Hellring Bride (Jianne)
| Statistic | Value |
|---|---|
| Size/Type | Medium Outsider (Lawful, Evil) |
| Hit Dice | 11d8+22 (66 hp) |
| Initiative | +5 |
| Speed | 30 ft. |
| Armor Class | 21 (+5 Dex, +6 natural), touch 15, flat-footed 14 |
| Base Attack/Grapple | +11/+17 |
| Attack | +13 claw (1d8+6) |
| Full Attack | +13/+13/+13/+7; 4 claw attacks (1d8+6)/ 19-20 X2 |
| Space/Reach | 5 ft./5 ft. |
| Special Attacks | Demon Mother*, Pheromones,* Web*, Spell-like abilities, |
| Special Qualities | Alternate Form, Damage Reduction, 15/Holy or Chaotic, Magic SR 15, *Fecund* |
| Saves | Fort +8, Ref +11, Will +6 |
| Abilities | Str 14, Dex 20, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 10, Cha 20 |
| Skills | Bluff+21, Craft; Weaver: +15, Escape Artist +19, Diplomacy +21, Forgery +8, Perform +10, Sense Motive +10, Sleight of Hand +8, Spot+2* |
| Feats | Persuasive, Deceitful, Ability Focus, Dodge |
| Environment | Urban |
| Organization | Couple with brood, 1 individual, 3-6 Half-fiends |
| Challenge Rating | 13 |
| Treasure | Standard |
| Alignment | Always Lawful Evil |
| Advancement | 12-16 hitdice (medium) |
| Level Adjustment | _ |
Description
The house is in ruins, as if from a terrible struggle. Amidst the blood-soaked ruin of the man's body crouches a mockery of beauty. The creature has the face and form of a young, attractive woman, yet with 6 arms, ending in claws that seem like nothing so much as a spider's fangs. Rather than clothing, the cackling, beautiful fiend is clad in gauzy veils composed of stringy spider-webs. The woman-demon thing creeps closer, secreting webs, licking her lips in evil hunger.
The most desperate, the most depraved consider them. The outcasts, the reviled, will summon them. Those who, for whatever reason cannot find the companionship they hunger for, can turn to the Lower Planes for solace. Many folk, of otherwise goodly intent, may be lured into the use of the summoning ritual to replace a lost, cherished lover. These devils are also popular with diabolical wizards, and rapacious warlords that summon these creatures to provide a trustworthy companion that does not mind unnatural sorcery, or blood-thirsty conquest. The devil is attractive, but clearly monstrous in appearance; until it enters into a perverse marriage-pact with an evil or desperate mortal.
At that point, the mortal signs away his soul with an Infernal contract the devil carries; but the ritual requires two rings, each worth no less than 50 gold. When the pitiful mortal slips the ring on his own finger, and the clawed digits of the infernal creature, the six-armed she-devil clad in spider-webs transforms into his ideal partner; even able to emulate the appearance of a woman from the mortal's memory.
The Jianne exists to exploit mortal lusts, and willingly dwells on the material plane as the wife of the summoner. This is to grant the devil an opportunity to proliferate the material world with its devilish spawn. The Contract requires the devil to fulfill all domestic duties, and prevents the husband from harming her, or her 'children'. The devil possesses an impossible productivity, using her husband to conceive half-fiend cambions that mature at an unholy rate. While she lives to poison the mortal world with her horrid young, the mortal husband knows that he will not be harmed: so long as he honors the Contract.
But the mortal can never forget the obscene nature of the hellish being he has joined with; despite her friendly, helpful demeanor. Spider-webs will mysteriously appear throughout the house, and at night there will be flashes of red, infernal eyes.
Combat
The devil never harms her husband, so long as he honors the Contract, but she violently loathes adventurers, and are prone to murder those that oppose her 'family'. The Contract stipulates that once a month, the devil will be free to leave the home and hunt. Her prey of choice is mortal flesh. The Jianne is an expert singer and dancer, and when outside the home she uses her talents to lure mortal men in range for her pheromone breath, rendering her prey helpless dupes. Other men that fall into her power are swiftly, violently devoured; and the Jianne often keeps up an alternate, web-filled lair, where her conquests are strewn like captured moths.
Should the husband commit adultery, or try to harm his infernal wife or the cambion children they create, his soul is forfeit, and becomes the plaything of the Jianne.
Fecund: (Su) Once married, a Jianne and her mortal husband can produce 3d4 hitdice of half-fiend offspring every week, if the devil wishes it. These spawn mature at an obscene, impossible rate; filled with the evil of the Lower Planes. The ravages committed by these illicit spawn are the purpose for which the devil submits to being the wife of a mortal. At any time, there will be at least 6 hit-dice worth of half-fiends ready to defend their hellish mother.
Pheromones: (Su) This is a breath weapon in a 30-foot cone; DC 20 will save or suffer the effects of a Mind Fog spell as if cast by a 16th level sorcerer. The gas is invisible, so evasion class features are of no use.
Devil Mother: (Su) As a full-round touch attack, or simply by luring a mortal into some act of passion, the Jianne can consume his mass and contain a medium or smaller creature inside her body by the Imprisonment spell. Once inside, it is extremely difficult to save the victim, for the Jianne can share and draw upon the mortal's hit-points at will. DC 16 fortitude save is required to resist the capture. Attacking the fiend when using this power is complicated; for she will look like nothing more than a pregnant woman; surely angering any bystanders. She may only hold one captive at a time.
Web: (ex) As a touch attack, the Jianne can secrete enough webbing onto a target to duplicate the Web spell, as if cast by a 16th level sorcerer.
Spell-like abilities: at will/ Crushing Despair, (DC19) Detect Thoughts, Hold Person, (DC17) Spider Climb. 3/day: Charm Person, (DC16) 1/day Mass Suggestion Caster level; 12th.