So it says in the Book of the Damned: Princes of Darkness that Malebranche are powerful generals of hell sent to mortal worlds to conquer them. It then says that there are 12 Malebranche, 1 for Golarion, 9 for the other planets and 2 for the planets that once were.
Any ideas to which Malebranche goes with Golarion? Or Castrovel?
Also any idea of what sort of stats these guys would have? Just advanced cornugons?
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I would use the advanced simple template cornugon as the base for the malebranche, and then probably do them with class levels, aiming for a CR between 21 and 25, similar to a nascent demon lord.
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....kind of have to wonder what the Malebranche for the worlds that were are up to these days.
Desk jockeying for the ones that still have a job? Or working on projects to bring those worlds back?
I like the idea of Castrovel's Malebranche heading up a path of inspiration-ish cult amongst the population of female psychics. Something along the lines of preaching order via mindwiping and brainwashing the other sentients on the planet with a side helping of thought police.
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Once every 5,000 years or so, a warrior cornugon devil is elevated by the powers of Hell. He undergoes a painful metamorphosis and becomes a unique creature—a malebranche. These fiends are only ever transformed for a single reason: to lead the infernal legions in conquest of an entire world or even a planar realm. Although malebranche are chosen to lead Hell's invasions, they do not always choose to achieve their victories through naked military might. Many of these devils are devious manipulators, who seek to corrupt a realm's defenders before unleashing their forces.
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Malacoda — whose name means "Bad Tail"[1] — is considered to be the most monstrous of the diabolic ranks of the Malebranche, and is said to have conquered eight worlds.
He counts among his worshipers the former Korvosan queen Domina Arabasti.
Leads me to believe that the Malebranche are not limited to one world. Multiple Malebranche have worshipers on Golarion.
I am currently using worshipers of Graffiacane in the adventure I am currently building. I had to change his domains a bit because he has the animal domain and he is known as the swarm lord...