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Message: <blockquote data-quote="MechaTarrasque" data-source="post: 7824630" data-attributes="member: 6801226">I recommend making the artifact more pride-centric.  "Heart of the Abyss" makes me think cultists for just about every demon lord, CE god, and archduke devil (just to spite the demon lords) would be after it.  Not only would it help explain why this particular demon lord is after it, but the abilities (and how to destroy the artifact) would probably flow better.I might do something like:  Light of Pride.   Once a celestial is exposed to the light of this lamp, if it destroys or banishes a fiend or undead, it must make a ridiculously high DC saving throw or be infected with excessive pride.  The celestial will attack any being that refuses to obey an order from the celestial.  If the celestial kills a creature with a good alignment, the celestial's alignment becomes CE.The Light can be destroyed if a powerful (say CR 21+) being agrees to be permanently polymorphed into a commoner (this effect cannot be overcome even by anti-magic fields or wish spells) while holding the Light.If Valithia can get to a good-aligned plane with the Light of Pride, she can commit a ritual to expose the entire plane to the Light of Pride.  The ritual takes X time (it doesn't matter except that the PC's show up at the last minute to stop it).</blockquote>