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Erinyes (Dungeons and Dragons)
| Erinyes | |
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| Characteristics | |
| Alignment | Lawful Evil |
| Type | Devil (Medium Outsider, Extraplanar) |
| Publication history | |
| First appearance | Monster Manual |
| Mythological origins | Erinyes |
For other uses of the word Succubus, see Succubus (disambiguation).
In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, the Erinyes is a type of devil. Unlike other devils, Erinyes appear attractive to humans, resembling very comely women or men. An erinyes stands about 6 feet tall and weighs about 150 pounds. Erinyes speak Infernal, Celestial, and Draconic.
Description
The erinyes is a fallen angel that delivers death from her fiery bow. They are the devilish counterpart to the demonic Succubus.
Combat
Erinyes prefer to engage in combat from a distance. They use charm monster to distract or disorganize their opponents, then rain down fiery arrows from above.
An erinyes’snatural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as evil-aligned and lawful-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.
- Entangle (Ex): Each erinyes carries a stout rope some 50 feet long that entangles opponents of any size as an animate rope spell (caster level 16th). An erinyes can hurl its rope 30 feet with no range penalty. Typically, an erinyes entangles a foe, lifts it into the air, and drops it from a great height.
- Spell-Like Abilities: At will—greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), charm monster (DC 19), minor image (DC 17), unholy blight (DC 19). Caster level 12th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
- Summon Devil (Sp): Once per day an erinyes can attempt to summon 2d10 lemures or 1d4 bearded devils with a 50% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a 3rd-level spell.
- True Seeing (Su): Erinyes continuously use true seeing, as the spell (caster level 14th).
Publication History
The erinyes (lesser devil) first appeared under the "devil" heading in the original first edition Monster Manual (1977).[1]
The erinyes lesser baatezu appear in second edition in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Outer Planes Appendix (1991) under the "baatezu" heading,[2] and are also detailed under the "baatezu" heading in the first Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).[3]
The erinyes appears under the "devil" heading in the third edition Monster Manual (2000),[4] and in the revised 3.5 edition Monster Manual (2003).
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