Deskari

Larger than an elephant, this towering insectile nightmare wields a scythe made of bone. Its wings are swarms of biting flies, and its inhuman eyes glitter with cruel intelligence.
 

Deskari (CR 29)

Gargantuan Outsider (Chaotic, Demon, Earth, Evil, Extraplanar)
Alignment: Chaotic Evil
Initiative: +14
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Detect Good, Detect Law, swarmsight, True Seeing; Perception +54
Aura: frightful presence (180 feet, DC 36), unholy aura (DC 28)
  Speed: 60 feet, Climb 60 feet, Fly 90 feet (good)
Space: 20 feet
 

Defense

Armor Class: 47, touch 32, flat-footed 37 (+4 deflection, +10 Dex, +15 natural, +12 profane, -4 size)
Hit Points: 742 (33d10+561) Regeneration 30 (epic and good or deific)
Saving Throws: Fort +31, Ref +32, Will +32
Abyssal resurrection, All-Around Vision, Freedom of Movement, rasping armor
Damage Reduction: 20/cold iron, epic, and good
Immunity: ability damage and drain, charm and compulsion effects, death effects, electricity, energy drain, petrification, poison
Energy Resistance: acid 30, cold 30, fire 30
Spell Resistance: 40
 

Offense

Melee: Riftcarver +51/+46/+41/+36 (4d6+30/19-20/x4 plus poison), bite +41 (2d8+8 plus poison), sting +41 (2d6+8 plus poison)
Reach: 20 feet
  Special Attacks: Breath Weapon, enhanced venom, infestation, poison, swarm master
  Spell-Like Abilities (CL 29th; Concentration +39):

• Constant- Detect Good, Detect Law, Freedom of Movement, True Seeing, Unholy Aura (DC 28)
   
• At Will- Astral Projection, Blasphemy (DC 27), Control Winds, Desecrate, Dispel Magic, Greater, Teleport, Greater, Hungry Pit (DC 25), Insect Plague, Shapechange, Telekinesis (DC 25), Unhallow, Unholy Blight (DC 24)
   
• 3/day- Control Weather, Creeping Doom, Reverse Gravity, summon demons, Symbol Of Weakness (DC 27)
   
• 1/day- Imprisonment (DC 29), Earthquake, Time Stop

Statistics

Str	Dex	Con	Int	Wis	Cha
44 (+17)	30 (+10)	42 (+16)	29 (+9)	31 (+10)	31 (+10)

Base Attack Bonus: +33
CMB +54 (+56 Bull Rush, +58 Sunder)
CMD 92 (94 vs. Bull Rush, 94 vs. Sunder, 100 vs. Trip)
  Feats: Awesome Blow, Combat Reflexes, Craft Construct, Craft Magic Arms and Armor, Craft Wondrous Item, Critical Focus, Fly-by Attack, Greater Sunder, Hover, Powerful Maneuvers, Improved Critical (Scythe), Improved Initiative, Staggering Critical, Toughness
  Skills: Acrobatics +46 (+58 when jumping), Bluff +46, Climb +74, Disable Device +46, Fly +44, Intimidate +43, Knowledge (arcana, dungeoneering, engineering, planes) +42, Perception +54, Sense Motive +46, Spellcraft +45, Stealth +34, Use Magic Device +46

• Racial Modifiers: +16 Climb, +8 Perception

Languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Terran, Undercommon; telepathy 300 ft.
  Special Qualities: wall crawler

 

Special Abilities

Breath Weapon (Su)

Once every 1d4 rounds as a swift action, Deskari can spit out a line of noxious black slime in a 120- foot line that creates a 20-foot-radius-spread puddle of the stuff on the ground where the line terminates. Any creature caught in this area of effect takes 20d10 points of acid damage and is subject to the effects of Deskari's poison. A successful DC 42 Reflex save halves the damage, but does not mitigate the poison's effects. The line and puddle created by this attack remain as active acid on the ground for 1d4 rounds, affecting any creatures that move through an affected area. Damage caused by this breath weapon does not persist into additional rounds, but on the round a creature takes this damage, it is considered to be taking continuous damage for the purposes of spellcasting and concentration checks. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Enhanced Venom (Su)

Any poisons created by Deskari (or even those used by him) become enhanced, and can affect creatures normally immune to poison. If an affected creature is mythic and is normally immune to poison, it instead receives a +4 bonus on its saving throw against Deskari's poison effects.

Infestation (Su)

Whenever a creature becomes poisoned by Deskari, it also becomes infested with thousands of microscopic demonic eggs that quickly multiply and spread throughout the victim's bloodstream and flesh alike. Once infested, a creature remains infested even after the poison's effects end or are cured. A creature that has been infested by Deskari is recognized by all mindless swarms as a host, and such swarms never deal damage to the creature unless influenced and compelled to do so by an outside influence. An infested creature takes a -4 penalty on all saving throws made against Deskari's attacks or spells cast by his clerics. As a swift action, Deskari may command a creature's infestation to accelerate; this deals 20d6 points of damage and stuns the target for 1 round (a successful DC 42 Fortitude save halves the damage and negates the stun effect) as the eggs hatch and a fiendish locust swarm (Pathfinder RPG Bestiary 4 183) bursts out of the creature's body (ending the infestation). Infestation is a disease effect, and the save DC is Constitution-based.

Poison (Ex)

• Delivery: Bite, breath weapon, sting, or riftcarver-injury
• Fortitude Save: 42
• Frequency: 1/round for 6 rounds
• Track: Critical Constitution
• Initial Effect: infestation
• Saves: 3 consecutive saves

  Victims cannot recover from the effects of this poison's track unless cured by a Heal or Restoration spell, or equivalent.

Rasping Armor (Su)

The armor plates that protect Deskari's body rasp together whenever he is damaged by a physical attack, creating a discordant shrieking and grinding sound. Every time a creature strikes Deskari with an attack that deals bludgeoning, force, piercing, or slashing damage, all creatures within 10 feet of Deskari must succeed at a DC 42 Fortitude save or be sickened for 1d6 rounds. A sickened creature that fails this save becomes staggered for 1 round. A staggered creature that fails this save becomes nauseated for 1 round. Finally, a nauseated creature that fails this save becomes stunned for 1d6 rounds. This is a mind-affecting sonic effect that does not affect demons. The save DC is Constitution-based.

Swarm Master (Su)

Deskari is immune to swarm damage and other swarm effects (such as distraction). As a swift action, he can direct the movement of any swarm within 30 feet. An intelligent swarm can resist this compulsion by succeeding at a DC 36 Will save. Any swarm created by or conjured by Deskari deals +3d6 points of swarm damage, and the damage caused by such a swarm is treated as chaotic, epic, and evil for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction. The save DC is Charisma-based.

Swarmsight (Su)

Deskari can see through the eyes of any swarm he commands or controls, including the swarm of biting flies that makes up his wings (this swarm, incidentally, grants him all-around vision).

Wall Crawler (Su)

Deskari can climb any vertical surface with ease and never has to attempt Climb checks to avoid falling as a result of taking damage. This grants him a +16 racial bonus on Climb checks.
 

Ecology

Environment: Any , Abyss
Organization: solitary (unique)
Treasure: triple (Riftcarver, other treasure)

  Known as the Lord of the Locust Host and the Usher of the Apocalypse, Deskari has long plagued the region of Sarkoris, ever since he discovered a strange thinness between that nation and his own Abyssal realm. His first attempt to capitalize upon this strange feature ended with his defeat at Aroden's hands, but after the god's death at the outset of the Age of Lost Omens, Deskari and his cult wasted no time in opening the Worldwound to allow the demon lord's plans for Golarion to continue.
  Deskari carved his realm from the raw matter of the Abyss using a great scythe called Riftcarver (see page 63), a weapon he crafted from the remains of the strange creature his father, Pazuzu, mated with tens of thousands of years ago. Today, Pazuzu and Deskari have what passes as a cordial relationship—the two demon lords do not work together, but neither do they oppose each other's goals on the Material Plane and beyond.
  Deskari's Cult
  Deskari is worshiped primarily by the denizens of the Worldwound on Golarion—by tieflings, fallen crusaders, demons, half-fiends, and all manner of other vile creatures that dwell within that devastated land. Deskari's symbol is a pair of crossed locust wings dripping with blood. His favored weapon is the scythe, in honor of his devastating weapon of choice, Riftcarver, but his worshipers sometimes prefer to use smaller weapons, especially when they must move unnoticed among enemies. Deskari grants access to the domains of Chaos, Destruction, Evil, and War, and to the subdomains of Blood, Catastrophe, Demons, and Tactics.