Fantasy NPC: Backdoor To Hell

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Backdoor To Hell

Fragments of six shattered pillars float around a blacker-than-black rift, surrounded by a pulsing crimson glow.

CR 10; 9,600 XP

LE Gargantuan Outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful)

Init +10; Senses blindsight 120 ft.; Perception +22

Defense
AC 24, touch 16, flat-footed 18 (+4 deflection, +6 Dex, +8 natural, –4 size)

hp 137 (13d10+6); regeneration 20
Fort +13, Ref +10, Will +13

Defensive Abilities eternal exile; DR 10/good and silver; Immune fire, poison; Resist acid 20, cold 20, electricity 20

Offense
Speed fly 40 ft. (average)

Special Attacks hellgate

Space 20 ft.; Reach 0 ft.

Spell-Like Abilities (CL 13th, concentration +14)

Constant–shield of faith

Statistics
Str 22, Dex 22, Con 20, Int 15, Wis 17, Cha 17

Base Atk +13; CMB +23; CMD 43 (can't be tripped)
Feats Alertness, Diehard, Endurance, Flyby Attack, Hover, Improved Initiative, Iron Will

Skills Bluff +19, Diplomacy +19, Fly +0, Knowledge (arcana) +18, Knowledge (planes) +18, Knowledge (religion) +18, Perception +23, Sense Motive +23, Spellcraft +18

Language Abyssal, Celestial, Draconic, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.

Eternal Exile (Ex) Backdoor To Hell is a living rift from anywhere it currently is to the hell itself. This makes it incapable of ever returning to hell, because it already partially is in hell – not in the way it desires or experience, though. Dismissal only staggers Backdoor To Hell for a round if Backdoor fails a Will saving throw. A successful banishment exiles Backdoor To Hell to another mortal plane or dimension but it can never return it to hell that way. Even a wish can only let Backdoor experience the hell for 1d4+1 rounds before it snaps back to another mortal plane. The same connection also powers Backdoor To Hell's infinite regeneration, preventing it from being suppressed in any known way (a direct reprieve from one of the most powerful devils might suffice). If Backdoor To Hell's hit points drop to a negative number exceeding twice its Constitution score, it is banished to another mortal plane after 1d4+1 rounds.

Hellgate (Su) Backdoor To Hell can open the rift in its center as a standard action, affecting everyone within its space, and everyone above or below it in a 100 ft. column. The hellgate can either expel or devour. While expelling, the hellgate releases a column of profane flames that deal 10d6 points of unholy damage to everyone exposed. It does not damage inanimate objects, but it does corrupts and desecrates the ground itself, causing it to slowly mutate and reshape into a semblance of hellish landscapes over the next few days. When Backdoor To Hell chooses to devour instead, all creatures in the column above or below that fail a Will saving throw (DC 19) are staggered for 1d4+1 rounds. Creatures that fail a saving throw while already staggered are sucked into the rift and transported to one of a the spots in hell where Backdoor To Hell originally led to. Dimensional anchor or dimensional lock prevent creatures from being pulled into hell, except those which are directly in the Backdoor space, which thwarts either form of magic. Backdoor To Hell can voluntarily open the rift and allow a creature passage into hell in controlled manner, but that costs. The saving throw DC is Charisma-based.

Backdoor To Hell is a living gate to hell, a devil punished for its secret misdeeds by being stripped of its name, its rank, and its form, inverted inside out and bound to a serve the hell as a portal for eternity of punishment... But then the portal it had been made into was shattered and the world where it had been placed was destroyed in a failed infernal invasion. It was neither an end to its existence, nor the end of the punishment, though. It still exists as a portal, of sorts, but now it is unanchored, roaming the multiverse, half mad, fully hateful.

On good days, it sells secret access to hell for sacrifices, bits of power, and even souls. On bad days, it lashes against mortals or seeks a way to creep back into the good graces of hell. On worst days, it just tries to throw whatever it can devour against hell, or destroy the world upon which currently is, hoping to be released from its torments.