Kishi Demon
- Size
- Medium
- Type
- Fiend
- Challenge Rating
- 8
- Source
- Tome of Beasts
- Alignment
- Chaotic-Evil
- Armor Class
- 18
- Speeds
- 50
- Walking Speed
- 50
- Strength Score
- 19
- Dexterity Score
- 20
- Constitution Score
- 19
- Intelligence Score
- 15
- Wisdom Score
- 11
- Charisma Score
- 22
- Saving Throws
- Dexterity, Constitution, Wisdom
- Skill Proficiencies
- Deception, Perception, Performance
- Vision
- Darkvision (120ft)
- Languages Ref
- Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal, telepathy
- Hit Points
- 119
- Condition Immunities
- Poisoned
- Resistances
- Resistant to Cold Damage, Resistant to Fire Damage, Resistant to Lightning Damage, Resistant to Poison Damage, Resistant to Non-Magical Damage, Immune to Poison Damage
- Languages
- Celestial, Aethyrian Common, Draconic, Infernal
Medium fiend (demon), chaotic evil
Armor Class 18 (natural armor, shield)
Hit Points 119 (14d8+56)
Speed 50 ft.
- STR
- 19 (+4)
- DEX
- 20 (+5)
- CON
- 19 (+4)
- INT
- 15 (+2)
- WIS
- 11 (+0)
- CHA
- 22 (+6)
Saving Throws Dex +8, Con +7, Wis +3
Skills Deception +9, Perception +3, Performance +9
Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning, poison; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from nonmagical attacks
Damage Immunities poison
Condition Immunities poisoned
Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13
Languages Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal, telepathy
Challenge 8 (3,900 XP)
Two Heads. The demon has advantage on Wisdom (Perception) checks and on saving throws against being blinded, charmed, deafened, frightened, stunned, and knocked unconscious.
Innate Spellcasting. the demon's spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 17). The demon can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components: At will: detect evil and good, detect magic, suggestion
3/day: glibness
1/day: dominate person
Magic Resistance. The demon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Trophy Shield. If the kishi demon killed an opponent this turn, as a bonus action, it takes part of the slain creature's essence along with a grisly trophy and mounts it upon its shield. For 24 hours, the Armor Class of the kishi demon becomes 20, and creatures of the same race as the slain creature have disadvantage on attack rolls against the kishi demon.
Variant: Demon Summoning. some kishi demons have an action option that allows them to summon other demons.
summon Demon (1/Day): The kishi demon has a 35 percent chance of summoning one kishi demon
Actions
Multiattack. The demon makes one bite attack and three spear attacks.
Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one creature. Hit: 12 (2d6 + 5) piercing damage.
Spear. Melee or Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, reach 5 ft. or range 20/60 ft., one target. Hit: 7 (1d6 + 4) piercing damage, or 8 (1d8 + 4) piercing damage if used with two hands to make a melee attack.
Stat block from Tome of Beasts (Kobold Press), Open Game Content used under the Open Game License 1.0a. Tome of Beasts. Copyright 2016, Open Design; Authors Chris Harris, Dan Dillon, Rodrigo Garcia Carmona, and Wolfgang Baur. It is not Geminaea material. See Legal.