Glabrezu (CR 13)

Huge Outsider (Chaotic, Extraplanar, Evil, and Tanar'ri)
Alignment: Always chaotic evil
Initiative: +0; Senses: darkvision 60 ft., true seeing, Listen +26, and Spot +26
Languages: Telepathy 100 ft.


AC: 27 (-2 size, +19 natural), touch 8, flat-footed 27
Hit Dice: 12d8+120 (174 hp); DR: 10/good
Fort +18, Ref +8, Will +11
Speed: 40 ft.
Space: 15 ft./15 ft.
Base Attack +12; Grapple +30
Attack: Pincers +20 melee
Full Attack: 2 pincers +20 melee and 2 claws +18 melee and bite +18 melee
Damage: Pincer 2d8+10, claw 1d6+6, bite 1d8+5
Special Attacks/Actions: Spell-like abilities, improved grab, summon Tanarri
Abilities: Str 31, Dex 10, Con 31, Int 16, Wis 16, Cha 20
Special Qualities: immunity to electricity and poison, resistance to acid 10, cold 10, and fire 10, SR 21
Feats: Cleave; Great Cleave; Multiattack; Persuasive; Power Attack
Skills: Bluff +22, Concentration +25, Diplomacy +9, Disguise +5 (+7 acting), Intimidate +24, Knowledge (any two) +18, Listen +26, Move Silently +18, Search +18, Sense Motive +18, Spellcraft +18, Spot +26, and Survival +3 (+5 following tracks)
Advancement: 13-18 HD (Huge); 19-36 HD (Gargantuan)
Climate/Terrain: Infinite Layers of the Abyss
Organization: Solitary or troupe (1 glabrezu, 1 succubus, and 2-5 vrocks)
Treasure/Possessions: Standard coins, double goods, standard items

Source: Monster Manual

Spell-like Abilities: At will - burning hands, chaos hammer, charm person, confusion, death knelt, deeper darkness, desecrate, dispel good, dispel magic, enlarge, mirror image, reverse gravity, shatter, and unholy blight. These abilities are as the spells cast by a 10th-level sorcerer (save DC 13 + spell level).

A glabrezu also can teleport without error (self plus 50 pounds, objects only) at will as the spell cast by a 12th-level sorcerer. Seven times per day it can cast power word, stun as a 15th-level sorcerer.

Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability the glabrezu must hit a Medium-size or smaller opponent with a pincer attack. If it gets a hold, it deals automatic pincer damage each round the hold is maintained.

Summon Tanar'ri (Sp): Once per day a glabrezu can attempt to summon 4d10 dretches or 1d2 vrocks with a 50% chance of success, or another glabrezu with a 20% chance of success.

Detect Magic (Su): Glabrezu continuously detect magic as the spell cast by a 12th-level sorcerer.

True Seeing (Su): Glabrezu continuously use true seeing as spell cast by a 12th-level cleric.

Skills: Glabrezu receive a +8 racial bonus to Listen and Spot checks.

Tanar'ri Qualities

Immunities (Ex): Tanar'ri are immune to poison and electricity.

Resistances (Ex): Tanar'ri have cold, fire, and acid resistance 20.

Telepathy (Su): Tanar'ri can communicate telepathically with any creature within 100 feet that has a language.

Chaotic Subtype

A subtype usually applied only to outsiders native to the chaotic-aligned Outer Planes. Most creatures that have this subtype also have chaotic alignments; however, if their alignments change they still retain the subtype. Any effect that depends on alignment affects a creature with this subtype as if the creature has a chaotic alignment, no matter what its alignment actually is. The creature also suffers effects according to its actual alignment. A creature with the chaotic subtype overcomes damage reduction as if its natural weapons and any weapons it wields were chaotic-aligned (see Damage Reduction).

Extraplanar Subtype

A subtype applied to any creature when it is on a plane other than its native plane. A creature that travels the planes can gain or lose this subtype as it goes from plane to plane. This book assumes that encounters with creatures take place on the Material Plane, and every creature whose native plane is not the Material Plane has the extraplanar subtype (but would not have when on its home plane). An extraplanar creatures usually has a home plane mentioned in its description. These home planes are taken from the Great Wheel cosmology of the D&D game (see Chapter 5 of the Dungeon Master's Guide). If your campaign uses a different cosmology, you will need to assign different home planes to extraplanar creatures.

Creatures not labeled as extraplanar are natives of the Material Plane, and they gain the extraplanar subtype if they leave the Material Plane. No creature has the extraplanar subtype when it is on a transitive plane; the transitive planes in the D&D cosmology are the Astral Plane, the Ethereal Plane, and the Plane of Shadow.

Evil Subtype

A subtype usually applied only to outsiders native to the evil-aligned Outer Planes. Evil outsiders are also called fiends. Most creatures that have this subtype also have evil alignments; however, if their alignments change, they still retain the subtype. Any effect that depends on alignment affects a creature with this subtype as if the creature has an evil alignment, no matter what its alignment actually is. The creature also suffers effects according to its actual alignment. A creature with the evil subtype overcomes damage reduction as if its natural weapons and any weapons it wields were evil-aligned (see Damage Reduction).

Tanarri Subtype

Most demons encountered outside of the Abyss are tanar'ri. The most populous of the demon subtypes, the tanar'ri form the largest and most diverse group of demons. They are the unchallenged masters of the Abyss at this time. The first tanar'ri were forged from the souls of the first humanoids drawn to the Abyss. Most tanar'ri incorporate humanoid features into their forms as a result of their close ties to the mortal realm.

Traits: A tanar'ri possesses the following traits (unless otherwise noted in a creature's entry).