WHAT DEVIL S WANT
A devil wants souls, as every soul that it acquires brings
the devil one step closer to its next promotion. If a char-
acter wants something from a devil but isn·t willing to
trade their souJ, the devil might ask the character to per-
form a service for it instead. Archdevils are also fond of
making mortals swear fealty to them.
SOULSWhen characters give up their souls to devils, they are
promising to serve in the Nine Hells as devils them-
selves after death. Once promised to a devil, a charac-
ter's soul can't be claimed by another creature.
SERVIC ES
A devil that can't claim a character's soul might demanda service by way of compensation. Such services drive
the character toward committing evil or morally ques-
tionable acts designed to make the character more
amenable to darker deals in the future. Here are a
few examples:- Without using magical coercion, the character must
convince another mortal to enter into an infernal con-
tract with the devil.• The character is told about a plague, an invasion. or
other calamity that the devil has orchestrated, but
must do nothing to affect the outcome.• The character must steal a holy relic from a good-
aligned temple and deliver it to the devil or one of its
subordinates.FEALTY (ARCHDEVILS)
Archdevils prize fealty almost as much as souls. One
way in which a mortal can demonstrate fealty to an
archdevil is to lead a religious cult devoted to the arch-devil or perform heinous acts in the archdevil"s name. A
character can also enter into an agreement to serve the
archdevil as a warlock. Such a character must take at
least one level in the warlock class, choosing the Fiend(represented in this case by the archdevil) as their other-
worldly patron.WHAT DEVILS OFFER
The limits ofwbat a devil can offer are determined by its
status in the infernal hierarchy. The Infernal Hierarchy
table lists devils in ascending order of power, from lowlylemures to the mighty archdukes and archduchesses.
(The orthon is included in this table for the sake of com-
pleteness, though orthons don't appear in this adventure
or in the Monster Manual. You can find out more about
them in Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes.)
Devils like to tempt mortals with treasure and magic
items. Magic items bestowed by devils usually have a
devilish cast to them. They're made of infernal iron,bear Infernal script, give off faint wails of torment, smell
of brimstone, or have some other telltale sign (see the
What Quirk Does It Have? table in chapter 7 of the Dun-
geon Master's Guide for examples).
Devils might also agree to serve mortals for a time,