This Half-Dragon Balor uses the elite array, and comes with a nastier whip than usual. Idea came from the named demon project, in which Ammet is described as a half red great wyrm balor with an artifact whip named Eater of Souls. I don't know what Eater of Souls was supposed to be like, but I thought this would work.
While this is a flat out by-the-book Half-Dragon Balor (with a better whip), since Ammet is described as being half Great Wyrm red dragon, I'll also stat up an advanced version with some added HD and a better breath weapon.
Statblock[]
Ammet CR 22
Male Half-Dragon (Red) Balor
CE Large Dragon
Init +12, Senses Listen +37; Spot +37; Darkvision 60 ft., Low-light vision. True Seeing
Aura Flaming Body (grappling creatures take 6d6 fire/round)
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, Telepathy 100 ft.
AC 44, touch 17, flat-footed 32 (+8 dex, +23 natural, -1 size , +4 ring of prot.)
hp 364 (20d10+260 HD); DR 15/Cold-iron and good
Immune Electricity, fire, poison; Resist Acid, Cold 10; SR 34
Fort +25, Ref +20, Will +18
Spd 40 ft. (8 squares), Fly 90 ft. (good, 18 squares)
Melee +1 Vorpal Longsword +39/+34/+29/+24 (2d6+19/19-20/20 beheads), Helltongue +39/+39/+39/+34/+34/+34 (1d4+21 +1d6 fire/20 +1d10 fire and 1 neg level)
Base Atk +20; Grp +42
Space 10 ft. ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Atk Options Power Attack, Breath Weapon (30 ft. Cone of Fire, 10d8, DC 33)
Spell-like Abilities (CL 20):
- At will - blasphemy (DC 30), dominate monster (DC 32), greater dispel magic, greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), insanity (DC 30), power word stun, telekinesis (DC 31), unholy aura (DC 31);
- 1/day - fire storm (DC 31), implosion (DC 32).
Abilities Str 47 (+18), Dex 26 (+8), Con 36 (+13), Int 26 (+8), Wis 22 (+6), Cha 37 (+13)
Feats Cleave, Improved Initiative, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (telekinesis), Two-Weapon Fighting, Weapon Focus (longsword)
Skills Bluff +36, Concentration +36, Diplomacy +43, Disguise +15 (+17 acting), Hide +27, Intimidate +38, Knowledge (Arcana) +31, Knowledge (History) +10, Knowledge (Nature) +13, Knowledge (Nobility and Royalty) +10, Knowledge (Religion) +15, Knowledge (Planes) +15, Move Silently +31, Search +31, Sense Motive +31, Spellcraft +33 (+35 scrolls), Survival +6 (+8 following tracks), Use Magic Device +36 (+38 scrolls)
- Possessions - Ring of Protection +4, Cloak of Charisma +6,
Details[]
Balors love to join battle armed with their swords and whips. If they face stiff resistance, they may teleport away to loose a few spell-like effects at the foe.
Artifact Whip: Helltongue, Eater of Souls[]
- Helltongue is equivelent to a +3 Brilliant Energy, Ghost Touch, Flaming Burst, Mighty Cleaving, Soulbreaker, Three Strand, Whip
Unlike most whips, Helltongue deals lethal damage to all foes, no matter what armor they may be wearing, and unlike most brilliant energy weapons, this whip deals damage to undead.
On a successful critical hit, in addition to dealing 1d10 extra fire damage, it drains one negative level from the target (no save to avoid this effect). One day later, the target may make a DC 18 Fort Save to regain this lost level, but if failed, the negative level is permanent.
Helltongue consists of three strands of living flame, each which can make a seperate attack without an attack penalty, but each attack must be against the same foe, and it cannot attack a foe it has already entangled. It is an intellegent weapon with an alignment of chaotic evil and an ego of 18. It bestows two negative levels on any non-chaotic evil being that tries to wield it, and on a successful ego check, it will even try to attack its wielder.
Entangle (Ex): Helltongue entangles foes much like an attack with a net. The whip has 100 hit points and regenerates 5 hit points per round, or can be burst with a DC 35 strength check. The whip needs no folding. If it hits, the target and the balor immediately make opposed Strength checks; if the balor wins, it drags the target against its flaming body (see below). The target remains anchored against the balor’s body until it escapes the whip.
Helltongue cannot regenerate damage dealt by holy cold damage that is delivered via a weapon made of cold iron. However, it does possess holy and cold resistance 5.
Combat[]
A balor’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as chaotic-aligned and evil-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
Death Throes (Ex): When killed, a balor explodes in a blinding flash of light that deals 100 points of damage to anything within 100 feet (Reflex DC 30 half ). This explosion automatically destroys any weapons the balor is holding. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Vorpal Sword (Su): Every balor carries a +1 vorpal longsword that looks like a flame or a bolt of lightning.
Summon Demon (Sp): Once per day a balor can automatically summon 4d10 dretches, 1d4 hezrous, or one nalfeshnee, glabrezu, marilith, or balor. This ability is the equivalent of a 9th-level spell.
Flaming Body (Su): The body of a balor is wreathed in flame. Anyone grappling a balor takes 6d6 points of fire damage each round.
True Seeing (Su): Balors have a continuous true seeing ability, as the spell (caster level 20th).
Breath Weapon (Su): A half-red dragon can breathe a 30' cone of fire once per day that deals 6d8 fire damage, reflex DC 33 for half.
Tactics, Round by Round[]
The balor is most effective as a ranged combatant, using its spell-like abilities to attack from a distance.
Prior to combat: Unholy aura.
Round 1: Fire storm or implosion or breath weapon and quickened telekinesis, or summon additional demons. If the balor does not deem itself seriously threatened, it conserves abilities usable only once per day and uses blasphemy instead.
Round 2: Insanity or power word stun.
Round 3: Full melee attack with weapons, including entangle with whip.
Round 4: Teleport or fly away with entangled foe to reestablish range; repeat round 1 and continue.
A balor who wants to drive off or neutralize a party without slaying its foes avoids lethal attacks.
Prior to combat: Unholy aura.
Round 1: Dominate monster.
Round 2: Power word stun.
Round 3: Insanity or telekinesis to incapacitate or repel a dangerous opponent.
Round 4: Teleport or fly away to reestablish range; repeat round 1 and continue.