Demon, Glabrezu

Four arms grace the torso of this towering monstrosity. The monster’s eyes shine with a mix of intelligence and cruelty.

Family: Demons

Large fiend (demon), chaotic evil

Armor Class 17 (natural armor)
Hit Points 157 (15d10 + 75)
Speed 40 ft.

STR	DEX	CON	INT	WIS	CHA
20 (+5)	15 (+2)	21 (+5)	19 (+4)	17 (+3)	16 (+3)

Saving Throws Str +9, Con +9, Wis +7, Cha +7
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses truesight 120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Abyssal, telepathy 120 ft.
Challenge 9 (5,000 XP)

Special Traits

• Innate Spellcasting: The glabrezu’s spellcasting ability is Intelligence (spell save DC 16). The glabrezu can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
  • At will: darkness, detect magic, dispel magic
  • 1/day each: confusion, fly, power word stun
• Magic Resistance: The glabrezu has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Actions

• Multiattack: The glabrezu makes four attacks: two with its pincers and two with its fists. Alternatively, it makes two attacks with its pincers and casts one spell.
• Pincer: Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d10 + 5) bludgeoning damage. If the target is a medium or smaller creature, it is grappled (escape DC 15). The glabrezu has two pincers, each of which can grapple only one target.
• Fist: Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (2d4 + 2) bludgeoning damage.

Glabrezu CR 13

XP 25,600
CE Huge outsider (chaotic, demon, evil, extraplanar)
Init +0; Senses darkvision 60 ft., true seeing; Perception +26

DEFENSE

AC 28, touch 8, flat-footed 28 (+20 natural, –2 size)
hp 186 (12d10+120)
Fort +18, Ref +4, Will +11
DR 10/good; Immune electricity, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10, fire 10; SR 24

OFFENSE

Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 pincers +20 (2d8+10/19–20), 2 claws +20 (1d6+10), bite +20 (1d8+10)
Space 15 ft.; Reach 15 ft.
Special Attacks rend (2 pincers, 2d8+15)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 14th)

Constant—true seeing
At will—chaos hammer (DC 19), confusion (DC 19), dispel magic, mirror image, reverse gravity (DC 22), greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), veil (self only), unholy blight
1/day—power word stun, summon (level 4, 1 glabrezu 20% or 1d2 vrocks 50%)
1/month—wish (granted to a mortal humanoid only)

STATISTICS

Str 31, Dex 11, Con 31, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 20
Base Atk +12; CMB +24; CMD 34
Feats Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Critical (pincer), Persuasive, Power Attack, Vital Strike
Skills Bluff +28, Diplomacy +22, Intimidate +22, Knowledge (history) +18, Knowledge (local) +18, Perception +26, Sense Motive +18, Stealth +7, Use Magic Device +17; Racial Modifiers +8 Bluff, +8 Perception
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic; telepathy 100 ft.

ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abyss)
Organization solitary or troop (1 glabrezu, 1 succubus, and 2–5 vrocks)
Treasure standard

Treacherous Wishcraft

Source PCS:DR

When a glabrezu grants a wish to a mortal, the glabrezu can grant the wish to the mortal without fulfilling it in the most destructive way possible. By granting the mortal the wish in this manner, the glabrezu can also cause one of the following effects to automatically affect the wisher (no save).

• Curse: The wisher becomes affected by the effects of bestow curse, heightened to 9th level.
• Mark of Treachery: The wisher gains a mark of treachery somewhere on her body. This mark appears as a fist-sized tattoo that combines the seven-pointed spiral of the sign of the Abyss and the glabrezu’s name (not its true name) written in Abyssal in a circle within the sign. This mark can only be removed by a miracle or wish, and only then if the caster makes a DC 30 caster level check. As long as the wisher is marked, the glabrezu can observe the world through the marked person’s senses and can communicate telepathically with her. At any point thereafter, the glabrezu can demand a service of the marked person—this allows the glabrezu to affect that person with a geas/quest to carry out the service if the person agrees to do the service.Agreeing to this causes the mark to fade. If the marked person refuses, she is immediately affected by a destruction spell (CL 14th, DC 22) and the glabrezu can demand the service again 1 round later. A mark of treachery persists through death and any resurrections that follow.
• Psychosis: The wisher immediately becomes chaotic evil and gains psychosis.

GLABREZU LORE

Originally posted by Eric Cagle

Evandar_TAybara of the Wizards Community forums.

On this Thread

Characters with ranks in Knowledge (The planes) can learn more about glabrezus. When a character makes a successful skill check, the following lore is revealed, including the lore from the lower DCs.

Knowledge (The planes)
DC	Result
17	This reveals the HD, tanar’ri traits, and special qualities of the glabrezu.
22	Glabrezus are terrible demons that corrupt mortals with enticements of wealth and power.
27	Glabrezus prefer subterfuge and deceit over fighting, especially if they have little to gain from outright conflict.
32	Glabrezus are capable of granting a single wish to a mortal. If that wish is not used to cause incalculable suffering to something or someone, then the Glabrezu demands terrible evil or tremendous sacrifice in payment.

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