Barbazu [Lesser Baatezu]

This foul humanoid has clawed hands and feet, pointed ears, a long tail, and a writhing beard like a bundle of wires. Its scaly skin is always moist, and it carries a vicious saw-edged glaive.

The glaive deals 2d6 and leaves a wound that bleeds 2 points per round until bound or until the victim dies; multiple wounds each bleed separately. Instead, it may claw twice (1d2 each) and lash with its beard (1d8). When both claws hit, the beard hits automatically for maximum damage, and any beard hit has a 25% chance to pass on a disease. Its powers, beyond the baatezu standard, are produce flame, fear by touch, command, and affect normal fires. Daily it may summon 2-12 scaled devils (50%) or 1-6 barbazu (35%).

A group in battle has a 10% chance of going berserk in round one, 20% in round two, 30% in round three, and so on, and stays berserk until the fight ends. Frenzied barbazu skip morale checks, attack twice as often at +2 to hit and damage, and take a +3 penalty to Armor Class.

Bred for war and the most violent of devils, barbazu attack on any pretext, which earns them harsh discipline but makes them superb shock troops. Armies of thousands hold the middle layers and smash into the tanar'ri, and powerful devils hire them to guard hoards and domains. Outsiders see them as the most reckless baatezu. Too chaotic to lead, they never command; a rare exceptional one is promoted to osyluth, though most die first.

They fight from no loyalty or fellowship, only a savage craving to wound and kill.