If overpowered, a desire demon will most likely attempt to bargain its way to freedom. While desire demons may resort to an outright mind control, they seem to take greater pleasure in more subtle deceit. As a result, many who become their prey never realize it. Their abilities to affect the mind allow them to assume disguises and even alter the environment to their purposes. Far more intelligent than the bestial hunger and rage demons, more ambitious than the demons of sloth, these spirits are among the most skilled at tempting mages into possession.ĭesire demons use the yearnings of the victims-lust, wealth, power-to their advantage.