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Brimorak

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Brimorak
A brimorak demon.
(Creature)
Adventurers confront brimoraks.

Brimoraks, or arson demons, are minotaur-like demons often associated with the demon lord Baphomet, though they are also fielded as infantry by demon lord Flauros.1

Brimoraks are also commonly summoned for combat purposes by mortals using conjuration spells, such as lesser planar ally or lesser planar binding, representing a high tier of power for those low-level spells, mainly due to their good defences, multiple abilities, and general combat effectiveness against enemies that are not resistant to fire.2

Appearance

Standing around four3 feet tall, brimoraks tend to live only in parts of the Outer Rifts where high concentrations of flames and smoke are found, but are very common in such places. Despite their small size, they are quite strong, and weigh about 200 pounds.1

Abilities

Brimoraks are immune to damage from fire and can readily see through smoke and in the dark. However, they are mentally harmed when doused with water.45

Brimoraks can speak several languages: Chthonian, Draconic, Empyrean, and Pyric. Additionally, they can converse telepathically with anyone within 60 feet.45

The hooves and any weapon a brimorak holds burst into flame, and they can create a personal fire and steel sword that only exists while in their hands.45

A brimorak's blood is boiling hot and greasy and the demon can spray it at any that make it bleed or it can spit it in a 20-foot-long line of boiling blood that makes the ground slippery where it lands. Brimoraks can also emit a thick black nauseating smoke cloud around themselves.45

Ecology

Their associated sin is arson6, and though immune, they endure the constant pain of the fire they live in, as well as their own boiling blood, a manifestation of the sins of arson it committed as a mortal.1

The only relief it experiences is a temporary one—after it uses its boiling blood as a breath weapon, or uses one of its fire-type spells.7

Many brimoraks believe that for every fire they set, they grow larger in stature. Scholars have yet to find any evidence of this.4

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 James Jacobs. “The Demonic Horde” in Lords of Chaos, Book of the Damned Volume 2, 56. Paizo Inc., 2010
  2. Paizo Inc., et al. “Chapter 4: Fiendish Bestiary” in Book of the Damned, 230. Paizo Inc., 2017
  3. Monster Core 77 retroactively made brimoraks four feet tall instead of three in order to suit a corresponding mechanical change from Small to Medium-sized creatures. For context, see Meta:Brimorak.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Paizo Inc., et al. “Monsters A-Z” in Bestiary 3, 62. Paizo Inc., 2021
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Logan Bonner, et al. Demon” in Monster Core, 77. Paizo Inc., 2024
  6. James Jacobs. “Demonkind” in Lords of Chaos, Book of the Damned Volume 2, 34. Paizo Inc., 2010
  7. James Jacobs. “The Demonic Horde” in Lords of Chaos, Book of the Damned Volume 2, 57. Paizo Inc., 2010