Looking back through one of my notebooks, I came across this monster. Along with some of the details, I like the format, so it seems worth a post.
- Devilspawn are a pale echo of Satan’s majesty
- They cannot speak the truth
- They sometimes believe they are truly Satan
- Attended by animals that speak or speechless, beast-like humans
- They have forked tongues
- They can grant spells if bound or through mystical covenant
- Will claim the fallen as additional attendants, mutating them slowly
And roll 1d6 each for detail, attendants, power, weakness, and motive:
Detail
- Wields a weapon of crimson devil metal, magical and always hot as a furnace
- Solid black eyes
- Crippled legs, but floats always several inches above the ground
- Wrapped in silken cords
- Mouth extends to ears
- Glorious multicolored enameled plate armor
Attendants
- 1d6 horses with lizard heads that speak and drool or vomit lava
- 2d6 moths the size of hawks that gibber constantly and have long, corrosive, hollow tongues
- 1d6 floating silver cages containing vicious birds of paradise that mock the weak
- 2d6 naked, filthy humans with filed teeth that can climb like spiders, mad and grinning, fitted with collars and leashed
- 2d6 naked, beautiful humans clothed only in faceless, eyeless helms and metal gauntlets fused to the skin
- 2d6 naked humans, half starving and half obese, carrying rusted weapons
Power
- Turn into a cloud of moths at will
- Conjure fire at will and invulnerable to fire
- Paralyze mortals from the waist down (save to avoid, and each dungeon turn to recover)
- Take form of nearby person, gains their abilities (50% chance of success to use)
- Steal prepared spells from the minds of magicians (save to avoid)
- Immune to cutting or stabbing
Weakness
- Slowed by mirrors
- Courage (will not face the bold directly)
- Unable to harm same or opposite gender (determine randomly)
- The color blue
- The scent of flowers
- Hounds
Motive
- Eat the flesh of cats
- Walk under the sun
- Sex
- Gaze upon Satan
- Wine
- Eat the flesh of devils