D&D Lore - Fiends of the Lower Planes

[@Alexrider02]

The best fiend I've ever designed was a demonic blacksmith who forges weapons and armor for the Blood War, but does so by using a forge within which burns an eternal, green flame. This flame is the physical manifestation of the lifeforce of a long-dead archfey of fire. The archfey took an elven bride when he was alive, creating a bloodline which ends currently at my character, Zenrich Alphonso Darius Esquire III. His power technically comes from his own bloodline, from the eternal flame, but it is channeled to him through this demonic patron so that the full power doesn't burn his spirit to ash. The demon tends to Zen just as he tends to the flame, for if one were to go out, the other would be snuffed out as well.

[@whynaut1]

GREEN FLAME!

[@Milner871]

At first I was like yeah this is already overcomplicated, bloodlines and archfeys taking brides, but by the end I was like naaaa I love it. Nice kinda symbiotic relation going on there. Fantastic stuff.

[@JamesCateyes]

I kept reading this as "Friends of the Lower Planes" and it really hit me in the face how lonely I was when I thought, "I'd like some friends from the lower planes..."

[@Jorphdan]

friends of the lower planes sounds like a D&D sitcom :)

[@firestorm165]

That can be arranged. Sign here.

[@SolrSurfr3]

🎶He’s got friends on the other siiiiiide...🎶

[@Ragnarok6664]

James aye, I sure wouldn’t mind

[@VeteranDecanus86]

Are ya ready?! 🎶

[@whatpom]

It's so cool that you are making videos on warlock patrons I have been looking for these kind of videos for a while so it's nice to finally find some stuff about patrons

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks!

[@lazyarcanist7095]

I’m currently playing a tiefling who was BORN into a pact with Asmodeus. This is my first character so my rping isnt too good lol. Her backstory is that one of her ancestors took part in the ritual in the Empire of Bael Turath, and as part of his contract, signed his entire bloodline into service. My character has lived her life watching her family be torn apart by the contract, and so sets out to find a way to end the pact. (Going through hell and back literally if she has too). Although Ive kind of screwed my character over by accepting Asmodeus’ offers of help XD. We can now say that our barbarian survived a god attack. Got hit by the god spell while riding a beholder and fell a good couple feet

[@Ragnarok6664]

Had a similar idea but on the opposite end, a willing participant and family lineage of devil cultists/worshippers, with family members who successfully became devils after their deaths, and keep watch on their offspring etc..

[@jgr7487]

your family has made a pact with a Devil long long ago, and they have postponed the service they were due to the Fiend by just saying "not today" to their emissary. the player is an *Int 8 character* who just didn't say the words she was supposed to say (not today), so she has to fulfil a chore that has been being put off for millennia!

[@fardareismai4495]

Nice video! I love the way you break down D&D's lore in a comprehensible way. It's a lot and you're doing a great job

[@aquaast4571]

My warlock is one that made a pact with a fiend demonic cat named mewcifur from the nine hells. One of the costs for power was turning into a 4ft tall cat with silver hair that worships my patron every day by pouring a saucer of milk to the ground.

[@SolrSurfr3]

One of my first 5e characters I made was a fiend warlock, but I never really got a chance to flesh out her patron. As a child she grew up in a secluded commune and was offered as a human sacrifice to ensure their continued prosperity. Preying in her desperation, the fiend tricked her into a contract and granted her the power to burn the commune to the ground. I still haven’t decided what the fiend is or what it gets out of this deal.

[@Sparkle5fanboy]

I made a Tiefling warlock who works in human resources in hell (which has been become more business orientated to get souls more efficiently) whose come to the Mortal plane to collect on a client who violated the terms of their Contract. She Works for Dispater who is running a vast amount of Companies on the Prime Material Plane. She gets her power through Dispater and is approved and forwarded by her boss.

[@Jorphdan]

Love it 😁

[@joejoeington6899]

You’ve got the perfect warlock

[@nightstrider15]

Her weapons and supplies

[@Flippy-qp2wh]

And you need a place to track your stuff

[@elim.4204]

@@Flippy-qp2wh cause you're so disorganized

[@atwoodthehunter2620]

Click open the webpage

[@occultcenturion1131]

You heard about on Critical Role

[@blainecrowley1134]

Can’t wait to see you cover great old ones! They’re the patron I’m most interested in and the hardest to research

[@TheEldritchGoth]

WoTC: *doesnt know how to explain the changes to spellcasting between every edition* Mistra: Guess I'll die

[@TenositSergeich]

I feel that the possibility of fiends other than baatezu and tanar'ri - such as yugoloths, obyriths, night hags, and rarer stuff - should have been mentioned more. Arcanoloths are quite a natural choice for fiendish patrons, actually - there are plenty of quite interesting personalities of their kind running around the planes, and they are known to make deals as much as devils. Others would certainly have their niches too, maybe quite unlike those you would assume of an Archfiend warlock.

[@HelheimMudkip]

My latest warlock is on Ravnica, Master of Cruelties is his patron. Just joined the Rakdos Guild

[@kevinwu1999]

0:53 Captions say "Warlocks are cool"

[@gabrieladerre2862]

I don't play D&D any more. Not for lack of wanting to! Its just a matter of not having the budget to buy a lot of books at $50 and more, each, for a game that I'll likely not play much, where I live. There is a group that meets to play at a local book store, and Id love if the DM would make use of some NPCs that Ive created, over the years. Theyd just need tk be updated to current version. The dream role for me to play in a campaign, would be to come play as Demon Lords, Arch Dukes, or whatever, and other Big Bads! Im savage as Hell! So, there wouldn't be players in my area, bragging about how they took down a Red Great Wyrm at with a party of the average level being 10 or less! In my opinion, dragon's, and evils from the Outter Planes, should never be remotely close to easy for any party to defeat. I have a Ancient Red Dragon, who has some serious levels as a ice/water based sorcerer, that I made years ago! He is also loaded with some powerful magical items, including a Ring of Polymorph, that was altered, and grafted under his scales, with a few others.. As well as a ancient Gold Dragon Dracolich, who was seduced and corrupted, by Tiamat, before dying and being reborn, in his current form.. With that being said, Im itching to play a few games as a Warlock with a powerful, but obscure Infernal Patron. Or even a Succubus who ascended to the rank of Demon Lord. Her layer of the Abyss would be more or less, a massive palace/temple, and miles and miles of fountains and gardens! Maybe even enough worshippers to put her at Lesser God status!

[@davidsiegel5567]

How well does a Pact of the Fiend Warlock do in "into Avernuce?"

[@gagetaylor54]

I made a Dwarf Warlock, pact of the fiend, named Vinny. A hill dwarf who stole weapons to sell them as a living, and one day, he got caught while stealing from a temple of Moradin. The night before he was to be killed, an Ultroloth who had been observing his skills offered him life in exchange for making profit on his behalf, so Vinny accepted. His unique mechanic in the game was that, according to the pact, he would receive a new cursed magical weapon or object every month and have to sell it to some unfortunate soul to be enslaved by the ultrolth, who then in turn gives Vinny his powers and the ability to buy some of his yugoloths. The big shtick of this character is that in tough situations where more help was needed, Vinny would summon some sort of yugoloth, and being basically an Italian Mobster, he’d always say to the party before hiring one, “Listen, I knows a guy who coulds help us.”

[@hobbes2555]

Yes! I love warlocks, more please!

[@joshpwnsnoobs]

im late to see this, but THANKS again for such a wonderful video. keeep it up! thanks.

[@CvijaFaQ]

I think you have the best D&D channel on YT. At least I find your content the most enjoyable to watch.

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks so much!

[@timfrank7461]

I agree there are a lot of people out there trying but they are either filming in a cave hyped up on gallons of caffeine or crack (cant tell) or they have a voice that sounds like they are trying to put me to sleep.

[@battlepans1927]

Jorphdon you make really great KZbin videos and I was thinking that I might become a patron? 🤔 cause you are probably my favorite dndtuber and I hope (and know) you’ll keep up the good work! 😊

[@Jorphdan]

Cool! Hopefully I'll see you around the old patreon pages 😁 but don't sweat it if you can't contribute I appreciate the views!!!

[@battlepans1927]

Jorphdan your welcome for the views 🤗. I plan on going on the Patreon and becoming a patron, I just need to rack up more money, once I have more I will definitely become a patron 🙂

[@DracosDiabolis]

and everyone seems to forget about Errtu.

[@TKnightcrawler]

I finished reading The Last Mythal trilogy, and Malkizid is in it. *Spoilers**Spoilers**Spoilers* Malkizid is no longer in Faerun, as of 1374 DR. Also, at that time, he wasn't turning elves against each other (except for a pocket of surface drow), rather he was using daemonfey and fey'ri against elves. But yeah, historically, he turned elves against each other.

[@battlepans1927]

Warning! This is a VERY long message!.) One time there was a fiend patron warlock I made who served Mephistopheles, and basically my warlock (Who was actually a wizlock) signed a contract with an imp so she could get more power. And in the contract, my dm had it so that there was an orb that Mephistopheles could watch me through. Mephistopheles chose to send the imp to me specifically as I was young and naive, I was sent across the land to kill multiple people, and I had to show him that I killed the targets, and after I killed someone I had to say his name aloud. She was a really neat wizlock to play. She found the imp when she was on her room studying, where she then did the stuff yadda yadda, where then she left from home to accomplish her tasks. And as we leveled up, the dm was creative enough to change the forgotten realms based on my actions, he basically had Mephistopheles eat asmodeus’ heart where then the pact primeval was changed by this death and the nine hells turned into one layer where Mephistopheles ruled over all and he killed the rest of the archdevils and gained their power and when he ate asmodeus’ heart he gained his divinity witch gave him even MORE power where Mephistopheles then killed Orcus, Demogorgon, and grazz’t (I don’t know how to spell his name) and he consumed them aswell, where the nine hells started rebreaking into layers and returned to its original state, except there was only one archdevil to rule, and the blood war was put to a stop. Due to this chaos, the material plane was gaining more and more warlocks giving Mephistopheles more power and then his cult grew HUGE and devils frequently were coming out of the nine hells. I helped him write this cause it was a lot. Anyway sorry for making such a long post 😅 anyway I thought I would tell you cause why not

[@gokujimis]

It sounds awesome

[@KekoaSkills]

Awesome art and visuals!

[@pirateking56128]

I have an idea for a fiend warlock who is passing himself off as a wizard, when secretly he is looking for a select few targets to frame for evil acts by framing them.

[@gaelofariandel6747]

The Warlock of Monti Cristo

[@Halfgnomen]

Ahh man I cant wait for the hexblade

[@kiba21ryuu]

Was there a video where you talked about why devils and demons have tremendous animosity towards one another?

[@matthewsidewater6641]

Demons: want to kill everything Devils: want to rule everything They have conflicting goals, so they hate each other. And they each think their own brand of evil is better.

[@idiocyincorporated7635]

i had a blue abishai patron for one player. The player's lover was accused of practicing Eldrich rituals and was executed by the townfolk who didn't fully understand what that meant. The player was than offered the chance at power needed to take revenge in exchange for finding knowledge. In the second arc of the campaign the party came across an assassin who not only had the same arcane foci of the warlock but also could stop the warlocks spells at will. It was reviled in an epic fight involving the assassin, a dragon, a kraken, and a solar (lot of stuff happened that session lol) that the assassin framed the warlocks lover and spurred his demise at the behest of the assassins patron, a blue abishai. The same abishai the warlock player was bound too. The abishai tried too coax the lover into a pact but he declined and feeling scorned he had him killed and trapped his soul in the foci that the warlock player was using.

[@TheMarsBriggs]

Great Old Ones next?

[@battlepans1927]

Briggs6262 I think so?

[@Jorphdan]

Yep!

[@battlepans1927]

@Jorphdan yay!

[@TheMarsBriggs]

@@Jorphdan Sweet, they tend to be my favorite! Thank you for all you do! Will you be covering all the Patrons out now or just the 3 from the PHB? I don't know about everyone else but if you could shed any light on the Hexblade, I'd be quite grateful.

[@atwoodthehunter2620]

I love my warlock who's patron is asmodeus! Been hella intresting.

[@Anuojat]

Pale Night. Maybe fourth time's the charm! XD But perhaps as patron she... isisnt exactly something that would be usual as usul fiends can ever be.

[@Jorphdan]

I'll see what I can come up with, maybe not a whole video but I'll try to cover some other demons

[@Blackbeard069]

A pact with a Marilith serving under Shaktari...

[@Tax-Goblin]

Warlock and wizards!

[@aborin7707]

Really good video,but what about the yugoloths? They can be a patron too no? I've always wanted an ultroloth patron.

[@ItsMrFresh]

I need more help on this topic hahaha! I've never seen how a warlock story arc plays out so I have no frame of reference. My players are new so they don't know. Should the warlock in my group choose his patron or should I as DM? How do I link the fiend's wants and desires into dragon of icespire peak? Should I have the warlock's interactions with the fiend be in private or in front of the party?

[@Coffee-hj5di]

I’m making a Fiend warlock for my groups next campaign; his patron is archdevil who is also his wife. They met years ago when she entered the material plane in a way to spite her father, but ended up befriending the warlock, she continued to visit him and they eventually fell in love and married. her father disapproves of the union, he prevents her from entering the material plane and tells the warlock that his soul will not be strong enough to revive in the nine hells as anything but the lowest of devils. But the love between them is strong, the Warlock seeks to become great and powerful so that, when he dies, he will be able to stand by his wife’s side. The Archdevil tries to help him by giving him power, not even her father’s barrier could fully hold back her powerful magic. Now they are trying to break her father’s hold from both sides, so they could be reunited again

[@Zawhomafu]

Ok so I'm running a waterdeep campaign that's splitting into rise of tiamat at lv 5-7 and I have 2 warlock tieflings I need to pick patrons for. You have covered literally all of the questions I have to prepare for this campaign in the past couple months Are you a mind reader?

[@Jorphdan]

I might be! Stop thinking about pineapples!

[@MikeKilo1969]

@@Jorphdan LOL! Wait! Damn it!!

[@AProudDad]

Would it be cool to have an origin story of a human who survived in the abyss for yeara and escaped to the surface having been obviously impacted but still sane?

[@erekthus]

Celestial and fae after great old ones?

[@MasterXboxGames]

Could I get some opinions, please? Im thinking of making a kenku warlock pledged to Ohgma, diety of wisdom. Would this make any sense for a warlock?

[@Jorphdan]

deities don't normally hand out warlock powers. But why not, it's D&D and anythings possible.

[@15098D]

Jubilex best demon lord

[@InquisitorThomas]

Meanwhile in Gehenna and Hades: Stupid Devils and Demons getting all the attention, why does everyone ignore the Yugoloths?

[@DTHL-nj4qv]

Hey Jorphdan with the silent ph. Could you do a video on Evereska or Evermeet

[@Jorphdan]

It's on the list! I'll see when I can get to it :D

[@gabrielrussell5531]

No love for Daemons? (Yugoloths if you're the kind of boring person who calls Demons Tanar'ri) Notable Altraloths (Artisanal tricked out Daemons who've gotten spinning rims, underglow, and Archdevil/Demon Lord level powers from Night Hag covens) Notable Altraloths include the General of Gehenna (Not a traditional Altraloth, but instead the souped up prototype proof of concept for all Daemons who followed) Anthraxus the lord of disease, and Charon the lord of the river Styx are all pretty cool even if 5E has mostly ignored their lore.

[@hawkthetraveler6344]

FYI wiki links are dead and don't appear to route to the entries you show as screenshots.

[@Jorphdan]

Thanks, I updated them. Looks like KZbin wasn't reading the final parenthesis in the link.

[@milanmarkovic2721]

Imagine if Baazka's soul was somehow bonded to that blade and he created a warlock, would he be a hexblade or fiend patron?

[@gaelofariandel6747]

Pact of the Blade Fiend, IMO

[@lunaruno9920]

what game was that when you mention dragonspear castle

[@Ragnarok6664]

Prefer Devils

[@astondalsmark934]

He

[@astondalsmark934]

I meant hey