Demons: overview

The demon chapter opens with a passage from The Pandaemonium. Mephistopheles, Abadon, Typhon and Baelzebub are all names the cursed lord of demons has worn over the ages. The hordes of the abyss obey him, and his tools are tyranny, death and despair. He hates everything so completely that he would wreck even his own dark kingdom if it meant dragging down the rest of creation. Nothing but the strength of good stands in the way of the demons' final aims: chaos and the destruction of all existence.

Below him the demons form a ladder of power, from minor demons such as larvae, gremlins and manes, through lesser and greater demons and the winged messengers, to the nether demons, the seven arch demons and Mephistopheles himself. Their armies wage endless war on the legions of devilkind.

The appendix gives the traits every demon shares: immunity to poison, death magic and ordinary weapons, and magic resistance of 5% per level up to 95%. Demons of 5th level or higher can possess a living creature, which resists with a save vs WILL. A holy symbol forces a demon to save vs WILL or turn its eyes away and keep its distance from the bearer for 1-2 minutes, and no magic can control a demon except summoning rituals, exorcism and banishment.