Common Greater Demon

Ordinary greater demons are usually huge, brawny and very ugly. On their home plane they generally serve an arch demon as enforcers, keeping weaker demons in order. Unlike the empusa and kalkydri, they resent authority no more than any demon does, and they relish bullying and punishing those beneath them.

In a fight they trust their size and strength and rarely use weapons, preferring fangs, claws and horns; any claw or horn blow that does maximum damage knocks a human-sized foe off its feet. They can also see invisible beings. They do not fear death, because a greater demon killed in battle anywhere but its home plane may be rewarded by being reborn as an empusa or kalkydri.

When summoned, a greater demon wants a living person, whether human, humanoid or demi-human, to eat. It may take a generous gift of 10,000 gold pieces or more instead, as long as it is offered without haggling. Once a pact is made it will perform any single service that does not require traveling more than a mile, or it can be ordered to grant a wish of limited power.