Phistophilus

Phistophilus

Creature 10

Perception +21; greater darkvision

Languages Abyssal, Aklo, Celestial, Common, Draconic, Infernal, Undercommon; telepathy 100 feet, 

tongues

Skills Arcana +19, Deception +23, Diplomacy +21, Intimidation +21, Legal Lore +25, Religion +19, Society +19, Stealth +18

Str +3, Dex +4, Con +4, Int +7, Wis +5, Cha +5

AC 30; Fort +18, Ref +18, Will +23; +1 status to all saves vs. magic

HP 150; Immunities fire, ward contract; Weaknesses good 10; Resistances physical 10 (except silver), poison 10

Ward Contract A signed contract carried by a living contract devil (including draped over its horns) is immune to damage from all creatures other than that contract devil. A contract devil is immune to mental effects that would make it destroy, nullify, or alter a contract.

Speed 25 feet

Melee binding contract +23 (agile, disarm, evil, magical, reach 10 feet, trip), Damage 3d6+11 slashing plus 1d6 evil, Grab, and infernal wound

Melee horn +21 (magical), Damage 3d10+11 piercing and infernal wound

Divine Innate Spells DC 31; 10th 

scrying
 (at will, see infernal investment) 7th 
plane shift
; 5th 
dimension door
, 
fireball
, 
illusory scene
, 
lightning bolt
, 
locate
 (at will), 
mind probe
, 
sending
 (at will); 4th 
dimension door
 (at will), 
private sanctum
, 
silence
; 3rd 
mind reading
 (at will); Cantrips (7th) 
detect magic
; Constant (5th) 
tongues

Rituals DC 31; 

infernal pact

Draft Contract (conjuration, divine, manipulate) The contract devil produces an infernal contract for a single living mortal. This contract can grant a wide range of abilities and effects, akin to the power of a 

wish
 spell but fulfilled to the letter by the contract devil. To receive any of those benefits, the mortal must willingly sign its true name to the contract. At that point, the mortal’s soul is bound to the contract devil and Hell.

While the contract is in effect, the victim can’t be restored to life except by 

wish
 or similar magic. If the mortal is restored to life by those means, the contract devil knows which mortal came to life and can locate the creature or creatures who restored the mortal to life for 1 year, gaining the effects of a 
locate
 spell with unlimited range. Avoiding the terms of an infernal contract is difficult and often dangerous.

Infernal Investment A contract devil can cast a 10th-level innate 

scrying
 spell at will, but only to target a creature with which it has a contract. The target automatically critically fails its save.

Infernal Wound (divine, necromancy) As 

barbazu
, but the persistent bleed damage is 3d6, and the counteract DC to use healing magic is 29.

Phistophilus (Contract Devil)

Contract devils are clerks, scribes, and bureaucrats of Hell rarely found outside the infernal courts, and then almost always to pursue potential contracts, tempting mortals to sell their souls in exchange for achieving their worldly desires. If a target is desirable enough, a phistophilus can offer contracts for prices seemingly lesser than their soul all at once, though in this case, the devil carefully manipulates the price to drive the signatory toward the forces of law and evil, and therefore ultimately to Hell anyway. Contract devils are tall creatures with skin tones that range from bronze to crimson and large curving horns extending from their bodies, over which they often drape favored or important contracts.

Infernal Contracts

The infernal contracts created by contract devils are not the only ways a devil can engage a mortal in a binding agreement, but they are the most convenient. Other devils must perform complex rituals or jump through bureaucratic hoops to organize a contract with a mortal, and in most cases the easiest solution for devils in this situation is to simply enlist the aid of a contract devil.