Demon race

Race demon

Demons -- spawn of the lower planes and the fancy of dark mages. Huge fangs, horns, sometimes wings, more often hooves, always an unpleasant temperament.

Dark energy doesn't touch them -- they're made of it. Fire warms rather than burns. Holy power, though, hits the quick: for a demon, a blessing is worse than a blade. They see in the dark and by infravision. In battle they kick, knock down, fling dirt up from under their hooves, and lash with the tail.

The usual habitat is Hell and UnderDark; on rare occasions a demon shows up in some temple where an idiot mage summoned one and failed to bind it. Best fought in a group.