Pit fiend

[Erekose]

Reference: Monster Manual - Core rulebook III v3.5 pg 57-58

Tactics round by round.
A Pit fiend typically opens combat by using its spell-like abilities, attempting to neutralize dangerous opponents before entering melee.

Prior to combat: Unholy aura, activate fear aura, summon baatezu (another devil)

Round 1.
Quickened fireball and mass hold monster if facing three or more visible, active opponents, otherwise power word stun against unarmed opponent (preferably spellcaster).

Round 2.
Meteor swarm against as many foes as possible, approach worst-injured enemy.

Round 3.
Full attack against injured enemy.

Round 4.
Continue melee against injured enemy, or power word stun against annoying spellcaster.

Round 5.
Repeat from round 1 or greater teleport to safety if endangered.

So how does the PnP recommendation of how a Pit fiend should conduct itself in battle stack up against what we have in the game.
All welcome to add your comments.

[Brandall]

I think i remember the shroud quest giver saying something about the pit fiend being developmentally disabled...

[Oran_Lathor]

Doesn't really sound familiar to me. The DDO version goes more like this:

Prior to combat: activate extra 150,000 hit point aura.

Rounds 1-1000000: stand there and throw fireballs/meteor swarms at random targets while simultaeneously hitting everyone nearby.

[Boldrin]

Doesn't really sound familiar to me. The DDO version goes more like this:

Prior to combat: activate extra 150,000 hit point aura.

Rounds 1-1000000: stand there and throw fireballs/meteor swarms at random targets while simultaeneously hitting everyone nearby.

Sounds about right

[Aranticus]

Reference: Monster Manual - Core rulebook III v3.5 pg 57-58

Tactics round by round.
A Pit fiend typically opens combat by using its spell-like abilities, attempting to neutralize dangerous opponents before entering melee.

Prior to combat: Unholy aura (will a pally override it?) , activate fear aura (useless..... GH ftw!), summon baatezu (another devil) (it does and have gnolls to heal as well :P)

Round 1.
Quickened fireball and mass hold monster if facing three or more visible, active opponents, otherwise power word stun against unarmed opponent (preferably spellcaster). (fireball? thats like so 1950..... its using dbfb here! mass hold is useless once we have fom, who is actually unarmed? a monk?)

Round 2.
Meteor swarm against as many foes as possible, approach worst-injured enemy. (no comment here)

Round 3.
Full attack against injured enemy. (its more like full attack against all surrounding him)

Round 4.
Continue melee against injured enemy, or power word stun against annoying spellcaster. (which spellcaster actually damages the pit fiend before the last 5% hp?)

Round 5.
Repeat from round 1 or greater teleport to safety if endangered. (if the pit fiend is under orders, being lawful, i doubt it'll let us through so easy)

So how does the PnP recommendation of how a Pit fiend should conduct itself in battle stack up against what we have in the game.
All welcome to add your comments.

not to mention our fiend is like a tank.....

[Aspenor]

It would be a lot cooler if the pit fiend actually used his teleporting ability.

It would also be a lot cooler if we had the BLINK spell...but I guess that's too much to ask.

[Yaga_Nub]

It would be a lot cooler if the pit fiend actually used his teleporting ability.

It would also be a lot cooler if we had the BLINK spell...but I guess that's too much to ask.

You can just blink your eyes really fast and get the same visual effect if not the spells benefits.

[Nirvana]

You can just blink your eyes really fast and get the same visual effect if not the spells benefits.

Or just get a in your computer room.

[Lithic]

Or just get a in your computer room.

You probably mean a strobelight. Discoball without spotlights on it does nothing

[Talon_Moonshadow]

Give the guy a break.

Have you ever tried to take a picture of a strobelight?

[Lithic]

Give the guy a break.

Have you ever tried to take a picture of a strobelight?

Not I. But I found one



Edit: Bah first picture had an inappropriate caption on the picture. This ones not as good hehe

Apologies for being nitpicky, its what happens when too-much-time meets no-good-LFMs-in-game meets feeling-too-lazy-to-make-my-own-party

[Aeneas]

pffffffff, you clearly just went to the first bookmark on your list and stole that picture.

[Beerthirty]

Reference: Monster Manual - Core rulebook III v3.5 pg 57-58

Round 5.
Repeat from round 1 or greater teleport to safety if endangered.

That would be pretty funny if he just upped an disappeared. People getting ready to be DQ might be a bit surprised.