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Some devils can have an action option that allows them to
summon other devils.
Summon Devil (1 jDay). The devil chooses what to
summon and attempts a magical summoning.
- A barbed devil has a 30 percent chance of summoning one
barbed devil.
- A bearded devil has a 30 percent chance of summoning
one bearded devil.
- A bone devil has a 40 percent chance of summoning 2d6
spined devils or one bone devil.
- An erinyes has a 50 percent chance of summoning 3d6
spined devils, l d6 bearded devils, or one erinyes.
- A horned devil has a 30 percent chance of summoning one
horned devil.
- An ice devil has a 60 percent chance o~ summoning one
ice devil.
- A pit fiend summons 2d4 bearded devils, l d4 barbed
devils, or one erinyes with no chance offailure.
A summoned devil appears in an unoccupied space within
60 feet of its summoner, acts as an ally of its summoner, and
can't summon other devils. It remains for l minute, until it
or its summoner dies, or until its summoner dismisses it
as an action.
BARBED DEVIL (HAMATULA)
Creatures of unbridled greed and desire, barbed devils
act as guards to the more powerful denizens of the Nine
Hells and their vaults. Resembling a tall humanoid
covered in sharp barbs, spines, and hooks, a barbed
devil has gleaming eyes that are ever watchful for
objects and creatures it might claim for itself. These
fiends welcome any chance to fight when victory
promises reward.
Barbed devils are known for an alertness that makes
them difficult to surprise, and they attend to their duties
without boredom or distraction. They use their sharp
claws as weapons or hurl balls of flame at foes that try
to flee them.
BEARDED DEVIL (BARBAZU)
Bearded devils serve archdevils as shock troops,
fighting shoulder-to-shoulder and reveling in the glory
of battle. They respond with violence to any slight,
real or imagined, gorging themselves on violence
as their infernal saw-toothed glaives carve a path
through their foes.
LAYERS AND LORDS OF THE NINE HELLS
A bearded ·d~vil is humanoid in form, with ·pointed
ears, scaly skln, a long tail, and claws that clearly show
its fiendish nature. These devils take their names from
the snakelike growths that adorn their chins, which they
use to lash and poison enemies, weakening them with
their virulent venom.
BONE DEVIL (0SYLUTH)
Driven by hate, lust, and envy, bone devils act as the
cruel taskmasters of the Nine Hells. They set weaker
devils to work, taking special delight in seeing fiends
that defy them demoted. At the same time, they long for
promotion and are bitterly envious of their superiors,
attempting to curry favor though it irks them to do so.
A bone devil appears as a humanoid husk, with dried
skin stretched tight across its skeletal frame. It bears a
fearsome skull-like head and the tail of a scorpion, and
a foul odor of decay hangs in the air around it. Though
they are devastating in combat with their claws, bone
devils also wield hooked polearms made of bone, which
they use to subdue enemies before striking with their
venomous tails.
CHAIN DEVIL (KYTON)
This ominous fiend wears chains like a shroud. Driving
lesser creatures before it with its fearsome gaze, a chain
devil animates the chains that cover its body as well as
inanimate chains nearby, which sprout hooks, blades,
and spikes to eviscerate enemies.
Chain devils act as sadistic jailers and torturers in
the infernal realms, relishing pain and living to inflict
it on others. They are called on to torment mortal souls
trapped in the Nine Hells, inflicting their sadistic fury on
the horrid lemures in which those souls manifest.
ERINYES
The most beautiful and striking of all lesser and greater
devils, the erinyes are fierce and disciplined warriors.
Sweeping down from the skies, they bring swift death
to creatures that have wronged their masters or defied
the edicts of Asmodeus. The erinyes appear as male
or female humanoids with statuesque builds and large
feathery wings. Most wear stylized armor and horned
helms, and carry exquisite swords and bows. A few also
use ropes of entanglement to ensnare powerful foes.
Layer Layer Name
l Avernus
Archduke or Archduchess
Zariel
Previous Rulers
Bel, Tiamat
Primary Inhabitants
Erinyes, imps, spined devils
2 Dis
3 Minauros
4 Phlegethos
5 Stygia
Dis pater
Mammon
Belial and Fierna
Levistus Geryon
Bearded devils, erinyes, imps, spined devils
Bearded devils, chain devils, imps, spined devils
Barbed devils, bone devils, imps, spined devils
Bone devils, erinyes, ice devils, imps
6 Malbolge Glasya Malagard, Moloch Barbed devils, bone devils, horned devils, imps
Barbed devils, bone devils, horned devils, imps
Horned devils, ice devils, imps, pit fiends
7 Maladomini Baalzebul
8 Cania Mephistopheles
9 Nessus Asmodeus All devils
