Infernal Legionnaire

As a member of an infernal legion, your existence is predicated on your service to the devils of the Nine Hells, whether corrupting mortal souls of the Material Plane to create new devils or fighting in the seemingly endless Blood War on the front-lines of Avernus. You may be a fiend, a mortal, or something between. You may truly value your purpose as an instrument to your infernal superiors, follow in the burning footsteps of exemplary pit fiends or archdevils, delighting in the torment, damnation, and tyranny the legion affords. Or perhaps you grown skeptical of these hollow pursuits, having been born (or reborn) into it your servitude, followed the dark path of an infernal cult, or become weary of the apparent futility of eternal war and domination.

Skill Proficiencies: Choose two: Arcana, History, Religion, Insight, Deception, Intimidation, or Persuasion

Tool Proficiencies: Choose one: Vehicles (Land), Vehicles (Water), or Vehicles (Sea/Air)

Languages: You speak Infernal; Choose one: Abyssal, Celestial, or Draconic

Equipment: An infernal insignia (of your archdevil), a set of common clothes, and a belt pouch containing 1 Soul Coin

Spell List

The spells on the Infernal Legionnaire Spells table are added to the spell list of your spellcasting class. (If you are a multiclass character with multiple spell lists, these spells are added to all of them.)

Spell Level	Spells
Cantrip	fire bolt, vicious mockery
1st	disguise self, searing smite
2nd	invisibility, scorching ray
3rd	fear, fireball
4th	charm monster, wall of fire
5th	flame strike

Your magic often features sinister bursts of infernal fire or wisps of darkness. When you cast beneficial spells on your allies, they may seem to be wreathed in a fiery aura, fiendishly flickering and rolling over them as a licking flame.

Suggested Characteristics

An infernal legion is an ordered army, with military discipline providing a channel for their malicious desires. While any individual devil may not be devoted to the cause, collectively they find its better to follow orders and possibly earn a promotion than to disobey and risk the wrath of superiors.

d8	Personality Trait
1	I approach every task with a brutal degree of military precision.
2	I am always the first into the fray.
3	I bear any injury or indignity with stoic discipline.
4	My terrifying wrath is easily inflamed by the slightest iniquity.
5	My honor is more important to me than my life.
6	Dangerous work is best accomplished by an orderly group working with common purpose.
7	I treat my weapons, armor, and insignia with reverence, as though they are gifts of the archdevil itself.
8	I pace when standing and fidget incessantly when forced to sit.

d6	Ideal
1	Legion. My legion and fellow legionnaires are all that really matters. (Any)
2	Vengeance. Those who cross me are to be crushed, ruined, and utterly destroyed. (Evil)
3	Power. I would see the realms and their inhabitants brought to heel. (Evil)
4	Solidarity. It is most crucial to act with a single will, marching side by side in perfect accord. (Lawful)
5	Order. Society functions only if people do their duty and respect the chain of command. (Lawful)
6	Conviction. Anything worth doing is worth doing with your whole being. (Lawful)

d6	Bond
1	I would lay down my life for Asmodeus and the archdevils which serve him.
2	I owe my life to the legion captain who took me in.
3	My fellow legionnaires are my family.
4	I followed in the footsteps of my family's damnation, and found glory in hell.
5	I followed a dark path, and now seek to escape my damnation.
6	I do what I can to help someone special to me out of sincere kindness.

d6	Flaw
1	I act bravely when I’m in a group, but I’m a coward when I’m alone.
2	I see everything in clear-cut black and white.
3	I’m intensely fascinated by the ways of the demons.
4	I trust the chain of command more than anything — more even than my closest friends.
5	I’m slow to trust outsiders, even members of other legions.
6	I’ve been known to ignore the disobedience of my comrades.

Contacts

The ordered structure of an infernal legion virtually guarantees the formation of relationships, as something like friendship exists among fiends, and you're certain to make enemies and rivals. You might be able to maintain relationships with fiends outside the infernal hierarchy, perhaps even mortals, but its unexpected for those in its ranks to not exploit anyone unfortunate enough to be acquainted.

Roll twice on the Infernal Contacts table (for an ally and a rival) and once on the Non-Contacts table.

d8	Contact
1	A former comrade in arms was promoted into the prestigious guard of the archdevil.
2	One of my parents is a ranking legion officer.
3	A close friend serves aboard a flying fortress in Avernus.
4	I had a blazing affair with a legion captain.
5	I have maintained a relationship with one of my instructors at an infernal military academy.
6	I competed with a fellow student for the attention of a mentor at an infernal military academy.
7	The person who recruited me into the legion changed the course of my life.
8	A pit fiend below the archdevil is familiar with me.

d10	Non-contact
1	One of my siblings was possessed by a demon.
2	A mortal seems to have fallen for me. I fear I may have fallen, too.
3	I showed mercy to an injured, now-grateful fiend.
4	I suspect someone I know is plotting against a superior, but am uncertain.
5	A relative went off to find a way to redeem my soul. I've not heard from them since.
6	I once befriended a mortal, and we’re still cordial though the relationship ended messily.
7	I owe a debt to a creature in the Nine Hells.
8	A hag seems to enjoy harassing me.
9	I tried to recruit a friend who ended up allying against the infernal legion instead.
10	I keep running into a particular fiend, and I enjoy the arguments that inevitably result.