Demon, Malebranche
- Armor Class
- -4 [23] (m)
- Hit Dice
- 5+5
- Attacks
- Tail or Weapon (1d6-1)
- Special
- magic weapons to hit, spells, fear, fire
- Move
- 9 Fly 6
- HDE/XP
- 7/600
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.
A Malebranche (sometimes called a horned devil), is a devil far larger than any man. Its skin is crimson or dark gray and is extremely thick and sturdy. It has a large set of horns on its head owing to its name. The horn tends to be used to rank hierarchy and not as an offensive weapon. A malebranche also has large bat-like wings which it can use to fly short or medium distances.
Most malebranche will be armed with a two-tined fork that deals 2d6 points of damage, although a minority of them will be armed with a barbed whip instead. The barbed whip only deals 1d4 points of damage, but will also stun an opponent for the same amount of rounds (unless a saving throw against magic is made). A stunned opponent cannot attack but can still defend themselves (no loss to AC). With either one of these weapons, the malebranche will still make use of its very sharp tail. It deals 1d4 points of damage and also causes the struck opponent to lose 1 HP every following round unless a healing spell or potion is used.
As the malebranche is an infernal, it can only be hurt by magical weapons (+1 or better). It can also cast Wall of Fire or Ice (Fire only) and Cause Fear once per day.
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, Larva, Demon, Malacoda, 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.