Erinyes

Erinyes, or winged devils, are the fastest and cleverest of the lesser devils. They are expert liars and like to confuse opponents by talking in strange languages or twisting the meaning of whatever is said to them. Unlike gargoyles they are said to have a sense of humor, a dark one of course.

They are plentiful on their home plane, where most serve greater devils as messengers, couriers and flying cavalry. They are excellent at the first two jobs but dislike fighting, avoiding open battle unless sure of an easy, safe victory. They prefer ambushes, usually after drawing their victims' attention elsewhere, and their preferred weapons are weighted or barbed nets dropped from above and light tridents for disarming or pinning foes.

A summoned winged devil can be sent to carry a message or object to one place, though it refuses heavy or awkward loads and grumbles at complicated instructions. It cannot be made to fight for its summoner, and trying to force it lets it go home. Being great talkers, erinyes will happily chat with a summoner and discuss the lower planes rather than do harder work, and they can also be told to use their limited spell casting. They often lie and try to trick summoners out of the service they owe. Winged devils fly, can detect invisible things within 20 feet, and their spell casting amounts to one use a day each of Teleport, Lock/knock, Speak in tongues and Detect presences.