Archfiend
Source War of Immortals pg. 110Fiends are legion. From the scheming, tyrannical
devils and the sinful, soul-coveting
demons, to the terrifying sahkils and the unknowable
qlippoth, they come in countless forms and are more numerous than the stars in the sky, the sands upon the beach, and the sins of morals. Beings of cruelty and malice, cunning and corruption, fiends revel in bloodshed, violence, and destruction. These are the forces you’re destined to join and eventually rule over—the servants and soldiers who will protect your domain, carry out your orders, and destroy your enemies.
Through your Calling, you’re destined to become an archfiend, a powerful leader, general, or tyrant who rules over your own extraplanar realm and amasses a following of fiends. A devious
archdevil who rises through the ranks of Hell’s hierarchy, a powerful
demon lord who seizes their realm in the Outer Rifts by bloody coup, a fearmongering sahk il tormentor who builds a palace of nightmares in their own personal demiplane, and a sadistic
velstrac demagogue who cuts a swath of agony through the Netherworld—all are archfiends. And while their motives, methods, domains, and minions differ, the evil they cause and the power they wield are universal. Archfiends are fiends of legend, whose names live on forever, both among their own kind and the mortals who fear them. The most powerful of archfiends gain a horde of fiendish followers who help them bring evil to the mortal realms.
Moloch (tyrannical male devil general), General of Hell, rules Malebolge and directs Hell’s armies from Melqart Keep at the heart of Citadel Ba’al. The Lord of the Sixth personifies wrathful destruction held in check by absolute discipline, and those who honor him often find their enemies crushed by the might of his armies.
Scheming in his twisted tree lair known as the Witchbole, the Lord of the Blasted Tarn,
Treerazer (corrupting male demon deforester), seeks dominion over the Tanglebriar. Once a powerful aspiring demon lord, the fiend was banished to the Universe long ago and seeks revenge against the elven deities who imprisoned him within the surrounding forest and all they hold dear.
Searching for the perfect beings so she can end all others,
Raetorgash (cruel female velstrac demagogue), the Skull-Hoarder, resides in a bone tower at the heart of the charnel house Targothieh with the Netherworld. She often judges potential subjects by the shape and composition of their skulls, usually by first having them removed from the containing skin and muscle.
You wish to number among these mythic beings. You have been gathering power, whether through the study of occult tomes, the accumulation of wealth, or the manipulation of heedless pawns in political spheres. You hold little regard for much of anything except your own goals, though you might briefly ally yourself with others for mutual protection or financial gain. However, should the need arise, you are prepared to abandon those ties without so much as a second thought. After all, you are destined to sit upon a throne that has room for only one —and that is you. The time has come for you to establish your realm, amass your fiendish hordes, and carve your own legend into the annals of history.
Click here for more rules on using this archetype.Uncommon Destiny Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 110Archetype Archfiend
Driven by your Calling, you've begun to make plans for your own personal realm from whence you're destined to rule over an army of fiends. Name your realm and describe its eventual appearance. Whether it contains raging hellfire, ponds of caustic acid, or banks of poisonous fog, your realm should be marked by distinctive
terrain. Select one of the following damage types associated with your realm's environmental dangers:
acid,
cold,
electricity,
fire, or
poison. This is your realm's damage type. You gain
resistance to the selected damage type equal to half your level. If you already have resistance to this damage type, increase your resistance by 5. The certainty of your will is such that you can temporarily bring forth a portion of your realm into this world. You gain the Manifest Realm ability. Other feats allow you to further manipulate your manifested realm.
Manifest Realm
[two-actions] (
concentrate,
divine,
manipulate)
Frequency once per hour;
Effect You corrupt the surrounding area into a manifestation of your realm in a 20-foot-radius burst centered on you. Your manifested realm counts as
difficult terrain for your enemies, and your enemies take a –1 penalty to Fortitude saving throws while in your manifested realm. You can Sustain your manifested realm once per round on subsequent rounds, and if you do not, the radius of your manifested realm is reduced by 5 feet. Your realm remains manifested for a maximum of 1 minute, and you can Dismiss your manifested realm. If your manifested realm's radius is ever reduced to 0 feet or if you move beyond 100 feet from the borders of your manifested realm, your manifested realm is automatically Dismissed.
Concentrate Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 111Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
With a thought, the passion of your fiendish desires becomes evident in your eyes and posture. For the next minute, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to
Deception,
Diplomacy, and
Intimidation skill checks. In addition, you gain a +2 circumstance bonus to
counteract checks. At 18th level, these circumstance bonuses increase to +3.
Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 111Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
You consider every fiend a future subject and can assess them at a glance. Spend a
Mythic Point. Attempt a check at mythic proficiency to
Recall Knowledge about every
fiend you can see. For the next hour, whenever you roll a success on a
Deception,
Diplomacy, or
Intimidation check against a fiend, you get a critical success instead.
Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 111Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
Thanks to your continued belief in your ultimate transformation, you have learned greater control over your manifested realm. If you spend a Mythic Point when you Manifest your Realm, you can use the Drain Realm, Spread Realm, and Unleash Realm free actions.
Drain Realm [free-action] (
concentrate)
Trigger Your previous action was to Sustain your manifested realm;
Requirements Your manifested realm has a radius of at least 10 feet; Effect You siphon power from your manifested realm to bolster your physical form. Decrease your manifested realm's radius by 10 feet. You regain a number of Hit Points equal to your level and each of your Strikes made before the end of your turn deal an additional 1d8 damage of your realm's damage type.
Spread Realm [free-action] (
concentrate)
Trigger Your previous action was to Sustain your manifested realm;
Effect Your manifested realm further corrupts more of your surroundings. Increase your manifested realm's radius by 10 feet.
Unleash Realm [free-action] (
concentrate)
Trigger Your previous action was to Sustain your manifested realm;
Effect You punish those who transgress upon your realm. An enemy within your realm takes 4d8 damage of your realm's damage type with a
basic Fortitude save against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher.
Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 111Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
You have been in contact with a retinue of
fiends, brokering all manner of deals so that they may eventually serve you. When you
Manifest your Realm, you can choose to have one such fiend come to your aid. This fiend is a
common fiend of level 11 or lower, which you select when you take this feat. The fiend appears in a place of your choosing within your manifested realm and has the
minion trait. They remain for as long as your realm is manifested, until they’re reduced to 0 Hit Points, or until you command them to leave, at which point they immediately vanish and return to their place of origin.
At 20th level, you can choose a common fiend of level 15 or lower to appear instead when you Manifest your Realm.
Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 112Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
You can teleport across the battlefield, disappearing and appearing in a burst of hellfire and brimstone, a flash of lightning, a cloud of caustic gas, or other environmental hazard common within your planned realm. You can cast
translocate as a 4th-rank
divine innate spell at will. When you do, spaces adjacent to the one you leave from and the one you appear in are momentarily filled with a damaging energy common to your realm, dealing 4d6 damage of your realm’s damage type to creatures in the affected spaces (
basic Reflex save against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher).
Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 112Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
Your sheer determination has created a demiplane that houses a grand residence which will serve as the heart of your planned realm. You determine the appearance of this seat of power, such as a duskwood longhouse, a crumbling stone castle, an ice tower, or a pagoda constructed from the solidified souls of the damned. You can enter your realm using the Enter Seat of Power activity. You and any creatures you choose gain three times as many Hit Points when
resting within your seat of power. Once per day while within your seat of power, you can cast
cleanse affliction as a 4th-rank innate
divine spell or
sound body as a 4th-rank innate divine spell. You can target only yourself with these spells.
Enter Seat of Power (
concentrate,
exploration,
mythic)
Effect You focus your mind on your seat of power, then tap into this connection to transport yourself to its demiplane. This process takes 10 minutes. You can bring up to 10 willing creatures with you when you Enter Seat of Power; these creatures must remain within 30 feet of you for the duration of the activity.
You can remain in your seat of power for as long as you desire. Any creature that you bring to your seat of power in this way (including you) can depart the demiplane as a three-action activity that has the
concentrate trait. They return to the location they were in when they Entered your Seat of Power, or the nearest unoccupied space if that location is occupied.
Auditory Mythic Visual Source War of Immortals pg. 112Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
With a terrifying pronouncement, you manifest a visible sign of your authority and fiendish power, such as a crown of flame upon your brow, a scepter forged of solidified souls, or a throne comprised of a dozen dragon skulls. This object appears in your space or in your hand, as appropriate, and remains for 1 minute. When your sign of power appears, attempt an
Intimidation check to
Demoralize each enemy within 30 feet who can see or hear you. These Demoralize attempts don’t take any penalty for not sharing a language. As long as your sign of power remains manifested, your enemies can’t reduce the value of their
frightened condition below 1.
You can spend 1
Mythic Point as part of performing this action; if you do, frightened creatures grovel before you, in awe of your terrible power. At the beginning of their turn, a creature that has the frightened condition from Brandish Authority must attempt a Will saving throw against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher. On failure, they must Drop Prone. On a critical failure, they must
Drop Prone and can’t Stand this turn.
Mythic Teleportation Source War of Immortals pg. 112Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend DedicationRequirements Your last action dealt damage to a creature.
Rather than grant your foes the mercy of a swift death, you can consign them to suffer in an extradimensional prison with an appearance of your choosing. Spend 1
Mythic Point to force a creature that you dealt damage to with your last action to attempt a Will saving throw against your class DC or spell DC, whichever is higher. Regardless of the result, the target is temporarily immune to your Imprison Foe for 24 hours.
Critical Success The target is unaffected.
Success The target is
stunned 2.
Failure The target is transported into a cell within your extradimensional dungeon for 1 minute. It is unable to leave or damage the cell in any way.
Teleportation effects can’t carry the target outside the cell unless they can also traverse the planes, such as
interplanar teleport. At the end of each of its turns, it can attempt a new Will save to reduce the remaining duration it is imprisoned by 1 round or end it entirely on a critical success. When the duration ends, the target returns to the space it occupied when it was imprisoned, or to the nearest space if the original is now filled.
Critical Failure As failure, but the target is
stunned for the first round it is imprisoned.
Rare Divine Mental Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 113Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
You can strike a profane bargain with a willing, sapient creature. That creature promises to never take
hostile actions against you, to never
lie to you, to never speak of this bargain, and to either perform, or refrain from performing, one other specified task, such as paying you a specified sum every year, gifting you their first-born child, or never speaking.
If the target accepts, they verbally make a request. You can choose to twist their request by selecting specific details, as long as you still fulfill the requirements of their request. If the request could be granted by a
wish ritual, you spend 1 Mythic Point and the request is magically granted.
As long as the bargain persists, you always know the target’s location, can communicate telepathically with the target at any distance, and can see through the target’s senses by taking a single action that has the
concentrate trait. Once per day, you can take control of the target as an activity that takes three actions and has the concentrate trait. When you do, they become
controlled by you for 10 minutes. They have no memory of their time spent under your control.
If the target ever breaks the terms of this bargain, you immediately select one of the following punishments: they die, they die and you possess their soul, they become permanently controlled by you, or they become imprisoned in a cell within your realm’s dungeon (you must have the
Imprison Foe feat to select this final option).
A target can only enter into a Profane Bargain with you once—not even the breaking of this bargain, death, a
wish ritual, or divine intervention frees them of this limitation. You can’t make a Profane Bargain with yourself.
Mythic Source War of Immortals pg. 113Archetype ArchfiendPrerequisites Archfiend Dedication
Through all your machinations and accumulation of power, you have completed your apotheosis and become a true archfiend. You gain the
fiend and
unholy traits and are immune to your realm’s damage type. You don’t age. Your planned realm becomes a complete reality, forming within a section of
Hell, the
Outer Rifts,
the Netherworld, its own fiendish demiplane, or some other planar space of your choosing. If you have the
Seat of Power feat, that seat of power is grafted onto your realm and the
Enter Seat of Power activity transports you to any place within your realm; otherwise, you can enter and exit your realm in a similar fashion with a brief ritual that takes 10 minutes (though you can’t bring anyone with you).
Whenever you would die, you are instead reduced to 0 Hit Points, become
unconscious, and are immediately transported to your seat of power within your realm. After 1 hour (or 1 round if you have the Seat of Power feat), you regain 5 Hit Points and reawaken. You can’t leave your realm until you’re fully healed or 1 week passes (whichever comes first).
In addition, you gain a small group of fiendish followers who reside in your realm. They never leave your realm (though one might occasionally come to your aid if you have the
Marshal Fiendish Forces feat), but they constantly spy on the mortal world to keep you informed. You are telepathically linked to these followers and can choose to speak with the group, or a specific fiend, as a three-action activity that has the
concentrate trait. In doing so, you can avail yourself of the fiends’ surveillance to learn about the world or current events. You can either
Recall Knowledge on any topic or
Gather Information. If you critically fail to do either, you get a failure instead.