This brown, shaggy-furred beast stands on slate grey hooves. Its head resembles that of a maniacal horned ape.
XP 2,400 DEFENSE
AC 20, touch 10, flat-footed 19 (+1 Dex, +10 natural, –1 size) OFFENSE
Speed 30 ft. Constant—detect good, detect magic, see invisibility
At will—dimension door 3/day—dispel magic, fly 1/day—hold monster (DC 17), slow (DC 15) STATISTICS
Str 18, Dex 13, Con 16, Int 11, Wis 14, Cha 15 SPECIAL ABILITIES
Drawn to Service (Su)When brought to another plane with a planar binding or planar ally spell (or any similar calling effect), ceustodaemons take a –5 penalty on the initial Will save and on their Charisma check to refuse service. Ceustodaemons also take a –5 penalty on saves against binding, planar binding, and other spells designed to bind a creature to a particular plane as long as the daemon is commanded to serve as a guardian for a single area or small complex. | About this Daemon Type...
Ceustodaemons serve as summoning stock for the Four Horsemen, being eager and capable shock troops—a trait some scholars link to the daemons’ origins as suicides, despairing and evil souls who willingly handed themselves over to death. Lesser ceustodaemons manifest as horned frogs with chilling breath, common versions appear as horned apes with burning breath, and greater varieties look like humanoid bears with eagle talons, rams horns, and electrically charged breath. Often summoned and bound into service, these fiends continually dream of breaking free and sowing trails of slaughter. Occasionally, overly confident conjurers give them the opportunity to do just that, but mostly they serve as required, their very presence on the Material Plane granting their true masters in Abaddon eyes and ears within the mortal realm, and a link to spellcasters easily swayed to greater, darker, and more costly bargains. Personification of Death: Suicide. Preferred Sacrifice: The body of a sentient creature tricked or manipulated into committing suicide. |
