Imp as possessor

[Douglas Muir 406]

For in-campaign reasons too complex to bother explaining, the PCs have encountered an NPC who seems to be possessed by an imp. The NPC is a low-level schmuck, and the backstory is that he did something very foolish. We can stipulate that the NPC was a complete idiot.

My question: under RAW, is there any way an imp could end up possessing someone? (I'm not even sure if PFRPG allows possession by devils.)

Anyone?

Doug M.

[tonyz]

You could have the imp make a really good UMD check to use a scroll of magic jar. I think that has a limited duration though. The imp could have UMDed a scroll of permanence also.

3.5 had a Fiend of Possession 3-level prestige class in, iirc, Tyrants of the Nine Hells. Not sure if the imp qualifies for that.

I'd just hand wave it, personally. Say the idiot did something idiotic.

[karkon]

I would hand wave it to allow the demon to bodily posses him.

If the players are clever let them excise the demon.

[Egoish]

Book of the damned vol1 devil contracts, if your dumb enough to sign any old contract anything can happen.

[Douglas Muir 406]

Egoish wrote:

Book of the damned vol1 devil contracts, if your dumb enough to sign any old contract anything can happen.

Ah-ha. Okay, I think this works. Thank you!

I may give the imp the advanced template, since otherwise he's not much use to the (APL 8) party.

Even then he's only CR 3. -- I have the impression that in PFRPG, imps and such don't generally take PC levels?

Doug M.

[Egoish]

Depends on the imp, if he was planar bound by a wizard who then died he would be stuck on the material plane.

Given enough time on the material plane he could start taking pc class levels, i'd make him a rogue, then when someone needed something from a devils bargin he was ideally placed that the more important devil could delegate the contract to him. He managed to parlay his devil contract into possesion and he no has control of the body.

Theres also a devil bound creature template on pathfinder srd which discusses imp possesion.

http://www.d20pfsrd.com/bestiary/monster-listings/templates/devil-bound-cre ature-template

[Douglas Muir 406]

I like the Devil-Bound template. I see it's from Green Ronin, so no surprise that it's good. What's the sourcebook?

Anyway. Let's see: using this template, the PC would get +2 natural AC, +2 Dex, at will—detect good, detect magic, invisibility (self only); 1/day—suggestion; 1/week— commune; and the ability to change his form into any Medium size creature, as per polymorph except without the hit point gain. That last one is pretty nice.

So, then: what could the imp want in return? Green Ronin suggests that the imp would ask for something minor that seemed like a prank.

The PC is an 8th level sorceror. What would be

1) a seemingly minor act;
2) well within his powers, that
3) would turn out to have much darker consequences?

bonus points if it turns out to be more difficult of accomplishment than it seems (since this gains the imp the sorceror's soul in default). Double bonus points if doing it turns the sorceror towards evil (he's currently NG).

Thoughts?

Doug M.

[Squawk Featherbeak]

There's an upgrade to the Advanced template called Mighty. although it's 3pp

[Egoish]

Go to a place and pick up a magic box from a guy who looks pretty evil wizardy, take the box to a specific alley down a specific street and leave it on the doorstep of a specific door in a VERY specific amount of time, knock on the door and then teleport away. Just a simple delivery job for a guy i owe a favour too, gotta be done all on time to avoid the watch patrols. What? evil? Well the watch wouldn't be happy if they saw you...

The box is full of delayed blast fireballs locked in a temporary stasis like effect, he has 96 seconds(16 rounds) to deliver the box, the random door is the back door of a soup kitchen run by a good temple and the target is a goody goody priest. If he doesn't ask or look into it and just signs the imp wins, if he has second thoughts he has between 15 and zero rounds to deal with 100d6 damage.

The contract could read something as simple as undertake the delivery of an item for me in the future, if they don't add in any extra clause the contract would be binding and they would have to do it or loose their soul.

Not sure what book the template is from but i think its a 3.5 conversion, they are pretty well written though.