Baphomet the Demon Spitter

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Demon Spitter, a.k.a. Romero’s Head, a.k.a. Baphomet

Powers:
Dimension Travel: 12

Bonuses and Limitations:

• Dimension Travel can only be used to summon the following Doom creatures: Arachnotrons, Arch-Viles, Barons of Hell, Cacodemons, Demons, Hell Knights, Imps, Mancubi, Pain Elementals, Revenants, Spectres (BC: 100, FC: 4).
• Dimension Travel only has a Range of 4 APs and takes 3 phases (2 APs) of time to take effect; see the Demon Box below (-2FC).

Skills:
Charisma (Intimidation): 10, Military Science (Field Command): 06

Note:
With Strange Appearance, Intimidation checks will get a -1CS to OV/RV.

Advantages:
Iron Nerves.

Connections:
Hell’s armies (High).

Drawbacks:
CPR (Immobile, no manipulative appendages), Strange Appearance (Still-living decapitated head mounted on a pike).

Equipment:
TECHNO-MYSTICAL EMPLACEMENT [BODY 24, Growth: 15, Regeneration: 13, Bonus: Self-Repairing, Limitations: BODY can be bypassed and the demonlord inside hurt directly with a special Trick Shot — see Achilles’s Hole below (-1FC) ; Growth is Always on and only affects OV and weight/volume (-5FC) ; Regeneration only works on the Emplacement, not anything inside it (-0FC). This immobile fortress of enchanted human machinery houses the Demon Spitter. It is treated as an inanimate object for purposes of attacks against it].

The Demon Box

When the Demon Spitter uses Dimensional Travel (Summoning), the power takes the form of an intangible golden box with the face of a skull on each side. The Box flies toward its destination at a speed of 2 APs for 3 phases. When it arrives at its intended destination, the Demon Box vanishes in a glow of eldritch energy, leaving behind a demonspawn as it recedes.

If multiple PCs are attacking the Demon Spitter, the GM may wish to increase the speed listed above and reduce the flight time to allow the Demon Spitter to generate hellspawn more quickly and provide a more balanced opposing force for the players.

The type of demon summoned can be chosen by the GM or can be determined randomly by rolling a D10 and checking the result against the following chart:

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Though the Box has no physical existence (and thus no BODY), it could presumably be intercepted and destroyed by a mystic attack such as Magic Blast. Assume that the Box has an OV/RV equal to its APs of Dimension Travel (12/12) for resisting Mystic attacks.

The Box’s known relatives include Pinhead’s Lament Box and Egg Chen’s Six-Demon Bag.

Telefrag ! 

Anyone who has the poor luck to be standing at the exact spot in which a demon is spawned by the Box will suffer a serious calamity as their molecules and the demon’s molecules attempt to occupy the same space. This very rarely happens, fortunately for our intrepid heroes.

If a character rolls a natural 2 (before rerolling) on any action while fighting a Demon Spitter, they will be “attacked” by the Spitter’s Dimension Travel Power.

Treat this as a Physical Attack with an AV/EV equal to the Demon Spitter’s Dimension Travel (12/12). Both the Demon Spitter and the victim can spend HPs on this attack as normal. Since this is directly affecting the victim’s body, it ignores external protective Powers such as Skin Armor and Force Field.

The victim can still benefit from “internal” Powers such as Invulnerability. If the victim has Dimensional Anchor, the APs of the Power can be added to the character’s RV.

Regardless of the final result of the attack, the hellspawn being summoned appears normally immediately afterward. It does not suffer any damage from the telefrag effect.

Achilles’s Hole

Though Romero’s head is mostly secure within the emplacement, it is vulnerable to some attacks. This vulnerability is a result of the opening through which Romero can emit his Demon Boxes. Romero’s head is not directly behind this port, but it is nearby.

Thus, it can usually only be hit by two types of attacks. Explosive attacks may damage Romero’s head by exploding inside the opening and catching the head in the blast radius. Assume Romero’s head is 1 AP away from the blast for purposes of resolving damage.

Indirect attacks may also be able to angle their way past the bends behind the port and strike Romero’s head directly. The GM will have to determine on a case-by-case basis if the indirect attack in question can be used for this purpose.

For example, an Indirect attack that takes the form of Lightning summoned from the sky would not be helpful for this purpose, but an Indirect attack based on a projectile that can alter course in mid-flight could make the necessary maneuvers.

Working out such attacks is slightly different for each case. An explosive attack against the port is pitted against an OV/RV of 08/24. A successful hit means that the explosive attack enters the opening, damaging the Emplacement as normal and catching Romero’s head in the blast radius.

Indirect attacks are pitted against an OV/RV of 12/06. A successful hit means that the attack has negotiated the passage behind the port and struck Romero’s head directly. In either case, a miss will usually hit the Emplacement anyway, being resolved as an attempt to destroy an inanimate object: Attack EV as AV/EV vs. the Emplacement’s BODY of 24 as OV/RV.

The Emplacement is often set in terrain that makes getting a good view of the port difficult, at least from ground level. Unless the attackers can fly, they may have to explore the landscape surrounding the Emplacement to find a good vantage point from which to assault the opening.

The Demon Spitter will take this opportunity to build up an army of hellspawn to engulf its attackers, making this sort of raid a very perilous challenge.