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NALFESHNEE
The nalfeshnee is one of the most grotesque demons- a
corpulent mockery of ape and boar standing twice the
height of a human, with feathered wings that seem
· too small for its bloated body. These brutish features
conceal a remarkable intelligence and cunning.
Nalfeshnees are devastating in combat, using
their wings to soar above the front ranks and reach
vulnerable adversaries that can be dispatched with little
effort From the thick of battle, they telepathically bellow
commands to lesser demons, even as they inspire a
sense of dread that forces their foes to scatter and run.
Nalfeshnees feed on hatred and despair, but they
crave humanoid flesh above all else. They keep their
larders filled with humanoids abducted from the
Material Plane, then eat those creatures alive during
elaborate feasts. Thinking of themselves as refined and
cultured, nalfeshnees employ stained and rusted cutlery
when they dine.UASIT
Quasits infest the Lower Planes. Physically weak, they
keep to the shadows to plot mischief and wickedness.
More powerful demons use quasits as spies and
messengers when they aren't devouring them or pulling
them apart to pass the time.
A quasit can assume animal forms, but in its true form
ft looks like a 2-foot-tall green humanoid with a barbed
tail and horns. The quasit has clawed fingers and toes,
and 'these claws can deliver an irritating poison. It
prefers to be invisible when it attacks.'SHADOW DEMON
When a demon's body is destroyed but the fiend is
prevented from reforming in the Abyss, its essence
sometimes takes on a vague physical form. These
shadow demons exist outside the normal abyssal
hierarchy, since their creation results most often from
mortal magic, not from transformation or promotion.
Shadow demons all but disappear in the darkness,
and they can creep about without making a sound. A
shadow demon uses its insubstantial claws to feast on
its victim's fears, to taste its memories, and drink in
its doubts. Bright light harries this fiend and shows its
distinct shape, resolving it from a blur of darkness to a
winged humanoid creature whose lower body trails off
into nothing, and whose claws rend a victim's mind.
Shadowy Nature. A shadow demon doesn't require
air, food, drink, or sleep.\ VROCK
Vrocks are dull-witted, capricious fiends that live only
to create pain and carnage. A vrock resembles a giant
hybrid of humanoid and vulture, its gnarled, bestial body
and broad wings stinking of offal.' ' '
Vrotks'