Ayngavhaul
Level 13Attacks
Abilities
Any tomes an ayngavhaul is reading or referencing for their current work can be stored in the devil's personal library, a floating collecting of tomes revolving around the devil that can be used offensively or defensively. Retrieving or returning a tome requires an Interact action.
Trigger The ayngavhaul is targeted by a spell
Effect The ayngavhaul flings a tome from its personal library at the spell. The devil must attempt a DC 5 flat. On a success, the tome fully absorbs the effects of the spell and burns up into a harmless pile of ash. Regardless of the result, the devil can't use this ability again for .
The ayngavhaul imparts blasphemous thoughts into the minds of all non-devil creatures within a 20-foot burst up to 60 feet away. An affected creature takes 2d10 mental damage plus 2d10 spirit damage and must attempt a DC 33 will save. Affected creatures gain a cumulative +1 circumstance bonus (up to a total of +4) to saves against all future attempts to Herald Heresy for 1 minute, as they become inured to the blasphemies.
Critical Success The creature is unaffected and becomes temporarily
Creatures hit by the ayngavhaul's searing words must succeed at a DC 33 will saving throw or become Stupefied 1 for 1 round (or Stupefied 2 on a critical failure). If the target is trained in Religion, they take a –2 circumstance penalty to their save.
Where a bright mind seeking knowledge becomes corrupted by eloquent lies and twisted truths, an ayngavhaul is sure to lurk. Often donned in the holy vestments of other faiths in a twisted mockery of their principles, these wily, well-read devils delight in using their knowledge to twist religious texts and teachings into the dangerous principles those same texts warn against. While many ayngavhauls develop advanced knowledge of unique specializations, there are many whose depth of knowledge of a single religion rivals that of even the most wizened priests.
Any information an ayngavhaul has read or learned is added to a massive living tome unique to the ayngavhaul. The information contained sorts itself based on the topic and point its owner is making.
While these devils spend most of their time in the libraries of Hell, they are most often summoned in desperate bids by students seeking lost or forbidden knowledge, and such knowledge comes with a cost. These devils use truths and loose interpretations of texts to lend credence to their heretical viewpoints. When these once-bright intellectuals are corrupted into blasphemous priests, tyrants, and despots spreading the twisted words of an ayngavhaul, that devil gains influence and renown within the scholarly circles of Hell.