Demon, Hezrou
- Armor Class
- -2 [21] (m)
- Hit Dice
- 10
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (2d6)
- Special
- magic weapons to hit, spells, teleportation, fear, hold/grab, darkvision
- Move
- 9
- HDE/XP
- 12/2,000
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.
Hezrou are infernals in the form of humanoid toads with a mouth full of sharp teeth. They prefer to attack with their claws and bite, and if a hezrou rolls a 20 on a d20 for a claw attack it automatically grabs its opponent, preventing any normal man-sized or smaller foe from moving as well as gaining a +2 with all subsequent bite attacks. A victim held in this way cannot generally attack, but may break free with a normal roll to open doors. As with most infernals, a hezrou can only be damaged by magical weapons.
Hezrou can freely communicate telepathically, and have Darkvision to 60 feet. Each can teleport at-will (as a 10th-level Magic-user). Additionally, a hezrou can Cause Fear (Remove Fear spell reversed) as its action for a round of combat.
Once per day a hezrou can summon another hezrou, but this has only a 20% chance of success; if the attempt fails, the hezrou 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, Glabrezu, 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.