Hellfire Engine

The hellfire engine is a living infernal construct from the roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons. These devil-engineered machines could come in all shapes and sizes and were designed to kill large numbers of creatures at a time. How they could do this varied from engine to engine; devils would design and build these nightmarish machines according to their own depraved preferences and so rarely would any two hellfire engines look or act in the same way.

As well as being built to dish out death and destruction in horrific and imaginative ways, hellfire engines were also alive, driven by instinct and an insatiable desire to destroy. At times, a hellfire engine can fly into an outburst of uncontrollable rage if its need to kill is not satisfied.

The exact capabilities of a hellfire engine varied depending on who designed it, but they often carried terrible weapons such as explosive cannons, flame streamers and acid sprayers. Mortal beings slain by an engine would be converted into lemures to serve the cause of the devils. The only way to save the soul of an engine victim would be to cast a wish or true resurrection spell after the lemure is slain.