.
No arms can be seen among the Scaeduwe Fyr and only a pair of tiny red dots mark her eyes.
COMBAT
Scaeduwe Fyr are special. With a Base Attack of +9, they normally have two attacks. The first consists of their slam attack, essentially, their feet, which is why they also deal additional fire damage. However, they also have a second attack. While it appears that the Scaeduwe Fyr has no arms, they are in truth the entirety of the shadows surrounding her. When they touch the target, they sap the strength from any living target it touches. When making an attack action, the Scaeduwe Fyr can switch back and forth using any combination of these two attacks.
Monk Abilities: The Scaeduwe Fyr are effectively third level in consideration for the AC bonus granted by the Monk Class, the speed, Flurry of Blows, and Unarmed Damage. While in the statblock their attack is listed as a slam attack, this is in fact their unarmed strike. Unlike what would normally be the case, the shadows and the touch attack count as part of this unarmed strike. These abilities stack with any class levels of Monk or other classes with similar abilities.
Special: The Strength damaging strick also increases if the Scaeduwe Fyr takes levels in the Monk class. This is always treated as one-half the die of their Unarmed Strike [d10 becomes d5, where a 1-2 on a d10 becomes 1, 3-4 become 2, etc].
Shadowy Form: 1/day, for a number of rounds equal to 3 + their Constitution modifier, Scaeduwe Fyr can force their entire bodies to fade into a shadowy substance, quenching the fire which burns within them, causing their bodies to suddenly freeze. Because they are shadowy versions of themselves, they gain a +8 bonus on their Hide checks. The freezing part of the shadow means their kick attacks now deal cold damage. Also, all living creatures within 10 feet take cold damage equal to the die of the Strength damaging attacking. The Scaeduwe Fyr is effectively stealing the warmth of the creatures and absorbing it within themselves, healing the amount of damage they have dealt.
Ecology
Scaeduwe Fyr are not technically natural creatures in the world, though what creates them has sadly become a natural thing. In the dark, near campfires, are common occurrances among those enjoying the woods or by adventurers traveling through the world. Ambushes happen all too frequently during these times. Most of the time, nothing arises from this except for the deaths of the attackers or the ambushed. Other times, great pain is brought down upon the innocent, causing these souls to be tormented. These souls do not become ghosts, but instead wrap themselves with the nearest elements at hand: the flames and the shadows. These are wrapped tightly around the soul so greatly so that the soul becomes physical in form. Then, with feelings of only hate and pain, the souls are freed into the world.
While every case of Scaeduwe Fyrs being seen have been female - some male scholars say this is because women are weaker to pain and thus feel it more and resent it greatly, but they tend to be looked down, especially among the female scholars - that isn't to say that male Scaeduwe Fyr do not exist.
Recently, however, several Scaeduwe Fyr have been seen on the side of the Demons, to the horror of onlookers, not to say that the rest of the horde didn't cause as much horror, but it is certainly a fearsome thing if the Demons have managed to replicate what needs to be done to cause form in the souls of these poor women.
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