Basically Devils (D&D)

[@HoundofOdin]

Asmodeus needs a special alignment all his own called Lawful Smug.

[@zm1639]

Smug face

[@bbdc1252]

Doctor bright I thought you weren't allowed to have a KZbin account by order of the O5 council

[@HoundofOdin]

@@bbdc1252 That's actually [REDACTED].

[@ChronoNova]

commenting when there are 666 likes on this comment

[@bleach-kun]

True Smug

[@nogitsune4452]

"Why would you ever make a devil your patron? That's just stupid." "Well my patron is Glasya an-" "Your story checks out, move along."

[@benthomason3307]

Or you could just buy your powers from Mammon and have no further obligations.

[@jexom]

@@benthomason3307 That was literally my last warlock. Had to pay rent for powers each month

[@benthomason3307]

@@jexom I was thinking more a noble spending their entire inheritance on a one-time purchase, but that works too.

[@Silverwind87]

You're a tiefling and you descended from your patron.

[@cobaltCarnivore]

@@Silverwind87 *Patron makes an appearance in front of the party, Night on Bald Mountain style* Warlock: Hi mom!

[@harryboner8394]

You see, the nine hell's is just human resources.

[@killazaawl]

not really, the devils are competent

[@draxthemsklonst]

Prison-plane with prison gangs & gang leaders.

[@spedwagon4247]

-_- it takes 1 to know 1

[@BlueNEXUSGaming]

@@killazaawl They're competent, but only for recruitment, everything else is less competent than an HMO that never fills out any paperwork.

[@BlueNEXUSGaming]

@Arnez Willis Didn't you hear? That's run by Ahriman's Daughter! xD

[@OSCARMlLDE]

honestly I wish I never learned classics because now I can tell you that "dis" means chaos and "dispater" means chaos daddy

[@takatacheroki2624]

"Chaos Daddy" Oh my sweet lord x'DD

[@Scourge728]

I want that to be an intentional choice

[@CleopatraKing]

Fuckin i took latin and just realized that its Dis Pater Fuck

[@Prodigi50]

Wouldn’t a non-meme translation be Chaos Father, since “pater” and “father” are literally the same word?

[@stpeter8993]

UwU Dispater shove your staff in me UwU

[@crowsenpai5625]

“Don’t deal with Devils.” Warlocks “how bout I do anyway.”

[@irotschopf7135]

There's the Bill Wurtz Viewer

[@PhyreI3ird]

But they look so cool!!

[@davidhatcher7016]

@@PhyreI3ird they're evil

[@Silverwind87]

You don't have to go to hell if you never die. Sell your soul to one demon for an ancient scroll or some shit, then sell that priceless artifact to another demon from a rival company in exchange for immortality.

[@austinkennedy8278]

Levistus got Asmodeus's Wife (Glasyra's mom) killed somehow. Now he's stuck as an ice cube forever.

[@ventexovakon2178]

Killed somehow? Id like to think he was on a ladder trying to install a chandelier for her and she decided to watch him. Well me misplaces his foot, it catches on the underside of the ladder step and he falls holding onto the chandelier but it falls on her and basically just kills her. He wakes up and it's like "aww.......shit."

[@Melantrist]

Well he tried to get in her panties but Glassya got pissed and murdered her mom, and Levistus got the blame.

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

@@Melantrist that's 4th edition, In other editions bensozia (asmodeus' wife) was a devout wife

[@Eedden42]

@@jonalynmisalang9447 I believe the other version is Levistus didn't take no regarding Bensozia for an answer and Asmodeus kicked his ass for it

[@jonalynmisalang9447]

@@Eedden42 ah, I see. Thank you for reminding me

[@zeebashew]

Holy shit dude this is great!

[@ewlife3751]

Agreed

[@iliate2589]

*ye lol*

[@alpharius3661]

Oh hey zee

[@beybladesinmyheels1267]

Your mom Holy shit dude this is great!

[@whiteroomentertainmenttv8371]

Yes

[@Castheknotted]

Levistus totally tried to date asmodeus' daughter and asmodeus said "if you screw up, hell will freeze over"....well we all know how that ended

[@Perial51]

*Levistus gets frozen* *after credits play*

[@coalopalatticus6964]

Then could it be possible that Graz'zt also went after Asmodeus'es daughter, but left Hell and became a horny demon lord before Asmodeus could do anything?

[@Castheknotted]

Perhaps he hired a mortal to sell their soul in a contract to bind her to him, trying to make her accidentally write her own marriage. Asmodeus was like "nope, freeze your balls off for eternity"

[@MaddieThePancake]

@Nicole Rafferty I don't care whether that's official or not, it's now canon in every game I DM.

[@The_Evening_Sun]

It was actually Asmodeus's wife which is even worse. He even killed that wife when she rejected him.

[@thespg5272]

We all need "Basically Yugoloths (D&D)"

[@Runesmith]

.... totally don't already have a doc.

[@thespg5272]

@@Runesmith Excellent, the General is watching from his Crawling City and expects you to do justice to his kind. >:)

[@TenositSergeich]

Daemons of Khin-Oin are laughing for their existence remains secret in 5e.

[@gabrielmohammadi8500]

please for the love of god I need more exposure to Anthraxus THE Oinoloth. 5E did the yugoloths a disservice making the oinoloth just another baddy with some meh abilities

[@thespg5272]

@@gabrielmohammadi8500 I totally agree with you. The Mordenkainen's Tome Of Foes was a true disgrace to the 'loths already established lore. I just consider the said book as a massive campaign of disinformation thrown in the material plane by the greater 'loths to fool the mortals. After all, they want you to believe that they only are simple fiendish mercenaries. If you want an enjoyable in-depth experience with the 'loths in your campaign, use the 2e lore contained in source books such as "Face of Evils - The Fiend" and discover the true potential of the puppeteers of the Blood War :)

[@artybluegirl]

"Hell sucks. Don't go there. Don't deal with devils." *vibrates in Warlock*

[@BigDictator5335]

"Hell sucks. Don't go there." I can vouch for that.

[@RedbadofFrisia]

So are you running the show there now or what?

[@4thHogage]

@@RedbadofFrisia nah it's a war between Hitler and Genghis Khan

[@ianhartman3877]

Paul Trams no they weren’t

[@Ragnarok6664]

ian Hartman Well yes in body count allone

[@ianhartman3877]

Olle Fjällström no, theirs a dif between famines and forced genocidr

[@tigert2092]

Of course this video comes out while the party I dm for is stuck in hell... hehe

[@onyxrose4349]

Gotta love being held back from doing anything by a stick

[@ob3vious]

Why wouldn't you like slapstick?

[@NLTops]

And you don't wanna know what the carrots do when you do obey.

[@TheZachAttack777]

I really love not having to sit through 40+ minutes of repeating pictures and boring monologue to learn d&d lore. Dare I say, best lore series on KZbin. Keep up the good work. :)

[@raymondbeukeboom6666]

I like to interpret Fierna and Belial's relationship as a loveless marriage that neither can escape from, but they often get to points where the fighting gets bad enough that one tries to overthrow the other. The moment Belial struggles with his work, the bureaucracy starts to pile up and Asmodeus complains that everything is on more fire than usual. When Fierna isn't managing the contracts and meeting the soul quota, the casinos and brothels start acting like legitimate businesses, and Asmodeus starts complaining about getting fewer souls.

[@raymondbeukeboom6666]

@@joeslippy1571 From what I've read, their relationship is really inconsistent between stories, and 5e decided to just shrug when deciding whether they were father/daughter, married, or maybe both. Even in the case where they are related, does it really matter? They're literally archdevils.

[@izaiahsundquist6877]

Beelzebub fact: every time he breaks another contract, he gets turned into another slug again.

[@rayanderson5797]

Okay, so... this gave me a fun character idea: A Paladin of Zariel who only wants to kill demons forever.

[@Gleebok19]

Sooooo, doom guy?

[@rayanderson5797]

@@Gleebok19 Yeah basically. Or a cross between that and Goblin Slayer.

[@Gleebok19]

Walker Rollins Sick

[@brennangray8712]

or a warlock with the same idea

[@darksev.6468]

@@Gleebok19 who's that?

[@gabrielrussell5531]

0:38 doesn't matter if you can find Acererak's phylactery. We dumped him in lava, cast Cone of Cold over said lava thereby solidifying it with him inside. Our Dao friend then cast Stone Shape to carve his rocky prison out, and when we got out of the fungeon she Plane Shift'd us to Mt. Celestia where we had his rocky prison coated in adamantine and thrown tot he bottom of the holy water sea surrounding Mt. Celestia. In the rock he can't move, can't speak, can't cast. Being a lich he can't starve to death, die of asphyxiation, or age to death. He'll be stuck there until the magic keeping him Lich'd fails because he's not able to feed his phylactery. He can't even sleep, and therefore he can't dream. All he can do is think about how much he hates the smug Dwarf Paladin who suplex'd him into lava with the line "How does it feel to know you brought this upon yourself? How does it feel to be stupid?".

[@Darknight4434]

Thats pretty cool but wouldn't lava just destroy his body and make he create a new one?

[@anthonysoliven7977]

@@Darknight4434 Going off Acererak's stats, he has 285(30d8+150) hp (XGtE 6). Wading through lava does 10d10 fire damage a round (DMG 249). Acererak could technically survive a round and be hit by the CoC but in order for him to be frozen over, he would have to die to the spell. A CoC at 9th level deals 12d8 cold damage. Assuming that Acererak took the maximum amount of damage from wading through lava and the CoC, and assuming he is not contained otherwise afterwards, he would still not die from one round of lava and 9th level CoC and the following turn would die from the lava and turn to dust.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

@@anthonysoliven7977 The point was not to kill him, but to trap him. Flash-freezing the lava solidified the top layers thereby trapping him in solid stone.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

@@Darknight4434 Naw, he's got crazy HP. The lava hurt him (My Paladin survived thanks to the fly spell. He's crazy, not stupid.) Then the lava was solidified before it could kill him.

[@anthonysoliven7977]

@@gabrielrussell5531 If your DM, allowed you to freeze...lava...then more power to your party. And CoC states that it only freezes upon killing a creature, but realistically it could flash freeze the area around it. But I mean, going off Wall of Ice as a baseline for magic ice to be thawed or melted or 'destroyed,' it's certainly impossible to even flash freeze lava. Going off of Wall of Ice and Ice elementals, most things that are ice-based have a vulnerability to fire.

[@Ace2014Ace]

Dealing with Zariel seems a little like dealing with Odin. Die, show up, fight until you die again, wake up, repeat til end of existence. Honestly I'm surprised there isn't a barbarian/warlock cult that trains everyday waiting til they can join her.

[@nephicus339]

It's a secret! We don't talk about Fight Club!

[@DanaTheLateBloomingFruitLoop]

I'm imagining a zealot barbarian devoted to Zariel who the party defeats at some point, but who returns as a devil later with some of his powers retained from life.

[@marcosalmeida3947]

Also her pacts make for really great simple warlocks. "Some motherfucker wronged me. Sold my soul to take revenge on him, and now am wandering around, both enjoying life and gathering strength and favor, because if I'm gonna fight a war forever, I do NOT want to be on the front lines".

[@Ace2014Ace]

@@marcosalmeida3947 well if they muliclass into Barbarian, they probably do want to be on the front lines.

[@Limrasson]

Except if you die as a devil in hell you ded. Well I suppose you go back to being a lemure which means your personality is erased forever.

[@curtishammer748]

"Don't deal with Devils." B-but, that one promised me a +2 longbow that insults anything it fires at... Edit: In lieu of freaking out over the number of likes, I'll sweeten the deal - IN THE VOICE OF GILBERT GOTTFRIED!!!

[@EvanFarshadow]

#WorthIt just for the insults. Who cares about +2

[@MaddieThePancake]

Totally worth it! I'm getting an axe that does the same!

[@deadaimdino6669]

That is worth selling your soul for.

[@guibin]

Should be a sling instead Edit: Sling of Insults (tentative). This weapon yells out an insult when it is being used. This weapon does not need ammo, and deals 1d4 psychic damage instead of bludgeoning. When attacking with this weapon, instead of rolling a ranged attack, the enemy has to make a WIS saving throw and is hit on a failure. Yes, I know it's just Vicious Mockery without the disadvantage part. I came up with it on a whim.

[@iamnobody1734]

I'm getting a yelling battleaxe, It screams as it's swung.

[@telkei3365]

man, that fallen angel one REALLY seems like the best patron for fiend warlocks, ghost rider anyone?

[@Micolash-Cage-of-Nightmare]

Not only that, she is literally the only devil who doesn't care about her wealth and power, just fighting demons. Also her contract doesn't include eternal suffering, just, you guess it, more demon-killing. And she is one hell of a B O S S. Being Solar pre-fall, she is being mentioned as one of the two greatest fighters in Nine Hells and obviously superior than Geron (the other one).

[@butcanyoudothis3320]

Zariel's entire thing is just straight rage and fighting, which is kind of amazing? It's completely simple and her whole thing about dealing is you kill for her and when you die, you continue to kill for her

[@brennangray8712]

i totally agree. making a pact just to kill demons?

[@alexmetaverse]

@@brennangray8712 she just wants to rip and tear until it is done

[@azathoththeprimalchaos2289]

Feels more like doom-slayer. Just you have a boss in this case.

[@gabrielrussell5531]

1:41 There's actually a few ways into the Abyss. There's the gate-town connecting it to the Outlands (Neutral outer plane) and there's planar travel magics. (Which don't work for Demons)

[@BlueNEXUSGaming]

You forgot to mention that Asmodious also eats Heretics, Blastphemers, & Athiests, and that he's essentially a big Snake called an Ouroboros from the days when the elements were about as stable as a Grandma's Hand when she's eating Peas with a Fork during an Earthquake. "Mammon is sitting on a pile of Gold as big as your Mom (essentially it's infinite)" xD

[@dragoliched1977]

Wasn't his original name also something like Ahriman?

[@BlueNEXUSGaming]

@@dragoliched1977 I honestly don't fully remember. If that wasn't Asmodious, it might have been the other half of the Dual Ouroboros, which landed on the summit of Mount Celestia. I know that Asmodious' Blood was used to make the Celestial Snakes tho, so they're essentially Asmodious' babies. The opposite can be said for the Devils ironically, they're the babies of the one atop Mount Celestia since they're made from that one's Blood. Obviously both creations are corrupted by their Creator & Regional influence (hence the Lawful Good Angel Snakes for example, the Snake part was Asmodious)

[@dragoliched1977]

@@BlueNEXUSGaming the one that landed on mount celestia started with a J and wasn't Ahriman. Ahriman's blood created pit fiends while J's created the Coualtls. (Definitely mispelled that.)

[@BlueNEXUSGaming]

@@dragoliched1977 Nope, it was not the Blood of the Mt. Celestia Ouroboros which created the Couatl, it was in fact the Blood of the Champion of the Elemental Chaos which was a Snake Type Ouroboros that goes by the name of Asmodious. Asmodious' Fall created the giant Snake shaped Hole in the 9 Layers of Hell, and his Blood, falling from the Mouth of the other Champion, gave birth to the Couatl as it fell upon Mt. Celestia. If Ahriman was the Blood used for the Pit Fiends, then it is Ahriman sitting atop Mt. Celestia. P. S. The 9 Hells is also an inverted Mountain as well, hence why each Layer is smaller.

[@dragoliched1977]

@@BlueNEXUSGaming I just checked. The blood from Jazirian's tail after Ahriman/Asmodeus bit it off formed the Couatls, while the blood from Ahriman/Asmodeus' tail after Jazirian bit it off and he fell to bottom of the nine hells created the pit fiends. P.S. I knew the current nine hells looks like an inverted mountain. I play dnd a lot as a DM. forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Jazirian forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Asmodeus

[@darkbunny9994]

Devils are my favorite baddies because they have such an interesting set of stories and plot capabilities.

[@afrothekobold]

yup, the operate under extremely complicated rules and contracts that they HAVE to follow or get hella punished. They even have an actual court system where they will give mortals an Erinyes as a lawyer if they don't have one, who will ACTUALLY try to defend them if the devil breaks the contract on their side.

[@alecchristiaen4856]

the nine hells? is it a lawless cesspool of violence like the abyss? no, it's worse. what could possibly be worse? bureaucracy

[@fifthcanuck1128]

*But what about angels*

[@FourElemental]

*BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS!*

[@Perial51]

All I have to say about angels: Never face a Planetar or Solar as a pure melee party. Not good.

[@TLhikan]

@@Perial51 If you're fighting a Solar, you deserve what you get. *This comment was made by the Paladin gang*

[@EvanFarshadow]

Basically, just Divine Asshole keepers of Asshole Good alignment and live on the Asshole Good plane.

[@benjaminstorace6699]

@@FourElemental The answer to that question is . . . MACHICOLATIOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONS !!!!!!!!!

[@IrrationalBees]

Don't deal with devils... Unless you want to be a warlock Ignoring the brightlocks

[@mechagodzilla1288]

Implying a warlock wouldn't want to make a deal with Cthulhu instead.

[@IrrationalBees]

@@mechagodzilla1288 idk, it might not be as worthwhile as making a deal with an angel

[@dillonzehnder9313]

@@IrrationalBees B̸̹̣̥̭͌͋͌Ẽ̶̡̢̠̖̙̫͓̮̮̬͓͉̻̹͉̾́̿̿͌͘͝ ̵̡̨̢̢̢̰̱̩̰̘̗̖͖̏̀͜ͅN̴̺͓͓͒͜Ǫ̸̙͇͖̙̞̾͗̈͆̂͌́̾̊̂̊̓͌͘͝T̷͍̥͈͔̳̦́̈́͒̍͘ ̷̛̜̟́̀͂Ą̷̮̳͕͔̃̎̌̅̿F̵̜̦̗̲̫̠̫͔͙̻̱͎͙̒̈́͊̇̋̅̎̾̇́͜ͅR̶̢̺̋͆̐̃̂̈́A̶̛͍̰̫͔̩̠̝̖̗̝̱̘͉̿̎͋̋̈̓͝I̵̛̹̪̦͎̒̌̿̋͌́̒͌̄͂̉̀͑Ḋ̷̡̡̢̺͖̱͍͙͓̺̈́͗̐̆̈́̉̄̌̈́͘͠͝

[@IrrationalBees]

@@mechagodzilla1288 P̶͔̄̋̀̀̑̓̅͑̅̕͠h̵̛͎̥̖͉̰̪̼͈̦̱͙̫̰̞̕'̸̢͛̃̊̐͌͂͋͆̐̈́̋n̴̢̡͕̝̝̳͖̬̺̦̯̮͊̈̇̅̃̆̚͜͜͝g̵̖̪͚̰̭̿̕͠l̷͔̻͚̞̺͓͚͎̪̱̈́̊͂̃̀͌͝ų̶͚̝̬̣̤͚̲̱̃͊̎̒̅͋̿̕͝͠į̵̧̞͎͙͚͓̭̭̗̟̲̺̘͘͜ ̶̨̢̧̗̮̹̙̼͉̓̄̀̈̀ͅḿ̶̙̞͚̥̲̔̏͑̍̓̑̇́͝g̶͉͎̒̽̉̓̍̉̇̚͜ͅl̷̢̢̡̳͚̞̞̱͎͎͖̜͐̄͋͆̕ẅ̷̢̝̯͈̼̻̥̖́͋̍̄͋͛̓͑̉̀́͘̚͝'̴̧͙͓̙͇̭̖̹̰͍̦͓̙͒͐́̓̑͘͜͝n̵̩͚͕͍͍̞̬̝̘̯̈́̂a̴̦̯̲͔͔̯̞͙̫̗̰͙̯̩̥̽̃̏̓͌͛̊̅̿̉͐̀͑ḟ̵̛̠̘̗͎͉̳̹̲̝̌̈́́̉͆͗͋̇͝h̷̯̦̬̘̲̽̈̽ ̴͚͚̦͎̳̩̲͖͓͔̟̖̟͇̉̍̈́͊̂͑̕͠Ç̷̰̖̝̖͔̣̜̭̰̘̮̀͆͊̄̏̆͊̋̆̆ͅͅẗ̴̢̧̨̰͓̺̤͔̟̟̪̄̇͂͒̃͘h̵̲̲̦͉̙͈̭̹͛̅̑͒̆͆̈͊̾͘ͅǘ̴̻̺̺͙̐̏͋̇̍͛̾̂̚͝͝͝l̵̜̰͒͛̚͘ĥ̴̡̦̻̟̫͈̑̆̃̓̿̈́̎̚͝͝͝ǘ̴͍̦̯̱̼̯̝̈́̎̽̐̐̏́͊̉̀̊̎͜ ̷̞̠͂̆̉̎̏̀̄͝͝R̸͕̆͆̇̀͗̐́̄̐̓͐̈́͑͝'̴̣͕̪͇̈́̈́͛̌̇̈́̇͝ͅĺ̷̼y̸̲̅̿͊̌̏̔̐̿͗̿e̸̞̫̘͇̖̪̼̣̮̻͔̰̬̫͒́̅h̸̨̨̨̨̪̰̳̭̠̻̬͆̑͜͝ͅ ̵̛͓̠͈̬͍̍̃̍̽̚͜ẘ̷̨̛͈̬̥͔̰̤͇͇̟ḡ̸̛͚̲̯̙̻̫̦̬͖͕͆͆̔̃̏̀̄̇̑ͅã̶̦̲͉̣̭̟̟̇͌̿̿̄̄̉̓̊̏̓̕͠ͅḩ̶̟̤̺̽̉̌͒̄̔͌̚'̴̬̭̮̙̼̆̈́̽̑͋͒̈́̔̆́̅̈̚͝͠n̷͎͈̺̎̍̈́̔͊̀̔̚͝â̴̩͎̯̼͖̯̼̞̘͋͗̈̍̈̒̀͌̀̓̅̽̚͠g̵̭̫̼̖̱͛̋̎͐̒̈͝͝l̵̼̀̏̾͋͋̊̽̑̂̽̔͘̕̕͝ ̶̰̍̉̈́̓̓̆̅͒̈́̀͜f̷̢͙̬͙̥͈͓͔͉̜̘͍͚̅̽͌̋̋̓̇ḧ̸̨̨̥́̓̆t̷̟̥͈̦̬͂͆̎͂̋͑̐̅̐̐͝͠a̷̢̘̝͔̹͋͛̌̿͆̈̓̊̔̈̽̌ͅg̸̡̛͉͉̯̝͇̤̊̉̄̑̿͛͝͠n̴̯̲̖̦̪̠̮̟̖̑͂̀̈́͗̓͆͑̎͑

[@keishii2648]

Awesome, 2/3 of fiends lore! ... So when are you doing Yugoloths?

[@red_comet_3326]

keishii2648 yu- what?

[@atomicash2475]

@@red_comet_3326 yu go loths, their like fiendish mercenaries

[@nerdynutjob9290]

@red_comet_33 also known as daemons

[@altromonte15]

@@red_comet_3326 imagine humans, but uglier and mildly more evil. tbh they're an incredibly dull race, in my opinion, as proven by the fact that wotc has never really done anything with them. You could replace them with an evil mage using an army of mutants and lose nothing.

[@thefabulousarchive9892]

*cough* daemons

[@panda1345]

In a campaign I was in the whole party signed a Contract. My character has since died... He was a Chaotic Neutral Barbarian named Udoroth and I can't wait to see what the DM Does with him.

[@amitgabay3721]

No no no trying to overthrow asmoudeus is legal mordenkainesns tome of foes page 15 " He conspired to topple Asmodeus and replace him, which in itself was not a crime. "

[@daneiltherat2327]

*it's only a crime if you get caught

[@combativeThinker]

@@daneiltherat2327 It’s not a crime because if he succeeded, the ruler he replaced obviously deserved to lose his position as he was less competent.

[@TheAusar]

7:37 Warlocks: "I'll ignore this."

[@ddoublec936]

I'm a simple man, I see some lore, I click

[@TheCaptain-ky1sx]

i love that primus is just the uninterested father of all the gods "son, please, can't you see i'm sending more minions to go on a march? talk to one of the maruts about it."

[@MisterSmith00]

This is quite useful...particularly for all the new tiefling subraces from "Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes". Dispater is great for a character who is essentially being used as a spy...their connection to Dispater allows them to send him juicy bits of information they discover over the course of the game. Glasya, in fitting with the whole "mafia" thing, would be good for a rogue character. Zariel is like some wonderful boon for Conquest Paladins...pretty sure that her hell-scape would seem like heaven for a Conquest Paladin.

[@Sharkakaka]

Bard: so let me see if I understand. If I sign the contract you will give me a magic harp that makes me the best harpist when I play it? Devil: yes, no strings attached. Bard: good good... wait a second... no strings attached...

[@JohnSmith-kb4re]

Are you implying each piece of Pringle isn't festering with bureaucratic evil?

[@cerberus400]

Levistus was a masssssssive man sloot before being put on ice. In the 3.5 manual Tyrants of the Nine Hells one of the posited theories DnD put was that he made a move on Azzy's main slam piece

[@stefanorosazza6097]

A basically dragons would be awsome

[@kylestanley7843]

Basically modrons... because i need help with them @_@

[@justabeholder4753]

It's out now

[@classicallycommie6266]

I love how asmodeus has constructed the biggest lie so much so that he could've won the blood war from the very beginning but he doesnt want to yet because he's wounded and has been healing those wounds for millenias and his own true form and name is a lie, he's literally a snake named ahryman.

[@ChestersonJack]

3:38 Another fun thing about this place I feel should be mentioned. Due to some politics shit, this place was briefly ruled by a night hag named Malagard. Either because she literally got too big from power or Asmodeus just wanted to make room for his daughter, Malagard grew to enormous size and then exploded, throwing giant bits of dead night hag everywhere that are still rotting. Her massive skull now is the base structure around which Glasya's palace is built. The whole place is really interesting, I recommend anyone who is interested look more into it, it's actually pretty cool.

[@Hengebobs]

Depending on how long you've been playing p&pRPGs, demons, devils, dyvals, daemons, and other creative spellings of those two words represent completely separate, unrelated, and often antagonistic races.

[@kylestanley7843]

Amusingly, daemons are their own thing in DnD and Pathfinder, though sadly Daemons aren't in DnD 5e.

[@BL4D3RUNN3R0M3N]

Lol, Beelzebub is like making a plan in a campaign and just getting that shit nat 1 when you needed a 2.

[@tannernewman9539]

Totally not gonna run a nine hells campaign using this

[@hiddensquid183]

So, if Mephistopheles sends me a contract offer that gives me access to his infinite knowledge (with the catch that I'd basically become his slave), can I then go to Glasya and ask her to write me a counter-offer where I don't become a slave, then use Mephistopheles's library knowledge to outsmart Glasya as well?

[@justicarl6939]

You referenced Karn Evil? You have my undying respect and loyalty

[@rayar3234]

You have no ideia how much i love your comparisons

[@egaliseur8430]

How could you gloss over Fierna and Belial’s incestuous relationship?! Good vid though

[@Melantrist]

I mean, who else is to blame for the current state of the porn industry, right?

[@rachdarastrix5251]

"When you started playing DND, and devils came up, you probably thought..." Me: "Google, I will go to hell, find you, and make you pay for foiling my prank on those 4 sleeping adventurers."

[@MultiPsol]

"Karn evil 9 1st impression part 2" Oh, i see you are a man of culture as well

[@rileygoddard7181]

The description of this video is the absolute greatest.

[@gloriglitch]

5:25 I thought an ant crawled on my screen so I almost yeeted my phone into a wall

[@blackday1013]

"Hell sucks, don't go there" Really wish somebody would've told me that before I started playing Descent into Avernus

[@DemonicEngineer]

"Hell sucks, don't go there" Greatest advice ever.

[@robusterbrown1291]

Levistus slept with Asmodeus’s consort and tried to overthrow him, at the same time he was sleeping with Asmodeus’s daughter. When the daughter found out, she killed the consort and blamed Levistus for the murder.

[@NobodyDungeons]

So I wrote up a contract with a devil in one of the games I played and I was the one who wrote it and basically what it was is that I would handle all of the background work of managing Zarials plane while she goes and beats up demons also I get immortality and stuff

[@Mr_Maiq_The_Liar]

Livistus’s actual crime was sleeping with Asmodeus’s wife, who Glasya killed because, oh yeah, he was also sleeping with her.

[@wildworld6641]

Devils ruined my last campaign. Well....players ruined my campaign....using the help of Devils. The party was ECL 9 (3.5e), and consisted of a human wizard named Svein, a weretiger druid named Ragnarok, a LE cleric named Tabitha, and a charisma max rogue named Aralis. The gang was rolling into a new port town, Hadun. Hadun controlled the entire coastal area, through military power and trade laws. In the last town the players visited, they heard many rumors about strange lights and happenings in Hadun. I had written up a simple bad guy, and some lackies for the party to fight. The BBEG that I had written was an ECL 12 cleric of the law and evil domains. His name was Warder, and he was just supposed to die in that town. Instead, as soon as they meet Warder, they realize how powerful he is. Before I know it, the party is trying to pal around with Lawful Evil cleric bro. After a couple sessions of having Warder become their new quest giver (as a dm I prefer to roll with player choices for the story), the party had become lawful evil warlords. Warder joined them as a cohort (the wizard took leadership), taught them some evil magic, and after only a month got the party to sign infernal contracts. The players summoned up a bunch of devils, infested my material plane, and started what has been referred to in my game group as "The infernal crises" or "Evil Oopsie 2: electric boogaloo". Spent the rest of that campaign sweating over the fiendish codex 2, listening to slayer 🤣

[@eetheeth]

An Emerson, Lake & Palmer reference? Take my thumbs up!

[@Azreal231916]

Fun fact: In D&D a group of devils is called a Conspiracy

[@Derek-kj9mt]

Seriously best lore drop on YT ever! Entertaining, illuminating, to-the-point, and yet also comprehensive. 10/10. Well done sir!

[@ivodijkman137]

And here I am, an intellectual, who knows that Asmodeus is actually a big-ass snake that created the entire multi-verse alongside his good counterpart, and is responsible for the creation of the Abyss too.

[@the24thcolossusjustchillin39]

A man of culture I see.

[@jacobvanveit3437]

You speak of therizdun, the other bloke who nibbled on Asmodeus’s tail.

[@ivodijkman137]

@@jacobvanveit3437 So... Tharizdun took a part of the bleeding snake body of Asmodeus and with it created the Abyss? Thought that Asmodeus' actions by breaking the Ouroboros was the chaotic act that created the first abyssal plane.

[@mahrbooiiii]

@@ivodijkman137 i think both were involved in the chaotic part cause they both wanted their realm in the centre.

[@Nyghtking]

isn't his ultimate goal to unmake existence and rejoin his god half?

[@WasKeineAhnung]

Thanks for making DnD Lorevideos that are entertaining, really appreciate it

[@bigmonkey1254]

Devils can be a generic term for a number of creatures. I hear older people use it that way more often than people nowadays. Honestly, the dichotomy between demons and devils in D&D is one of the most interesting things to me. That sort of warring multiple faces of evil. Then there's the yugoloths. I also kinda like how all of the lower planes really embody that "hell of our own making" idea. In Baator, devils get power and promotion, but it just nets them more jealous looks and paranoia, but being lower gets you underpaid, so there's no happy place in it.

[@AnimeFanPrimo]

I knew another story about Asmodeus. He was a helper for the deities and offered to keep in prison the souls/creatures who have sinned. The deities agreed and made him a god with power over the domain "Sin". Then he noticed that usually the best humans were recruited by deities or saved from hell somehow, so he instructed his devils to corrupt souls using evil pacts. The deities discovered it and imprisoned him in his realm, the Nine Hells

[@thestrangefew2711]

What if a lich makes a deal with mammon before he’s turns himself into a lich for all of mammon’s gold?

[@Aoenias]

Always, always, always include a clause on the contract where you substitute a bunch of other people's souls for yours! The Devils don't care. Bonus points for opposed clergy!

[@chrissoto7187]

I have a crazy idea for a warlock! He made a packed with the fallen angel making him technically immortal but each time he dies he has to slay a number of demons to return as a any age he wishes to the land of the living but every time the number of demons he must slay rises and if he fails he’ll end up in hell for ever!

[@jonathasramos5269]

Recently I sent a group of adventurers to hell. Not in the "Go to hell!" style. They almost died. It was very entertaining and instructive.

[@jessicafoster1196]

I remember Cania! You end up there in Hordes of the Underdark and actually take periodic damage if you don't have gear that grants you protection from cold.

[@lolguy776]

Honestly hell doesn't sound that bad. Seems like either tuition free college or work at a law firm and also get super powers.

[@whoopsitsme2345]

Okay so our party went to hell after our druid got kidnapped by a devil. We literally walked in, waved at our buddies, and then. Left. It was surprisingly pleasant. The locals were very friendly

[@khoooi3133]

I thought 5:36 said ‘Vegans Of Hell’

[@eidolor]

I dunno about that last one, Kapow Life sounds pretty good just gimme guns rum and meats with that eternal damnation Edit: and undead minions

[@evanstefancin968]

Just finished a campaign where our enemy used asmodeus as his lawyer in the court of primus

[@BJGvideos]

How did it end up?

[@TheNovaGoose]

Vengeance paladin who makes a contract with Zariel to be better at killing demons, eventually dies and gets to kill demons for all eternity. Fuck yeah.

[@magnusdallas4447]

It takes alot to have 11k views and only 1 dislike and you, Logan are one of the few people that can pull that off. Well done

[@AesOfAJester]

Wrathful demon: Angry chaotic Murder baby

[@shandaniel2999]

Right when I get done with tutoring I get this gift.

[@SonySteals]

That’s exactly how I was like when devils came into play! 100% accurate description. So much confusion!

[@monicavix6036]

"Don't deal with devils" *Has a character that is the adoptive daughter of Dispator* Damn

[@RandomGuyStr]

That Emerson, Lake and Palmer reference is on point

[@jackturnpike]

Karn Evil 9 part 2. I love you.

[@calsifer666]

I'll be honest, Zariel really sounds like the best deal out of the bunch. Not only do you fight better but at the end of it all you get to keep fighting an endless horde of demons that spill out onto your boss' front lawn. Seriously, a better deal with the devil I have never heard.

[@NeonBlacklightTH]

Me: I present to you, the Lord of Dis Player: The Lord of Dis? Me: Yeah, Lord of Dis NUTS *Slaps knee* GOT EM!

[@shinethief3785]

I remember when I first came across the idea of devils in dnd. I basically asked my dnd multiple times what was the difference for 5 straight minutes. He eventually got my wizard character to roll a arcane check. I go 19. And he handed me the section on demon lore from the monster manual. Yeah I cringe now but it is confusing for an outsider

[@madelyntielking6483]

Good thing I have a snuggy

[@XavierGisbertBeguer]

This video gave me many ideas to shape the contract my warlock has with his infernal!

[@SeanFerrol]

Video has 666 views. No thanks.

[@ddickson1167]

So make ot 667? Break the curse?

[@StevetheWizard2591]

One thing you didn't mention is that Mammon is the one Devil Lord that you can actually make a deal with that won't always cost you your soul. He's interested in wealth. He's the only one of the Nine that is directly interested in acquiring wealth. If you have something valuable, you can trade it to him for something else. If you're trading for goods, it won't be a fair deal by any measure, but if you're trading for something that's intangible, like information, a boon, or even a Wish, you can definitely get your money's worth out of the deal. Alternatively, you can trade down something valuable you don't need (like a massive pile of platinum, because money in 5e is almost worthless) for something less valuable that you need (a diamond worth a fraction of the pile's value, to be used for a True Resurrection). Like I said, he's interested in wealth. He'll give you what you need, when you need it, but it'll cost you far more than it's worth, whether in money, deeds, or your soul.

[@alexmercer2743]

So freaking cool how DnD Hell is just Hell from "Inferno".

[@Valen_Wyvern]

*Talks about Princess and the frog, says the guy turns into a turtle* Me: waaaaaaa?

[@nikitamalikov6683]

Idea for homebrew class: Hell-Hacker - someone whose job is finding, twisting and subverting the small type in Hellish contracts, so they can summon devils but should not have to go to hell. Ideal for someone who works in computing. Dispater (emerging from the ground): What? The devs said they'd fixed this bug! Hell-Hacker: Yeah, but the password input was susceptible to SQL injection... soooo... Dispater: (growls) This is the last time, mortal. Hell-Hacker: (smiles innocently) (that would obviously be endgame)

[@randomrabbit3161]

Watching this in the dark, I saw the black silhouette move across the screen and thought it was a big bug crawling on my screen. Luckily I didn't throw my phone far 😅

[@skaumeisterbob6953]

see a runesmith video, watch a runesmith video

[@R3GARnator]

Obscure reference, the voice he was doing in the beginning about Lucifer was Edith from the old sitcom All in the Family.

[@cubicengineering4715]

Don't deal with devil's? I think you mean don't accept their contracts. Being good enough to make your own contract (which doesn't include souls) and convincing them to sign it? That's how you get it done BD

[@matthewwells149]

Let’s not forget that freaking Tiamat is in Avernus.

[@AlgaeNymph]

"When you started playing D&D, and devils came up-" _shows picture of a balor, a demon, from Pathfinder_

[@charlie-rt5id]

Check page 55 of the MM

[@JTshinrod42]

Very nice Emerson lake and Palmer reference he squeezed in there..

[@Plainofices]

Fierna also quotes the wicked witch of the west on the page of the monster manual featuring the spined devils.