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A glabrezu (or treachery demon) is a type of fiend known for using trickery and dubious bargains to ruin weak-willed and short-sighted mortals—but also for having the physical prowess to engage in battle directly.[1]

Abilities[]

The following is drawn from the Monster Manual, 5th Edition.[1] A glabrezu has only been shown onstream in a summary of prestream events.

  • Immunities:
    • Damage Resistance: Cold, fire, lightning, bludgeoning/piercing/slashing from nonmagical attacks
    • Damage Immunities: Poison
    • Condition Immunities: Poisoned
  • Innate Spellcasting: Can cast several spells which require no material components.
    • At will: Darkness, Detect Magic, Dispel Magic
    • 1/day each: Confusion, Fly, Power Word Stun
  • Attacks:
    • Multiattack: The glabrezu can make four attacks.
    • Pincer: The glabrezu can attack with its two pincers, each of which can grapple one target.
    • Fist: The glabrezu can attack a target in reach with its fist.

History[]

Before the Calamity, the Chained Oblivion forged the Blade of Broken Mirrors with the life force of an insane glabrezu, Ragazuu.[2]

During the Calamity, a glabrezu helped the mages of Aeor to defend the Factorum Malleus by attacking several mortal avatars of the gods.[3]

During the 9th century after the Divergence a young monster hunter, Farah Vallari, defeated a glabrezu inside a cavern.[4]

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Screenshot of Vox Machina confronting the glabrezu.[art 2]

A glabrezu pretending to be a "devil prince" named Juurezel had infiltrated the palace of Sovereign Uriel Tal'Dorei II in Emon.[5] Vox Machina made a pact with it in exchange for a Wish, which they used before completing the bargain—wishing to cancel the contract.[6] The party attacked Juurezel, but during the fight, Pike was slain by a critical hit as the glabrezu picked her up in its pincer-like hand and cut her in half.[7][8]

As of about 836 PD, a glabrezu may be encountered in its chamber in the Betrayers' Rise, trying to bribe visitors to serve it.[9]

Related creatures[]

In some of the darker drow societies, drow blood is mixed with that of demons to produce draegloths.[10] Other Dungeons & Dragons sourcebooks establish that the specific type of demon used for this purpose is the glabrezu, which shares many traits with the draegloth: immunity to elemental damage types and poison, two pairs of arms (one especially muscular pair above one smaller pair), a doglike snout, sharp teeth, Large size, and innate spellcasting of Confusion and Darkness.[11]

References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 See D&D: Monster Manual (2014), 5th ed., p. 53.
  2. See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 275. See also pp. 30–31.
  3. See "Downfall: Part Three" (3x101) at 2:21:55.
  4. See "The Lost Light" (RTx08).
  5. See "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) from 12:25 through 16:54.
  6. See "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) at 16:00.
  7. This pre-stream plot point was discussed during a Q&A.  See "Attack on the Duergar Warcamp" (1x04) at 3:45:58.
  8. See "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) at 16:59.
  9. See Call of the Netherdeep, p. 63.
  10. See "Ghosts, Dinosaurs, and Stuff" (2x102) at 1:21:57.
  11. See D&D: Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, 5th ed., p. 98.

Art:

  1. Depiction of a glabrezu, by Conceptopolis from Monster Manual, 5th Edition, p. 58. 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.
  2. Screenshot of Vox Machina confronting the glabrezu."The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) at 16:57

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