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Nabasu

Creature 8 — demon, fiend, unholy

Pre-Remaster content. May include legacy alignment.

Nabasus are birthed directly into the Material Plane from the Abyss, an invasive infestation that releases the newly formed and ravenously hungry demons directly into the midst of their favored prey: mortal life. Nabasus feed on sapient creatures, but they never quite manage to sate their eternal hunger, even as they grow more and more powerful. Once they have sufficiently feasted, the demons become worthy to make the return trip to the Abyss, where they undergo a vile transformation, finally di

Source: pathfinder-bestiary-2 (Pre-Remaster)

Perception +17
Skills acrobatics +18, arcana +16, religion +16, stealth +18, survival +17
Str
+6
Dex
+4
Con
+6
Int
+2
Wis
+3
Cha
+4
AC 27 Fort +19 Ref +16 Will +16
HP 165
Weaknesses cold-iron 5, holy 5
Speed 25 feet, fly 50 feet

Offense

Melee Jaws +20, Damage 2d12+9 piercing plus 1d6 spirit
Melee Claw +20, Damage 2d8+9 slashing plus 1d6 spirit

Abilities

Telepathy 100 feet (aura, magical) — Telepathy
+1 Status to All Saves vs. Magic
Death-Stealing Gaze (aura, divine, visual) — 30 feet. When a non-demon ends its turn in the aura, it must attempt a DC 23 Fortitude save. If it fails, it becomes Drained 1.
Starvation Vulnerability (mental) — A nabasu denied food suffers painful backlash as their demonic nature feeds on their own corrupted spirituality. If a nabasu's Consume Death is disrupted (such as by a fighter using Disruptive Stance) or a creature resists the effect with a critical success, the nabasu takes 4d6 mental damage.
Consume Death (concentrate, divine, visual) — The nabasu focuses their death-stealing gaze upon a single target they can see within 30 feet. The target must immediately attempt a Fortitude save against death-stealing gaze. **Critical Success** The creature is unaffected and the nabasu suffers starvation vulnerability. **Success** The creature is unaffected. **Failure** The creature is affected by death-stealing gaze and becomes Drained 1. If the creature was already drained 1 by the death-stealing gaze before attempting the save, a failed save increases the value of the drained condition by 1, to a maximum of drained 4. The nabasu gains 10 temporary Hit Points, and the drained creature is temporarily immune until the start of the nabasu's next turn. **Critical Failure** As failure, but the creature increases the amount of drain by 2.
Stolen Death — A creature that dies while suffering drain from a nabasu's death-stealing gaze rises as a ghoul the next midnight.

Spells

Dimension Door (rank 5)
Dimension Door (At will) (rank 4)
Grim Tendrils (rank 4)
Paralyze (rank 4)
Vampiric Touch (rank 4)

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