Hezrous are demon footsoldiers of the Abyss, brawny but lacking in cleverness.[1] They have not been encountered on-stream.
Abilities[]
The following is taken from the Monster Manual, page 60.
- Condition immunities: Poisoned
- Damage immunities: Poison
- Damage resistances: Cold, fire, lightning, bludgeoning/piercing/slashing from nonmagical attacks
- Magic resistance: Advantage on saving throws against spells and magical effects
- Stench: Creatures within 10 feet must succeed at a Constitution saving throw or be poisoned until the start of its next turn. One success means immunity for 24 hours.
- Actions
- Bite: piercing damage
- Claw: slashing damage
- Multiattack: one bite and two claw attacks
History[]
Screenshot of the hezrou in Sir Gregory Fince's basement, by Wendy Sullivan Green from "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) at 7:21.[art 2]
When the party that would eventually be called Vox Machina investigated Sir Gregory Fince's house, they found him in the basement either dying or dead at the hands of a succubus and demons, including a hezrou. After killing the fiends, Grog Strongjaw took a signet ring of Asmodeus off the demon[2][3][4]—an incongruous detail, since demons are at war with Asmodeus and his devils. But the culmination of that same plot involved a treachery demon pretending to be a "Devil Prince".[5]
In the original Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, set in 812 PD, twin hezrou demons pretend to be ghosts of great knights protecting the blade of a lost Sovereign of Tal'Dorei, but in fact the greatsword they are guarding is Graz'tchar, which belonged to the Demon Prince of Indulgence and cloaks itself in illusion.[6] In a version of the adventure set decades later, the demons who guard the sword are disguised mariliths,[7] and in an on-stream campaign set seven years later, during the apogee solstice of 843 PD, Bells Hells encountered a nalfeshnee who wielded the sword.[8]
In the Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, set in 836 PD, the mid-level adventure hook Overlord of the Overgrowth centers on a hezrou named Garlagrag who has laired in the Lotusden Greenwood around Charis and has begun summoning more and more demons, so that the nearby forest is loaded with hezrous and dretches.[9]
As of about 836 PD, Aurora Watch patrols in the wastes of Xhorhas may still encounter the odd hezrou,[10] possibly left over from the Calamity or having passed through the rift at the Betrayers' Rise more recently.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 See D&D: Monster Manual (2014), 5th ed., p. 60.
- ↑ An early, deliberate recounting of the events says they battled "demons" and shows original art of a fiend that looks like a hezrou alongside a succubus. See "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) at 7:11.
- ↑ Later that year, when Matt brought up Fince, Laura recalled the event as "demons in the succubus's house". See "Path of Brass" (1x74) at 1:19:57.
- ↑ See "Deals in the Dark" (1x92) at 0:25:30. In this recounting of the story, Grog mentioned the signet ring.
- ↑ See "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) from 15:37 through 17:09.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting, p. 64.
- ↑ See Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, p. 107.
- ↑ See "Bloody Flowers" (3x67) at 1:38:50.
- ↑ See Explorer's Guide to Wildemount, p. 136.
- ↑ See Call of the Netherdeep, pp. 40–42.
Art:
- ↑ Depiction of a hezrou, by Conceptopolis from D&D: Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 60. 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.
- ↑ Screenshot of the hezrou in Sir Gregory Fince's basement, by Wendy Sullivan Green from "The Story of Vox Machina" (Sx06) at 7:21. Used with permission.