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Daemon, Hydrodaemon

The skin on this frog-like fiend is clammy and its eyes look dead and milky; its wide face is split by a fanged maw.

Hydrodaemon CR 8

XP 4,800
NE Large outsider (aquatic, evil, extraplanar)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., detect magic; Perception +15

DEFENSE

AC 20, touch 11, flat-footed 18 (+2 Dex, +9 natural, –1 size)
hp 95 (10d10+40)
Fort +11, Ref +9, Will +3
DR 10/cold iron or silver; Immune acid, death effects, disease, poison, waters of the River Styx; Resist cold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR 19

OFFENSE

Speed 30 ft., fly 40 ft. (average; see glide, below), swim 60 ft.
Melee bite +13 (1d8+4 plus grab), 2 claws +13 (1d6+4)
Ranged sleep spittle +11 (sleep)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Special Attacks rake (2 claws +13, 1d6+4)
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 9th; concentration +11)

Constant—detect magic, water walk
At will—acid arrow, deeper darkness
3/day—control water, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), summon monster V (Large water elemental only)
1/day—desecrate, summon (level 3, 1 hydrodaemon 50%)

STATISTICS

Str 18, Dex 15, Con 18, Int 9, Wis 11, Cha 14
Base Atk +10; CMB +15 (+9* grapple); CMD 27
Feats Cleave, Point-Blank Shot, Power Attack, Precise Shot, Skill Focus (Perception)
Skills Fly +0, Intimidate +14, Knowledge (planes) +10, Perception +15, Sense Motive +12, Stealth +10, Swim +21
Languages Abyssal, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.
SQ amphibious, glide

SPECIAL ABILITIES

Glide (Ex)

A hydrodaemon can launch itself into the air and glide along for 1 minute, gaining a fly speed of 40 feet with average maneuverability. While gliding, the hydrodaemon gains the pounce ability.

Sleep Spittle (Su)

A hydrodaemon can spit at a single target within 20 feet, making a ranged touch attack as a standard action. A target hit by this spittle must succeed on a DC 19 Will save or fall asleep for 6 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based.

* Editor's Note

As originally presented, this creature has a CMB of +9 on grapples.  This appears to be a typo - the CMB should be +19 on grapple due to the creature having the grab ability.  GMs are encouraged to use this corrected value.
About this Daemon Type...

Giant humanoid-amphibians with oversized claws and dead, glassy eyes, hydrodaemons represent death by drowning. Aquatic in nature, they dwell in Abaddon’s poisonous swamps and acidic oceans, and even in the foul waters of the River Styx. Hydrodaemons number among the few creatures capable of surviving prolonged exposure to the Styx, and they exploit this to lair and set ambushes where few other creatures dare. In their native environment they alternately compete with or serve under piscodaemons, but greatly revere Charon’s thanadaemons, eagerly obeying their requests. Outside of Abaddon, hydrodaemons frequently serve mortal spellcasters to keep watch over aquatic domains, using the same tactics as on their native plane. Powerful creatures in their own right, they prefer to target enemies with their sleep-inducing spittle, then drown those who succumb to the poisoned slumber.

Personification of Death: Drowning.

Preferred Sacrifice: Treasure totaling at least 300 gp, or no fewer than two living victims purposefully bound and hurled into a body of water.

Source Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Book of the Damned, Vol. 3 © 2011, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Todd Stewart.
ECOLOGY

Environment any (Abaddon)
Organization solitary, gang (2–5), or mob (6–12)
Treasure standard

While at first glance these creatures seem like enormous and foul boggards, their dangerous gait, dead eyes, and wicked claws give away their fiendish nature. In their home environment, hydrodaemons swim the sickening rivers and seas of Abaddon and the River Styx, ducking beneath the rivers of pus and bile only to leap out at enemies and rend their flesh with tooth and claw. It is said these are among the few creatures able to survive in the deadly waters of the River Styx. When called to the Material Plane, hydrodaemons serve powerful spellcasters, protecting domains dotted with pools, streams, and even sewer complexes. Associated with death by drowning, these fiends use a favored tactic to draw the most anguish from their victims. Hydrodaemons first attack with their inky black sleep spittle, hoping to render victims unconscious. With their opponents unable to fight back, hydrodaemons drag their enemies into the foul waters they call home and delight as the liquid fills their victims’ gasping lungs. If unable to drown a victim, they finish the job with jaws and claws.

Hydrodaemons possess an awkward gait, springing back on their heels and leaping about like humanoid frogs. Even so, they move in an unpredictable manner, twisting their bodies with each hopping movement. Hydrodaemons can also unfurl flaps of skin that allow them to glide through the air. Hydrodaemons stand 10 feet tall and weigh upward of 3,000 pounds.

Section 15: Copyright Notice

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2, © 2010, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Authors Wolfgang Baur, Jason Bulmahn, Adam Daigle, Graeme Davis, Crystal Frasier, Joshua J. Frost, Tim Hitchcock, Brandon Hodge, James Jacobs, Steve Kenson, Hal MacLean, Martin Mason, Rob McCreary, Erik Mona, Jason Nelson, Patrick Renie, Sean K Reynolds, F. Wesley Schneider, Owen K.C. Stephens, James L. Sutter, Russ Taylor, and Greg A. Vaughan, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams.