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A hooded summoner raises a holy symbol as a winged demon and a horned devil rise from smoke in a fiery circle, elementals swirling above.

Greater demons

Summoned creature, Demon

Powerful demons who may offer a limited wish instead of a service.

From the book

Any greater demon will grant a wish of limited power instead of performing its service. They answer the Black Magic spell Summon Greater Demon/Devil and the High Magic evocation Greater Evocation. The greater demons listed are the common greater demon, the incubus or succubus, the kalkydri, the empusa and the cacodaemon.

Like all demons it hails from the Nether Realms: chaotic, evil, fond of tormenting and slaughtering the weak, and held in check only by the Hierarchy of Demons under Mephistopheles. Its summoner must be harsh, since any hesitation invites it to twist his orders; it shies at first from holy symbols, and lesser and greater demons must attack devils on sight. A flaw in the protective circle or triangle frees it to enslave or kill its summoner, and ordering more than its kind owes breaks the pact at once.

At a glance

Services
All greater demons will grant a wish of limited power in lieu of service
Summoned by
Summon Greater Demon/Devil (Black Magic 5th level) or Greater Evocation (High Magic 6th level)