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Imp appears says "thispactofpatronageitheretobywithnessedbyimpspeakingtoagreesignersayswhat?" Player responds ""What?" Then he gains a level or warlock.
Genius.
Your typos make this much harder to decipher than than it already is XD
Your the Devil...
Don Corleone would make a great devil template. "I will do this for you now, and consider it a gift. One day, and perhaps that day never comes, I may need a service..."
Well yes, except for the "consider it a gift" talk. I don't think a Devil would give that suggestion that there was no quid pro quo. But I can definitely see a Devil doing the players (especially Lawful players) a favour in exchange for a favour to be named some time in the future. I can especially see a Devil enjoying this with a Lawful Good or, a fortiori, a Paladin.
@@benjaminodonnell258 My DMs from my last two game shops over a ten year time frame, love having devils/ Baator make deals with neutral, neutral/ chaotic good PCs. They make wonderful spies on the higher planes cause they are less likely to be killed for trespassing.
I had a P.I. gum shoes mostly true neutral working for a circle of Baator, from what the DM refuse to tell me I had a Soul Pass to all the Nine Hells, most of the time I start the game in a coffee shop, ..
P.I. , " How is the coffee ?"
Pit fiend serving coffee, " You are in hell, the coffee taste worst than zhit, what do you think?"
Devils vs Demons: "Your evil is wrong!"
Sometimes sounds like the internet, but i moreso relate those users to trolls lol
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The Blood War is more about Law against Chaos, but ALL are evil!
You guys are so underrated and deserve more attention than you get.
Thanks for the praise!
+James Davis It's well deserved, if I can become half the DM you are I'm doing really well
Made a deal with Mephistopheles, while contacting him I was on hold for 666 minutes, then I got redirected, was told I would be called back in 5-10 business days and just kind of had to wait. After 6 days 6 hours and 6 minutes Mephistopheles showed up while still on the phone with a client and was wearing a black pinstripe suit. I'm not making this up this was something my DM made me do to contact him. I wound up selling my soul to resurrect the rest of the party. Reading the contract made me go blind. What an end to a session!
My Dad bought some d&d books back in the 80s to play with me and my two brothers, him as the DM. My Mom made him get rid of them because they were "devil worshiper books". I still laugh about it today.
Mike Blodgett That's horrible, a lot of those early books are worth money.
lol So she believed in magic and superstition?
Most people are afraid of what they don't know or understand. Other people just have knee-jerk reactions against stuff. I guess a bit of education and knowledge will help in all circumstances.
@@freeinformation9869 Agreed. So many fear and hate religion for that same reason.
"Liars and charlatans". Careful now, that's *exactly* what devils *are not*.
One of my favourite quotes from the D&D novels I've read is from a cambion, and he said "I didn't lie. I wasn't forthcoming; there's a difference." What makes devils great is how they will act to the letter of their word, but not necessarily the spirit. If they say they will do something, they will do exactly that, but they'll interpret it in the way that is most convenient or beneficial for them. It's actually quite literally _impossible_ for a full-blooded devil to explicitly _lie_, to the extent that a cambion who has lived their whole lives in the Hells can be completely surprised and sickened (in much the same way Zuko became sick in Avatar, when he started doing good) when they _do_ tell a lie.
That is explicitly true in the Forgotten Realms, and may not apply to all worlds, though personally it's what I love about them, so I'd recommend DMs run them that way in any world.
Hate to break it to you, but it's possible for Devils to lie. If not, then why do Barbed Devils, Bone Devils, and Imps (and even Cambions) have proficiency in Deception? How can they " manipulate humanoid rulers...fomenting paranoia" (MM. 66) without using lies as one tool among many? It's also " in the nature of Devils to scheme". Being lawful does not preclude deception and manipulation clearly.
I like the quote from the Cambion you gave because it shows us a different take on devil's attitudes towards deception, but I also wouldn't take anything a devil, or a fiend in general, says at face value. They are evil as well as lawful and have many tools at their disposal to dominate, manipulate, and terrorize.
I think perhaps that Devils just want everyone to think they're incapable of lying. Those filthy, chaotic demons are the real liars, not us upstanding lawful fiends.
I feel like it's somewhere in the middle. One of the best ways to deceive someone is to include some truth in one way or another, mixed within the lies. Your quote is a good example of that, to say it's impossible for them to lie seems like a bit of a stretch.
James Davis deception is not just lying. And devils will most certainly make use of more subtle means of deceiving people. That's kind of the point. You can trust a devil to do what they say they will do, but not necessarily in the way you expect or want.
You make a deal that they'll protect you from harm for 10 years? Well sure, but you've been put in stasis for that whole time. You're completely safe in there! Shame about missing a decade of your life.
Or you've summoned a devil in a circle that's supposed to keep them trapped there (but unbeknownst to you, the circle is faulty and they could escape whenever they want). A friend of yours expresses concern, to which the devil says "look, I'm inside the binding circle" to attempt to alleviate your friend's concern. They didn't actually say "I'm trapped in here", because that would be a lie, but they _implied_ that to be the case.
Point is, there's a lot of room to deceive people by leaving out information; letting them assume things, and simply refraining from correcting them, or deliberately implying something without outright saying it
It's what makes them so fun. You can make a deal with the devil, and if you're careful, you might be able to outsmart them and get something that is mostly beneficial to you. But you can't be that careful, because this is what devils _do_, and they can _always_ find some loophole. If a devil can just go back on its word entirely, that little game becomes meaningless.
A lot of the things you've said are absolutely spot on:
> It's also " in the nature of Devils to scheme". Being lawful does not preclude deception and manipulation clearly.
> I also wouldn't take anything a devil, or a fiend in general, says at face value.
those two little bits in particular do not preclude a devil's technical honesty at all. It's just that, canonically, in the Forgotten Realms (and of course, in other settings this may not be true - as well as any DM of course being free to change canon as suits them, even if they are in the Realms - though personally it's a trait that I really like and would encourage DMs to use in their own worlds), devils quite literally cannot tell an outright lie. From memory, I think it's described as a devil who did tell a lie "would be undone", or something like that.
Your last paragraph is a really compelling interpretation, and it could be interesting to play them out like that, especially if a major theme in your campaign were law vs chaos. But I do think that to some extent, that would diminish what makes devils great antagonists.
I'd highly recommend the Brimstone Angels series of FR novels for anyone interested in devils, because a couple of the major characters in that series are cambions, and we get to see an inside look of Baatorian politics in a really interesting way.
At the very least, Devils cannot renege on an agreement in the baseline 5e mythos. The DM guide and Monster Manual specifically says that all deals made with devils are enforced, on all sides, by the will of Asmodeus and by extension the plane of Hell. Not the residents of Hell, the plane itself. The will that holds the throne of Nessus rules the plane and their will becomes law.
Have a 1 year belated thumbs up for the Brimstone Angels quote.
I think Emperor Palpatine is a perfect example of Lawful Evil. He would make a great framework for a Devil character in a campaign as a main antagonist.
I like it! I'll take two!
how do you guys feel about "420 friendly" games? do you allow smoking at the table? drinking at the table? legitimate inquiry; as trivial as it may be
Hmmm... interesting.
420 friendly games is how I started. it helps people get into character
2 years later, and I hope the Devil has become the Senate by now.
So I love watching these videos despite never having played D&D before. Something about listening to people geeking out over their favorite hobbies is fun to listen to while messing around with mods you know.
Devils are a great villain, story arc provider, or bothersome nemesis.
My favorite devil so far in any campaign has been an Imp named Felzig who perpetually spoke in a Brooklyn accent and pulled sort of "Bugs Bunny" physics by producing newspapers to read, smoked cigars, and always complained about how you couldn't "get a decent bagel around here." Using the devil's manipulation, he would always "interpret" his master's commands, but the results were always a little darker than the master asked for. "Ey! I did what you asked! Whaddayagonnado? /shrug"
I had an idea for a campaign arc called "The Lesser Evil" where the war in the lower planes was starting to openly bleed into the prime material. Demons are openly loosed upon the mortal world where they would otherwise be unable to do so because of "the rules". Basically, the devils in this campaign seek the manipulation of mortals, but the demons just want carnage. The devils know that the Gods will invoke an apocalypse to cleanse the land if the demons aren't rounded up and put back in the Abyss, and the Devils would rather have mortals to manipulate than lose everything. The conundrum? Can the players work with a devil to do so without being corrupted by the devil in question? Can they work with evil to stop a worse evil and still keep their alignments intact? And can they pull it off before the Gods notice?
Unfortunately, I don't have players locally that would either go for it or could approach the moral questions asked by the arc in a reasonable manner.
Good stuff!
JPruInc To quote the late great George Carlin: "These are the things I think about when I'm home alone and the TV is broken."
I would think my favorite devil would be the immoral personalities of an player .... the growing greed of the party rogue, the bloodlust of the barbarian, etc. Sometimes it grows to the point where if they're a Good/Neutral party, that they begin to question themselves about their actions. The growing corruption is what I love >:3
... but I mostly play straight up Evil character anyways; I like the "Anti-Villain" characters. The ones who think they're doing good, even if it's the wrong way about it ((whether they're aware of it or not)).
Hey bro, try running it in Roll20 or something similar! I'm sure you could find people willing to work with you on that. Who knows, maybe my little bro will. He's a lot more into D&D than me, I'm more of a WoD guy myself. :P
Devils and Demons are so awesome to use in DnD. Raksasha's are the most hilarious "oh shit magic percing".
"Riches? Thats as far as your imagination goes?" *Sighs and snaps fingers producing a large scroll and a pen* "Sign here, here, and here and you will be rich beyond your wildest dreams for the rest of your life, as agreed" *as soon as the scroll is signed, demon snaps fingers again burying contractee in tons of gemstones, smiles and sighs* "Shame there was no stipulation on the length of said life...."
no that's dumb why would a devil do that
@@finnianquail8881 because, that way he gets your soul without you getting a chance to repent, AND gets to keep the gems - without breaking his word or contract.
ruclips.net/video/3SlAYh5Oaho/видео.html but instead of "pirate", it's "Devil"
A Devil: Tricked you to become a Goblin by equipping the ring.
since I am currently doing an evil campaign with a kyton, a succubus, and a mindflayer with myself as a drow... This came perfectly. Boy do I love me some D&D
Sounds like an awesome game!
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Another great video! I really love the monster spotlight videos you do, as a new dm it helps me give personality & play strategies for these monsters.
Glad to help! Thanks for watching!
The moment Jim revealed his true allegiance to the Dark Prince... 14:56
He's a strategist for the dark army, special counter-morality division.
Your videos are incredibly well done, you guys deserve 1m+ subscribers.
Everyone needs a goal!
Great episode guys. What an insane coincidence that I was writing the beginning of a Devil cult plot and finished the first part just before finding and watching this episode.
A friend of mine recently expressed how much he loved making deals with devils, because, “they’re lawful,” which to him means that they are great to deal with so long as you remember to sort out the fine details. I’m planning to start up a campaign soon, and you can bet I’ll be using this video as a reference when I start to throw devils into the mix. His hubris will be his undoing.
I'm making a series of one shots where the backround villain is a demon/devil, who happens to be the father of one of the player's character (who is a tiefling).
This video helped a lot, but I'm a New DM and would gladly accept any additional tips. Thanks!
I'm so glad I found this channel, I'm gonna DM for the first time and your videos give a lot of insight to how it's done.
Glad to help! Good luck!
I've been waiting for the Devils spotlight, and you didn't disappoint. Keep up the good work!
Opened up the video- has 666 views.
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I opened it and it has 66,636 views.
Fitting
I just pulled it up. 75,327 views. Scary.
Now it has 666,666 views! Yowzers!
Hmm... WebDM at a semi-decent hour. This is a rarity.
Your humble editor is still burning the candle at both ends (see long shot of Pruitt @ 2:45)
We aim to please!
+Web DM Actually the shot starts at 2:12 and lasts until 2:50. Also noteworthy, some curious interaction with the nose around 2:20.
Now lets look at Pruitt.
My fav devil situation was a devil who was trying to corrupt a church in a very religious town only to be thwarted with an even more deadly evil, a Jim Jones meets Hitler religious fanatic and his army of berserkers and clerics, only to find a more powerful devil and rival to the first was empowering the nuts. We had to aid the first devil against the second while trying to fight the fanatics. Was crazy chaos
Pruitt having a fundamentalist upbringing is something I didn’t know but I definitely should have guessed.
Good riffin' on Devils. One of my favourite monsters in all of monsterdom.
You can thank Jack Chick for the uproar around "satanism" in D&D. I sincerely doubt there would have been such popular moral outrage without his influence.
Not True, satanic panic was in the air in the 80s. Other media was involved as well. And things like Harry Potter, D&D, and The Lord of the Rings always gets pegged, sometimes because of their fault or something about them, but also just by the superstition of others.
There is a movie even about satanism or two during the period that were a big deal, accusations surrounding daycares, and actual cults or fear of them at the time. The 80s was bigger than D&D.
@@mitchellslate1249 You should probably re-read my comment. I don't think Jack Chick is responsible for the entirety of Christian moral panic. I think he played a significant role in _specifically_ maligning D&D.
I imagine Asmodeus as a really smart version of Gaston from Beauty & the Beast.
Hey guys, I love your stuff! I've been inspired to run so many BBEGs that I don't know where to go anymore :p
I have a problem with my players and the system cheapening death. It's hard to kill them fairly and now that they're high enough in level to cast revivify and stocked up on Diamonds it's hard to make death scary and meaningful. It's become a game of protect the cleric at all costs because no matter what happens he'll just bring you back. Yet I don't want to go too extreme and start using monsters that vaporize when you hit 0 too often either. I would love to see a video on resurrection, the consequences morally, physically, emotionally, and in interactions with other npcs.
What a great show idea! Resurrection is often a "problem spell" for many tables; lots to discuss there.
Though it’s tougher to dm, you could have them fight larger groups of weaker melee enemies. Perhaps, you could introduce an npc or merchant that’s a great character, that they would want to survive and then force them to use certain spells or make tougher decisions.
Knowing their spell slots and designing enemies and situations around the spells at their disposal can force them to make tough decisions. Which is the most you can do at higher levels without being an asshole dm aiming for a wipe.
Amazing flashbacks when you mentioned the church vs D&D. I had the monster Manuel when it all first cam out nd my church convinced me it was "of the Devil".
I would think that lower lvl devils would use lies vs higher lvl devils using incomplete truths
You know this is giving me an Idea for a paladin or cleric of the god of laws whose whole job is to get people out of Devil contracts, or if not enforcing them.
Yay! Awesome, I was hoping for something like this =D
Glad to help make Cthulhu's dreams come true!
Lol you should be ashamed sir.
+Cthulhus Dream NEVER!!!
Coming back to watch this after Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus is released to really get some insight since Devils play such a HUGE part of that adventure. Very excited to run it!
I don’t know about the book, but watch the Netflix original, “Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell”, for a great example of a devil contract. The master magician makes an agreement with an evil fairy. The result isn’t what was expected but was the agreed upon arrangement.
There was an Arch... _something_ in a campaign I played in, aligned with Chaos (we later figured out), but had tricked even it's peers into thinking it had aligned with law and order (brutal and tyranical though that order may be).
I think a great example of lawful evil and how devils would try to compromise the party is The High Table/underworld from John Wick, particularly Santino (I think is his name) from John Wick 2.
I'm playing Hoard of the Dragon queen, and introduced the party to Mephistopheles in the very first scene as a Dream Sequence, the more knowledgeable players where like oh shit while my newest player was mystified. I moded the campaign to have Mephistopheles have "reasons" to help them eventually fight Tiamat. Been having fun so far, and the party is now aware that he is watching them.
So its kinda tricky because in my campaign, the king of the demons (the embodiment of chaos) essentially tricked one of the gods into blowing a hole in the world that leads to hell. So now I don't really run devils as tricksters behind the scenes...because yhey dont have to be. EVERY devil can just walk onto earth. So I play them as the substitute for the classic "evil empire" (with the exception of contract devils).
One of my favorite details about Devils comes from the Pathfinder lore, that the torture of the hells isn't for punishment, or even just out of sadism, but because that's how you make stronger devils, basically EXTREME Spetznaz (or any kind of special forces that does pain resistance training) Like even just the very lowest of devils. I mean like I just thought of this now: The devils use magic to keep you from dying (or maybe just already dead, whatever) and prevents your brain from not shutting out pain. You will ALWAYS feel pain. So your "training" is non-stop torture that never fades for YEARS until you just stop caring about the pain. And during that process there's no doubt youd be just a mess of blood, mangled flesh and scar tissue (a Lemure) and at the end, once you are now immune to pain, you are remade into your new diabolic body. This kind of view gives to me a MUCH more complex kind of evil for reasons other than greed or sadism. It's effective and will eventually work on anyone. Some people will never become a noble hero worthy of the legions of heaven, but any old schlub can be tossed into the torture factory and crank out powerful soldiers
I heard a good argument of how demons and devils should be handled within any work of fiction containing them.
1. Devils/Demons are always evil.
2. An agreement with a devil will always lead to a bad outcome.
3. Devils/demons will always corrupt good intentions.
Personally I prefer to not have devils be always trying to screw over the one their making deal with.
I prefer to run devils as lone sharks who you could reasonably pay back but likely won't (about 30/70)
Amazing stuff thanks.
1981 Shreveport, Louisiana local TV station reported local ministers giving sermons condemning my D&D high school club as satanic; let me tell you nothing could sound more hilarious to a 16 yo
I had an idea for an evil campaign. The party makes a deal with a devil to get out of hell at the beginning. The party is supposed to become heroes, and use their reputation as hero's to corrupt some good clerics and lords.
The party gets to fight all the standard monsters, but they also get to fight some cool good enemies as well.
Excellent stuff guys, keep it up
Very well made, love the content! you guys are awesome!
Soo... Politicians?
thank you guys. I have been playing since 1981 or so, but stop around when 3.5 came out and just got back into it this year.
I have a campaign going that involves demons and devils. Mostly, I have felt they don't seem as imposing as they should in plot as well as in stat stature, which turn me back to older editions for inspiration. As with the other video you two did, I am not sure how to mask their involvement past hints maybe or have a figure that is referred to or envisioned as a silhouette in a dream? I don't know. Thanks!
Here's an idea. Devils attacking PCs by suing them :)
MisterTutor2010 And the judge already sold his soul
Insert beurocratic curses onto wizards.
They wanna cast a spell? They gotta fill out paperwork (actual form to the player). Any loopholes in the paperwork WILL be manipulated.
Pact(s) with the fiend
Pheonix Wright style court encounter, gotcha
Even better have the contract be In infernal
Love your content guys, keep up the good work! I wanna make a suggestion of maybe examining some of these super weird and complex monsters like the Aboleth to help a new DM like myself play these creatures to their best. I'd appreciate it!
My opinion of this episode: 10/10 for the long hold on Pruitt.
Someone whose favorite fiend isn't Yugoloths/Daemons just hasn't read up enough on Yugoloths/Daemons.
First campaign I ran had a demon villain. I had a devil brand a paladin with an unholy symbol that let him dispel magic so they could get an artifact that would let them destroy the demon.
So, I adored this episode, but is there any chance that you could do (in the future) an episode on the Demon Lords, and Archdevils?
Oh my god.... the Oompa Loompas have returned!
Love the content
I must know what that song was a the beginning of this episode!!!!!
And evil characters rarely get happy endings. Most of the evil planes are not pleasant places to spend an afterlife.
I would love a first edition copy of Deities and Demigods.
Which type of fiend would be most likely to set up an evil empire on the material plane?
Devil, absolutely devils.
Yes tyvm guys! Do Orcs Next and please dont make them cowards or do Tuan Ti
One of our earlier videos was on Orcs, if you haven't had a chance to check it out.
Then do Yuan Ti
plz
Troy, troy, troy the wonder boy.
I always thought that creature on the 1st edition Dungeon Master's guide is an Efreet.
i ran an amazing campaign in which the party was accompanied by a NPC who was secretly a fiend pact warlock and after going against goblins into orcs then political upheaval with a cult trying to usurp the throne the ancient artifact that the NPC helped the players find to save the kingdom actually was the ritual to re-activate a hell gate letting his patron and his hellish legions into our plane a la oblivion.
would an Erinyes produce a tiefling or an aasimar as an offspring?
Tho i'm guessing IF a tiefling is born of erinyes, they would probably look alot like an aasimar anyways... almost makes the question moot
would love to see an episode on tieflings
Make a commentary about dnd in your dnd game? That reminds me, I should re-read oots again
We should raise this guy to paetron saints of neckbeards, like a moasic with him garry and gaben
I played a paladin in hell adventure module and it was life agonising and gruesome.. Hours and days, the adventure was tortures.:
Just realized now that Web DM is similar to Web MD
Batuze and tanari etc.., the tanari have more novel in depth like in the war of the spider queen, a compilation which brought back the 1970s character LOLTH..
When I first started running D&D my group would meet at the back of a bookstore that was owned by a very Christian woman. When she learned that there where demons in the game she was very concerned. I had to take the time to explain that the demons where enemies that the party had to over come. My group almost got banned from her store, due to D&D
Do a video on Balor’s I want to use one and would really like y’all to do a video on them please
Would love to see a video on Yugoloths!
Jim sounds a LOT like Patrick Rothfuss.
I've never heard him speak, but I'm a huge fan of his work and think Kvothe is the perfect archetype of a D&D bard.
He is currently playing a character that is pretty much Kvothe in the Acquisitions Inc. D&D series at the Penny Arcade's youtube channel.
Interesting. I hadn't watched any Of it yet, but that might be enough to reel me in.
12:49 Parents have a "legitimate" fear of devil worship in their kids? omg, who are these two guys?
I'm running a game where devils are trying to take over the material plane. Cause I can
"Sitting around drinking Mountain Dew and making dick jokes" true back then, true now
Can you do an episode on mundane weapons and properties?
"...Mountain Dew and dick jokes..."
"...they should be proud!"
-Dungeons & Dragons- Devils & Demons
THANK YOU! This viewpoint has been mine for a long time. Especially when I would play games like Diablo and my mom would say it is evil and i shouldnt play it. Like no Im slaughtering them en masse, there really couldnt be any greater objective than that.
Our campaign has devil as a palyable race. Almost everone went devil, but there was ONE PERSON who went angel, though devils arnt objectively evil in this universe (though angels are objectively good, which doesnt really make sense given the lore of the land.)
D&D is about telling epic stories. In order to have song-worthy sagas of celebration, one must have worthy foes, with nefarious agendas to oppose and overcome. Starwars IV A New Hope, wasn't thrilling because Darth Vader was a sweater wearing high school guidance counselor, but because he could reach across the room and choke you out over the intervening distance for daring to dispute the POWER of the Dark Side! The Ring Wraiths weren't bullying jocks, but undying evil incarnate, looking to consume whoever stood between them and the One Ring. So yes, for the "Paladin In Hell" to be a story worth playing and worthy of retelling, there have to be foes equal, if not exceeding the ability of the Paladin. Perhaps he will meet his end here, but if he does, you can bet it will be epic, and in pursuit of goals worth sacrificing oneself for.
...but hey, what do I know?
Can I play a half human half devil ? I know there is a big difference between devils and demons. I’m trying to go for a donte from devil may cry type of character. Help me lol.
Wasn’t it Baatezu in Planescape, not Baatorians?
Another great one !
I have a question if you have a moment - as a DM, if I wanted the devil or another evil NPC to interact with the characters, how could I "mask" the evil alignment of the NPC legally within the game mechanics ? (Especially around clerics and pallys?)
Thanks in advance !
There's a spell called Nondetection that covers this.
There's also the Amulet of Proof Against Detection and Location. That coupled with a Ring of Mind Shielding and a permanent Nystul's Magic Aura spell on each item should be enough to fool most PCs.
Outstanding. Will have a look into those this evening. Thanks for the assistance !
Why does that Paladin live in that giant neutral-to-evil city? Also why does his sword look so scary? And now I think about it, why are so many members of the theives and assassins guilds and other well known scummy characters turning up dead every few days?
I thought it was Bazetu...
Can someone here tell me what are kinda seen as the standard races and classes in DnD 5e that all people agree on. I'm gonna play my first games soon but I expect that most DMs only allow a very limmited amount of races and classes...or is that expectation wrong?
Could you guys do one on all of the races in the game currently?
This is on the list!
+JPruInc yay :D
Hey! I know I'm so late to the party but you guys are AWESOME! I was wondering what that ring that contains the demon prince was called! I can't find it anywhere!!! Was it a homebrew item?
Ice devils are best devils
The intro music was very similar to Shin Megami Tensei 🤔
We siy around drinking mountai dew making dick jokes.lol i lost it lol. Sad how much my group can relate lol
Hi guys I'm going to DM for the first time ever for a short adventure and one of the encounters is going to be with a creature that appears like a harpy or a succubus made of living gold and silver who tempts those who go into her lair into selfish wishes and those who succumb she steals their souls and sends them to her realm for punishment, those who can resist her temptations and will make a selfless request she will help. First of all does something like this exist since I can't find anything similar in the monster manual, second is this more of a demon or a devil or something completely different?
Probably this allready happened in your game now? Anyway you shouldn't give it a second thought. It is a great idea for a unique creature and it really doesn't need to be in the monster manual to use it. Just take for example the stats of a Succubus from the monster manual (or any other fitting creature) and give it your own appearance, character and background.
Generally spoken your harpy/succubus sounds very lawful since it clearly follows some rules. So I would either put it into the devil or fey domain. (feys can have every alignment) You could even make this creature lawfull neutral if you twist the background of it a bit. Maybe it is mindless and just follows instructions. Maybe it is a creature which is good at heart (that's why it doesn't just take souls but give their victims at least a chance) but a devil/hag has controll over it somehow, so it is forced to collect those souls.
Putting in creatures which nobody knows can generally be a nice thing because it prevents everyone from meta-gaming.
Is it possible to play a dnd campaign were the pc:s are Devils? Is it practically possible with the rules as of now? I'm a little curious how a game of Devils would be using the DND 5e rules.