Dantalion
This creature appears to be a handsome human with deep reddish-brown skin, dark hair, and fiery yellow eyes. It stands about 9 feet tall and wears robes of gold and black. Its small black horns and snake-like barbed tail betray its true origins.
Dantalion (CR 24)
Large Outsider (Devil, Evil, Extraplanar, Lawful)Alignment: Lawful Evil
Initiative: +12
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Detect Magic, Detect Thoughts, See in Darkness , See Invisibility; Perception +34
Speed: 40 feet
Space: 10 feet
Defense
Armor Class: 40, touch 25, flat-footed 32 (+8 Dex, +15 natural, -1 size, +8 profane)Hit Points: 356 (23d10+230) Regeneration 10 (good weapons, good spells)
Saving Throws: Fort +19, Ref +17, Will +19
Damage Reduction: 15/good and silver
Immunity: fire, poison
Energy Resistance: acid 10, cold 10
Spell Resistance: 35
Offense
Melee: +4 unholy heavy mace +37/+32/+27/+22 (2d6+14) and tail sting +32 (1d6+10 plus poison)Reach: 10 feet
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 23rd; melee touch +32, ranged touch +35):
- Constant- Detect Magic, See Invisibility
- At Will- Blasphemy (DC 25), Detect Thoughts (DC 20), Fireball (DC 21), Dispel Magic, Greater, Scrying, Greater (DC 25), Teleport, Greater (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), Hold Person (DC 21), Lightning Bolt (DC 21), Magic Circle against Good, Charm Monster, Mass (DC 26), Power Word Blind, Suggestion (DC 21), Touch of Idiocy, Trap the Soul (DC 26), Unholy Aura (DC 26), Wall Of Fire, Web (DC 20)
- 3/day- Baleful Polymorph (DC 23), Energy Drain (DC 27), Flame Strike (DC 23), Heat Metal (DC 20), Meteor Swarm (DC 27), Persistent Image (DC 23), Phantasmal Killer (DC 22)
- 1/day- Harm (DC 24), Power Word Kill, summon (level 9, 1d8+3 barbed devils, 100%; 1d4 pit fiends, 90%)
Statistics
| Str | Dex | Con | Int | Wis | Cha |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 (+10) | 26 (+8) | 31 (+10) | 27 (+8) | 27 (+8) | 26 (+8) |
CMB +34
CMD 52
Feats: Blind-Fight, Cleave, Combat Casting, Deceitful, Empower Spell, Great Fortitude, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (Fireball), Vital Strike, Weapon Focus (mace)
Skills: Bluff +36, Climb +36, Diplomacy +34, Disguise +33, Intimidate +34, Knowledge (arcana) +31, Knowledge (planes) +34, Knowledge (religion) +34, Perception +34, Sense Motive +34, Spellcraft +31, Stealth +34, Survival +34, Use Magic Device +31
Languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Giant, Infernal, telepathy 100 ft.
Special Abilities
Poison (Ex)
- Delivery: Tail sting-injury
- Fortitude Save: 31
- Frequency: 1/round for 10 rounds
- Track: Fatal Constitution
- Saves: 3 consecutive saves
Ecology
Environment: AnyOrganization: solitary or troupe (Dantalion plus 4-12 barbed devils)
Treasure: triple standard (+4 unholy heavy mace, other treasure)
Dantalion is a Duke of Hell and commands 30 legions of barbed devils in service to Baalzebul, Lord of the Seventh Hell. He is a highly charismatic creature and rules by wits and wile more than by might and power. Those who know him however, know he is capable of much more than he appears, and none, especially those serving him, dare cross him.
Dantalion once served as viceroy to Lucifer, millennia ago when Lucifer ruled the Nine Hells. When the battle for rulership came, Dantalion first showed loyalty to his master and fought against the armies of Asmodeus and Mephistopheles. Feeling the tide turning, Dantalion betrayed Lucifer at crucial moment in the war and switched allegiances, forever pledging fealty to Asmodeus. When the war ended, Asmodeus rewarded him by appointing him Duke under Baalzebul. Lucifer, now an outcast, would like nothing more than to see Dantalion's devilish smile wiped from his face and his head at the end of Alastor's greataxe.
Dantalion's fortified black stone keep rests atop a craggy mountain within the seventh Hell. Many barbed devils guard the only passage leading to his castle, killing any who do not have Dantalion's permission to traverse the road. A large company of barbed devils, rumored to be several hundred in number, make their home beneath the keep. There they stand guard, awaiting Dantalion's orders should the castle walls ever be sieged.
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