Ok, i'm gonna admit it, despite being a huge fan of non-combat encounters, I kinda felt the good outsider entries we've been covering didnt offer too much to work with if combat DID arise (and lets face it, some of those murder hobos out there are just waiting for it).
And then comes this lad. Hell yeah. Boasting an aura that burns everything and everyone around him, an improved version of an attack of opportunity, a decent array of spells, and a disgusting ability that makes any slashing weapon he wields vorpal, this is one hell of a boss battle.
Most demons approach battle with reckless brutality. Bluudmaw, the general of all demon armies, second only to the deific demonlords, is not like that. His mind is that of a great strategist and master tactician, and when Heaven's champions finally find his lair, hoping to finally end the eternal conflict between good and evil, they learn of his prowess the hard way. His lair is littered with carefully placed flammable materials and explosive concoctions, which trigger easily in the massive heatwave he radiates. His man tactic during the fight is to use his dimension door to teleport to a weak enemy, strike them with his massive sword, and then teleport back behind cover again. If he does start to lose the fight, which isn't exactly likely, his lair does have at least two hidden exits too.
Unlike most gods, who dwell in their extra-dimensional hells and heavens, Gaia, the mother of all, is an entirely physical deity. Despite being the mightiest being in existence, she has a glaring weakness - her heart, said to be the source of all life in the material plane, is hidden somewhere in the depths of the earth. When the forces of anti-life from beyond the veil, guided by a band of traitorous dwarves manage to find the heart, all life in the world is in danger.
When Gaia's Guardians arrive at the scene a few days later, they find several of the Adversaries' negotiators, and a mighty Balor strapped to the heart by giant chains, with a holy dagger to his throat by an underling, threatening to release the eternal flames within the demon if their demands aren't met, slaying both the Balor and the goddess.
In the 23rd century, space travel is nothing new to most races of the multiverse. However, a new ship by the Black Empire has the Humanoid Confederacy worried, as most records indicate it uses no fuel whatsoever to achieve flight.
When a group of spies manage to infiltrate the ship's classified engine room, they find 3 chained and contained balors contained within, and a machine harnessing the unnatural heat they exude apparently powering the ship.
One of the demons stoops so low as to beg for help from the lowly humanoids, but is such a being's word to be trusted?
And then comes this lad. Hell yeah. Boasting an aura that burns everything and everyone around him, an improved version of an attack of opportunity, a decent array of spells, and a disgusting ability that makes any slashing weapon he wields vorpal, this is one hell of a boss battle.
Most demons approach battle with reckless brutality. Bluudmaw, the general of all demon armies, second only to the deific demonlords, is not like that. His mind is that of a great strategist and master tactician, and when Heaven's champions finally find his lair, hoping to finally end the eternal conflict between good and evil, they learn of his prowess the hard way. His lair is littered with carefully placed flammable materials and explosive concoctions, which trigger easily in the massive heatwave he radiates. His man tactic during the fight is to use his dimension door to teleport to a weak enemy, strike them with his massive sword, and then teleport back behind cover again. If he does start to lose the fight, which isn't exactly likely, his lair does have at least two hidden exits too.
Unlike most gods, who dwell in their extra-dimensional hells and heavens, Gaia, the mother of all, is an entirely physical deity. Despite being the mightiest being in existence, she has a glaring weakness - her heart, said to be the source of all life in the material plane, is hidden somewhere in the depths of the earth. When the forces of anti-life from beyond the veil, guided by a band of traitorous dwarves manage to find the heart, all life in the world is in danger.
When Gaia's Guardians arrive at the scene a few days later, they find several of the Adversaries' negotiators, and a mighty Balor strapped to the heart by giant chains, with a holy dagger to his throat by an underling, threatening to release the eternal flames within the demon if their demands aren't met, slaying both the Balor and the goddess.
In the 23rd century, space travel is nothing new to most races of the multiverse. However, a new ship by the Black Empire has the Humanoid Confederacy worried, as most records indicate it uses no fuel whatsoever to achieve flight.
When a group of spies manage to infiltrate the ship's classified engine room, they find 3 chained and contained balors contained within, and a machine harnessing the unnatural heat they exude apparently powering the ship.
One of the demons stoops so low as to beg for help from the lowly humanoids, but is such a being's word to be trusted?
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