History Characters / DungeonsAndDragonsFiends

* AcidAttacker: Prior to 5th edition, babaus secreted an acidic slime while in combat. This slime's effects varied by edition, either protecting the babau from piercing and slashing attacks (2e), corroding any weapons which touched the babau (3e), or just harming adjacent attackers (4e).

Demon Prince of Deception, and from a meta-standpoint, one of the oldest, as he was created by Gary Gygax himself to screw over a pair of [=PCs=] he felt had become too strong; when they freed him from the bas-relief he was trapped in, he dragged them down into the Abyss and destroyed their gear. In unvierse, the event happened because Fraz learned how to summon other Demon Princes and humiliate them in front of his minions; naturally, they hated him for this, but his complete control of his layer (stemming from his wand, which is currently lost) discouraged direct retribution. So they tricked him into losing powers and getting stuck in a wall, until Gygax's unfortunate players freed him.

!Yugoloths
->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Neutral Evil fiends who work as mercenaries for whoever pays the best... at the moment.

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!!Geryon
The former ruler of Stygia. He constantly struggles with Levistus for control of their frozen hellhole, usually (but not always) coming off worst.

* BewareMyStingerTail: His tail ends in a scorpion's stinger.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: 4th edition depicted him as having four arms, whereas all other editions give him only two.
* MultipleHeadCase: He has three heads in 4th edition.
* SnakePeople: He is a muscular humanoid from the waist up and a gigantic snake from the waist down.
* SummonMagic: He can summon minotaurs to do his bidding by blowing into a magical horn.

!Yugoloths
->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Neutral Evil fiends who work as mercenaries for whoever pays the best... at the moment.

The Demon Prince of Forbidden Pleasure, and one of the biggest horndogs in the Abyss, rivalled only by the Succubus Queen Malcanthet. Grazz't looks like a handsome black-skinned human man who's just a little off, with his unnatural coloration, goatlike legs, six fingers on each hand, and small horns. He's also the biggest MagnificentBastard of the Demon Princes, which has led to theories that he's a devil who switched sides. Grazz't is based on stories from witch trials, where witches would claim to copulate with the Devil in the guise of a handsome black-skinned man.

!Yugoloths
->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Neutral Evil fiends who work as mercenaries for whoever pays the best... at the moment.

* ArtEvolution: In the same edition, no less. ''Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes'' [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/d/dc/Zariel-5e.pngdepicted Zariel]] as a typical BigRedDevil, with horns, cracked dark skin, glowing red eyes, cloven hooves, and batlike wings with membranes of fire. It was a serviceable design, but it did nothing to convey her nature as a FallenAngel. They gave her a [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/forgottenrealms/images/1/1d/Zariel_in_Avernus-5e.jpg drastic redesign]] for ''TabletopGame/BaldursGateDescentIntoAvernus'', removing the horns and hooves while giving her pale skin, a halo made of fire, and angelic wings made of magma.

* [[AscendedDemon Ascended Devil]]: One potential outcome of ''Descent into Avernus'' has the players redeem her into being an angel again.

!!Other Archdevils

!Yugoloths
->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Neutral Evil fiends who work as mercenaries for whoever pays the best... at the moment.

The Demon Prince of Forbidden Pleasure, and one of the biggest horndogs in the Abyss, rivalled only by the Succubus Queen Malcanthet. Grazz't looks like a handsome black-skinned human man who's just a little off, with his unnatural coloration, goatlike legs, six fingers on each hand, and small horns. He's also the biggest MagnificentBastard of the Demon Princes, which has lead to theories that he's a devil who switched sides. Grazz't is based on stories from witch trials, where witches would claim to copulate with the Devil in the guise of a handsome black-skinned man.

* MonsterProgenator: He created the Barghests to get revenge on Maglubiyet for stiffing him on pay. Barghests are charged with disrupting Maglubiyet's operations by devouring the souls of 17 goblinoids (17 being the number of oaths Maglubiyet broke), the more influential the better, after which they may return to Gehenna.

* MonsterProginator: He created the Barghests to get revenge on Maglubiyet for stiffing him on pay. Barghests are charged with disrupting Maglubiyet's operations by devouring the souls of 17 goblinoids (17 being the number of oaths Maglubiyet broke), the more influential the better, after which they may return to Gehenna.

* DealWithTheDevil: Levistus reaches out to those in desperate straits and offers them a one-time-only save from the danger.

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The Demon Prince of Forbidden Pleasure, and one of the biggest horndogs in the Abyss, rivalled only by the Succubus Queen Malcanthet. Grazz't looks like a handsome black-skinned human man who's just a little off, with his unnatural coloration, goatlike legs, six fingers on each hand, and small horns. He's also the biggest MagnificentBastard of the Demon Princes, which has lead to theories that he's a devil who switched sides.

* OmnicidalManiac: His end goal is to kill every last living thing in the universe so that there will be nothing left but himself and his undead minions

!Yugoloths
->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Neutral Evil fiends who work as mercenaries for whoever pays the best... at the moment.
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[[folder:Yugoloths in General]]
* {{Flight}}: Arcanoloths and ultroloths may not have wings, but that doesn't stop them from flying.
* {{Greed}}: This is their defining characteristic as of 5th edition. Yugoloths are described as embodiments of avarice and selfishness, and they never do anything for free (albeit, the fun of getting to hurt people is counted as part of the pay for some Yugoloths). If you ask them to do something, their first question will always be "What's in it for me?"
* HufflepuffHouse: [[invoked]] There are three main types of fiends in Dungeons and Dragons. The ChaoticEvil Tanar'ri (demons), the LawfulEvil Baatezu (devils) and the NeutralEvil Yugoloths (daemons). The Tanar'ri were the pillage-and-burn kind of evil and the Baatezu were the scheming-and-making-deals kind of evil. This led to the writers struggling to come up with a way to properly define the Yugoloths. They settled on making Yugoloths masters of conspiracy. Whereas devils focused on individual schemes, Yugoloths focused on vast webs of intrigue that spanned centuries. It never quite took, and yugoloths tend to be overlooked both by the players and by the developers.%%in-universe
* ItsAllAboutMe: Yugoloths can be considered 'selfishness elementals' in the same way Devils are 'tyranny elementals' and Demons are 'corruption elementals'. They never take any action that will not first and foremost benefit themselves.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: Yugoloths don't care what they’ve been hired to do as long as they get paid to do it. If the enemy of their current employer offers better pay, they won't hesitate to switch sides.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Daemons (called yugoloths in 2nd, 3rd and 5th edition) are NeutralEvil fiends from Hades, and just want to spread suffering. They were merged with demons in 4E, although it's implied that there's something different about them. 5e makes them a a former ServantRace that broke free of their Night Hag creators, and plays up their selfish, mercenary attitude.%%In-universe alignment.
* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Yugoloths will hire themselves out as mercenaries to anyone who can afford their services. They do their jobs well, but they're not very loyal.
* PsychoForHire: Yugoloths are fiends that will hire themselves out to the highest bidder, and as fiends, they tend to most enjoy jobs that allow them to hurt others.
* ServantRace: According to the 5th edition Monster Manual, the yugoloths were created by a coven of night hags to serve them. The hags enforced this servitude with the ''Books of Keeping'', magical grimoires which contained [[IKnowYourTrueName the true names]] of every single yugoloth except the General of Gehenna. They lost the Books, however, and now the yugoloths answer to nobody but themselves.
* SuddenNameChange: In 4th edition, as yugoloths were merged with demons, the ''-loth'' suffix in their names was replaced with ''-demon''. This particular change was reverted in 5th edition.
* {{Teleportation}}: In 5th edition, nearly all yugoloths can teleport at will. The only exception is the canoloth, which instead provides TeleportInterdiction.

[[folder:Types of Yugoloth]]
!!Arcanaloth
->'''Challenge Rating:''' 12 (5E)
The sly, jackal-headed arcanaloths are the mages and recordkeepers of the yugoloths. Whether leading their forces in battle or brokering treaties at the negotiating table, these fiends are a force to be reckoned with.

* {{Greed}}: This is their defining characteristic as of 5th edition. Yugoloths are describes as embodiments of avarice, and they never do anything for free. If you ask them to do something, their first question will always be "What's in it for me?"

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Daemons (called yugoloths in 2nd, 3rd and 5th edition) are NeutralEvil fiends from Hades, and just want to spread suffering. They were merged with demons in 4E, although it's implied that there's something different about them.%%In-universe alignment.

* SexShifter: They can change from male incubi to female succubi as they please, though most of them prefer one form or the other.

* MonterProgenitor: The first gnolls were originally hyenas that were drawn to Yeenoghu as he slaughtered his way across the Material Plane. These hyenas were corrupted by his presence and would gorge themselves on the corpses of his victims until they were literally too fat to move, at which point they exploded. The first gnolls rose from the hyenas’ remains.

!Devils

->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' LawfulEvil

The outsiders residing in the Lawful Evil plane of Baator. These are the guys who usually [[DealWithTheDevil make deals with mortals]].

* {{Baphomet}}: He's "the Prince of Beasts", a powerful {{Demon Lord|sAndArchdevils}}, in which capacity he's primarily associated with [[ALoadOfBull Minotaurs]] rather than goats. He likes to play TheCorrupter to entire societies, particularly Minotaur settlements.

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[[folder:Devourer]]

->'''Challenge Rating:''' 13 (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil

* SoulEating: Devourers hunt humanoids, with the intent of consuming them body and soul.

!Yugoloths
->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil

Neutral Evil fiends who work as mercenaries for whoever pays the best... at the moment.
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!! Night Hag

->'''Challenge Rating:''' 5 (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' NeutralEvil
The fiendish Night Hags can be found all over the Lower Planes, where they specialize in trading corrupted souls- both ones that found their way to the Lower Planes on their own, and souls the hag collects herself.

* HornedHumanoid: Night hags are distinguished by the pair of curved horns growing from their temples.
* YourSoulIsMine: While a humanoid sleeps, a night hag can straddle the person ethereally and intrude upon its dreams. The ethereal hag fills her victim's head with doubts and fears, in the hope of tricking it into performing evil acts in the waking world. The hag continues her nightly visitations until the victim finally expires in its sleep, and if the hag has driven her victim to commit evil deeds by that point, she traps its corrupted soul in her soul bag to be bartered with in infernal markets.

!!Succubus/Incubus

->'''Challenge Rating:''' 4 (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil (1E-3E), Evil (4E), NeutralEvil (5E)

A fiend specializing in seduction and sexual temptation. Their alignment and allegiances have flip-flopped a lot through various editions; they were Demons in the first three (and had their own Demon Queen, Malcanthet), became Devils in 4e, and 5e just threw in the towel and said they were generic fiends that could be found anywhere in the Lower Planes.

!! Night Hag

->'''Challenge Rating:''' 5 (5E)

The fiendish Night Hags can be found all over the Lower Planes, where they specialize in trading corrupted souls- both ones that found their way to the Lower Planes on their own, and souls the hag collects herself.

* HornedHumanoid: Night hags are distinguished by the pair of curved horns growing from their temples.
* YourSoulIsMine: While a humanoid sleeps, a night hag can straddle the person ethereally and intrude upon its dreams. The ethereal hag fills her victim's head with doubts and fears, in the hope of tricking it into performing evil acts in the waking world. The hag continues her nightly visitations until the victim finally expires in its sleep, and if the hag has driven her victim to commit evil deeds by that point, she traps its corrupted soul in her soul bag to be bartered with in infernal markets.

!!Succubus/Incubus

->'''Challenge Rating:''' 4 (5E)
->'''Alignment:''' ChaoticEvil (1E-3E), Evil (4E), NeutralEvil (5E)

A fiend specializing in seduction and sexual temptation. Their alignment and allegiances have flip-flopped a lot through various editions; they were Demons in the first three (and had their own Demon Queen, Malcanthet), became Devils in 4e, and 5e just threw in the towel and said they were generic fiends that could be found anywhere in the Lower Planes.