Demon, Manes
- Armor Class
- 7 [12]
- Hit Dice
- 1
- Attacks
- Bite or Claw (1d6-1)
- Special
- infernal banishment/reforming, sleep/charm/hold/mind-affecting immunity
- Move
- 6
- HDE/XP
- 2/30
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.
Manes are the least form of demon, looking like semi- human madmen with ragged sharp nails and teeth and eyes without iris or pupil. They wear no clothing, revealing grayish fleshy bodies which are without sex. Their only attacks are physical, and they are in fact quite weak, but if slain a manes turns into a foul- smelling gas cloud that seems to dissipate; after one day the manes reforms unharmed.
Manes infest the infernal planes where demons live, and are often used as primitive defensive forces since they will attack almost any creature but will never dare oppose or resist any demon. They are nearly mindless and cannot be affected by Sleep, charm, or hold magics, nor by any magic affecting the mind.
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, Malebranche, 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.