Archdevil Mammon

This massive demon is made of money. His corpulent body is clad only in a woven platinum loincloth and a myriad of golden bangles, necklaces, rings, and chains. His skin is a deep golden hue, and his bald head is surmounted by a magnificent crown.  The figure’s grin is wide, wicked, and dripping with avarice.

Rich and Ostentatious.  Mammon, the Golden Duke, the Arch-Devil of Greed, embodies the desire for material wealth that is so prevalent in mortals, and he has grown fat on the Material Plane’s greed.  Supplicants enter into service with Mammon, hoping desperately for a taste of the mind-boggling treasures that flow through his realm.  The Arch-Devil of Greed rarely has to try to corrupt souls—they willingly cast themselves onto his counting room floor.  Befitting his appetites, Mammon is a rotund devil, and massively tall.  He clads his golden body in ostentatious wealth.  His only concession to actual clothing is a scant loincloth woven from platinum thread. 

Greed Embodied.  Mammon’s greed knows no bounds.  It is the one constant that allows mortals hope when dealing with him.  If Mammon wants something badly enough, he spares no expense to get it, and even the lowliest supplicant can leverage that desire to his gain.  Damned souls can be rescued from the Halls of Avarice by trading some unique bauble that has escaped Mammon’s collection, or by offering to deliver an even more valuable soul in their place.  Of course, such promises must be delivered, which means somehow coercing or tricking another living person into Mammon’s clutches.

**Taken from Kobold Press Tome of Beasts**

Mammon resides within a realm of overwhelming opulence.  The forests grow golden trees with emerald leaves.  Streams of liquid silver wind past fields of lapis wildflowers.  The Archdevil of Greed’s home, the Halls of Avarice, is in the heart of a golden city.  Everything within his palace is made of a precious substance, and it is filled to bursting with breathtaking treasures.

Lair Actions

On initiative count 20 (losing initiative ties), Mammon takes a lair action to cause one of the following effects; Mammon can’t use the same effect two rounds in a row:

• Mammon infuses a pile of treasure in his lair with life.  It becomes an earth elemental made of precious metals and gems. The elemental acts immediately and lasts until destroyed or until Mammon uses this action again.
• Stacked piles of treasure shift and slide, collapsing onto a creature Mammon can see. The creature is restrained until initiative count 20 on the following round, or until it or an adjacent ally uses an action to make a successful DC 18 Strength check to free it.
• Mammon magically teleports from one area of treasure to another within 150 feet.

Regional Effects

The region containing Mammon’s lair is warped by the archdevil’s magic, which creates one or more of the following effects:

• Treasure in the possession of creatures other than Mammon turns to worthless materials such as lead, wood, or gravel, after spending 24 hours within 1 mile of the lair. The resulting junk resumes its valuable form when Mammon claims it, or by means of a wish spell or comparable magic.
• Creatures that spend more than 1 hour within 1 mile of Mammon’s lair become obsessed with gaining the most generous payment or portion of wealth in any dealing unless they succeed on a DC 18 Wisdom saving throw. A creature that saves successfully is immune to this effect for 24 hours.  The effect can be removed by a greater restoration spell or comparable magic.
• Any naturally occurring treasure in Mammon’s home plane reverts to worthless junk if removed from the plane. Similarly, any mundane item left behind transforms into something fantastically valuable, as long as it remains on the plane.

If Mammon dies, conditions in the area surrounding the lair return to normal over the course of 1d10 days.