Monster: Garcon Servilis

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Servilis, Garcon
An ugly impish creature with oversized nose and two pairs of arms, one set short and ending in knife-like claws, the other long and having more mundane hands. It wears a white, blood-stained apron and a chef's cap.

CR 1/2; XP 200
NE Small Outsider (evil, extraplanar, servilis)
Init +2; Senses darkvision 60 ft., low-light vision, scent; Perception +0

Defense
AC 13, touch 13, flat-footed 11 (+2 Dex, +1 size)
hp 11 (2d10)
Fort +0, Ref +5, Will +3
DR 2/good; Immune disease, poison; Resist acid 5, cold 5, electricity 5, fire 10, sonic 5

Offense
Speed 30 ft.
Melee 2 knife-claws +5 (1d4–1/19–20/×2 and bleed)
Special Attack bleed (1d4), scorching breath
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 2nd; concentration +2)
Constant—tongues
At Will—purify food and water, putrefy food and water, spark

Statistics
Str 8, Dex 14, Con 10, Int 9, Wis 11, Cha 11
Base Atk +2; CMB +0; CMD 12
Feats Endurance^B, Weapon Finesse
Skills Knowledge (nature) +4, Knowledge (planes) +4, Profession (butcher) +5, Profession (cook) +5, Profession (waiter) +5
Languages Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, Infernal, Protean; tongues

Ecology
Environment any (evil planes)
Organization solitary, pair, or kitchen (3–10)
Treasure standard

Knife-Claws (Ex) A garcon's claws are knife-like and very sharp, having natural critical threat range of 19–20 and causing 1d4 bleed damage on confirmed critical hits.

Scorching Breath (Su) A garcon can exhale a 5-ft. long gout of searing hot or freezing cold. Those who end their turn in the square exposed to a garcon's breath, suffer 1d6 points of fire or 1d6 points of cold damage. Garcon can continue to exhale for extended period of time, usually harnessing this ability to cook meals and cool drinks (or sometimes the other way around, depending on the demands of the recipe) but they won't hesitate to use it on their enemies.


Serviles (sing. servilis) are petty fiends formed of excess spiritual residue of the lower planes. They are submissive, groveling, cowardly, and mix laziness and desire to please powerful masters in an unpredictable degree. They are receptive to bribes and prone to malice and petty vindictiveness when not subdued with terror. When properly coaxed to work, they can be quite competent in their narrow field of expertise, though, despite all their complaints and attempts to evade hard work.

While most of the fiends don't need to eat, some of them enjoy eating meals, mundane or unnatural, as do some of their mortal guests. Garcon serviles serve them and an occasional magician, as chefs and servers, preparing and delivering whatever food their masters desire.