Demon, Larva
- Armor Class
- 7 [12]
- Hit Dice
- 1
- Attacks
- Bite (1d6)
- Special
- None
- Move
- 9
- HDE/XP
- 1/15
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.
Larvae are pale yellowish maggot-like creatures with the faces of men and women, or less frequently other sentient creatures. They are large, about 1 foot in diameter and 5-8 feet long, and their faces are always contorted in expressions of horror, pain, or anger. Many believe that larvae are the souls or spirits of the evil dead, but no one has ever identified a larva as being any specific deceased person, so this cannot be proven.
One thing that is certain is that larvae are the lowest form of infernal, found in the planes or dimensions where other, more powerful demons or devils make their lairs. Larvae are traded as if livestock, and indeed may be consumed by other infernals as food. Some say that a few of the most perfectly evil larvae are transformed into the forms of true demons or devils, and that this is how such creatures reproduce, but this has never been successfully confirmed.
Larvae have no special powers or abilities.
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, Hezrou, Demon, Ice Devil, 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.