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Nabasu
The scream of the demon
There's evil about
They've come to possess us
Out, demons out
There's evil about
They've come to possess us
Out, demons out
- Denizens of The Abyss
Habitats
The Abyss
uncommon
Size:
Medium
Type:
Fiend
Form:
winged biped
Temper:
# App:
Lair:
Diet:
Combat Dice: 0
Hit Points: 0
Attack Rank: 0
Passive Defense: 0
Active Defense:
Damage Reduction: 0
Role: controller
Ground:
Climb/Arboreal:
Flight:
Swim:
Benthic:
Burrow:
Ethereal:
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (D&D 5e)
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (D&D 5e)
Action
Bite
Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 6) piercing damage.
Action
Claw
Melee Weapon Attack: +10 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 13 (2d6 + 6) slashing damage.
Action
Multiattack
The nabasu makes one Bite attack and two Claw attacks.
Special
1/day
regenerate
Special
3/day each
silence, plane shift, ray of enfeeblement, vampiric touch
Special
At will
darkness, teleport (self only)
Special
Death Gaze
When a creature that can see the nabasu's eyes starts its turn within 30 feet of the nabasu, the nabasu can force it to make a DC 15 Wisdom saving throw if the nabasu isn't incapacitated and can see the creature. On a failure, the creature loses a hit die. A creature that has lost its last hit die to the nabasu's death gaze has disadvantage on all death saves for the next 24 hours, and if it dies within that time, it rises as a ghoul in 1d4 rounds under the nabasu's control. Ghouls created in this way become free willed if the nabasu that created them dies. Unless surprised, a creature can avert its eyes to avoid the saving throw at the start of its turn. If the creature does so, it can't see the nabasu until the start of its next turn, when it can avert its eyes again. If the creature looks at the nabasu in the meantime, it must immediately attempt the save. While averting its eyes, any attacks on the nabasu are done at disadvantage.
Special
Innate Spellcasting
The nabasu's innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 14, +6 to hit with spell attacks). It can cast the following spells, requiring no material components:
Special
Magic Resistance
The nabasu demon has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Special
Paralysis Aura (1/day)
As a bonus action, the nabasu releases a cloud of magical energy that can paralyze its foes. This cloud fills a 10-foot cube, and all creatures within that cube must succeed at a DC 17 Constitution saving throw or become paralyzed for one minute. A paralyzed creature may repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on a success.
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (OSR)
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (OSR)
Special
|Consume Life|Death-Stealing|Gaze|Telepathy
When a nabasu creates a ghoul with its gaze attack, it gains a growth point. It gains a bonus equal to its growth point total on attack rolls, ability checks, saving throws, caster level checks, and skill checks. Its maximum hit points increase by 10 for each growth point, and its caster level for spell-like abilities increases by 1. For every 2 growth points, its natural armor bonus increases by 1.
Special
|Consume Life|Death-Stealing|Gaze|Telepathy
Once per day per growth point (minimum of 1/day), a nabasu can activate its death-stealing gaze for a full round. All living creatures within 30 feet must succeed on a Death save or suffer 2d8 damage. A humanoid slain in this manner immediately transforms into a ghoul under the nabasu's control. A nabasu's gaze can only create one ghoul per round-if multiple humans perish from the gaze in a round, the nabasu picks which human becomes a ghoul.
Special
|Consume Life|Death-Stealing|Gaze|Telepathy
You can mentally communicate with any other creature within 100 feet that has a language.
Special
|Consume Life|Death-Stealing|Gaze|Telepathy
It is possible to address multiple creatures at once telepathically, although maintaining a telepathic conversation with more than one creature at a time is just as difficult as simultaneously speaking and listening to multiple people at the same time.
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (Pathfinder 1e)
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (Pathfinder 1e)
Action
Feat 1
Cleave
Action
Feat 2
Combat Expertise
Action
Feat 3
Dodge
Action
Feat 4
Improved Initiative
Action
Feat 5
Power Attack
Action
Melee 1
2 claws +15 (1d6+6)
Action
Melee 2
bite +15 (1d8+6)
Special
1/day
mass hold person (DC 21), regenerate, summon (level 4, 1 nabasu 30% or 1d4 babaus 30%)
Special
3/day
enervation, silence (DC 16), vampiric touch
Special
At will
deeper darkness, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), telekinesis (DC 19)
Special
Consume Life (Su)
When a nabasu creates a ghoul with its gaze attack, it gains a growth point. It gains a bonus equal to its growth point total on attack rolls, CMB rolls, saving throws, caster level checks, and skill checks. Its maximum hit points increase by 10 for each growth point, and its caster level for spell-like abilities increases by 1. For every 2 growth points, its natural armor bonus, SR, and CR increase by 1. Every time it gains a growth point it makes a DC 30 caster level check-success indicates it matures (gaining both the advanced and the giant simple templates) and plane shifts to the Abyss in a burst of smoke. A nabasu can have a maximum of 20 growth points-it automatically matures if it has not done so already when it reaches 20 growth points.
Special
Death-Stealing Gaze (Su)
As a free action once per day per growth point (minimum of 1/day), a nabasu can activate its death-stealing gaze for a full round. All living creatures within 30 feet must succeed on a DC 18 Fortitude save or gain a negative level. A humanoid slain in this manner immediately transforms into a ghoul under the nabasu's control. A nabasu's gaze can only create one ghoul per round-if multiple humans perish from the gaze in a round, the nabasu picks which human becomes a ghoul. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (Pathfinder 2e)
Actions/Abilities/Traits: (Pathfinder 2e)
Ability
Ability
+1 to all saves vs. magic
Ability
Consume Death
(concentrate, divine, necromancy, visual) The nabasu focuses their death-stealing gaze upon a single target they can see within 30 feet. The target must immediately attempt a Fortitude save against death-stealing gaze. Critical Success The creature is unaffected and the nabasu suffers starvation vulnerability. Success The creature is unaffected. Failure The creature is affected by death-stealing gaze and becomes drained 1. If the creature was already drained 1 by the death-stealing gaze before attempting the save, a failed save increases the value of the drained condition by 1, to a maximum of drained 4. The nabasu gains 10 temporary Hit Points, and the drained creature is temporarily immune until the start of the nabasu's next turn. Critical Failure As failure, but the creature increases the amount of drain by 2.
Ability
Death-Stealing Gaze
(aura, divine, necromancy, visual) 30 feet. When a non-demon ends its turn in the aura, it must attempt a DC 23 Fortitude save. If it fails, it becomes drained 1.
Ability
Divine Innate Spells
DC 26; 5th dimension door; 4th dimension door (at will), grim tendrils, paralyze, vampiric touch
Ability
Rituals
DC 26; 1st abyssal pact
Ability
Starvation Vulnerability
A nabasu denied food suffers painful backlash as their demonic nature feeds on their own corrupted spirituality. If a nabasu's Consume Death is disrupted (such as by a fighter using Disruptive Stance) or a creature resists the effect with a critical success, the nabasu takes 4d6 mental damage.
Ability
Stolen Death
A creature that dies while suffering drain from a nabasu's death-stealing gaze rises as a ghoul the next midnight.
Offense
Melee
Circumstance: combat round (melee)
jaws +20 [+15/+10] (evil, magical), Damage 2d12+9 piercing plus 1d6 evil
Trait
Demon
A family of fiends, demons hail from or trace their origins to the Abyss. Most are irredeemably chaotic evil and have darkvision.
Trait
Fiend
Creatures that hail from or have a strong connection to the evil-aligned planes are called fiends. Fiends can survive the basic environmental effects of planes in the Outer Sphere.
Language
Abyssal
Celestial
Draconic
telepathy 100 feet
Perception
darkvision
Weakness
cold iron 5
good 5
The horned head of the nabasu has a cruel and vaguely humanoid face that appears trapped in a constant state of rage and pain. Its ever-pervasive, glowing golden stare is known to strike its foes dead at its mere gaze. Their bodies are tall and wire thin, with gray reptilian skin and large leathery wings and spindly arms that end in hooked razor-sharp talons.
The majority of nabasu encountered outside of the Abyss are nabasu demonlings. These proud creations of the demon lords are sent to the Material Plane to feast on the souls of the innocent until they reach maturity and can re-enter the Abyss on their own. Once there, they devour the physical hearts and mortal souls of their prey, growing stronger and deadlier with each third victim they destroy. Nabasu derive great pleasure from torturing and killing other creatures.
5e SRD