Say a character makes an infernal contract with a contract devil and gains a devil as an infernal slave. Would it function like an eidolon which can be summoned and dismissed as needed, or would it somehow lose the extraplanar subtype and become bound to Material plane? Or how would an infernal slave function?
I would assume it would just be exactly like any other creature of its species, except it follows the orders of the character.
It isn't an eidolon and doesn't have anything in common with them. It doesn't lose any types or subtypes (extraplanar doesn't force you to return to home plane after a set period or anything like that, you can reside on a foreign plane as an extraplanar entity indefinitely).
When the contract is signed, the slave appears. After that, any transportation (extraplanar or otherwise) will have to be accomplished by it's own powers or the master will have to provide it.
Would an infernal slave be subject to Dismissal or Banishment like extraplanar creatures usually are? And if it were, how would the character get it back?
Nothing in the contract gives any benefits or alters the statistics of the slave. It is not protected from banishment, has no special ability to find its master or travel to them.
if the devil in question isn't selected yet, and you want the ability to call it and rise it's power as you level (also explain why it would like to be enslaved = it gains power from this)
then i would advice taking the Summon Guardian Spirit feat and pick an imp (which is actually the given creature example for the template of 'Guardian Spirit' so the stats are right there). this has many benefits not the least gm tend less to object since it's not home-brew but first party rules.
if the devil in question isn't selected yet, and you want the ability to call it and rise it's power as you level (also explain why it would like to be enslaved = it gains power from this)
then i would advice taking the Summon Guardian Spirit feat and pick an imp
Thanks, but the character in question wants something much more powerful than imp. I also think the devil in question doesn´t have a choice in the matter, it has to obey, so it´s irrelevant whether or not it wants or likes to be enslaved
I guess I´ll treat it like any bound outsider, except this one´s service continues until it´s master dies, and make a houserule concerning getting it back in case it´s banished, like returning 24 hours after banishment, perhaps requiring some sort of bloody sacrifice
well, for a bit of balance i would have the player be the one who need to call the outsider back if it is banished. also remmber that if it is a called devil if it dies it can't be called back, unlike summoned one.
or you can have it work a bit like the antipaladin findish boon (2nd option) in regard to how to get it back, and that it's a permenant summon and not a called creature.
also remmber that if it is a called devil if it dies it can't be called back, unlike summoned one.
It will be a called one, should make the player cautious about using it, after all it´s a once in a lifetime bargain :D
Say a character makes an infernal contract with a contract devil and gains a devil as an infernal slave. Would it function like an eidolon which can be summoned and dismissed as needed, or would it somehow lose the extraplanar subtype and become bound to Material plane? Or how would an infernal slave function?
Sounds like a brokered Planar Binding type spell. I would use those rules for determining how it all works.
/cevah