Demon, Glabrezu
- Armor Class
- -4 [23] (m)
- Hit Dice
- 10
- Attacks
- Bite or Strike (1d6+2)
- Special
- magic weapons to hit, spells, fear, hug
- Move
- 18
- HDE/XP
- 11/1,700
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.
Glabrezu are huge humanoid demons averaging 9 feet tall and weighing about 1,500 pounds. They have dog- like heads with vibrant violet-purple eyes, bony pincers where a normal humanoid would have hands, and a smaller set of human-like arms with ordinary hands protruding from their chests. Their wrinkly, cracked skin ranges in color from a deep brown to pitch black.
Glabrezu prefer to tempt victims into ruin, not unlike succubi, but glabrezu lure their prey with offers of power or wealth rather than passion. Preferring subterfuge to combat, these enormous demons attack with a vengeance if their attempts to entice or deceive fail.
A glabrezu can perform any of the following spell-like powers as often as desired, instead of attacking: Cause Fear (reverse of the Remove Fear spell), Light (Dark) (Dark only) (as the reverse of Light (Dark) (Light only)) with a 10-foot radius, Levitate, Polymorph (self only), or Telekinesis, all as if a 10th-level Magic-user. Glabrezu, like other infernals can only be damaged by magical weapons.
Once per day a glabrezu may attempt to summon aid from other infernals. Roll 1d% on the table below.
Glabrezu Summoning
| 1d% | Result |
|---|---|
| 01–10 | A vrock appears. |
| 11–20 | A hezrou appears. |
| 21–30 | Another glabrezu arrives. |
| 31–00 | The attempt fails. |
If the attempt fails, the glabrezu can try again as often as desired (once per round maximum) until it succeeds.
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, Erinyes, Demon, Fiend, 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.