Eurynomus

Eurynomus is a unique monster of Hades, the underworld. It is occasionally sent to our plane to fetch
someone whose actions are an affront to the gods. It looks are revolting, requiring a Fright Check at -4.
It is the size of a large human, with skin the mottled grayish color of housefly. It has many long teeth, which it reveals in an immense grin - the teeth are very sharp, and the smile takes up over half its face. There is no nose, just slits in the face, and its eyes have a hungry look as it stares intently at a victim.
It attacks with its claws for, and then bites in close combat— there are a lot of teeth, and it can get most of them into a bite. It makes all-out attacks, doing two attacks each tum. lts skin is so tough, it doesn’t fear attacks from mere humans.
Eurynomus may be encountered if a party journey to Hades. To him is given the flesh of all the sinners that he can eat. If the PCs have been very nasty, or heroic enough to be called on for very tough jobs, they may meet him on their own plane.
Eurynomus is sometimes sent by the Power of the underworld to collect a soul that has cheated death. This may be a necromancer using Soul Jar, Youth, Exchange Bodies, etc., or it may be for some other reason. The creature may be far from its prey when it appears on Earth, but will travel infallibly toward its victim. However, if it is defeated by the victim or some Earthly hero, it will return to Hades, balked of its prey, and will not repeat that mission.
Alternatevely, the GM could decide that there are a number of “eurynomus” monsters in Hades. In that case, they will be regular messengers on Earth. When one is sent to this plane on a specific mission, it may become confused in unusual circumstances. This might mean a body in one place and the soul in another, confusing the eurynomus as to which direction to go, for example. In such a case it will stay roughly midway between the body and soul of its target (it has an inherent Seeker spell), and wander around feeding on people to remain “alive.” It may eventually forget about its mission (going wherever it wants), while another eurynomus is sent to track down the person who has cheated death. The rogue eurynomus is “written off” and left for the living to deal with as best they can.
Note that not everyone who has cheated death is evil – a sick person may be kept alive by a loving magespouse who is unwilling to admit that his healing spells have failed, for example
Category:Myth