Always LE Large outsider (baatezu, evil, extraplanar, lawful)
Init +12; Senses darkvision 60 ft., see in darkness; Listen +29, Spot +29
Aura: fear
(20 ft., DC 27)
Languages Infernal, Celestial, Draconic, telepathy 100 ft.
AC 40, touch 17, flat-footed 32
(-1 size, +8 Dex, +23 natural)
hp 225
(18 HD)
; DR 15/good and silver
Immune fire, poison
Resist acid 10, cold 10; SR 32
Fort +19, Ref +19, Will +21
Speed 40 ft. (8 squares), fly 60 ft. (average)
Melee 2 claws
+30 each (2d8+13)
and 2 wings
+28 each (2d6+6)
and bite +28 (4d6+6 plus poison plus disease)
and tail slap +28 (2d8+6)
Space 10 ft.; Reach 10 ft.
Base Atk +18; Grp +35
Atk Options Cleave, Great Cleave, Power Attack
Abilities
Str 37, Dex 27, Con 27, Int 26, Wis 26, Cha 26
SQ darkvision 60 ft.
, immunity to fire and poison, resistance to acid 10 and cold 10, see in darkness, telepathy 100 ft., damage reduction 15/good and silver, regeneration 5, spell resistance 32
Feats Cleave, Great Cleave, Improved Initiative, Iron Will, Multiattack, Power Attack, Quicken Spell-Like Ability (fireball)
Skills Balance +10, Bluff +29, Climb +34, Concentration +29, Diplomacy +10, Disguise +29 (+31 acting) , Hide +25, Intimidate +31, Jump +40, Knowledge (arcana) +29, Knowledge (religion) +29, Knowledge (the planes) +29, Listen +29, Move Silently +29, Search +29, Spellcraft +31, Spot +29, Survival +8 (+10 other planes) (+10 follow tracks) , Tumble +31, Use Magic Device +8 (+10 scrolls)
Advancement: 19-36 HD (Large); 37-54 HD (Huge)
Constrict (Ex): A pit fiend deals 2d8+26 points of damage with a successful grapple check.
Disease (Su): A creature struck by a pit fiend's bite attack must succeed on a DC 27 Fortitude save or be infected with a vile disease known as devil chills (incubation period 1d4 days, damage 1d4 Str). The save DC is Constitution-based.
Fear Aura (Su): A pit fiend can radiate a 20-foot-radius fear aura as a free action. A creature in the area must succeed on a DC 27 Will save or be affected as though by a fear spell (caster level 18th). A creature that successfully saves cannot be affected again by the same pit fiend's aura for 24 hours. Other devils are immune to the aura. The save DC is Charisma-based.
Improved Grab (Ex): To use this ability, a pit fiend must hit with its tail slap attack. It can then attempt to start a grapple as a free action without provoking an attack of opportunity.
If it wins the grapple check, it establishes a hold and can constrict.
Poison (Ex): Injury, Fortitude DC 27, initial damage 1d6 Con, secondary damage death. The save DC is Constitution-based.
Spell-Like Abilities (Sp): At will--blasphemy (DC 25), create undead, fireball (DC 21), greater dispel magic, greater teleport (self plus 50 pounds of objects only), invisibility (DC 20), magic circle against good (DC 21), mass hold monster, persistent image (DC 23), power word stun, unholy aura (DC 26), 1/day--meteor swarm (DC 27), Caster level 18th. The save DCs are Charisma-based.
Once per year a pit fiend can use wish as the spell (caster level 20th).
Summon Devil (Sp): Twice per day a pit fiend can automatically summon 2 lemures, bone devils, or bearded devils, or 1 erinyes, horned devil, or ice devil. This ability is the equivalent of an 8th-level spell.
Regeneration (Ex): A pit fiend takes normal damage from good-aligned silvered weapons, and from spells or effects with the good descriptor.
Pit fiends are the undisputed lords of the baatezu, masters of
creating fear in mortals and devils alike.
A pit fiend often wraps its wings around itself like a grotesque
cloak, and appears wreathed in flames.
A pit fiend is 12 feet tall and weighs 800 pounds.
Strategies and Tactics
Pit fiends are wily and resourceful fighters, using invisibility to gain the upper hand and biting at foes seemingly able to see them. They don't hesitate to blanket an area with fireballs, and can call down the wrath of an inferno with meteor swarm.
A pit fiend's natural weapons, as well as any weapons it wields, are treated as evil-aligned and lawful-aligned for the purpose of overcoming damage reduction.