Pit fiend

Pit fiend
Depiction of a pit fiend, by Michael Berube from Monster Manual, 5th ed., p. 77.
Biological Information
Type	Fiend
Subtype	Devil
Alignment	Lawful evil
Vision	Truesight 120 ft.
Movement	30 ft., fly 60 ft.
Abilities	Magic Resistance Fear Aura Innate Spellcasting Magic Weapons
Physical Characteristics
Size	Large
Skin color	Red
Sociocultural Information
Planes	Nine Hells Elemental Plane of Fire
Locations	City of Dis City of Brass
Language	Infernal, telepathy 120 ft.
Notable members	Utugash Ghurrix Izeelzee

Pit fiends are mighty devils ranking just below the archdevils themselves.

Appearance

Pit fiends have long tails, which they can use as weapons. They are covered in armored scales and have huge wings, which they can wrap around themselves much like a bat does. They have fangs and secrete venom from their mouth.

Society

Pit fiends are the generals of the Nine Hells, and are high-ranking within the hierachy of hell. They are considered the servants of the archdukes and archduchesses of the realm, but of a higher station than most other devils. They are manipulative and controlling, and their main goal is to eliminate any obstacles in their way.

Abilities

Pit fiends are resistant to cold damage, and bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing damage from nonmagical attacks that aren't silvered. Immune to fire and poison damage and to poison condition.

• Fear Aura: Any hostile creature can be frightened.
• Magic Resistance: The pit fiend has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
• Magic Weapons: The pit fiend's weapon attacks are magical.
• Innate Spellcasting: Can cast a few spells which require no material components.
• Pit fiend can summon 2d4 bearded devils, 1d4 barbed devils, or one erinyes with no chance of failure.
• Attacks:
  • Multiattack: The pit fiend can make four attacks: one with its bite, one with its claw, one with its mace, and one with its tail.
  • Bite: The target can become poisoned. While poisoned in this way, the target can't regain hit points.
  • Claw: The fiend can make a claw attack.
  • Mace: It can make an attack with its Mace.
  • Tail: The pit fiend can attack with its tail.

History

Campaign One Arc 3: The Chroma Conclave

Vox Machina traveled to the Elemental Plane of Fire in hopes of retrieving the Plate of the Dawnmartyr to aid in their upcoming battle against Thordak. The owner of the Plate, Juuraiel, tasked them with killing the Nine Hells' ambassador in the City of Brass, a pit fiend named Ghurrix, who had killed Juuraiel's lover. They succeeded in killing Ghurrix and his summoned erinyes, and narrowly avoided being arrested. Ghurrix was assuredly demoted for being killed by what appeared to be a random group of mortals.

Campaign One Arc 4: Taryon Darrington

In their quest to infiltrate the Mentiri to destroy Hotis, Vox Machina accepted a contract from Ipkesh to assassinate a gluttonous pit fiend named Utugash. They followed through with the help of Tova, a werebear blood hunter who had been purchased and tortured by Utugash.

Explorer's Guide to Wildemount

The epic-level adventure hook Dark Days features a pit fiend named Vanatoth leading an invasion from the Nine Hells into the Barbed Fields.

Notable pit fiends

• Utugash: Assassinated by Vox Machina in the City of Dis, where he had Tova captive.
• Ghurrix: An ambassador of the Nine Hells who frequented the slave markets in the City of Brass. Also assassinated by Vox Machina.
• Izeelzee: The pit fiend whose life force Bane used to forge The Bloody End, one of the Arms of the Betrayers.

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