Only once their victims were weakened might they descend and prod them with their weapons or rip them to shreds with their claws. If a target was too hard to hit they tried to fly closer to get a better shot but still stayed out of reach. When fighting, they similarly disdained having to enter melee, instead circling their opponents from above while raining down a shower of spines. Unless they were cornered, incapable of bargaining or persuading their enemy away from violence, and had some combat advantage they shunned fighting in favor of retreat. Lacking both pride and power, spinagons normally attempted to find and alert more dangerous baatezu to fight in their stead rather than engage an enemy themselves. Once every day they could attempt to call other spinagons for assistance. Unlike other devils, they had the spells change self, produce flame, scare and stinking cloud at their disposal. The spines were said to be poisonous and could be fired from the air, although if forced into melee they could claw at their opponents with their talons or hurl themselves at their enemies. The amount of spines they could fire was agreed to be about two every few seconds but while some believed they could only fire 12 within a given time others said their spines would immediately regenerate, thus giving them unlimited ammunition. Spinagons could fire the spines from their bodies and tails which would burst into flame once launched, burning those hit and igniting flammable materials. Due to not properly understanding the purpose of collecting treasure, they did not carry valuables unless instructed to. Īlthough their lack of intelligence made them loyal, it diminished their capacity to act as useful agents, as they were incapable of discerning important and irrelevant information. While loyal in their duties as messengers, they could still occasionally be intimidated into disclosing their messages and were easy to control with promises of plunder and destruction. They were relatively puny and craven compared to other devils but still craved power and promotion. As their victims cried and begged for their lives, spinagons would cackle and mockingly mimic their words in a thick, garbled, infernal accent. In order to engage in their love of torture and torment, spinagons traveled in flocks to compensate for their small size. Their eyes glowed a muted red, and they emitted high-pitched giggles and shrieks so obnoxious that even other devils found them grating. Contributing to their traditionally devilish appearance were the short, 4.5 ft (1.4 m) long, military forks they often carried, if not other fearsome weapons.
They had long, keen talons at the ends of their hands and feet, and spines bristled their whole bodies. Spinagons were the smallest of the baatezu, resembling 2‒3 ft (0.61‒0.91 m) tall, 25 lb (11 kg) gargoyles. 8.2.6 Organized Play & Licensed Adventures.
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