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Portrait of the Horned Demon
Creature · Built-in

Horned Demon

Large Fiend, chaotic evil

  • High difficulty
  • CR 5
  • Melee

A hulking demon with a bull's horns and a hide like burnt leather, used as a battering ram by its masters.

Statistics

Armor Class
15 (natural armor)
Hit Points
95 (10d10 + 40)
Speed
Walk 40 ft
Challenge
CR 5 · 1800 XP
Size
Large — Takes a 2-by-2 block of map cells.
Senses
Darkvision 120 ft
Languages
Understands Infernal
STR20+5
DEX11+0
CON18+4
INT7−2
WIS10+0
CHA9−1

Attacks

Multiattack

Horns, Claws × 2

Horns Melee

+8 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 2d8 + 5 piercing

Claws Melee

+8 to hit · Reach 5 ft (1 map cell)

Damage: 2d6 + 5 slashing

Abilities

Born of Spite At will

GM guidance: never surrenders; slain, it melts into ash and returns to the pit.

Goring Charge At will

Lowers its horns and runs a foe down.

Saving throw
Strength DC 16
On a failed save
Thrown back and knocked prone.
On a successful save
Stays on its feet.
Conditions
Prone

Defenses

Resistances
Cold, Fire, Lightning
Immunities
Poison

Environment & tags

Environments
Ruins, Dungeon, Volcanic, Underground
Groups
Demons / Infernal, Cave / Underground
Tags
fiend, demon