Most Devils (Diabolical Restoration), Demons (Demonic Restoration), and Yugoloths (Fiendish Restoration) have the ability to respawn in their home if killed outside of their home plane. This has the rather odd effect that, if two demon lords decide to get into a war, they're much better off hiring a bunch of yugoloths (who can be trivially rehired if slain) than using demons (who will stay dead), and that in general fiends in their home plane would be likely quite reluctant to actually fight.
Back in the AD&D era it took quite a while for a killed demon to acquire a new body that it could use outside of its home plane so this didn't really make much difference, but 5th edition has done away with that, which makes me want to come up with some other way to make it so it actually makes sense for demons to fight in the abyss, etc. My tentative thought is to just change the restoration from
Demonic Restoration. If the demon dies outside the Abyss, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points somewhere in the Abyss.
to something like
Demonic Restoration (recharge 6 after a long rest, or when summoned). If the demon dies, its body dissolves into ichor, and it gains a new body instantly, reviving with all its Hit Points in its lair (if it has one) or another appropriate location in the Abyss. While this power is on recharge, the demon is incapable of leaving the Abyss.
but I'm wondering if there's any lore about how restoration works.
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Most Devils (Diabolical Restoration), Demons (Demonic Restoration), and Yugoloths (Fiendish Restoration) have the ability to respawn in their home if killed outside of their home plane. This has the rather odd effect that, if two demon lords decide to get into a war, they're much better off hiring a bunch of yugoloths (who can be trivially rehired if slain) than using demons (who will stay dead), and that in general fiends in their home plane would be likely quite reluctant to actually fight.
Back in the AD&D era it took quite a while for a killed demon to acquire a new body that it could use outside of its home plane so this didn't really make much difference, but 5th edition has done away with that, which makes me want to come up with some other way to make it so it actually makes sense for demons to fight in the abyss, etc. My tentative thought is to just change the restoration from
to something like
but I'm wondering if there's any lore about how restoration works.