Fiend

Fiend

(Creature)

Common

Fiend

Level

Varies

Alignment

LG	NG	CG
LN	N	CN
LE	NE	CE

Adjective

Fiendish

Source: Bestiary, pg(s). 346

See also: Celestial and Monitor

The term fiend or fiendish is used to describe creatures, places, or ideas originating or influenced by forces from Outer Sphere planes of evil alignment, also known as the lower planes. This includes demons of the Outer Rifts, devils of Hell, and daemons of Abaddon. It is also used as a general term to describe anything deemed abhorrent, degenerate, or corrupted.

Types of fiends

The term "fiend" most often refers to various types of outsiders devoted to the cause of evil. The following categories of creatures are considered fiends.

Asura

The living blasphemies known as asuras are born from the mistakes of the gods and seek to sow doubt and discord among mortals.

Daemon

The denizens of Abaddon, daemons want nothing less than the extinction of all life in the multiverse.

Demodand

Created by the titans in mockery of mortals, the demodands do their masters' bidding to tear down the works of the gods.

Demon

The spawn of the Outer Rifts, demons are born from mortal souls gorged on sin and wish to bring pain and suffering to all mortal life.

Devil

The devils are the legions of Hell, created by Asmodeus to bring his vision of ruthless, brutal order to all existence.

Div

Created from the souls of corrupt genies, divs exist to bring misery to mortals and despoil all that is beautiful.

Imp

Created from the planes themselves, imps manipulate mortals into damnation.

Nindoru

Associated with Tian Xia, nindorus are fiends tied to broken cycles.

Oni

Spirits of rage and jealousy given physical bodies, oni live only to sate their endless destructive lusts.

Qlippoth

The primeval denizens of the Outer Rifts, the alien qlippoth seek to destroy the demonic usurpers through the destruction of sin itself—by slaughtering mortals.

Rakshasa

The rakshasas are "earthbound evils", decadent and debauched souls with the shapes of fiends but bound in mortal bodies.

Sahkil

Sahkils are former psychopomps who rebel against their role as soul shepherds for the River of Souls.

Velstrac

Denizens of the Netherworld, velstracs warp flesh and spirit in endless pursuit of perverse "perfection".

Other evil outsiders that do not fall into any specific category, such as barghests or dorvaes, may also be considered fiends.

Planar scion

Descendants of fiendish and mortal pairings are planar scions called cambions.

Fiendish creatures

Carrock, a fiendish arboreal regent.

Fiendish creatures are native to the lower planes or are natives of the Universe that have been transformed by the foul energies of the lower planes. Many exist in forms almost identical to those found in the Universe. For instance, a race of fiendish humans inhabits Ishiar, the realm of the demon lord Dagon in the Outer Rifts.

References

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