Planar Bestiary
This creature, also known as a bleeding colossus, looks like an enormous angelic stone head that constantly weeps blood from their eyes. They have been hollowed out and filled with the diseased blood of a thousand demons, animated with unholy power. They attack by firing jets of corrupted blood out of their eyes.
A sangrelith decapitae is usually deployed as an Abyssal war machine in the service of a demonic general or demon lord. They are loyal only to their commander. Although not especially effective as a siege engine, their ability to create disease and blind foes makes them useful for guarding something or covering a strategic retreat.
Only one sangrelith decapitae has been seen at a time, leading some planar sages to believe they are a singular creature.
Motive: Serve evil
Environment: The Abyss or anywhere demon armies go, in the company of demons or alone guarding a strategic location
Health: 33
Damage Inflicted: Moderate wound (7 points)
Armor: 3 (including Intellect damage)
Movement: Immediate; short when flying
Modifications: Speed defense as level 6 due to large size
Combat: A sangrelith decapitae attacks twice each round by spewing blood at one or two targets within long range, dealing 5 points of damage plus 2 points of Speed damage (ignores Armor) from necrotic energy. Whether the target is hit or not, they and every creature within immediate range of the target are subject to Abyssal sightrot (see box) on a failed Might defense task.
The sangrelith regains 5 points of health each round. If they take damage from electricity or radiant energy, the regeneration is suppressed for one round.
A sangrelith decapitae is immune to necrotic attacks.
Interaction: Although a sangrelith is reasonably intelligent and can understand the language of demons (Abyssal), they never speak or make noise. In combat, their stony face contorts as if with anger or pain, revealing blood-encrusted teeth.
Use: A relic or artifact rumored to be especially effective against demons is guarded by a sangrelith decapitae.
GM Intrusion (Group): When defeated, all the demonic blood within the sangrelith explosively bursts out; all creatures within short range are attacked with spewing blood inflicting double normal damage, with the same chance of conferring Abyssal sightrot. The pool of blood from a slain sangrelith remains infectious for several hours after their death; creatures spending time in the area risk additional chances of infection.
DISEASE: ABYSSAL SIGHTROT
While diseased, a victim's eyes bleed, hindering tasks (including attacks and defenses) that rely on sight. Each day the victim can attempt another level 6 Might defense task to cure the disease. Each time the victim fails, they descend one step on the damage track and all their sight-reliant tasks are hindered by another step. Eventually, the target descends all three steps on the damage track and expires, their eyes (and portions of other organs) completely rotted away. The infection is amenable to disease-curing magic, or a successful defense task.
A sangrelith decapitae might be the head of a slain god or mighty angel, a piece of a gigantic statue stolen from an Upper Plane, or a primordial victim of the goddess of medusas.