In Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Malcanthet, you listed the following demons as corresponding to four of the seven deadly sins:
Lust: succubi
Glutony: nabassus
Wrath: vrocks
Envy: glabrezus
Are their demons that correspond to Avarice, Sloth, and Pride as well?
Please forgive me if I'm being dense here.
well, i know there's at least an abyssal lord who's the Baron of Sloth, Lupercio.
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They'd be relatively common demons, for the most part, since the seven deadly sins are so primal. It breaks down further like this:
Avarice: nafleshnee
Pride: marilith
Sloth: This demon's not that common, actually. It's a big creature that I doubt can even actually move, so it'd be more like an object or maybe a trap than an actual monster. Hezrous likely evolved out of this monster, but they're no longer really much of an embodiment of sloth anymore.
Balors don't really fit on the scale; they're basically a combination of the 7 sins into one monstrous package.
They'd be relatively common demons, for the most part, since the seven deadly sins are so primal. It breaks down further like this:
Avarice: nafleshnee
Pride: marilith
Sloth: This demon's not that common, actually. It's a big creature that I doubt can even actually move, so it'd be more like an object or maybe a trap than an actual monster. Hezrous likely evolved out of this monster, but they're no longer really much of an embodiment of sloth anymore.
Balors don't really fit on the scale; they're basically a combination of the 7 sins into one monstrous package.
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Interesting, and thanks James! My wife and I had been debating for a while, we had come to conclude that (at least visually) it was Sloth: Nalfeshnee, Avarice: Marilith, Pride: Balor.
Wouldn't it be interesting to have the "origional" sloth demon statted? Hmm....
I hear sloth demons like Baby Ruths. ;)
Okay, so we need an interesting Sloth Demon.
I think a demon that somehow infected other creatures with slothfulness, as opposed to being entirely defined by its own slothfulness, would be pretty cool. Something that drains the will of its victims so they find themselves unable to care about anything, until they just . . . stop.
Another image that comes to mind, maybe in combination with the above, is a Medium or smaller demon with pack habits and a vicious attack (sort of like Velociraptors from the first Jurassic Park movie) that are well-known only to chase things that actually run (or cast spells or take any other visible action). So you could have this pack of vicious critters that will ignore you if you hold still, but then a Wisdom-draining effect such that if you hold still too long and they don't get drawn away by something else, you may find yourself unable to move later.
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I'm with you on the Sloth Demon concept. I'm thinking some kind of Huge rubbery ooze-like creature with barely discernible arms, legs and facial features lost in the rolls of its excess flesh. It primary weapon would be a potent WIS-draining effect extending quite far from it. It could be a bit like the night twist, calling those that can hear it to their slovenly dooms. And perhaps it should have a slow aura...
More ideas! Please?
If Sibriexes (Fiendish Codex 1) weren't Obyrith, they'd make a good candidate, since all the ones on the list are Tanar'ri.
I am not sure of the name, but I am pretty sure the demon for sloth looks like a green computer screen and a deck of animated cards... At least that what Sloth looks like when it attacks me. O:)
Imagine a slothful demon with the Flicker power (from the Shadowcaster in Tome of Magic - basically, a short-range Dimension-Door-like effect that they can do as an immediate action without ending their turn. The evil beastie never actually has to "move" to pursue its prey, it just suddenly transposes itself from one place to another...