# Summon Lesser Demon > [!info] Spell Details > | | | > |---|---| > | **Level** | 3rd | > | **School** | [[Conjuration]] | > | **Casting Time** | 1 Action | > | **Range** | 60 feet | > | **Components** | V, S, M *(a vial of blood from a humanoid killed within the past 24 hours)* | > | **Duration** | Concentration, up to 1 hour | > | **Classes** | Warlock, Wizard | --- ## Description You utter foul words, summoning one demon from the chaos of the Abyss. You choose the demon's type, which must be one of challenge rating 5 or lower, such as a shadow demon or a barlgura. The demon appears in an unoccupied space you can see within range, and the demon disappears when it drops to 0 hit points or when the spell ends. Roll initiative for the demon, which has its own turns. When you summon it and on each of your turns thereafter, you can issue a verbal command to it (requiring no action on your part), telling it what it must do on its next turn. If you issue no command, it spends its turn attacking any creature within reach that has attacked it. At the end of each of the demon's turns, it makes a Charisma saving throw. The demon has disadvantage on this saving throw if you say its true name. On a failed save, the demon continues to obey you. On a successful save, your control of the demon ends for the rest of the duration, and the demon spends its turns pursuing and attacking the nearest non-demons to the best of its ability. --- ## At Higher Levels When you cast this spell using a spell slot of 6th or 7th level, you summon two demons. When you cast it using an 8th or 9th level spell slot, you summon three demons.