ability_mods:
  cha_mod: 8
  con_mod: 9
  dex_mod: 8
  int_mod: 8
  str_mod: 9
  wis_mod: 9
ac: 46
ac_special: null
alignment: LE
automatic_abilities:
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: 100 feet. Commanded or allied evil creatures in the aura of lower level
    than the pit fiend gain a +1 circumstance bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls,
    AC, saves, and skill checks.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Commander's Aura
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Commander''s Aura** (__aura__, __divine__, __enchantment__)
    100 feet. Commanded or allied evil creatures in the aura of lower level than the
    pit fiend gain a +1 circumstance bonus to attack rolls, damage rolls, AC, saves,
    and skill checks.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - aura
  - divine
  - enchantment
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: The creature is frightened 4.
  critical_success: The creature is unaffected by the presence.
  description: 20 feet, DC 42
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: The creature is frightened 2.
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: A creature that first enters the area must attempt a Will save.
    Regardless of the result of the saving throw, the creature is temporarily immune
    to this monster's Frightful Presence for 1 minute.
  name: Frightful Presence
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Frightful Presence** 20 feet, DC 42 A creature that first enters
    the area must attempt a Will save. Regardless of the result of the saving throw,
    the creature is temporarily immune to this monster''s Frightful Presence for 1
    minute.

    Critical Success The creature is unaffected by the presence.

    Success The creature is frightened 1.

    Failure The creature is frightened 2.

    Critical Success The creature is frightened 4.'
  requirements: null
  success: The creature is frightened 1.
  traits:
  - aura
  - divine
  - emotion
  - enchantment
  - fear
  - mental
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Reaction
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The pit fiend can make an Attack of Opportunity when a creature within
    reach uses a concentrate action, in addition to the usual trigger. The devil can
    disrupt triggering concentrate actions, and they disrupt actions on any hit, not
    only a critical hit.
  effect: You lash out at a foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against
    the triggering creature. If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was
    a manipulate action, you disrupt that action. This Strike doesn't count toward
    your multiple attack penalty, and your multiple attack penalty doesn't apply to
    this Strike.
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Attack of Opportunity
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Attack of Opportunity** [Reaction] **Trigger** A creature within
    your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action, makes a ranged attack, or
    leaves a square during a move action it''s using. **Effect** You lash out at a
    foe that leaves an opening. Make a melee Strike against the triggering creature.
    If your attack is a critical hit and the trigger was a manipulate action, you
    disrupt that action. This Strike doesn''t count toward your multiple attack penalty,
    and your multiple attack penalty doesn''t apply to this Strike.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: A creature within your reach uses a manipulate action or a move action,
    makes a ranged attack, or leaves a square during a move action it's using.
description: "When an army of devils invades to bathe a region in bloodshed and hellfire,\
  \ it is likely that one of Hell's most powerful and diabolical generals, the pit\
  \ fiend, masterminded the incursion. Cunning, powerful, and ruthless, pit fiends\
  \ often serve the archdevils directly. They rule infernal duchies, subjugate mortal\
  \ worlds, and usurp infernal rivals using unparalleled despotism and calculated\
  \ ferocity. To realize their tyrannical machinations, pit fiends claim mortal souls\
  \ that they corrupt into lemure servants, which can then be shaped and transformed\
  \ through infernal manipulation into the terrifying devils that form Hell's formidable\
  \ legions. They often select the most wicked and vicious lemures for their armies,\
  \ drawing upon these lesser devils' depravity during powerful magical ceremonies\
  \ to create hideous and terrifying abominations that can cow and eviscerate the\
  \ pit fiend's enemies.\n\n\n\nPit fiends themselves are crafted deep within the\
  \ nightmarish bowels of Nessus, the ninth layer of Hell, to serve the whims of archdevils\
  \ and infernal dukes. Those pit fiends that don't leave Nessus to command infernal\
  \ legions in the upper layers of Hell often form the courts of Hell's elite, gathering\
  \ cabals and sects that shape Hell's political landscape through subterfuge and\
  \ manipulation. But many pit fiends see themselves as living embodiments of hellfire,\
  \ the all-encompassing wrath of Hell, and thus prefer to dwell in realms consumed\
  \ by fire. In Avernus, Dis, Malebolge, Nessus, and Phlegethon, pit fiends build\
  \ vast citadels of brimstone wreathed in flame to lord over.\n\n\n\nPit fiends tower\
  \ over other devils, standing at least 16 feet tall, weighing over 1,000 pounds,\
  \ and brandishing wingspans in excess of 20 feet. \n\n## Infernal Dukes\n\n Elite\
  \ members of Hell's political infrastructure and leadership hierarchy, the dukes\
  \ of Hell are chosen from among the most tyrannical, oppressive, and conniving devils.\
  \ While not all infernal dukes are pit fiends, a pit fiend's natural disposition\
  \ toward conquest and oppression often make it an ideal candidate for this position.\
  \ To create an infernal duke, adjust the pit fiend to be between 21st and 25th level.\
  \ Because of their physical prowess, manipulative nature, and powerful spellcasting\
  \ abilities, infernal dukes make excellent villains for long-running campaigns.\n\
  \n\n\n**__Recall Knowledge - Fiend__ (__Religion__)**: DC 40"
hp: 335
hp_misc: regeneration 30 (deactivated by good)
immunities:
- fire
items: null
knowledge_checks:
  dc: 40
  skills:
  - Religion
languages:
- Celestial
- Common
- Draconic
- Infernal
- telepathy 100 feet
level: 20
melee:
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 4d10+17
    type: piercing
  name: jaws
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 2d6
    type: evil and pit fiend venom
  to_hit: 40
  traits:
  - evil
  - magical
  - poison
  - reach 10 feet
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 4d6+17
    type: slashing
  name: claw
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 2d6
    type: evil
  to_hit: 38
  traits:
  - agile
  - evil
  - magical
  - reach 10 feet
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 4d10+17
    type: bludgeoning
  name: tail
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 2d6
    type: evil and Improved Grab
  to_hit: 36
  traits:
  - evil
  - magical
  - reach 10 feet
- action_cost: One Action
  damage:
    formula: 4d6+17
    type: slashing
  name: wing
  plus_damage:
  - formula: 2d6
    type: evil
  to_hit: 36
  traits:
  - evil
  - magical
  - reach 15 feet
name: Pit Fiend
perception: 37
proactive_abilities:
- action_cost: One Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: 2d10+17 bludgeoning plus 2d6 evil, DC 43
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Constrict
  range: null
  raw_description: '**__Constrict__**   2d10+17 bludgeoning plus 2d6 evil, DC 43'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: The pit fiend fails to shape any devils and draws the ire of an
    archdevil for its waste of resources.
  critical_success: The pit fiend shapes two devils from the massed lemures instead
    of one.
  description: 'The pit fiend reshapes a large number of lemures within a 600-foot
    radius into more powerful devils to swell Hell''s legions. The pit fiend must
    have available the number of lemures listed on the table in the sidebar. The pit
    fiend can shape 100 lemures per day, to a maximum of 1,100 lemures in 11 days.
    Devils created in this way are in thrall to the pit fiend and follow its orders,
    with the exception of created pit fiends or other devils of similar power, which
    are always independent. As a result, few pit fiends choose to create peers. At
    the end of the Devil Shaping activity, the pit fiend attempts an incredibly hard
    Religion check of the desired devil''s level, with results as follows.


    '
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: The devil shaped from the lemures is 2 levels lower than the intended devil.
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Devil Shaping
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Devil Shaping** (__divine__, __downtime__, __transmutation__)
    The pit fiend reshapes a large number of lemures within a 600-foot radius into
    more powerful devils to swell Hell''s legions. The pit fiend must have available
    the number of lemures listed on the table in the sidebar. The pit fiend can shape
    100 lemures per day, to a maximum of 1,100 lemures in 11 days. Devils created
    in this way are in thrall to the pit fiend and follow its orders, with the exception
    of created pit fiends or other devils of similar power, which are always independent.
    As a result, few pit fiends choose to create peers. At the end of the Devil Shaping
    activity, the pit fiend attempts an incredibly hard Religion check of the desired
    devil''s level, with results as follows.


    **Critical Success** The pit fiend shapes two devils from the massed lemures instead
    of one.


    **Success** The pit fiend shapes a devil of the desired type and level.


    **Failure** The devil shaped from the lemures is 2 levels lower than the intended
    devil.


    **Critical Failure** The pit fiend fails to shape any devils and draws the ire
    of an archdevil for its waste of resources.'
  requirements: null
  success: The pit fiend shapes a devil of the desired type and level.
  traits:
  - divine
  - downtime
  - transmutation
  trigger: null
- action_cost: One Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: The pit fiend Flies and makes a wing Strike at any point during its
    movement.
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Fast Swoop
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Fast Swoop**   The pit fiend Flies and makes a wing Strike at
    any point during its movement.'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits: null
  trigger: null
- action_cost: Free Action
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: null
  effect: If the pit fiend's next action is to cast an 8th-level or lower innate spell,
    reduce the number of actions to cast it by 1 (minimum 1 action).
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: once per round.
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Masterful Quickened Casting
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Masterful Quickened Casting** [Free Action]  (__concentrate__)
    **Frequency** once per round. **Effect** If the pit fiend''s next action is to
    cast an 8th-level or lower innate spell, reduce the number of actions to cast
    it by 1 (minimum 1 action).'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - concentrate
  trigger: null
- action_cost: None
  critical_failure: null
  critical_success: null
  description: '**Saving Throw** DC 43 Fortitude; **Maximum Duration** 10 rounds;
    **Stage 1** 6d6 poison damage and __drained 1__ (1 round); **Stage 2** 7d6 poison
    damage and __drained 2__ (1 round); **Stage 3** 8d6 poison damage and __drained
    3__ (1 round)'
  effect: null
  effects: null
  failure: null
  frequency: null
  full_description: null
  generic_description: null
  name: Pit Fiend Venom
  range: null
  raw_description: '**Pit Fiend Venom** (__poison__) **Saving Throw** DC 43 Fortitude;
    **Maximum Duration** 10 rounds; **Stage 1** 6d6 poison damage and __drained 1__
    (1 round); **Stage 2** 7d6 poison damage and __drained 2__ (1 round); **Stage
    3** 8d6 poison damage and __drained 3__ (1 round)'
  requirements: null
  success: null
  traits:
  - poison
  trigger: null
ranged: null
rarity: Common
resistances:
- amount: 15
  type: physical (except silver)
- amount: 15
  type: poison
ritual_lists:
- dc: 42
  misc: null
  name: Rituals
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 1
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: infernal pact
      requirement: null
  to_hit: null
saves:
  fort: 37
  fort_misc: null
  misc: +1 status to all saves vs. magic
  ref: 32
  ref_misc: null
  will: 35
  will_misc: null
sense_abilities: null
senses:
- Perception +37
- greater darkvision
- true seeing
size: Large
skills:
- bonus: 34
  misc: null
  name: 'Acrobatics '
- bonus: 32
  misc: null
  name: 'Arcana '
- bonus: 33
  misc: null
  name: 'Athletics '
- bonus: 39
  misc: null
  name: 'Deception '
- bonus: 34
  misc: null
  name: 'Diplomacy '
- bonus: 39
  misc: null
  name: 'Intimidation '
- bonus: 37
  misc: null
  name: 'Religion '
- bonus: 36
  misc: null
  name: 'Society '
- bonus: 34
  misc: null
  name: 'Stealth '
source:
- abbr: Bestiary
  page_start: 92
  page_stop: null
speed:
- amount: 35
  type: Land
- amount: 50
  type: fly
spell_lists:
- dc: 42
  misc: null
  name: Divine Innate Spells
  spell_groups:
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 10
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: meteor swarm
      requirement: null
    - frequency: once per year
      name: miracle
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: power word stun
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 9
    spells:
    - frequency: at will
      name: bind soul
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 8
    spells:
    - frequency: at will
      name: dispel magic
      requirement: null
    - frequency: at will
      name: divine decree
      requirement: null
    - frequency: at will
      name: fireball
      requirement: null
    - frequency: null
      name: scrying
      requirement: null
    - frequency: at will
      name: wall of fire
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 5
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: dimension door
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: null
    level: 4
    spells:
    - frequency: at will
      name: dimension door
      requirement: null
  - heightened_level: 8
    level: -1
    spells:
    - frequency: null
      name: true seeing
      requirement: null
  to_hit: null
traits:
- LE
- Large
- Devil
- Fiend
type: Creature
weaknesses:
- amount: 15
  type: good