Devourers are tall mummy-like fiends with hollow ribcages in which they can imprison captured humanoids on the brink of death, torturing them telepathically until they die and become undead creatures under the fiend's command.[1]
The devourer-like creature encountered by Bells Hells in the Grey Valley had purplish skin, golden orange glowing eyes like coals, and two-foot-long horns.[2] Its face remained in perpetual shadow, concealing a skeletal nose and teeth. Its skin felt very hot to the touch[3] and a screaming humanoid was imprisoned within its chest. It could teleport through the ground for short distances and summon wraiths in addition to normal devourer abilities.[4]
Abilities
- Condition immunities: Poisoned
- Damage immunities: Poison
- Damage resistances: Cold, fire, lightning
- Soul Rend: Creatures within a 20-foot radius must make a DC 18 CON save or take 8d10 necrotic damage, halved on a success. Recharges on a 6.[1][5]
- Imprison Soul: Living humanoids at 0 hit points are teleported within the devourer's rib cage. If they die there, they become undead and the devourer regains 25 hit points.[1]
- Multiattack: Two claw attacks plus either Soul Rend or Imprison Soul[1]
Known devourers
Bells Hells encountered a devourer-like creature in the Grey Valley of Tal'Dorei while searching for blue perennem flowers to cure Keyleth's wounds.[6] It held within its ribcage the soul of an elven Air Ashari.[7] It was destroyed when Imogen surrounded it with a Watery Sphere and Laudna (through Pâté) cast Shocking Grasp into it.[8]
Trivia
- These demons have a connection with Orcus, being the Demon Prince of Undeath and a lesser god of necromancy, and according to 5th Edition lore he transforms specific demonic servants into devourers as a reward.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 See D&D: Volo's Guide to Monsters, 5th ed., p. 138.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 3:13:36.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 4:19:12.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 3:28:54.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 3:30:52.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 3:12:44.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 4:38:31.
- ↑ See "Aid of the Tempest" (3x66) at 4:23:28.
Art:
- ↑ Depiction of a devourer, by Shawn Wood from Volo's Guide to Monsters, p. 138. This page contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.