Paraelemental Beast, Magma

''A fiendish beast rises from the surrounding lava, spreading great wings of blistering flame. Its body is seemingly composed of cracked, glowing magma and a pair of curving horns juts from its glowering brow.''

Combat
Magma paraelemental beasts prefer to conduct combat in or near the lava that is their favored habitat. Not only does this give them a natural terrain advantage, but it also allows the creature to make use of its magma pounce ability. If at all possible, a magma paraelemental beast will initiate battle in this manner, hoping to strike with surprise and win the initiative.

It will often open with a salvo of magma blasts and then close to engage in ferocious melee. At all times a magma paraelemental beast seeks to make use of its innate heat and burn ability to wreak havoc on its surroundings.

Description
Similar in appearance to many fiends of the lower planes, the magma paraelemental beast is summoned or encountered in the region of lava flows and open beds of magma. Free-willed magma paraelemental beasts that cannot return to their home plane will often make their way to such locations as they can freely interact with their parent element there.

A magma paraelemental beast stands 12 feet tall, with a wingspread of 20 feet or more. Despite their size, however, these wings are still too small to allow it to fly but they can be used to make a leaping attack known as a magma pounce in the right circumstances. A typical specimen weighs in at some 5,500 pounds. Their wings drip magma, their eyes burn with a perpetual fire and they leave trails of sizzling lava wherever they go. The skin of a magma paraelemental beast is ashen black, but cracks open with each movement that the creature makes, revealing molten rock beneath. Taloned claws and a tail as long as a man complete the fiendish ensemble.