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So I was reading the Archdevil stats and I couldn't for the life of me understand why Beelz had so few attacks relative to his peers. Then I noticed that he can swift to and from swarm form as a free action. So his full attack is followed by enclosing the poor schmuck, dealing swarm damage and forcing a save versus suffocation. Combined with being resistant to basically everything you can throw at him, and having some of the nastier spell-like abilities out of the archdevils and Beelz went from feeling underwhelming to one of the nastiest critters I've seen stated. <3

On a more general note I would like to just say that the Archdevil stats are awesome in general and that the art is wonderful.

(Also really happy to see the Devils among the archdevils receive Dictum over Blasphemy. It's the little things like this that make the stats really work for me within the world. The focus on law over evil actually coming through in the stats, the abilities of most of the Archdevils focusing more on debuffing and controlling the movements and abilities their opponents are allowed to bring to bear, rather than just crushing them beneath mounds of damage.)

Still going through the rest of the book but so far I'm ecstatic.

Queens of the Night. I can get behind that.

James Jacobs wrote:

Nope; no exceptions. At least not yet. That's merely has a typo. An Empyreal Lord is, by defintion, a demigod in the CR 26 to CR 30 range. They are intended to be analoges to the Horsemen, demon lords, archdevils, Great Old Ones, and other demigods.

The CR 21-25 range is for quasi-deities, such as nascent demon lords, maelbranche, qlippoth lords, mythic characters with the divine source ability, and others.

Infernal dukes are the weirdos that cross that barrier; most of them are CR 21 to 25, but a few are higher than CR 25. Those who are above CR 25 are demigods and could, in theory, some day be an archdevil.

So now we can use the term quasi-deities for these lesser beings with a small spark of divinity. Thanks Mr. Jacobs! It's actually refreshing to know that there's no chance that Ragathiel (or any of the empyreal) is a CR 25 creature. =P

I can't express how much I appreciate when you Mr. Jacobs (and many other members of the staff) come here to clarify our doubts and dilemmas. (*-*)b

Just a clarification question, do the Whore Queen fall in the quasi-deity category, or are they full fledged demi-gods? They are stated to be equal rank to the Infernal Dukes within Hell, but as you've stated individual Dukes can end up on either side. Thank you for your time.