Devils, painted for this archiveGrimalkin
Creature, Devils
'Shadow Cats', the rarest of the three minor devils, dwell on the uppermost planes of Hades as companions of the Bat Horin. Favored as familiars by witches and warlocks, they are loyal, nearly invisible in darkness and superb spies.
Also called Shadow Cat
From the book
Grimalkin, sometimes called shadow cats, are the rarest of the three kinds of minor devil and are found only now and then on the highest planes of Hades. There they usually serve as companions and advisers to the Bat Horin, sometimes following them on their raids into the prime material plane.
Like alastor they make fine familiars, but their particular talents appeal more to witches and warlocks than to wizards. They can smell magic up to ten feet away and follow a trail by scent, and once a day each they can take the shape of an old hag, talk with animals or speak in tongues, each power lasting an hour. Their tracking by scent succeeds 75% of the time.
Unlike alastor, a grimalkin never makes trouble for its master; it is satisfied knowing that its presence proves its master has a certain taste for evil, whatever alignment they claim. Grimalkin are excellent spies, almost impossible to spot in darkness or shadow. They will gladly tell the given name of one lesser or greater devil, but only once a month. Pitch-black in color, they see in the dark, go unnoticed in darkness 95% of the time, and heal a hit point every minute.
At a glance
- Type
- Minor devil (least common of three)
- Nickname
- Shadow Cats
- Home
- Uppermost planes of Hades (infrequent)
- Associates
- Companions and advisors to Bat Horin, sometimes accompanying them to the material plane
- Favored by
- Witches and warlocks rather than wizards
- Senses
- Detect magic by scent (10 ft.); track by scent
- Once-per-day powers
- Each once a day: shape-change into an old hag; speak in tongues; speak with animals
- Stealth
- Almost undetectable in darkness or shadow
- Loyalty
- Never causes trouble for its master; its presence shows the master's leaning toward evil
- Monthly service
- Reveals the given name of one lesser or greater devil, once per month
- Height/Length
- 2-3 ft.
- Weight
- 15-20 lbs.
- STR
- 4
- SPD
- 18
- DEX
- 15
- CON
- 6
- INT
- 15
- WILL
- 7
- CHA
- 2
- PER
- 18
- Level
- 3
- Alignment
- Lawful Evil
- Damage
- Claws: 1-3
- Special Attributes
- Smells magic within 10 ft. (Detect Magic); heals 1 h.p. per minute; tracks by scent at 75%; once a day each, for 1 hour, can use Shape change (into a hag), Speak in tongues and Speak with animals; unnoticed in darkness 95% of the time; night vision
- Armor
- Unarmored
- Hit Points
- 10-16
- Comments
- Pitch-black, and sometimes known as 'shadow cats'