Slime devils are interrogators of the Nine Hells who overtake the enemies of devils and pry through their minds searching for secrets.[1]
Description[]
Slime devils are amalgamations of sludge with vaguely humanoid forms.[1]
Personality[]
Slime devils are beings of hate, anger and loathing, but also intrigue and arrogance. Despite being unpleasant, they are capable deceivers, and prefer to keep their psychic abilities hidden.[1]
Abilities[]
Slime devils have mercurial bodies able to deftly navigate difficult terrain and avoid attempts to strike them as they slip away. They are capable swimmers, acrobatic, sneaky and slithering. Their caustic bodies resist acid, and they pull victims towards themselves with their tendrils even as the acidic feelers burn away at them. Their most valuable power is that the telepathic devils, once they engulf the foe in their bodies (burning them all the time), they can scour their mind, painfully ripping through it until they get the answers they demand. [1]
Combat[]
Slime devils favor ambushes over direct assaults. They lurk near enemy leaders or other isolated individuals, waiting for their allies to distract the enemy and watching for their opening. Once the time is right, they pull the victim close and search for valuable information or embarrassing or inconvenient secrets for them to reveal to their allies.[1][2]
Society[]
Slime devils are the spies and investigators of the archdevils, made valuable to the denizens of Hell and devil-worshiping regents alike for their power to pull thoughts from minds. They are favored servants of Mammon who inhabit the muck-laden caverns of his 3rd layer of Hell, Minauros, typically traveling with its soldiery, such as shocktroop devils and legion devils, when within its borders. They prefer to work with withering devils due to their complementary power.[1]
Ecology[]
Slime devils are somewhat unique in their origin, being born from the souls of corrupt inquisitors and the acidic black sludge from the swamps of Minauros. Hubristic and furious, they are indelibly pulled to the 3rd layer and come to rest in the swamps, their roiling mess of emotion seeping into the muck, from which a new slime devil emerges.[1] The Mother of All Witches, Baba Yaga, also had a curse of "Morphing Flesh" that can turn one into a slime devil.[3]
Slime devils speak Supernal.[1]