Buer

Large fiend (demon, shapechanger), chaotic evil

Armor Class 19 (natural armor)

Hit Points 152 (16d10 + 64)

Speed 40 ft., climb 40 ft.; rolling charge 60 ft. (see the Rolling Form trait)

STR 19 (+4) · DEX 16 (+3) · CON 19 (+4) · INT 18 (+4) · WIS 17 (+3) · CHA 18 (+4)

Saving Throws Dex +7, Con +8, Int +8, Wis +7, Cha +8

Skills Arcana +8, Insight +7, Medicine +7, Nature +8, Persuasion +8

Damage Resistances cold, fire, lightning; bludgeoning, piercing, and slashing from non-magical weapons

Damage Immunities poison

Condition Immunities poisoned

Senses darkvision 120 ft., passive Perception 13

Languages Abyssal, Celestial, telepathy 120 ft.

Challenge 11 (7,200 XP)

Traits

Shapechanger. Buer can use his action to polymorph into a Medium centaur, a Medium eyeless humanoid, or a Tiny glowing star, or back into his true form (a lion-headed wheel made of five goat legs). His statistics are the same in each form. Any equipment he is wearing or carrying isn’t transformed.

Magic Resistance. Buer has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.

Magic Weapons. Buer’s weapon attacks are magical.

Regeneration. Buer regains 10 hit points at the start of his turn. If he takes radiant damage, this trait doesn’t function at the start of his next turn. Buer dies only if he starts his turn with 0 hit points and doesn’t regenerate.

Rolling Form. While in his true form, Buer can enter a rolling gait. His walking speed becomes 60 ft., he ignores difficult terrain, and opportunity attacks against him are made with disadvantage.

Fount of Healing (Recharge 5–6). As a bonus action, Buer and up to three creatures of his choice within 30 ft. regain 30 hit points and end one disease or one of the following conditions: blinded, deafened, paralyzed, or poisoned.

Innate Spellcasting. Buer’s innate spellcasting ability is Charisma (spell save DC 16, +8 to hit with spell attacks). He can innately cast the following spells, requiring no material components:

At will: cure wounds (5th-level, 5d8 + 5; PHB, p. 230/259), flame blade (PHB, p. 242/275), produce flame (PHB, p. 269/308)

3/day each: daylight (PHB, p. 230/260), fireball (PHB, p. 241/274), greater restoration (PHB, p. 246/281), lesser restoration (PHB, p. 255/291), revivify (PHB, p. 272/312)

1/day each: heal (PHB, p. 250/284), wall of fire (PHB, p. 285/338)

Actions

Multiattack. Buer makes three attacks: two with his Hooves and one with his Bite, or two with Flaming Arrow.

Bite. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d8 + 4) piercing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.

Hoof. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 5 ft., one target. Hit: 14 (2d6 + 4) bludgeoning damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage. If Buer moved at least 20 ft. straight toward a target immediately before the attack, the target takes an extra 7 (2d6) bludgeoning damage and must succeed on a DC 16 Strength saving throw or be knocked prone.

Flaming Arrow (Centaur Form Only). Ranged Weapon Attack: +7 to hit, range 150/600 ft., one target. Hit: 19 (3d8 + 4) piercing and fire damage (choose either type when the arrow is loosed).

Starfire Ray. Ranged Spell Attack: +8 to hit, range 120 ft., one target. Hit: 27 (4d8 + 11) radiant damage. Buer can replace one attack in his Multiattack with a Starfire Ray.

Reactions

Sarcastic Rebuke. When a creature Buer can see within 60 ft. fails a saving throw, Buer can deliver a stinging invective. The creature takes 13 (3d8) psychic damage, and Buer regains hit points equal to the psychic damage dealt.

Legendary Actions

Buer can take 2 legendary actions, choosing from the options below. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature’s turn. Buer regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.

Hoof Attack. Buer makes one Hoof attack.

Starfire Ray (Costs 2 Actions). Buer makes one Starfire Ray attack.

Lore

A rolling wheel of five goat legs with a lion’s head, a wise mentor who grants swift mobility, healing, philosophy, and knowledge of herbs.

Buer is a demon marked by a grotesque appearance, keen intellect, and potent healing abilities, and he bears the title “President of the Stars.” The office of President implies both administrative and scientific authority, underscoring his role as mediator between the higher princes of darkness and the executive ranks.

Buer’s appearance varies across sources. The most famous portrayal is a lion’s head with five (sometimes six) goat legs radiating from it, letting him roll like a wheel at phenomenal speed. This form is seen as a “five-spoked chariot,” uniting the symbolism of the Sun (lion’s head) and earth (goat legs). Buer can also take the shape of a wise centaur and healer, appear as a human figure (genderless and eyeless, symbolizing freedom from outer illusion and reliance on inner knowledge), or manifest as a glowing five-pointed star, affirming his presidency over the celestial spheres.

From Demonic Bestiary 5E, p. 34 · Fern Flower Press