Orthon (3.5e Monster)

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	Orthon
Size/Type:	Medium Outsider (Baatezu, Extraplanar, Evil, Lawful)
Hit Dice:	2d8+6 (15 hp)
Initiative:	+6
Speed:	20 ft. (4 squares)
Armor Class:	21 (-1 Dex, +10 armor, +2 shield), touch 9, flat-footed 20
Base Attack/Grapple:	+2/+9
Attack:	Spear +5 melee (1d6+4 plus hell stroke/x3 on crit.)
Full Attack:	Spear +5 melee (1d6+4 plus hell stroke/x3 on crit.)
Space/Reach:	5ft./5 ft.
Special Attacks:	Hell stroke, maneuver-like abilities, phalanx formation
Special Qualities:	Aura of cold logic, healing maggots, immunity to cold and poison, magitech training, resistance to acid 10 and fire 10, see in darkness, shield arm, telepathy 100 ft.
Saves:	Fort +6, Ref +2, Will +3
Abilities:	Str 14, Dex 8, Con 16, Int 11, Wis 10, Cha 8
Skills:	Climb +5, Jump +5, Martial Lore +5
Feats:	Combat Expertise (variant) B, Improved Initiative, Power Attack B, Weapon Focus (shortspear)B, B Bonus feat
Environment:	The Nine Hells
Organization:	Solitary, pair, squad (3–8), company (9-20), or regiment (21–40)
Challenge Rating:	2
Treasure:	Standard
Alignment:	Always lawful evil
Advancement:	—
Level Adjustment:	—

This hulking humanoid, covered from head to toe in plated armor, appears to move in a forced and jerking manner. You quickly realize that its armor is in fact bolted into its flesh, held fast by metal spikes penetrating the bone. Blood occasionally drips through the cracks of the grafted armor, but is then quickly stemmed by an oversized maggot that fuses the skin over the bolt until the creature moves, causing the blood to flow as the wounds open once again.

Each rank of devil is said to be a form of training on the way to becoming a legionnaire; if this is so, becoming an orthon is likely one of the most grueling phases of training. Surgically grafted to suits of metal armor, orthons are the epitome of personal suffering for a greater cause. As compensation for their pain, they are intentionally made hosts to symbiotic maggots that constantly heal their re-opening injuries, essentially making their entire existence suck. Once they have undergone this experience, devils learn true pain and shed the fear of battle they may have possessed as etezu. If they were already courageous, then they're just unlucky enough to have to do the same thing as everyone else.

Orthons are the heavy troopers dispatched to the Prime by the baatezu. They are perhaps the most defensive-minded of all devils. As with most of their kind, they operate more effectively in formations, possessing the ability to share their health and live or die as a team.

Combat

Orthons are slow and strong combatants, lacking the versatility of more superior baatezu. Their extremely heavy armor makes them extremely resilient foes, perhaps making their persistence their most terrifying attribute.

Orthons are always considered to be in the Heavy Body stance; the bonuses of this stance are reflected in the stat block.

Aura of Cold Logic (Su): An orthon’s aura of cold logic deals 2 points of cold damage every turn, operates out to a distance of 30 feet, and has a save DC of 9.

Healing Maggots (Ex): The maggots that infest the crevices of the orthon’s armor cauterize and heal their wounds with injections of infernal energy, granting the orthon fast healing 2.

When the orthon is slain, these maggots creep through its armor, granting fast healing 2 to any living creature that resides in that square. If no one inhabits the square for an entire round, the maggots disperse and the healing effect is lost.

Hell Stroke: When an orthon successfully strikes a foe with its spear, it deals an addition 1d6 points of hellfire damage, which is not subject to damage reduction or energy resistance. In addition, the orthon may ready its spear against a charge as an immediate action.

Shield Arm (Ex): The armor on an orthon's left arm is particularly thick and sloped, allowing it to deflect blows in the same fashion as a shield. This grants the orthon a +2 shield bonus to its Armor Class.

Magitech Training: Orthons are proficient with any weapon with 'hellfire' in its name.

Maneuver-Like Abilities: Endure Destruction (Counter), Iron Fist (Strike)

Phalanx Formation: When an orthon is adjacent to another orthon, each of them gain the effects of cover. In addition, orthons next to each other have the ability to pool their hit points as long as they are forming a single contiguous unit , creating one cumulative hit point value to replace their individual hit points. Creating this pool of hit points requires an immediate action on the part of each member of the group and lasts until each orthon dismisses themselves from it (a free action) or moves away from the group.

Creating this pool of hit points negates the fast healing of all orthons taking part in it, but also prevents any of them from dying until the pool is exhausted, at which point all affected orthons die. Separating from the pool divides the hit points remaining equally amongst the orthons.

See in Darkness (Ex): Orthons can see perfectly in darkness of any kind.

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