Volo's Guide to Monsters

DEMONS

Demon lords create lesser demons for the purpose of
spreading chaos and terror throughout the multiverse.
Three such demons are described here.

BABAU

Demons and devils clash endlessly for control of the
Lower Planes. One of these battles pitted the legions of
the archdevil Glasya against the screaming hordes of
the demon lord Graz'zt. It is said that Glasya wounded
Graz'zt with her sword, and the first babaus arose where
his blood struck the ground. Their sudden appearance
helped rout Glasya and secured Graz'zt's place as one of
the preeminent demon lords of the Abyss.
A babau demon possesses the cunning of a devil and
the bloodthirstiness of a demon. It has leathery black
skin pulled tight over its gaunt frame, and a curved horn
protruding from the back of its elongated skull. A ba-
bau's baleful glare can weaken a creature.

MAW DEMON

Maw demons share Yeenoghu's ceaseless hunger for

carnage and mortal flesh. After a maw demon rests for

8 hours, anything devoured by it is transported directly

into the Lord of Savagery's gullet.

Maw demons appear among gnoll war bands, usually

summoned as part of ritual offerings of freshly slain hu-

manoids made to Yeenoghu. The gnolls don't command

them, but these demons accompany the war band and

attack whatever creatures the gnolls fall upon.

SHOOSUVA

A shoosuva is a hyena-demon gifted by Yeenoghu to an

especially powerful gnoll (typically as a fang ofYeeno-

ghu). A shoosuva manifests shortly after a war band

achieves a great victory, emerging from a billowing, fetid

cloud of smoke as it arrives from the Abyss. In battle,

the demon wraps its slavering jaws around one victim

while lashing out with the poisonous stinger on its tail to

bring down another one. A creature immobilized by the

poison becomes easy pickings for any gnolls nearby.

Each shoosuva is bonded to a particular gnoll and

fights alongside its master. A gnoll that has been gifted

with a shoosuva is second only to a flind in status within

a war band.

BABAU

Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil

Armor Class 16 (natural armor)

Hit Points 82 (lld8 + 33)

Speed 40 ft.

STR

19 (+4)

DEX

16 (+3)

CON

16 (+3)

Skills Perception +5, Stealth +5

INT

11 (+0)

WIS

12 (+l)

CHA

13 (+ 1)

Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning,

piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities poisoned

Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 15

Languages Abyssal

Challenge 4 (1,100 XP)

Innate Spel/casting. The babau's innate spellcasting ability is

Wisdom (spell save DC 11). The babau can innately cast the fol-

lowing spells, requiring no material components:

At will: darkness, dispel magic.fear, heat metal, levitate

ACTIONS

Multiattack. The babau makes two melee attacks. It can also

use Weakening Gaze before or after making these attacks.

\ Melee Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target.

Hit: 8 (ld8 + 4) slashing damage.

Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +6 to hit, reach 5 ft. or

range 20/60 ft. , one target. Hit: 7 (ld6 + 4) piercing damage,

or 8 (ld8 + 4) piercing damage when used with two hands to

make a melee attack.

Weakening Gaze. The babau targets one creature that it can

see within 20 feet ofit. The target must make a DC 13 Consti-

tution saving throw. On a failed save, the target deals only half

damage with weapon attacks that use Strength for l minute.

The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its

turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.