Blade Devil

CR 8 (4,800 xp)

LE Medium outsider (devil, evil, extraplanar, lawful)
Init +3, Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Perception +13

AC 22, touch 14, flat-footed 18 (+3 Dex, +8 natural, +1 dodge)
hp 76 (8d10+40)
Fort +7, Ref +9, Will +8
Defensive Abilities DR 10/good or silver; Immune fear, fire, poison; Resist acid 10, cold 10; SR 19

Speed 40 ft.
Melee 2 armblades +15/+10 (1d8+6/19-20/x2)
Special Attacks pounce, superior two-weapon fighting
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 8th):
At will—greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only)
2/day—darkness
1/day—summon (level 4, 1 blade devil 40%)

Str 21, Dex 16, Con 21, Int 12, Wis 15, Cha 13
Base Atk +8, CMB +13, CMD 28 (32 vs sunder)
Feats Dodge, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting, Power Attack, Two-Weapon Fighting (B), Weapon Focus (longsword)
Skills Acrobatics +14, Escape Artist +14, Intimidate +12, Knowledge (planes) +12, Perception +13, Sense Motive +13, Survival +13
Languages Common, Infernal; telepathy 100 ft.

Environment any (Hell)
Organization solitary, pair, squad (1 bone devil and 4-8 blade devils), or patrol (1 horned devil, 4-8 blade devils, 6-12 lemures)
Treasure standard

Armblades (Ex): In place of hands, two longswords have been fiendishly grafted to the ends of a blade devil’s arms. Despite the fact that these longswords function as ‘natural’ weapons, the blade devil treats them as manufactured weapons for the purposes of making extra attacks due to its base attack bonus. It also receives a +1 racial bonus on its attack and damage rolls with its armblades.

Due to their lack of hands, blade devils have certain disadvantages. They cannot wield any other weapons in melee. They cannot cast any spells that have material or somatic components or that require focuses. They receive a -10 penalty on any skill or ability checks requiring deft manipulation (such as Disable Device or Sleight of Hand).

Additionally, the armblades can be sundered, though the blade devil receives a +4 racial bonus to its CMD to resist the sunder attempt. Breaking an armblade doesn’t harm a blade devil, but it is a good way to make one angry. Treat the armblades as masterwork longswords for the purpose of sundering. Only a limited wish, wish, or miracle can replace a sundered or destroyed armblade.

Superior Two-Weapon Fighting (Ex): Because of the fiendish power used to graft the longswords to its arms, a blade devil does not take a penalty on attack or damage rolls when attacking with both its armblades. It also receives Two-Weapon Fighting as a bonus feat.


The thin, leathery skin of this creature is stretched tightly its emaciated frame. In some spots, the skin has worn away to reveal the rough bone beneath. An oblong, wedge-shaped head sits atop a neck that looks much too long and too thin. From within the sunken caverns of its eye-sockets, two menacing orbs gleam a hellish yellow. However, the most discerning feature of this fiend’s anatomy are the two, pitted blades that have been grafted to the ends of its arms. Iron bolts and rivets attach flesh to metal in ways too horrifying to imagine.

SUMMONING A BLADE DEVIL
A blade devil can be summoned by a lawful evil spellcaster with the summon monster VI spell.

Author's Note: A little something I homebrewed up back during 3.5, now updated to Pathfinder.

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