[Commissioned by @hiswrathundoesthewicked. It feels like a daemon of guns has been a long time coming, and the commissioner asked me to use this image to build on top of. I made it a CR 15 in order to play well with other industrial themed daemons like the crucidaemonandsordesdaemon]
Daemon, Ballistidaemon CR 15 NE Outsider (extraplanar) This creature is vaguely humanoid, although its long arms and pointed legs conspire to make it as comfortable on all fours as on its hind legs. Eight thin tentacles grow from its neck and shoulders, each tipped with a metallic tube. Its head is a skull-like wedge, with a beaked mouth twisted into the shape of a sardonic grin.
Among the newest species of daemons, ballistidaemons are the embodiment of death by firearms. They were created by the Horseman of War, who has embraced guns as a way to kill dramatically and en masse. Few ballistidaemons care for subtlety or discretion, instead acting as living weapons platforms in daemonic incursions into other planes. When not fighting, they are usually hard at work making weapons for other daemons or their cults.
Although some ballistidaemons carry manufactured firearms (particularly if they wish to snipe with a rifle), they do not require them. A ballistidaemon has guns literally growing from its body, attached to whip-like tentacles that grow from its neck and shoulders. It generates ammunition magically for this armamenr, and can lay down a withering rate of fire. A ballistidaemon has a wide array of tricks and staggeringly good luck, although it can only refresh these skills by taking the lives of worthy opponents. Thus, even though ballistidaemons do love to mow down innocent bystanders and slaughter civilians, they make an effort to find challenging enemies to test their skills against on the battlefield. They only engage in melee if an antimagic field or similar effect prevents their infinite bullets from forming, but they can still deliver damage with their beaked jaws and clawed hands.
The one weakness ballistidaemons have is sartorial. They enjoy dressing in flamboyant costumes, a personal affectation that some other daemons view as a foolish weakness. These hats, boots, ponchos and other accessories are often magical, but some are chosen for no other reason than fashion.
Ballistidaemon CR 15 XP 51,200 NE Medium outsider (daemon, extraplanar, evil) Init+11;Sensesdarkvision 60 ft., detect good, Perception +26, true seeing Defense AC29, touch 20, flat-footed 29 (+9 Dex, +1 dodge, +9 natural) hp212 (17d10+119) Fort+12,Ref+19,Will+16 DR10/good and silver; Immuneacid, death effects, disease, poison; Resistcold 10, electricity 10, fire 10; SR26 Defensive Abilities evasion, improved uncanny dodge Offense Speed40 ft., air walk Melee2 claws +22 (1d8+5), bite +22 (1d6+5) Ranged+1 pistol +27/+22/+17/+12 touch or +25/+25/+20/+15/+10 touch (1d8+1/19-20x4) Special Attacks armament, deeds (deadeye, gunslinger’s dodge, quick clear, gunslinger initiative, pistol whip, utility shot, dead shot, startling shot, targeting, bleeding wound, expert loading, lightning reload, evasive, menacing shot, slinger’s luck), fusillade Spell-like Abilities CL 15th, concentration +21 Constant—air walk, detect good, true seeing At will—greater teleport (self plus 50 lbs. objects only) 3/day—bullet shield, fire seeds (DC 22), shout(DC 20) 1/day—blasphemy(DC 23), greater shout (DC 24), summon (level 4, 1 derghodaemon, 50%) Statistics Str21,Dex28,Con24,Int16,Wis23,Cha23 Base Atk +17;CMB+22;CMD42 (46 vs. trip) FeatsDeadly Aim,Dodge, Exotic Weapon Proficiency (firearms) (B), Gunsmithing (B), Improved Critical (pistol), Mobility, Nimble Moves, Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Shot, Shot on the Run SkillsAcrobatics +29 (+33 when jumping),Bluff +26, Craft (alchemy) +23, Knowledge (engineering, planes) +23, Perception +26, Sense Motive +26, Stealth +29 LanguagesAbyssal, Draconic, Infernal, telepathy 100 ft. SQgrit (6 points) Ecology Environmentany land or underground (Abaddon) Organizationsolitary, pair or posse (3-6) Treasurestandard Special Abilities Armament (Su) A ballistidaemon has eight tentacles, each tipped with a gun barrel that counts as a +1 pistol. A pistol has a range increment of 20 feet and deals both bludgeoning and piercing damage. At a range of up to 20 feet, a ballistidaemon’s pistol attacks resolve as touch attacks. While pistols normally consume bullets and black powder when fired, a ballistidaemon’s pistols supernaturally reload the instant it fires them without provoking attacks of opportunity, allowing the daemon to make multiple attacks in a round with the weapons. It can make iterative attacks with a single pistol at a time. These cannot be disarmed, but can be sundered (hardness 12, hit points 20). A ballistidaemon can regenerate a sundered armament as a standard action. A ballistidaemon does not provoke attacks of opportunity for using its armament in melee, and does not have a misfire chance with its armament. Deeds (Ex) A ballistidaemon has access to the deeds of a 15th level gunslinger, as listed in its stat block. It must spend grit to use these deeds as normal. The bonuses for gunslinger’s initiative and evasive are listed in its stat block above). Fusillade (Ex) As a full round action, a ballistidaemon can make a single shot with each of its armament tentacles (eight for a normal ballistidaemon). These attacks are made at its full attack bonus. It may split these attacks up among different opponents or the same opponent as it sees fit. Using this ability costs 1 grit point, and the grit cost cannot be reduced with Signature Deed. Grit (Ex) A ballistidaemon gains a number of grit points per day equal to its Wisdom modifier. This functions as the gunslinger class ability.
Sargon Eregesh was a member of the Word Bearers Legion who was born on Colchis and became a Chaplain of the Brazenhead Chapter. He took part in the Horus Heresy and fought in the Battle of Terra, where he suffered a grievous Plasma Weapon wound that left him unable to speak, but he continued to telepathically communicate through a reanimated corpse.
After the Traitors were defeated and fled into the Eye of Terror, Sargon disowned the teachings of Lorgar and became a servant of Abaddon. During the subsequent Legion War, Abaddon dispatched Sargon to gather reliable allies for his coming war against Fabius Bile and his clone of Horus. Sargon succeeded in finding Falkus Kibre, Lheorvine Ukris, and Iskandar Khayon and giving them the location of both Abaddon and the Vengeful Spirit before being caught in an ambush by the Emperor’s Children. Sargon survived the battle against the Emperor’s Children and continued to serve Abaddon into the 1st Black Crusade and rose to become a Lord-Prelate of the Black Legion.
Falkus Kibre, nicknamed Widowmaker, was a Captain of the Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus’ First Company. Today, he is Black Legion warrior, Commander of the Aphotic Blade, servant of Abaddon the Despoiler. One of the founders of the Black Legion.
I’m significantly more active on twitter if you want to keep up with my work but now I’m trying to catch up on all my other social media so here’s the 2/3 of my redesign project of the The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.
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I always find it funny when books like Harry Potter andPercy Jackson get crap for being ‘witchcraft’ and ‘anti-christian’ but you know who no one evertalks about? Phillip Pullman and his masterpiece His Dark Materials trilogy. Some of you may recognize the first book’s title, The Golden Compass from the awful movie adaption, but seriously those books are so so good and full of badass witches rebelling against the vadican for mutilating children, gay ass angels who join the rebellion so they can be free to love each other, an ex nun who escapes the oppression of the church to pursue a life of science, a little girl who is so good at manipulating she overthrows an entire empire in one day, and a 12 year old boy who murdersgod with a knife
Phillip Pullman is legitimately baffled that Christians got all upset about Harry Potter when he was writing HDM at the same time. And typically when authors have those themes, they still say in interviews that it’s just a story and/or their writing about religious corruption than religion itself. But Pullman just goes and says “If God as the Christians imagine him exist, it would be a moral duty to kill him” (paraphrasing)
As a Jew, I second that sentiment of Pullman’s.
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Phillip Pullman: I think Narnia is toxic and bad for children and this series is quite literally meant to destroy it
Everyone: Haha okay sounds like wacky good fun
Pullman: everyone’s soul is manifested in a separate entity called quite literally a daemon
Everyone: sounds cute, nice aesthetic
Pullman: these children shall destroy the concept of heaven and hell
Everyone: ah bless
Pullman: they join with rebel angels to create a republic of heaven
Everyone: such cute fantasy
Pullman: “If there is no longer a king, or a kingdom of heaven, it will have to be a republic in which we are free citizens. We ourselves as citizens have to build the republic of heaven.”
Everyone: NEVER understood the elephant wheels thing tho
