Pact Keeper (Patreon)

Wondrous item, legendary

An infernal spiked scroll case that seems to contain thousands of pages decorated with scratches and scribbles of innumerable terms and signatures. When you pull at the end of this scroll the specific contract you are looking for appears.

While holding this item you gain the following benefits:

• You have advantage on Insight checks to determine if a creature is lying.
• You can sense the presence of fiends and Tieflings within 100 feet of you.

Terms. Any number of willing creatures can both apply a drop of blood onto a page of this scroll to create a binding pact. For the next 666 minutes, each of the creatures can understand each other perfectly, even if they all do not speak a common language. For the duration, the creatures that paid their blood enter infernal negotiations, the terms of which can vary depending on each creature's wishes. All creatures must be willing and active participants in the construction of the pact, and any such agreements cannot be made while any such creature is under the influence of any magic that would alter their sense of self or personality (ex. Dominate Person, Friends, etc.). At the end of the duration or if the involved creatures come to agree upon a deal, the blank page instantly fills with the agreed upon terms and conditions and is sealed within the scroll.

Breach. If a creature that is bound in a pact made by the Terms property breaks their promise, the creature instantly dies and their soul is funneled into the River Styx, where it's reborn instantly as a lemure devil. If the creature is under the protection of any effects that would prevent them from dying, this property ignores that effect unless it is of a 9th-level or higher spell. The contract page is then destroyed, burning up from within the scroll in a puff of smoke.

Termination. A page from the scroll can only be destroyed by the blade of a Solar. Doing so ends the contract, freeing any creatures from its terms.

Armed with sharp wits and silver-tongues, the devils of the Nine Hells are a force to be reckoned with in legal combat. 'Twas only a matter of time till none with any sense of self preservation would trust a word from a devil's mouth, no matter how sweet their proposals or how tantalizing their offers. A tool to enforce their terms and bind them in blood became necessary for the continuation of their practices, lest their talents rust from disuse.

Forged from infernal iron and sealed with Hellwasp wax, with leathery pages formed of Succubus wings, the tool was completed with the final application of the most powerful infernal magicks available. From then on, all terms and agreements were made in the presence of the Keeper as an impartial and unfeeling enforcer.

Curated Curio [11/23]: Something to ensure Devilish Deals are properly enforced - Control / Utility