Those who forsake morality to seek earthly satisfaction in life are punished by Gluttivores in the Nine Hells. Gluttivores, or Gorge Devils, as they are less formally known, are hungry fiends who devour their prey, dissolving them slowly over the course of agonizing years or even decades.
Gluttivores are usually slightly larger than Ogre-sized, although more colossal examples are known. They shamble slowly, but have great reach with their tremendous claws, and their jaws can distend to swallow far more than they would seem to be able to fit. Their targets are conscious as they are digested, paralyzed and unable to struggle against the unyielding acids of the creature's appetite. Their immensely swollen bellies are grossly distended, and their victims can be glimpsed, sloshing around inside. Statistics: Gluttivores are typically Large-sized 8-Hit Die Outsiders, with 15 feet reach on their claw attacks, which deal 2d6 damage and grapple opponents. They can swallow any creature up to their own size category, dealing an initial 2d6 slashing damage as they chew their target to tenderize, and then paralyzing them (no saving throw is possible against this paralysis, while swallowed). Swallowed targets then take 1d3 points of permanent acid damage to their maximum Hit Points per year, and are dimly aware of what is going on, but helpless to stop it. Their only hope is to be rescued by some other prey of the Gluttivore. Anyone striking a Gluttivore with a melee weapon takes 1d4 points of acid damage per hit, with a Reflex save to negate the damage. Gluttivores themselves are simple-minded, and have no appreciable magical talents. How you can use a Gluttivore in your game: - A nearby nobleman, old Lord Asclymis is famed for never having had a meal he wouldn't complain about. He's dined with the finest, has tasted pheasant that pleased an Angel, and complained that it was too salty, has fed on forbidden fruits from the gardens of the Gods, and walked away cursing his luck. He's even committed the atrocity of tasting the flesh of sentient creatures. Now his death is approaching, and he hires the Player Characters to protect him from his just punishment- a Gluttivore who appears to take him wholly to the Hells to face his fate. - On venturing into the Hells to rescue a friend, your PCs might run across a Gorger's Feast- a vast hall where sinners are punished by being shackled down to eat offal and waste, supervised by a crew of Gluttivores who slaver and salivate over the disgusting ceremony. - Legend speaks of a man from ancient times, named Ereumis. He chopped up his own son and boiled him in a stew which he served to the High Priest, and was cast down to the Hells to become the first Gluttivore. He is the size of a mountain, and roams the wastes of the Hells to his black heart's content, filled but never satisfied by the thousands of souls within his belly. Also posted on Game Masters Stash on 11 July 2019. Comments are closed.
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