Diabolus
by Robert J Schwalb
| Medium Outsider | |
| Hit Dice: | 1d8+1 (5 hp) |
| Initiative: | +1 (+1 Dex) |
| Speed: | 30 feet |
| AC: | 16 (+1 Dex, +5 Breastplate) |
| Attacks: | 1 Trident +2 melee, or bite +2 melee, or tail +2 melee |
| Damage: | Trident 1d8+1, bite 1d6+1, tail 1d3+1 and poison |
| Face/Reach: | 5 ft. by 5 ft./ 5 ft. (10 ft. with trident) |
| Special Attacks: | Poison |
| Special Qualities: | Darkvision 60 ft., Outsider |
| Saves: | Fort+3, Ref+3, Will+2 |
| Abilities: | Str 13, Dex 13, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 11, Cha 11 |
| Skills: | Listen+4, Search+2, Spellcraft+2, Spot+4 |
| Feats: | Alertness |
| Climate/Terrain: | Any Land, Demi-plane of Nightmares |
| Organisation: | Solitary, Pair, Band (3-10), Host (3-60) |
| Challenge Rating: | 1 |
| Treasure: | Standard |
| Alignment: | Usually Chaotic Good |
| Advancement: | by character class |
Diaboli originally crossed into the world of Mystara from the Demi-plane of Nightmares. Creatures from this realm manifest as human's fears. However, despite the Diaboli's appearance, they are generally well-mannered friendly folk, that have little interesting tormenting the planar species. Nevertheless, Diaboli are usually met with revulsion and scorn.
These creatures have a navy blue to lavender skin colouring, and long shaggy white hair, with males normally wearing beards. Their legs end in cloven hooves, and a long serpentine tail, capped with a scorpion's barb writhes unconsciously behind them. Despite the commonality of the Diaboli's appearance, there exists several subspecies, each denoted by the amount of hair, which to humans is a trivial, if not negligible matter.
Combat
Outsider: Outsiders cannot be raised or resurrected, although a wish or miracle can restore it to life. Outsiders cannot be targeted by spells that affect humanoids.
Poison (Ex): The Diaboli's poison has an immediate onset time, activated by injury, with a DC 14, and inflicts 1d6 temporary Dexterity damage on the first round/ and paralysis on the second round that lasts for 1d6 rounds.
Diaboli Characters: The Diaboli's favoured class is the Bard.