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- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Entering into a Deal Despite their thirst for trapping mortal souls in binding contracts, devils can enter into deals only in specific circumstances. The easiest way for a devil to forge a deal is to
in “Devil True Names and Talismans” in the Monster Manual), instead of binding the devil into service, the summoner can create a ritual circle that allows the devil to forge a deal. Once the deal is
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shapes their lives. This thirst drives warlocks into their pacts and shapes their later careers as well. Stories of warlocks binding themselves to fiends are widely known. But many warlocks serve patrons
pact, and how did you make contact with your patron? Were you seduced into summoning a devil, or did you seek out the ritual that would allow you to make contact with an alien elder god? Did you search
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Appendix A: Diabolical Deals A hallmark of devils is their delight in striking deals with mortals. These deals are more than mere agreements; they are cosmically binding exchanges in which a devil
grants a mortal character some measure of power for a price. Once an agreement is reached, the deal is sealed with a binding contract, which both parties must sign. A devil’s ultimate goal is to claim
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Monster Manual (2014)
bind it into service. Binding can also be accomplished with the help of a devil talisman. Each of these ancient relics is inscribed with the true name of a devil it controls, and was bathed in the blood
devil seizes every opportunity to corrupt its summoner so that the summoner’s soul ends up in the Nine Hells. Only imps are truly content to be summoned, and they easily commit to serving a summoner as a familiar, but they still do their utmost to corrupt those who summon them.
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
. Every low-ranking devil spends at least some time on the front lines as part of a legion. Some find combat enticing and volunteer for extra missions. Others are content to do only the minimum needed to
Material Plane deal primarily with devils from the lower tiers of the hierarchy. All Creatures in Their Places Status is all-important to devils. Every devil knows its place in the hierarchy, and each
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Breaking the Contract Voiding the infernal contract between Zariel and Thavius Kreeg causes the hellish chains binding Elturel to crumble to ash. This can be accomplished by either killing Zariel or
Baldur’s Gate, he crawled out of the River Styx as a lemure. In accordance with the terms of their contract, Zariel promoted him to an amnizu, then confined him in her fortress (see “Poor Devil: Thavius
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
will set him free, but until then he’s content to wallow in self-pity. He didn’t expect to end up in the Nine Hells so soon. See chapter 5 for more information on how to roleplay the devil Thavius
Poor Devil: Thavius Kreeg If the characters killed Thavius Kreeg in chapter 1, his soul ends up in the Nine Hells, where it emerges from the River Styx as a lemure. Zariel instantly becomes aware of
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
Infernal Contracts Once the devil and the character agree to the terms of a deal, the agreement must be sealed with a contract, which the devil can produce as an action. The contract often appears in
written out in Infernal, and are made binding in one of several ways, ranging from a simple signature to a revolting act. Once all concerned parties perform the actions necessary to enter the contract
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
chains binding the city to the infernal iron posts sinking into Avernus must be severed, and the city must be returned to the Material Plane. FORGING THE BLADE OF AVERNUS
At some point after the
major beneficial property 1 major detrimental property, which is suppressed while the sword is attuned to an archdevil Ruler of Avernus. As an action, you can point this sword at one devil you can see
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
horned devil named Bitter Breath, a human necromancer named Feonor, and a chain devil named Princeps Kovik. These warlords are as cruel and merciless as the hell they inhabit. All share a “survival of
, she would rid Avernus of these roaming pests; as things stand, she’s content to let the warlords wipe each other out instead. If you need to add some excitement to the adventure, have one of these
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Infernal Machine Rebuild
6. Captive Balor At the end of this hall, some sort of horrible binding process is underway. A balor is held against the wall, pressed in against the stonework design of a great green devil’s face. A
focuses his wrath on Moghadam and Phenex, hunting both down before vanishing into the rift to the Lower Planes in area 16. If the balor is released, the sphere binding him becomes a sphere of annihilation
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
he’s still alive, Grand Duke Ulder Ravengard of Baldur’s Gate is probably at the High Hall as well. If the characters capture and interrogate a bearded devil, or any other devil encountered in Elturel
the city appeared in the sky. The demons are trying to climb the binding posts or fly to the city, but the devils constantly push them back. The devils are also trying to figure out how to best use
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Xanathar's Guide to Everything
warlocks create weapons that emulate those formed in the Shadowfell. Others forgo such arms, content to weave the dark magic of that plane into their spellcasting. Because the Raven Queen is known to
benefit extends to every pact weapon you conjure with that feature, no matter the weapon’s type. Accursed Specter Starting at 6th level, you can curse the soul of a person you slay, temporarily binding
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal
. Most visitors are content to swap stories by the hearth, but sometimes a group driven by greed, ambition, or desperation pays the toll for entry and descends the well. Most don’t survive to make the
a free city that stands at the nexus between a devil-haunted empire, a vast domain locked in the iron-tight grip of a demigod of evil, and a splintered, bickering host of kingdoms nominally committed
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes
without first being spoken to. He has been known to disintegrate minions for the smallest transgressions, and sometimes carries out an execution simply because he suspected that a devil was about to do
threaten his master’s position, he is content to remain at the right hand of the throne, at least for the time being. Devils bargain with mortals to upend the divine order. They stake claims on souls that
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Volo's Guide to Monsters
return. Hags make bargains differently from how devils operate. A devil might approach a mortal to make a deal because it wants the individual to become tainted with evil, so that when the victim dies
its soul goes to the Nine Hells. Hags are usually content to wait and conduct their own business, allowing mortals to come to them when the perceived need is great enough. Instead of being interested
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus
follow the voice, they find a male human under attack by two bulezaus that slipped past the devils and climbed the infernal binding posts to Elturel. If the characters save the man, he introduces
collapse, or strikes the ground nearby.
Quakes. Every so often, the entire city lurches from side to side as the great posts binding it to Avernus sink farther into the ground. This results in the
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->The Book of Many Things
card, while another to the west bears the Fates card. A door to the south shows the Moon card.
A chain devil lurks among the chains and cages that fill this room. Characters who succeed on a DC 15
Wisdom (Perception) check spot the devil. The devil attacks when a creature approaches it, tries to move past it toward the Talons door, or tries to open the Fates door; the devil uses its Animate
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Phandelver and Below: The Shattered Obelisk
show a duergar unfolding a spiked cage step by step.
The duergar would show off collapsible cages to prospective purchasers in this room. The chain devil in the adjacent prison (area G6) comes here to
diabolists bound a chain devil to this room long ago. She dimly remembers her name is Vakketar. When the mind flayers routed the duergar, they blasted Vakketar’s mind and left her for dead. The chain devil
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
horned devil who turned their back on the Nine Hells long ago. Kind and merciful, the new high priest hopes the congregation will see their redeemed nature, but some of the temple’s clergy refuse to
. Courts. The rear tower consists primarily of lesser courts, which resound with procedural bickering and the rapping of gavels. More serious offenses are prosecuted in the Grand Court, a noble chamber
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Curse of Strahd
devil Strahd” and sends twelve guards to arrest them, seize their weapons, and run them out of town. If the guards fail in their duty, the baron sends Izek to rally a mob of thirty commoners to lynch
himself to the attic (area N3t), where he is content to avoid the unwanted attention of his mother and the disapproving glares of his father. Years ago, Victor found an old spellbook in the mansion’s
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Planescape: Adventures in the Multiverse->Sigil and the Outlands
for him, from priceless baubles to worthless junk. Tattershade lives in fear of something, but no two stories agree on what. It could be the Master of Bones, a powerful devil, or the Lady herself. Face
creature 300 gp Contact other plane, legend lore, planar binding, Rary’s telepathic bond 750 gp Shattered Temple A nameless street leads through a razed district to the Shattered Temple, headquarters
Compendium
- Sources->Dungeons & Dragons->Tales from the Yawning Portal->a1
attacks it, Jot laughs and says, “You broke the binding. My watch over the dragonpriest is over!” It uses its next action to become invisible. It then turns into a bat and flies along the 10-foot-high
Road together, preying on travelers. Now, the bandits content themselves with an occasional hunt in the wilds of the Underdark (see area 43), as well as preying on the kobolds. Development. The goblins