Lesser Host Devil
CR: 3 XP: 800
LE Small outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful)
Init: +3 Senses: darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness Perception: +6
Defense
AC: 17, touch 15, flat-footed 13 (+3 Dex, +1 dodge, +2 natural,, +1 size)
HP: 30 (4d10+8)
Fort: +6 Ref: +7 Will: +0
DR: 5/good
Resist: acid 10, cold 10
Immune: fire, poison
Offense
Speed: 5 ft., fly 60 ft. (good)
Melee: mwk spear +7 (1d8+1), 2 claws +6 (1d4+1)
Special Attacks: noxious breath, summon devil
Spell-Like Abilities: (CL 4th) At will—dancing lights, detect magic, greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. of objects only), mage hand, ventriloquism (DC 10)
Statistics
Str: 13 Dex: 17 Con: 14 Int: 7 Wis: 9 Cha: 8
Base Atk: +4 CMB: +4 CMD: 18
Feats: Dodge, Hover
Skills: Acrobatics +9, Escape Artist +9, Fly +11, Perception +6, Stealth +13
SQ: superior grappler, shared senses, swarming
Languages: Infernal, telepathy 100 ft.
Ecology
Environment: Hell
Organization: solitary or flock (2d4)
Treasure: standard (masterwork Small spear, other treasure)
Description
Superior Grappler (Ex) A gaav can wield a weapon and still make grapple checks. If it’s not wielding a weapon, a gaav gains a +4 bonus on grapple checks. In addition, it takes up to eight gaavs cooperatively to lift a creature that one or more of them is grappling; each gaav can lift up to 50 pounds and still fly without being impeded.
Noxious Breath (Su) Three times per day, a gaav can exhale a breath that reeks of pure corruption upon a creature within 5 feet. The target must make a DC 14 Fortitude save or be sickened for 1d4 rounds. The save DC is Constitution-based. Creatures that successfully save cannot be affected by the same gaav’s noxious breath for 24 hours. A delay poison or neutralize poison spell removes the effect from the sickened creature. Creatures with immunity to poison are unaffected, and creatures resistant to poison receive their normal bonus on their saving throws. Once a gaav uses its breath weapon, it can’t breathe again until 1d4 rounds later.
Shared Senses (Su) All gaavs and magaavs within 100 feet of one another share the same senses. Thus, if one individual perceives something (for example, with a successful Perception check), all others within range are immediately aware of it. Senses are instantly relayed from one gaav or magaav to the next, allowing for the senses of a single devil to potentially spread through and inform an entire massive swarm instantly. It is still possible for a gaav to be surprised or flat-footed even if other gaavs nearby are not.
Summon Devil (Su) Once per day a gaav can attempt to summon an imp with a 35% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a 3rd-level spell.
Swarming (Ex) Up to two gaavs can share the same space at the same time. If two gaavs in the same square attack the same foe, they are considered to be flanking that foe as if they were in two opposite squares.
Devil, Greater Host (Magaav) Twin pairs of mangy, disease-riddled vulture wings flap in concert, keeping this lean raptor fiend aloft. Twisted horns rise from a head like a monstrous skull and noxious fumes leak from between its yellowed fangs. Hovering with impossible control, its vicious foot-talons clench and unclench, while its clawed hands wield a long, three-pointed ranseur.
Source: Princes of Darkness, p. 59