Demon

Spawn of Orcus

Declaring your devotion to Orcus as a humanoid allows you retain the physical features of your chosen race — mostly. A 15-foot barbed tail grows from your tailbone, your legs become dirgitigrade, which makes it hard to stand upright while moving. In addition, your jaw extends, giving you vicious biting power while sprouting shark-sharp teeth and your ears grow larger and more sensitive, as large as a wolf's. In place of your fingers, you sprout claws — dirty smelly claws as sharp as tungston and has hard as diamond.

Your True Name

Should someone know your true name, they have the power to bind you into servitude. They have the power to call you to them at any time just by calling your name three times. They hold power over you, but you're a demon, so they know that you need only kill them to remove that power. Grow stronger, find them, then rid the multiverse of their flesh by consuming it! You must obey all orders that follow your name, even ones that cause you direct harm. E.G. "Malum, kill yourself." or "Malum, kill all elves you see." or "Malum, you must eat the heart of all creatures you kill."

Extra-Abyss Unwelcoming

You are a Demon, known by all to be evil, as such, if you're spotted on any plane other than the Abyss, word travels fast and holy worshippers and Demon slayers will be hot on your tail until they've seen to your death or expulsion personally.

A Demon on the Material

Demons aren't welcome on the material plane. Why are you on the material plane? How did you get here? Perhaps you walked through a portal, which may have alerted nearby authorities to its existance; now you must remove their flesh from this plane. Perhaps you were summoned by someone who knows your true name, someone stronger than you whom you wish to kill once you are strong enough.

Creating a Demon

The horros and plagues of the Abyss tear deep into your tainted soul.

Class Features

As a Demon, you gain the following class features.

Demon Claws

Claw Mastery. You are proficient with your claw attacks, which deal 1d6 + Strength modifier slashing damage on a hit, and have a 5ft reach.

Ambidexterity. When you take the Attack action on your turn and make an attack with your claws, you can make one additional attack using your claws as part of the same action.

Clawfingers. You cannot hold anything when in Demon form as your claws are far too thick and long.

Charge. If you move at least 15 feet straight toward a target and then hit it with a claw attack on the same turn, you may make 3 additional claw attacks, one for each additional limb.

Demon Tail

Tail Mastery. You are proficient with your tail attacks.

Poison Strike. 15 ft reach, 1d8 piercing damage and the target must succeed on a DC spell save Constitution saving throw or become poisoned. While poisoned, the target is also paralyzed. The target can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.

Restraining Wrap. 10 ft reach, 1d10 bludgeoning damage. If the target is Medium or smaller, it is grappled (escape DC Strength (Athletics) check). Until this grapple ends, the target is restrained, you can automatically hit the target with your claw attacks, and you can't make tail attacks against other targets.

Tail Whip. 15 ft reach, 1d12 slashing damage.

Demon Hide

Starting at 1st level, when in your Demon form, your armor class is calculated as follows.

Armor Class = 10 + Constitution modifier + Strength modifier

When possessing a creature, you take on the armor class of the creature you possess.

Demon Sight

Starting at 2nd level, you can see through magical darkness out to 30ft. And, you have 30ft darkvision. If you already have 30ft darkvision, then this increases your darkvision by 30ft.

Performing a Possession

As a Demon, you can possess willing or unwilling creatures, as long as the target is a playable race from any source book. (DM discretion)

If the creature is unwilling, they must make a Widsom save against your Spell save DC. If the target creature has a holy symbol on them, they have advantage on the save. On a success, you fail to possess them and they are aware of the attempt and your presence. On a failure, you possess them and they blackout from the moment you possess them. You may choose to depart the body at any time at no cost nor harm to the host.

Leaving a Host

There are four ways you can leave a host.

Inadequate Body

When possessing a creature, and you wish to use any feature only available to you in Demon form, there is a chance that you'll harm your host's body. The host must make a Constitution save against your Spell save DC. On a fail, they take 2d4 necrotic damage. This increases to 4d4 at 5th level, 6d4 at 10th level, 8d4 at 15th level, and 10d4 at 20th level.

Cantrips

You know two cantrips of your choice from the Demon spell list. You learn additional Demon cantrips of your choice at higher levels, learning a 3rd cantrip at 10th level.

Spell Slots

The Demon table shows how many spell slots you have to cast your Demon spells of 1st level and higher. To cast one of these spells, you must expend a slot of the spell's level or higher. You regain all expended spell slots when you finish a long rest.

For example, if you know the 1st-level spell inflict wounds and have a 1st-level and a 2nd-level spell slot available, you can cast inflict wounds using either slot.

Spells Known of 1st Level and Higher

Starting at 3rd level, you know three 1st-level spells of your choice from the Demon spell list.

You learn an additional Demon spell of your choice at levels indicated in the Demon table under the Spells Known column. Each of these spells must be of a level for which you have spell slots. For instance, when you reach 7th level in this class, you can learn one new spell of 1st or 2nd level.

Additionally, when you gain a level in this class, you can choose one of the Demon spells you know and replace it with another spell from the Demon spell list, which also must be of a level for which you have spell slots.

Spellcasting Ability

Charisma is your spellcasting ability for your Demon spells. You use your Charisma whenever a spell refers to your spellcasting ability. In addition, you use your Charisma modifier when setting the saving throw DC for a Demon spell you cast and when making an attack roll with one.

Spell save DC = 8 + your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Spell attack modifier = your proficiency bonus + your Charisma modifier

Ritual Casting

You can cast any Demon spell you know as a ritual if that spell has the ritual tag.

Spellcasting Focus

You use your body as your spellcasting focus.

Exctracting

To extract anything from whom you are possessing, you must consume spell slots as dictated by the specific method below. In addition, you must succeed on a Wisdom (Medicine) check equal to 13 plus the spell slot level. If you pass this check and the target chooses to resist, they must fail a Wisdom saving throw against your Spell Save DC. If they succeed, your extraction fails and you do not regain expended spell slots. For example, if an extraction method dictates it requires a 5th-level spell slot, you need not expend a 5th-level spell slot, you need only expend spell slots whose sum equals 5. E.G. one 2nd-level spell slot and one 3rd-level spell slot.

Extraction Methods

Class Feature Extraction. (8th-level spell slot) You can expend an 8th-level spell slot to learn one class feature from whom you are possessing. You retain the knowledge of this class feature forever. To use it, you must replace another class feature with the one you extracted of equal level or higher. You may only swap features immediately after you possess someone. Once you swap features for a target, those features remain forever and cannot be changed under any circumstances.

For example, you are currently possessing a rogue and really like the rogues' eveasion feature, so you extract it. Evasion is a 7th-level feature. Sadly the rogue dies, so you find a new host — a wizard. You want to use the rogue's evasion feature while you possess the wizard, so you can choose any 7th-level feature or higher-level feature to be replaced by the rogue's evasion feature.

Spell Extraction. (7th-level spell slot) You can expend a 7th-level spell slot to learn one spell from whom you are currently possessing. This spell counts towards your number of spells known. You retain this spell forever.

Martial Proficiency Extraction. (6th-level spell slot) You can expend a 6th-level spell slot to learn one weapon or armor proficiency from whom you are currently possessing. You retain this proficiency forever.

Skill Proficiency Extraction. (5th-level spell slot) You can expend a 5th-level spell slot to learn one skill proficiency from whom you are currently possessing. You retain this proficiency forever.

Tool Proficiency Extraction. (4th-level spell slot) You can expend 4th-level spell slot to learn one tool proficiency from whom you are currently possessing. You retain this proficiency forever.

The Queen of Chaos

One of the oldest and most powerful of the obyrith lords, she appeared as having the upper body of corpulent humanoid woman with blue skin and green hair, and the lower body as a mass of mauve tentacles.

3rd level. You gain underwater breathing. And, once per long rest, you can cast the Create Food and Water spell without the need for material components.

9th level. Once per long rest, you can cast Create Undead without the need for material components. The corpses do not become ghouls, instead they become adolescent demogorgons, and you may only create two, instead of three as the spell states. Also, you will lose control of the adolsecent demogorgons after 24 hours should you not use this ability again to regain control. (See page 8 for the Adolescent Demogorgon statblock)

17th level. Once per long rest, you can summon the sahuagin skull crown that your queen wears for 1 minute, which grants you the following benefits.

• Any creature who gets within 30 ft of you must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw or become frightened of you. Creatures with underwater breathing have disadvantage on this saving throw.
• Any allies within 30 ft of you cannot become frightened by any means.

Obox-ob

The first Prince of Demons, Obox-ob was defeated and dethroned by the Queen of Chaos, who gave his title to her lover Miska.

3rd level. When Consuming Flesh, the hit points you regain are doubled before any modifiers are applied.

9th level. Once per short rest, you can cast the Poison Spray cantrip (11th level: 3d12 poison damage) as a Bonus Action.

17th level. Once per long rest, you can channel the essence of Obox-ob for 1 minute, causing your flesh to grow razor-sharp bones that protrude from every square inch of your body, granting you the following benefits:

• Your AC increased by 2
• Any creature that successfully damages you takes your Charisma modifier times ten piercing damage.

Dagon

A mixture of shark and octopus in appearance, with a fang-filled mouth and many tentacles, all covered in rubbery black skin, Dagon was one of the most fearsome demon lords. He was powerful enough that even the Queen of Chaos feared him.

3rd level. You gain a swimming speed equal to your walking speed.

9th level. Once per short rest, 2 octopus tentacles grow out of your back and last for 1 minute. As an action, you can attempt to grapple creatures within 10 feet of you. Make a melee attack with proficiency for each tentacle against a target you choose.

17th level. Once per long rest, you magically fill a 60-foot cube with poisonous water. Each creature within the cube must make a Constitution saving throw or take 9d8 poison damage and be poisoned. While this creature is poisoned in this way, it has disadvantage on Consitution saving throws. While you are within this cube, you have a swimming speed equal to three times your walking speed.

Pazuzu

Although an obyrith, Pazuzu appeared similar to a human, but with avian feet, four feathered wings, and a bird-like beak. He was an expert at subtly corrupting mortals.

3rd level. You gain a flying speed equal to your walking speed.

9th level. Once per short rest, you expose the obyrith within, causing all creatures within 120 feet to make a Wisdom saving throw against your spell save DC or be frightened for 1 minute. While they are frightened in this way, they fall into a deep kneeling bow, with thier forehead touching the ground/floor on which they once stood. They are considered prone while in this state.

17th level. Warp Creature. Once per long rest, you targets up to three creatures you can see within 120 feet of you. Each target must make a Constitution saving throw against your spell save DC. On a successful save, a creature becomes immune to your Warp Creature for 24 hours. On a failed save, the target is poisoned, which causes it to also gain 1 level of exhaustion. While poisoned in this way, the target must repeat the saving throw at the start of each of its turns. Three successful saves against the poison end it, and ending the poison removes any levels of exhaustion caused by it. Each failed save causes the target to suffer another level of exhaustion. Once the target reaches 6 levels of exhaustion, it dies and instantly transforms into a living abyssal wretch under your control. The transformation of the body can be undone only by a wish spell.