Xaphan

A massively built satyr-like creature with blackish-brown flesh, this monster tightens its grip on its fiery falchion. Small horns jut from its forehead, just above its golden eyes. Its hair is long and black, and tied back in a braided ponytail. Two, large bat wings protrude from its back.
 

Xaphan (CR 26)

Large Outsider (Devil, Evil, Extraplanar, Lawful)
Alignment: Lawful Evil
Initiative: +12
Senses: Darkvision 60 feet, Detect Magic, Detect Good, Detect Thoughts; Perception +51
Aura: fire (5 feet, 1d6 fire plus 1d6 unholy damage)
  Speed: 40 feet, Fly 60 feet (average)
Space: 10 feet
 

Defense

Armor Class: 46, touch 27, flat-footed 38 (+8 Dex, +19 natural, -1 size, +10 profane)
Hit Points: 717 (35d10+525) Regeneration 10 (good, silver)
Saving Throws: Fort +26, Ref +29, Will +30
Damage Reduction: 20/good and silver
Immunity: fire, poison
Energy Resistance: acid 10, cold 10
Spell Resistance: 37
 

Offense

Melee: +4 unholy flaming burst falchion +52/+47/+42/+37 (2d6+23/15-20 plus 1d6 fire)
Reach: 10 feet
  Special Attacks: fiery gaze
  Spell-Like Abilities (CL 20th):
  Spells Known (CL 20th):

Statistics

StrDexConIntWisCha
37 (+13) 27 (+8) 40 (+15) 28 (+9) 28 (+9) 30 (+10)
Base Attack Bonus: +35
CMB +49
CMD 77
  Feats: Alertness, Bleeding Critical, Cleave, Combat Casting, Craft Wondrous Item, Critical Focus, Deceitful, Empower Spell, Great Cleave, Improved Critical (Falchion), Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Lightning Reflexes, Quicken Spell, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (Fireball), Weapon Focus (Falchion), Widen Spell
  Skills: Acrobatics +46, Bluff +52, Diplomacy +45, Disguise +12, Fly +44, Heal +47, Intimidate +48, Knowledge (arcana) +47, Knowledge (local) +44, Knowledge (planes) +47, Knowledge (religion) +44, Perception +51, Sense Motive +51, Spellcraft +44, Stealth +42, Survival +44
  Languages: Abyssal, Celestial, Common, Daemonic, Draconic, Giant, Ignan, Infernal, Terran; telepathy 100 ft.
 

Special Abilities

Fiery Aura (Su)

As a free action, Xaphan can cause his entire body to erupt in unholy fire (the same fires he uses to stoke his furnaces). Creatures within 5 feet of or grappling Xaphan take 1d6 points of fire damage and 1d6 points of unholy damage each round. There is no save against either effect, but resistance to or immunity to fire reduces or negates the fire damage.

Fiery Gaze (Su)

A creature that meets Xaphan's gaze must succeed on a DC 36 Will save or be affected as follows: 1st-round: The victim's blood begins to boil, dealing 3d6 points of fire damage this round; the victim takes a -2 circumstance penalty on attack rolls, weapon damage rolls, ability and skill checks, and saves. A DC 37 Fortitude save halves the fire damage but does not negate the penalties. 2nd-round: The victim's blood reaches searing temperatures and begins to burn away muscle and flesh; the circumstance penalty increases to -4. Smoke rises from the victim's flesh. The victim takes 6d6 points of fire damage this round. A DC 37 Fortitude save halves the fire damage but does not negate the penalties. 3rd-round: The victim's blood erupts into an inferno and explodes from its body dealing 12d6 points of fire damage; the victim is stunned for 3 rounds. A DC 37 Fortitude save halves the fire damage but the victim is still stunned. A successful Will save renders a creature immune to Xaphan's gaze for one day. The save DC against the gaze is Charisma-based and the Fortitude saves are Constitution-based.

Hellstorm

: Xaphan's unique weapon, Hellstorm, is a Large +4 unholy flaming burst falchion.
 

Ecology

Environment: Any
Organization: solitary or troupe (Xaphan plus 1-2 pit fiends)
Treasure: double standard

  \"The Unholy Schism was the beginning of what is to come. Every angelic being, every creature of good, and all that oppose Great Lucifer shall be consumed in eternal and everlasting fire.\" Xaphan.
  Xaphan, the Burning Duke, serves Lucifer, leading 15 companies of pit fiends in his service. He is completely loyal to the Prince of Darkness and was with Lucifer during the Unholy Schism. It was Xaphan that, during the Unholy Schism, attempted to set the heavens on fire and consume each and every angel and celestial in a blazing inferno. Xaphan was cast down along with Lucifer and the other angels for their sacrilege and it is said he helped Lucifer construct Hell itself.
  It is known among scholars that Xaphan was the one that stoked Hell's furnaces in Lucifer's great basalt palace, powering the furnaces with unholy fire fed by tortured souls. When Asmodeus and the other devils rose against Lucifer, Xaphan fought against the uprising and slew many devils, even inflicting a near-fatal wound on Asmodeus himself. (The intervention of a devil named Mephistopheles saved Asmodeus from ultimate destruction.) In the end however, Xaphan was cast out of Hell along with Lucifer and now resides in Infernus, a pocket-plane of infernal and everlasting fires located somewhere in the great configuration.
  From Lucifer's great palace, Malefacta, Xaphan aids Lucifer in replenishing his forces and increasing his power with the ultimate goal being the reclaiming of Hell's Throne. And when the battle for Hell does come, Xaphan will be beside Lucifer once again—and this time, Mephistopheles won't be able to stop Xaphan from finishing off Asmodeus.
  Xaphan spends his days in Malefacta where he keeps a legion of hellstoker devils busy stoking the furnaces and a retinue of barbed devils forging weapons for the eventual war to reclaim Hell. Xaphan stands 13 feet tall and weighs 800 pounds.
  Xaphan is a deadly adversary in battle and rarely, if ever, backs down from a fight. He is not stupid however, and should the battle go against him, he either flees (via greater teleport) or summons a troupe of pit fiends to cover his escape. In battle, Xaphan unleashes his full fury against a foe; starting with his fiery gaze. Those that survive are then witness to his fiery aura power. If within range, he likes to grab a foe and hold on while using his fiery aura power. The rest of the battle alternates between Xaphan using his great falchion and his spells and spell-like abilities.
  Copyright Notice Author Scott Greene.

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