FREQUENCY: Very rare
FREQUENCY: Very rare ([Dungeon Level IX])
NO. APPEARING: 1 (1-6)
ARMOR CLASS: -3
MOVE: 9" / 18"
HIT DICE: 15
% IN LAIR: Nil (40%)
TREASURE TYPE: Nil ([Z])
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 2-9/2-9/5-20 (see below)
SPECIAL ATTACKS: [SB]
SPECIAL DEFENSES: [SB]
MAGIC RESISTANCE: 41-60%
INTELLIGENCE: Exceptional to supra-genius
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic evil
SIZE: M (6' tall)
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: IX | 5250 + 20

The great shator, or shaggy demodand, is the most fearsome of its kind.
It is the shortest and broadest of demodands, and its hide hangs in
overlapping patches which give it its comman name. While it is capable
of dealing massive amounts of damage with nails & jaws, a shator has
sufficient manual dexterity to employ large weapons (footman's mace,
bastard sword, etc.) One will do so at +4 on its to-hit roll and +9 on
strength bonus, but then only 1 attack per round is then possible. As a
monster of this sort understands its options fully, the most intelligent
plan of attack will always be taken. This means that , if possible, spell-like
powers will be used primarily. A shator can employ at the 15th level
the following spell-like powers at will, 1 at a time, 1 per round:
 

beguile **	cloudkill *	[detect good]	[detect invisibility]	[detect magic]
[dispel magic] ***	ESP	[fog cloud] ***	[gaseous form]	[invisibility]
[ray of enfeeblement] *	[stinking cloud] *	[tongues]	weakness ****

* (once per day)
** (as a rod of beguiling, usable once per day)
*** (3 times per day)
**** (as reversed strength, usable 3 times per day)

A shator can summon 1-8 of its fellows on the plane of Tarterus.
Success chance is 60%.
Only +3 or better weapons will harm a shator.
Because of its overlapping hide, edged weapons are at -1 in hitting and damaging a
monster of this sort. (Such edged weapons incl. long, broad, bastard, and 2-handed swords. Short swords are excluded.)
Acid or poison has no effect on a shator.
Cold or fire cause only half normal damage.
Fear magic or illusion magic (illusion and/or phantasm) are powerless against a shator.
Shator have excellent auditory and olfactory senses,
and, when they USE these along with their normal visual capabilities
(incl. infra- and ultra-), they can be surprised only 10% of the time.

Shator are 6-feet tall, squat, and broad.
Their humanoid form appears draped in shaggy skins.
The huge heads are mostly mouth with jaws resembling those of a giant bulldog.
Their effective strength is 21,
and their weight is around 560 pounds.
Shators are the effective ruling nobility of Tarterus.