Hezrou

Hezrou demons dwell in the most fetid swamps and oceans of the Abyss. They embody the slowly-destructive forces of nature, eroding all life around them with diseases and blight. A hezrou is quite intelligent, yet incredibly lazy. Of all the demons, they are the most willing to let their destruction of the world take its time to fester. In the meanwhile, they enjoy personal pleasures and hedonism.

A hezrou is a towering demon of the Abyss. Numerous, powerful, expendable, and able to focus on the tasks that they are given, hezrous eagerly serve more powerful demons, using their cunning to pull armies of weaker demons together for their masters in the skirmishes between other demons, outsiders, and mortals.

Appearance
A hezrou appears to be a large demonic monstrosity that bears a superficial resemblance to a toad. Their form is covered in knobby warts and lumps. These lumps fester with foulness, often erupting with a nauseating puss which chokes anyone that stands near the demon. Hezrous' may travel on two feet or on all four hands and feet, but always fight with their hands free. A hezrou stands 8 feet tall and weighs 750 pounds. They look like man-sized toads with spikes running down their backs and with arms and hands instead of forelegs. ''This creature looks like a massive, roughly humanoid toad with arms in place of forelegs. Its wide mouth has rows of blunt, powerful teeth, and long spines run down the length of its back.

Combat
Hezrous enjoy melee combat even more than vrocks do. They eagerly press an attack deep into the heart of enemy forces, so their stench can take effect as quickly as possible. They enter most battles by using blasphemy, and follow it with an occasional chaos hammer or unholy blight, depending on the alignment of their opponents.
 * A hezrou’s natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as chaotic-aligned and evil-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.


 * Improved Grab (Ex) : To use this ability, a hezrou must hit with both claw attacks. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.


 * Spell-Like Abilities : At will—chaos hammer (DC 18), greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), unholy blight (DC 18), 3/day—blasphemy (DC 21), ''gaseous form. Caster level 13th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.


 * Stench (Ex) : A hezrou’s skin produces a foul-smelling, toxic liquid whenever it fights. Any living creature (except other demons) within 10 feet must succeed on a DC 24 Fortitude save or be nauseated for as long as it remains within the affected area and for 1d4 rounds afterward. Creatures that successfully save are sickened for as long as they remain in the area. A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by the same hezrou’s stench for 24 hours. A delay poison or neutralize poison spell removes either condition from one creature. Creatures that have immunity to poison are unaffected, and creatures resistant to poison receive their normal bonus on their saving throws.. The save DC is Constitution-based.


 * Summon Tanar’ri (Sp) : Once per day a hezrou can attempt to summon 4d10 dretches or another hezrou with a 35% chance of success. This ability is the equivalent of a 4th-level spell.


 * Skills : Hezrous have a +8 racial bonus on Listen and Spot checks.