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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LordVyreth" data-source="post: 3205285" data-attributes="member: 9626">I was just about to add that if I was running a high level game and the player wanted a fiend cohort who wasn't a succubus or erinyes, I'd allow it just because it's a refreshing change of pace.  In general, I wouldn't have much problem with a redeemed fiend.  There have been plenty of fallen celestials (see, among others, the erinyes,) and while I can see the fire elemental comparison, I don't think it applies.  They're not really made of evil; they're made of flesh, blood, bones, and other stuff that makes the party's rogue still useful and the fighter not regret using a rapier.  Whether they have sufficient free will to make that decision is another story.  I can understand why people have trouble with spells like Sanctify the Wicked, though frankly if you're willing to go that route, wouldn't it be easier to just bind them, throw a few mind fogs into the room and toss on Helms of Opposite Alignment until it sticks?  It certainly beats losing a level.  In terms of moral justification, I can only see it as a valid thing if the paladin or whatnot had justification to kill the fiend anyway (usually not that hard,) and offers it as a last resort to avoid destruction.  After all, the last Dragon had Wee Jas turning a succubus lawful evil, and that's as much an anathema to them as an evil/good conversion.</blockquote>