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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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 Posted - 18 Mar 2019 : 02:19:00
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Originally posted by Zeromaru X
There is a novel explaining why the curse affected all bloodlines (including the demonic ones). Long story short, Asmodeus' followers cursed the blood of certain bloodlines of tieflings with devil or demon ancestors (seems the loths were left outside of this).
So Asmodeus's mortal followers were somehow able to affect all tieflings, everywhere, even on other worlds? Yeah, that makes even *less* sense, now -- especially considering the default planar assumption of 3E was that Toril was pretty much cut off from every other world.
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Originally posted by Zeromaru X
Now, they all look the same in the art, but isn't this happening since 3e? I have a few 3e books, and the few tieflings that appear there are somewhat similar to the 4e ones. So, why blame 4e for something that has been happening since 3e...
And there are 3E books where tieflings and other planetouched all have a radically different appearance from other members of the same race.
I blame 4E for the one-size-fits-all gig because that was something that was explicitly a part of 4E rules and lore. 3E rules and lore had tieflings all appearing differently from each other.
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Oh, yeah. I remember, 3e is "perfect".
Okay, now, this is just ridiculous. I've a long history of criticizing a lot of aspects of 3E, and my default position has long been that the setting needs to revert to the end of the 2E lore era. So don't go putting words into my mouth simply because you disagree with me.  |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
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Posted - 18 Mar 2019 : 05:09:16
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Not your mouth specifically. As a fan of 4e, I know 4e has its failings. Even I critizese them from time to time. But most of what people in all the Internet (not here — here in fact is a healthy place to talk, TBH) critizise of 4e usually was introduced first in 3.x, and 4e only expanded that plot in the logical way it was hinted at in 3e; yet people only critizese its 4e aspect. Unther, for instance, was about to be destroyed, if not by a meteor full of dragonborn, by something else — all 3.x books that talks about Unther hints about this; but people only got mad when it happened in 4e.
So, my bad there. I assumed you did the same. I owe you an apology.
That say, didn't 5e returned like most of the things to a 2e-like status? There are few things of 4e here and there, but are like a 5% at most, and modified in such a way that are 2e—like. |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
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Posted - 18 Mar 2019 : 05:14:02
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Originally posted by Wooly Rupert
[quote]Originally posted by Zeromaru X
So Asmodeus's mortal followers were somehow able to affect all tieflings, everywhere, even on other worlds? Yeah, that makes even *less* sense, now -- especially considering the default planar assumption of 3E was that Toril was pretty much cut off from every other world.
According to 5e, if Toril if not the center of the multiverse, at least is pretty close to it. |
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Delnyn
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 20 Mar 2019 : 00:56:37
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Originally posted by Ayrik
Asmodeus does theoretically command the absolute obedience of every devil in the entire D&D cosmos ... arguably more minions and power at his disposal than any other deity. He's already an immortal entity capable of manifesting god-like abilities and destroying all sorts of deities. At least in the earlier game editions.
So I agree that it's an utterly dumb move for Asmodeus to shackle himself to a faith and a bunch of faithful. He was always able to assert a position of dominance over his followers before, his worshippers/cults were forced to accept (or "earn") meager access to his vast and godlike powers on his terms, they always approached (or were trapped) by him instead of the other way around ... there's really no good explanation for him suddenly preferring a co-dependent or symbiotic relationship on more equal terms. Remember that even if an official deity arrangement would technically benefit Asmodeus it would still not fit his temperament and goals - he is the master, others exist to serve (or be corrupted by him), he does not show weakeness and does not share power.
Furthermore, there is no way in the Nine Hells Asmodeus would 1. put himself under Ao's domination and 2. trust his survival to the number of quality of mortal worshippers. |
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 16:05:16
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Baldur as a male god of beauty regarding the male physique, operates in concert with Sune
Mishakal (DL) as a goddess of medicine and healing, works closely with Eldath
Heironeous (GH) as a deity of freedom fighters
Paladine replaces Tyr in my game and Bahamut is his son
Takhisis replaces Tiamat (who has 3 heads instead of 5) and is daughter to Takhisis
Zinzereena returns as the Masked Lady after an agreement is struck between Eilistraee and Vhauraun to empower her as a third front against Lolth
Cyric is a mad god bent on bringing about an apocalypse
Bane and Bhaal never died and Myrkul is supplanted by Kelemvor as judge of the dead...however, I'm currently running a game in which the Avatar Crisis may have a different catalyst than the theft of the Tablets of Fate and , if all pans out, the gods will walk Toril for a VERY VERY different reason
Loki is a minor deity of cruel mischief
Tyr still exists as a god of harsh justice and is more LN than G (I don't worry much about alignment...especially where the gods are concerned)
Helm = Heimdall (I'm pretty sure this was always Ed's intention)
The Raven Queen is Kelemvor's partner but secretly works against him by siphoning power from the False and the Faithless |
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 16:10:53
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| I've been reading the discussion regarding Asmodeus. While I prefer his original role in the multiverse I have some speculation as to why he would become a deity. Namely, to supplant AO. It's really just a thought on my part, but if there's a being in the multiverse who can pull it off, it's him. |
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Dalor Darden
Great Reader
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Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 16:24:15
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Originally posted by The Arcanamach
I've been reading the discussion regarding Asmodeus. While I prefer his original role in the multiverse I have some speculation as to why he would become a deity. Namely, to supplant AO. It's really just a thought on my part, but if there's a being in the multiverse who can pull it off, it's him.
Asmodeus always plays the long game. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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36880 Posts |
Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 21:07:28
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Originally posted by The Arcanamach
I've been reading the discussion regarding Asmodeus. While I prefer his original role in the multiverse I have some speculation as to why he would become a deity. Namely, to supplant AO. It's really just a thought on my part, but if there's a being in the multiverse who can pull it off, it's him.
To what end, though? And that assumes that Ao's boss would even allow it... |
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Dalor Darden
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Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 21:20:30
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George Krashos
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 21:54:50
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Originally posted by The Arcanamach
I've been reading the discussion regarding Asmodeus. While I prefer his original role in the multiverse I have some speculation as to why he would become a deity. Namely, to supplant AO. It's really just a thought on my part, but if there's a being in the multiverse who can pull it off, it's him.
I hate the idea of archdevils and demon princes becoming gods.
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The Arcanamach
Master of Realmslore
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Posted - 22 Mar 2019 : 23:26:30
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| Yeah I vastly prefer them in their traditional roles (but I'm a bit of a grognard). I'm just trying to justify why Azzy would become a deity shackled to a set of rules and being watched by a superior...unless his endgame is to supplant said superior. I'm sure I/we can come up with other reasons for it though. |
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Wooly Rupert
Master of Mischief
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36880 Posts |
Posted - 23 Mar 2019 : 02:34:51
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Originally posted by The Arcanamach
Yeah I vastly prefer them in their traditional roles (but I'm a bit of a grognard). I'm just trying to justify why Azzy would become a deity shackled to a set of rules and being watched by a superior...unless his endgame is to supplant said superior. I'm sure I/we can come up with other reasons for it though.
If I had to justify the whole ridiculous concept, I'd say that Asmodeus was moving against one of his enemies. Asmodeus becomes a god, which convinces one or more of his enemies that they need to do the same, just to try to keep from getting squashed. Once that enemy/enemies becomes a deity and is thoroughly enmeshed and invested in divine matters, then Asmodeus sheds his own divinity, through some convenient mechanism that was set up before anything ever happened. He goes back to the relative freedom of being the top dog in the Lower Planes, without any divine restrictions, but those who sought divinity as a way to oppose him are now stuck being gods -- which makes them weaker, in the hierarchy of the Lower Planes, because now they have to divide the attention between the Lower Planes and their followers on the Prime.
That's still kind of a weak plot (and a major stretch!), but at least it makes the otherwise nonsensical maneuver have a little bit of reasoning. |
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Zeromaru X
Great Reader
Colombia
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Posted - 23 Mar 2019 : 06:47:58
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I guess it makes no sense if you look at it through the lore of 2e. However, you should take into account that WotC discarded that lore and are following their own lore since 3e. And that the plot behind this lore has been modified at least twice (with 4e and 5e).
Perhaps being an archfiend was incredible back then, but since 3e they became noticeable weaker and even more limited that the gods. |
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Edited by - Zeromaru X on 23 Mar 2019 06:50:37 |
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The Arcanamach
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Posted - 06 Apr 2019 : 16:32:09
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| Guess I'll mention that I've included the daedra/aedra from the Elder Scrolls as outer planar races. In ES they're worshiped as gods but I don't use them as such. Instead, they're similar to beings such as demons and angels. The twist is that their alignments aren't static but, instead, tend to change. The change depends on criterion unique to each entity. |
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Introducing New (Old) Gods
