'Ello, all! So, we just played through In Hell's Bright Shadow, and my character was able to procure the services of Blosodriette the Imp for one year (no questions asked), via a blood pact.
I'm currently playing a CN Swashbuckler(the fusion class) Dhampiel, with plans to take Magus levels soon. I'd like to take on Blosodriette as my familiar, despite the alignment issues.
Does anybody know of Outsiders in Pathfinder that have changed alignments? If so, how did they do it?
Also, any recommendations on turning away a Devil from the rule of law?
If memory serves, It's stated in one of the Player Companions that Outsiders with alignment subtypes can change alignment but it's much harder to do than mortals because their alignment is weaved into their being. So it is possible to do but super hard.
That being said their are some examples of this in Pathfinder
One of Groetus's favored servants is a paranoid barbed devil called Gag Noam Gyeg that collects eyes on his armor spikes. Seeing as Groetus is CN, it's fairly reasonable to believe that he's probably had a very big shift in alignment.
In Bestiary 4 under the Broken Soul Entry, the monster used is an Azata. Broken Souls are creatures tortured to the point of despair, so that's another way, but probably not what you're looking for.
Erinyes, and indeed most of the Archdevils and Whore Queens are fallen angels, who left Heaven after Asmodeus left to create Hell.
In Wrath of the Righteous, one of the major NPCs the party interacts with is a risen Succubus of Desna called Arueshalae. Her alignment shifted after she killed a cleric of Desna and out of curiosity absconded into their mind and got stuck in the Dimension of Dream and instead of being immediately slain by Desna was given a chance at redemption.
As she's presented in Wrath this shift in alignment caused her to achieve mythic status and made her lose some of her natural abilities, such as some spell like abilities, a shift in subtype, and the inability to be too close to demons or she may become shaken with memories of her past.
Biggest problem with this list is it's pretty much exclusively good-> evil alignment shift. There isn't a whole lot of ways to take the law out of someone other than good old fashioned convincing (Which may be beyond the scope of time you have depending on your GM) or driving them insane.
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Then again, there's Ragathiel, an empyreal lord who was the result of a union between Feronia, an evil elemental goddess of fire, and Dispater, archdevil and Lord of the Second Circle of Hell. He rose from the pit and ascended into Heaven, eventually becoming Heaven's General. There are stories of redeemed evil creatures, they're just fewer in number.
That said, Crystal has said that Blosodriette could be redeemed. It wouldn't be easy, but a PC that has a dedicated interest in doing so could certainly make that a goal.
Then again, there's Ragathiel, an empyreal lord who was the result of a union between Feronia, an evil elemental goddess of fire, and Dispater, archdevil and Lord of the Second Circle of Hell. He rose from the pit and ascended into Heaven, eventually becoming Heaven's General. There are stories of redeemed evil creatures, they're just fewer in number.
That said, Crystal has said that Blosodriette could be redeemed. It wouldn't be easy, but a PC that has a dedicated interest in doing so could certainly make that a goal.
Feronia is Neutral.
'Ello, all! So, we just played through In Hell's Bright Shadow, and my character was able to procure the services of Blosodriette the Imp for one year (no questions asked), via a blood pact.
I'm currently playing a CN Swashbuckler(the fusion class) Dhampiel, with plans to take Magus levels soon. I'd like to take on Blosodriette as my familiar, despite the alignment issues.
Does anybody know of Outsiders in Pathfinder that have changed alignments? If so, how did they do it?
Also, any recommendations on turning away a Devil from the rule of law?
According to the rules, an imp will only willingly work as a familiar for someone who is at most true neutral as far as differing alignment. This could be allowed through GM fiat, but keep in mind that the imp's main goal is to lead its "master" to hell. Someone more committed to goodness or chaos would be seen as too hard a challenge to be worth the effort.
I agree that it's easier for a mortal to change alignments than an outsider and witnessing the party being "nice" isn't going to be very effective. An imp doesn't have the same level of free will that a mortal does at the end of the day. Additionally, if you're playing chaotic neutral, what are you going to be doing to make the imp "come around"? You might think you're working on the imp, but the imp is also going to be working on you.
If you're willing to role play out that tug of war with the imp and realize that you might lose, it could make for an interesting story. If you want a powerful familiar but for your PC's alignment to stay static, you'd probably be better off taking on a creature already in line with your character, such as the fairy dragon Vindelfek, or something similar to him.
Anyway, to answer the question, you're basically getting into GM fiat territory here. I would probably require some opposed charisma checks to determine who is convincing whom of what and over time, whose alignment begins to shift, although I don't know the specifics of how I'd do it right now.