Demon, Erinyes
- Armor Class
- 2 [17] (m)
- Hit Dice
- 7+2
- Attacks
- Attack (1d6+1)
- Special
- magic weapons to hit, poison, invisibility, fear, fire
- Move
- 9 Fly 36
- HDE/XP
- 8/800
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.
Unlike most other infernals, Erinyes appear attractive to humans, resembling very comely women or men. They can change their apparent gender at will. In their normal form they have wings, but they can cause these wings to disappear or reappear at will. An erinyes is taller and heavier than an average human, though not beyond the realm of regular variation. Besides the language of infernals and the Common tongue, erinyes also speak Dragon.
Erinyes are normally armed with magical venomous daggers which drip a caustic substance that causes wounds made by the daggers to be very painful; anyone hit by this dagger attack must make a saving throw against poison or become unconscious for 1d6 rounds. Each is also armed with a rope of entanglement which can lash forward 20 feet or upward 10 feet to entangle up to 2d4 man-sized victims selected by the erinyes (adjust numbers for larger or smaller opponents as needed). The rope can be hit only on a 20 or higher, and is destroyed when it suffers 20 or more points of damage. Finally, erinyes may be armed with bows which are built for their great strength (which can be drawn only by characters with at least 18 Strength) and a quiver of 66 arrows that ignite when fired. Arrows fired from this bow do 1d8 points of damage on a hit, and these arrows inflict an additional 1d8 points of fire damage. If an erinyes runs out of arrows it can use any longbow arrows, but loses the bonus fire damage.
Like other infernals, erinyes can only be damaged by magical weapons.
At will an erinyes can use any of the following powers instead of attacking: Cause Fear in all who see it (saving throw against magic to resist), Detect Invisibility, invisibility, Locate Object, or Polymorph (self only).
Once per day an erinyes can attempt to summon either another erinyes, 2d10 lemures (page 152), or 1d4 barbed devils (page 145) with a 35% chance of success. Note that only one type of devil may be successfully summoned. If the attempt fails, the erinyes can try again as often as desired (once per round maximum) until it succeeds.
Though erinyes are very strong, they do not generally receive bonuses to attack rolls or damage from their Strength. However, they are able to use weapons made for larger creatures such as ogres without difficulty. They will, of course, prefer to use their own weapons whenever possible.
See Also
Other creatures in the Demon category: Demon, Balor, Demon, Imp, Demon, Lemure, Demon, Succubus, Demon, Agares, Demon, Arachnea, Demon, Barbed Devil, Demon, Baubas, Demon, Bone Devil, Demon, Creoboros, Demon, Dread Horseman, Demon, Eldri, 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.