Asmodeus BUST
Asmodeus BUST — The Encounter
Hooded king of Hell whose every word is iron law · a boss your table can run with almost no prep. SRD 5.1-compatible.
Who Is Asmodeus BUST
First among the Princes of Hell, Asmodeus does not rage; he legislates. Where lesser fiends bargain with claws, the Hooded King writes the contract and lets the signer's own pride enforce it. The grimoires hold him a fallen archon who, cast down with the rest, alone kept the discipline of Heaven and turned it to dominion — so the Pit obeys him not from fear but because he is the one devil who keeps his word to the letter, and the letter is always a noose. His chainmail cowl hides a face long past flesh, a reminder that he has outlasted every oath sworn against him. The skull at his breast belonged to a king who thought a clause could be reread in his favor. Mortals who summon Asmodeus seeking power receive exactly what they asked for, phrased precisely, and discover that precision was the trap. He speaks once, softly, and the binding holds for a thousand years.
Run Asmodeus BUST in Sixty Seconds
- He's a boss, not a brawler — solo-capable at T3 with three legendary actions. If you bring adds at lower tiers, keep them as a screen so the party can't dogpile him.
- Open with Infernal Word, then the cone — charm a front-liner with the bonus action, then drop Hellfire Decree on the clustered party turn one for maximum spread.
- Crown of Binding Law is the whole fight — react every round to give the deadliest PC disadvantage or wall them off, then Decree-tap them for psychic if they break the clause.
- Kill-priority is their burst striker — bind, charm, or Walk-in-Fire away from the rogue/paladin who can erase his HP before legendary actions matter.
- When bloodied (99 HP), go evasive — spend legendary Walk in Fire to teleport out of melee, keep the cone recharging, and make them re-cross the room while bound.
Asmodeus BUST
Large fiend (devil), lawful evil
CR 11 · 7,200 XP · GUIDELINEMagic Resistance. Asmodeus has advantage on saving throws against spells and other magical effects.
Crown of Binding Law. Signature. When a creature within 30 ft. that Asmodeus can see makes an attack roll or saving throw, he may use his reaction to bind it to a clause of his choosing (no action to choose; one clause active at a time): the creature has disadvantage on the roll, OR it cannot move closer to Asmodeus until the start of its next turn. A creature that breaks an oath, betrays an ally, or attacks Asmodeus's companion while bound takes 11 (2d10) psychic damage.
Actions
Multiattack. Asmodeus makes two attacks with his Ruby Scepter, or casts Hellfire Decree and makes one Ruby Scepter attack.
Ruby Scepter. Melee Weapon Attack: +9 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 16 (2d8 + 5) bludgeoning damage plus 13 (3d8) fire damage.
Hellfire Decree (Recharge 5-6). Asmodeus pronounces a sentence of fire in a 30-ft. cone. Each creature there makes a DC 16 Dexterity saving throw, taking 35 (10d6) fire damage on a failure, or half as much on a success. A creature that is currently bound by Crown of Binding Law has disadvantage on this save.
Bonus Actions & Reactions
Infernal Word (Bonus Action). Asmodeus targets one creature he can see within 60 ft. The target must succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw or be charmed until the end of its next turn, regarding Asmodeus as a trusted sovereign while charmed.
Legendary Actions (3/Round)
Scepter Strike. Asmodeus makes one Ruby Scepter attack.
Decree (Costs 2 Actions). Asmodeus shifts the clause of Crown of Binding Law and deals 11 (2d10) psychic damage to one creature currently bound by it.
Walk in Fire (Costs 2 Actions). Asmodeus vanishes in a column of flame and reappears in an unoccupied space he can see within 60 ft. Each creature within 5 ft. of the space he leaves or arrives in takes 7 (2d6) fire damage.
A hooded sovereign of Hell rendered chest-up: a gaunt, skull-bare face beneath a chainmail cowl crowned with twin jagged horns, shoulders mantled in cracked molten plate set with a single grinning skull, embers bleeding through every seam.
Asmodeus BUST, Bound
Companion · acts on your initiative
Bound · GUIDELINESworn Quill (signature). When Asmodeus binds a creature with Crown of Binding Law, Asmodeus BUST may move up to its speed without provoking opportunity attacks to interpose himself, gaining +2 AC against that creature until the start of his next turn.
Actions
Obsidian Halberd. Melee Weapon Attack: +8 to hit, reach 10 ft., one target. Hit: 15 (2d10 + 4) slashing damage plus 7 (2d6) fire damage.
Reactions
Enforce the Clause. When a creature within 10 ft. of Asmodeus BUST breaks free of or ignores a Crown of Binding Law clause, Asmodeus BUST makes one Obsidian Halberd attack against it.
The herald who reads the sentence aloud so the King need not raise his voice, halberd already lifted for the verdict.
Guideline numbers — formula-tuned and read from the miniature's design, not yet table-proven. Tell us how it ran in the comments.
How It Fights — by Tier
Same creature, scaled threat. The traits never change; only the numbers move.
Drop the scepter to one die of fire and run Hellfire Decree as a 4d6 cone for a party of four. Open with Infernal Word to charm the front-liner, then Crown-bind whoever has the highest damage. Keep him at the back as the unkillable lawgiver while weaker devils screen him.
Open with Hellfire Decree on the clustered party, then close to scepter range. Bind the cleric or caster each round so their saves and attacks falter. Pair him with two or three lesser devils so the party can never collapse onto him directly.
Run him solo with legendary actions as the throne-room boss. Open Infernal Word + Decree to scatter the line, then Crown-bind the heaviest hitter and Walk in Fire to stay mid-range. Kill-priority is the party's burst striker; chain Decree legendary actions to bleed bound targets and reposition before they gang up.
Put Asmodeus BUST on the table
Download the presupported STL and run the fight tonight — the model, and the encounter that comes with it.
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How a bound creature acts
- A companion acts on its owner's initiative, immediately after the owner.
- It uses the Companion block above — roughly ×0.6 HP and damage, no recharge abilities, and at most one reaction trait.
- It moves freely; it takes its Action only while its owner is conscious.
- At 0 HP a companion is broken, not dead — restored on a long rest unless your table rules otherwise.
Original Clay Cyanide material © Clay Cyanide LLC — explicitly not the non-SRD official sidekick rules.
Questions, Asked at the Table
What CR is Asmodeus BUST?
Native CR 11 (7,200 XP) at Tier 3, built solo-capable with legendary and reaction control. Scale him to CR 2 for Tiers 1-4 or roughly CR 6 for Tiers 5-10 using the numbers in the tier table; traits and actions stay identical, only the values move.
Can Asmodeus BUST be a companion or ally?
Only nominally — Asmodeus allies with no one as a peer. If a lawful-evil patron arc demands it, treat him as a contract-giver who lends Malphas, the Bound Herald, as the actual battlefield companion rather than fighting alongside the party himself.
Why does he have so much control instead of raw damage?
Asmodeus is the lawgiver of Hell, so his kit punishes movement, attacks, and broken oaths rather than out-slugging the party. Crown of Binding Law plus Infernal Word lets one DM lock down the deadliest PC each round, which is the intended pressure of the fight.
Tell Us How It Ran
This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License available at creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode.
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Technical Specifications
32mm, 75mm
STL, Pre-supported STL
Standard or ABS-like resin, 0.05mm layer height
Yes — ready to print, optimized supports included
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