Demon, Baubas
- Armor Class
- 4 [15] (m)
- Hit Dice
- 7
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (1d6+2)
- Special
- magic weapons to hit, spells, invisibility, shapechanging, fear, hold/grab
- Move
- 15
- HDE/XP
- 9/1,100
Description
Infernal beings are monstrosities with otherworldly or extra-dimensional origins. These beings are universally vile and at odds with the powers of goodness. There are several distinct races or groups of infernal beings, generally grouped by their origin. They might be called demons, devils, or other related terms. If reduced to 0 Hit Points in the mortal world, an infernal is not destroyed but disappears in a pall of greasy black smoke and terrifying scream, banished back to its home dimension or plane. Once banished, it cannot return to the mortal world for an entire year. To truly destroy one it must be reduced to 0 Hit Points while in its home dimension.
Baubas are gangly 8-foot tall infernals with long dirty fingers, big red eyes, and rows of exaggerated sharp yellow teeth. Colloquially known as "bogeymen", they are known to terrorize people and especially children. Oftentimes, the baubas will take up residence in some dark corner of a person's house—the basement, the closet, or even underneath a bed—though they may also be found stalking people in forests, rivers, caves, or dungeons as well. They have the ability to shapeshift into an ugly old man in order to lead their victims into traps, whom they will ultimately kill and devour once they are finished toying with them. The baubas may indeed wait a long while before finally eating their victim, as terror makes the meat taste sweeter.
A baubas feeds on the fear of its victim. When encountered in its natural form, all opponents must make a morale check each round. For every person who fails, their morale is semi-permanently lowered by 1, and the baubas heals 1d6 HP. Only a Restoration spell will return their morale to normal.
In combat, the baubas may attack with its claws, attempting to grab hold of people. Once they are held, it may bite them or drag them away to murder them in private, usually in some manner that is cruel and unusual. Baubas have a number of magic powers as well. They may cast Light (Dark) (Dark only), Phantasmal Force, and invisibility each once per day, and have a 90% chance of being able to hide in the dark.
As they are otherworldly creatures, a baubas cannot be harmed by non-magical weapons.
See Also
Other creatures in the Demon category: Demon, Balor, Demon, Imp, Demon, Lemure, Demon, Succubus, Demon, Agares, Demon, Arachnea, Demon, Barbed Devil, Demon, Bone Devil, Demon, Creoboros, Demon, Dread Horseman, Demon, Eldri, Demon, Erinyes, Demon, Fiend, Demon, Glabrezu, Demon, Hezrou, Demon, Ice Devil, Demon, Larva, Demon, Malacoda, Demon, Malebranche, Demon, Manes, Demon, Marilith, Demon, Nalfeshni, Demon, Night Hag, Demon, Nightmare, Demon, Pazzu, Demon, Quasit, Demon, Rubicante, Demon, Shadow Fiend, Demon, Spined Devil, Demon, Vega, Demon, Vrock.
Source note: This creature is converted from The Basic Fantasy Field Guide of Creatures Malevolent and Benign – Omnibus Edition, 1st Edition Release 4, © 2010–2025 Chris Gonnerman, R. Kevin Smoot, James Lemon, Matt Sluis, and Contributors. The Basic Fantasy Field Guide textual material is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International; this page adapts that creature to White Box.