Vile Shadow Demon
Medium elemental humanoid (demon)
Level 12 Elite Lurker XP 1400

Traits

☼ Shadow Shift (necrotic) ✦ Aura 1

Any enemy in the aura that hits the shadow demon with a melee attack takes 5 necrotic damage.

Insubstantial

The shadow demon takes half damage from all attacks, except those that deal force damage. Whenever the shadow demon takes radiant damage, it loses this trait until the start of its next turn.

Standard Actions

(⚔) Claw (necrotic) ✦ At-Will

Attack: Melee 1 (one creature); +15 vs. Reflex

Hit: 2d8 + 7 necrotic damage, plus 1d8 necrotic damage if the shadow demon has combat advantage against the target.

⚔ Vile Possession (charm, psychic) ✦ Recharge when no creature is affected by vile possession

Attack: Melee 1 (one creature granting combat advantage to the shadow demon); +15 vs. Will

Hit: 4d6 + 4 psychic damage, and the target is dominated (save ends). While the target is dominated, the shadow demon is removed from play.

    Aftereffect: The shadow demon returns to play in an unoccupied square of its choice within 5 squares of the target.

ᗕ Abyssal Horror (fear) ✦ Recharge ⚄ ⚅

Attack: Close blast 5 (enemies in the blast); +15 vs. Will

Hit: The shadow demon pushes the target up to its speed, and the target grants combat advantage (save ends).

ᗕ Abyssal Void (necrotic, zone) ✦ Recharge when first bloodied

Attack: Close burst 2 (enemies in the burst); +15 vs. Fortitude

Hit: 2d10 + 6 necrotic damage.

Miss: Half damage

Effect: The burst creates a zone of darkness that lasts until the end of the shadow demon's next turn. The zone blocks line of sight for all creatures that cannot see in darkness. Any enemy that starts its turn in the zone takes 5 necrotic damage and is immobilized until the start of its next turn.

Minor Actions

⚔ Void Rake ✦ At-Will (1/round)

Effect: The shadow demon uses claw.

Triggered Actions

Variable Resistance ✦ 2/Encounter

Trigger: The shadow demon takes acid, cold, fire, lightning, or thunder damage.

Effect (Free Action): The shadow demon gains resist 20 to the triggering damage type until the end of the encounter or until it uses variable resistance again.

Skills Arcana +15, Bluff +15, Stealth +18
Str 8 (+5)                Dex 24 (+13)                Wis 14 (+8)
Con 14 (+8)                Int 19 (+10)                Cha 19 (+10)

Alignment Chaotic Evil        Languages Abyssal, Common

Published in The Book of Vile Darkness, page(s) 2-86.