Rutterkin

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Elemental humanoid (demon)
Rutterkin
Type	Elemental humanoid (demon)
Subtype	Tanar'ri
Location	The Abyss
Source: Book of Vile Darkness, pg(s). {{{page}}}

Rutterkin are a type of Tanar'ri found on the Abyss

[edit] Apparence

Rutterkin are humanoid, standing five to seven feet tall and resemble terribly ugly humans. They are hairless or nearly so, with pointed skulls, distorted features, and backward-pointing ears. They are always in pain and frequently howl and grimace, writhing and contorting as their corrupted bodies mutate with no rhyme or reason. Some rutterkin are so disformed that they can not even hold a weapon or move with much speed.^[1]

[edit] Society

The rutterkin wander the planes of the Abyss in gangs, outcasts in their own deranged society. They are hated and abused by most sorts of and return the favor whenever opportunity presents itself. They are rough, mean, cruel, crude, and bestial, rutterkins understand nothing but brute force. They are trapped in a life of never-ending pain, unhappy unless they are inflicting violence. Only the chasmes treat them as allies, and that is only because they find rutterkins easy to master and dominate.^[1]

[edit] Race History

Rutterkin are the misshapen results of the foul and chaotic energies that course through the Abyss, formed in a process not unlike the disease known as warp touch.^[1]

[edit] Combat

The preferred method of attack is with one or more weapons, particularly their snap-tongs. A rutterkin can also attack with its two misshapen claws. This method of attack is not favored by the rutterkin because their malformed bodies are subject to pain if they strike someone.

They have several spell-like abilites: Creation of darkness, desecrate an area or object, cause fear,and telekinesis.

Other then a large double axe, rutterkins are known to use two exotic weapons, a snap-tong and a three armed blade.^[1]

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