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But Rysky we all know there is nothing sexier than a sweet talker, and there is no better sweet talker than an apostate devil :P Only because there aren't any yugoloths in Golarion. ;)
At least we know that Mr Stewart always gives us a fair and balanced treatment. He has a unique talent for catch our best side, despite some individual's unfortunate tendencies.Personally, I'm hoping Todd has more Proteans or Daemons in store for us, but we'll see. I enjoy writing about the best, whatever it is I'm writing about, what can I say. No comment on grinning fiendish shopkeepers when it comes to that. ;)
The best 'loth type wasn't open content :P
in the case of the demodands, my guess is that simply speaking They are not as abundant as the Qlippoth or Demons,IIRC, Planescape had multiverse-wide demodand populations capped at 3,333 for each of the three types, which was their biggest disadvantage in conflicts with their neighbors. And yet somehow they managed to tear down the Tower of Incarnate pain how many times? Right before we managed to finish it? Three-Aspected sons of... *many random patrons of the Fortune's Wheel were hurt in the subsequent public temper tantrum*
it typically talks about the Vistani as they exist in the "PoL" base setting rather then setting how it is for all settings, since the settings in 4e are kept distinct. Heh, distinct except for making them all use versions of the PoL cosmology, 4e PoL core races even if they didn't exist in those settings before, other PoL tropes made mandatory, etc.
I approve of this :D
I can't say I've always been comfortable w/ Graz'zt being portrayed as a Demon Lord rather than an Archdevil. Stuff like that's going to get his mother's attention now, and you really, -really- don't want Pale Night the Mother of Demons to show you her scary face. Trust me. It's like watching Cannibal Holocaust while on acid and sniffing a jumbo pack of magic markers. It isn't pleasant. ;)
BTW, will arcanaloths like Shemeska ever show up in Golarion, or are they unavailable? Arcanaloths are so very not open content. :) I could see other outsiders filling the thematic niche however (maybe Abraxus's servitors, and Trelmarixian's servitors certainly - though they have some major differences compared to 'loths-)
Stop rattling your bone-boxes, graybeards! Pike it Mona you upstart Prime!
I do believe I've been summoned a few hours too late for this discussion. Hmph! *goes back to delicately gnawing on a soul*
Scaeduinar and Jyoti. Two great tastes that mutually annihilate together. And more daemons. ;)
Even if - Todd would never fit into the 300-word limit... heck, if the item name was shorter than 150 words it would be something extraordinary :)You beat me to it! Note to self: Send astraloths after Sean and Gorbacz. I'll have you know I've been within my word count every time since that book. But if you'd like my submission due on Monday can be way over, including a 5,000 word description of a tiefling nation. ;) Bah! No respect!
Aasimars need more love. But unlike tieflings, they have to pay.
Why, myself of course.
Words like "Baatezu" or "Tanar'ri" or "Yugoloth" seem awkward and silly to me, since they lack the tradition and real-world resonance of words like devil or daemon or demon. Speak for yourself mortal! :P
And a massive reply just got eaten by the internet *sigh* So I'll let my fiendish board alter-ego with much better tact and fashion sense post on my behalf, or something like that: A few random speculations on Charon - and none of this is remotely canon till and unless it gets to print at some point. Regardless, run with it if you like in your own games. While Trelmarixian is the youngest of the Four, Charon may well be the oldest. The notion of Charon and his servitors being more than just skeletal boatmen is already well grounded. The notion is there in the description of the Drowning Court, and Charon's relationship with the Styx, and it to him, are very much ideas worthy of expansion. Given that every daemon was once a mortal being, that begs the question of who or what Charon (and his three kindred among the Four) were in life. As abhorrant of humanity / mortal life as the daemons are, they more so than any other fiend are tied to it in an absolutely intimate fashion. But just how Evil does a mortal have to be to ultimately become a creation like Charon, Szuriel, Apollyon, or Trelmarixian? Just how Evil does a soul have to be in order to be twisted into such a thing so utterly its own anathema? Or what could willingly twist them that way, why, and for what purpose? The exact relationship between thanodaemons and charonodaemons needs to be defined more precisely. Are the former just the Golarion specific term for the latter? Or perhaps the latter a lesser version of the former? This came up as something to look at for the Abbadon section of 'Beyond the Vault of Souls', but I think that cuts in the word budget made it a moot point. I don't have a specific view on the topic, but not a clue if it's my call there or not. Pure speculation here is that an inclusion of one or the other or both in a future PF Bestiary would clear things up.
I posted in another thread actually: "Well, I don't exist in this cosmology, but for the moment I'll be Trelmarixian the Black's press secretary. And on behalf of my syrupy employer the Lord of Wasting, I can answer that one with an emphatic yes since the module takes place partly inside of his native plane. Trelmarixian will make some appearance as an alt on the boards at some stage once there's an appropriate picture for an avatar." *daemonic grin*
"Well, I don't exist in this cosmology, but for the moment I'll be Trelmarixian the Black's press secretary. And on behalf of my syrupy employer the Lord of Wasting, I can answer that one with an emphatic yes since the module takes place partly inside of his native plane. Trelmarixian will make some appearance as an alt on the boards at some stage once there's an appropriate picture for an avatar." *daemonic grin*
You called? And take me on my word about the feminine yugoloth thing. That other rumor about yugoloth gender, well... we don't like to talk about that.
*absorbs self in reading through the pdf* A couple reactions: 1) You did an awesome job Jason. Seriously cool stuff.
*glee*
I'm responsible for one of those references (in the fauna section of the campaign setting book). And technically I'll be responsible for another one that has yet to be printed, but I've seen the artwork for it. Coincidence. Purely coincidence. And the alt is for irony. Don't read into it.
Aroden is dead. Muahaha! *checks off that name from the "list of gods to kill" portion of Mydianchlarus's planar scavanger hunt* ... wait a minute. What am I saying? I don't even exist in this world. Bah! Stupid Aroden. Stupid gods! |