A black abishai was a type of devil, and among the most dexterous of abishai.[1][2][3]
Description
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Black abishai had two large horns on the sides of their heads, which curved inwards. From their heads protruded two large spikes, and they had jet black skin, giving these creatures very evil appearances. These abishai were very dexterous, perceptive, and stealthy, making them fantastic assassins.[4] They were the tallest of abishai, standing at 8 ft (2.4 m).[1][2][3]
PersonalityEdit
Such creatures were very sneaky, and often masked their presence by creeping in the shadows.[4]
CombatEdit
Black abishai, being assassins, would engage in combat from stealth. Here, they would deliver fatal attacks with their scimitars.[4] They employed triple-attacks: a double-attack with their scimitars, followed by a deadly bite.[4]
Using dark or dimly lit places to their advantage, black abishai were proficient at hiding. If in a location where their environs were not to their advantage, they could cast darkness, and then quickly fade into the shadows.[4] Striking with their tails would cause corrosive acid to burn foes.[5]
Black abishai had a large array of resistances. They resisted all types of physical damage unless the weapons used against them were magical or silvered. They were fully immune to fire, acid, and poisons, and resistant to cold-based attacks.[4] However, like other abishai, they took damage from holy water.[5]
They could summon other black abishai, as well as white abishai and lemures.[6]
AppendixEdit
See AlsoEdit
AppearancesEdit
- Video games
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 J. Paul LaFountain (1991). Monstrous Compendium: Outer Planes Appendix. Edited by Timothy B. Brown. (TSR, Inc.). ISBN 1-56076-055-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), pp. 11–12. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Allen Varney, ed. (June 1994). Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix. (TSR, Inc.), p. 18. ISBN 978-1560768623.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (May 29, 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 160. ISBN 978-0786966240.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 James Wyatt and Rob Heinsoo (February 2001). Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 12–14. ISBN 0-7869-1832-2.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Robin D. Laws, Robert J. Schwalb (December 2006). Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 109–112. ISBN 0-7869-3940-0.
- ↑ Gary Gygax (August 1983). Monster Manual II 1st edition. (TSR, Inc), p. 45. ISBN 0-88038-031-4.
