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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 4004705" data-attributes="member: 58197">Sure, balors and demon lords may have reason to try and corrupt souls--they can probably work things out so they gain a noticeable benefit from it.  But we were talking about succubi, and lesser demons generally.The only reason a succubus would try to seduce a mortal to evil is if her demonic overlord made her.  But forcing the succubus to do that, giving appropriate rewards for success and/or penalties for failure, would require an organization; otherwise there's just no way to monitor her and make sure she's doing her job.  And an organization can only be built by organized creatures.The strength of any organization depends on the willingness of its members to do their jobs, even when not being directly monitored by their superiors.  Devils are willing to do that.  Demons aren't.  Sure, a balor can whip a lesser demon into line, but as soon as the balor leaves, the lesser demon will scamper off into the chaos of the Abyss and return to doing its own thing.</blockquote>