Toy Killer
2013-01-08, 04:51 PM
Introduction:
In my campaign, I have a normal material realm that is blocked off it's positive energy. The players have 10 secessions to find out why, and reverse the process; or the plane will literally sink into a new realm of hell. To make matters worse, the sudden over flow of negative energy is causing the dead to rise and four of the Devil lords of hell are fighting for first stakes of the plane. The high priest of Palor has gone missing, A strange cult is celebrating the sudden turn of chaos and the players are only level 6.
I'm fishing for ideas to personalize four of the Devil Lords attempting to take over the material plane of Medicent. I have the general concepts in mind, but I want the play style between the devil's pawns to feel different to the players. Thank you for any help or advice you're able to give, any clarifications on the plane, campaign or game in general will be put into the Introduction section.
The Four Devil Lords
Aesthline
The Lady of Spite, the Jealous Matron, The Queen Of Hell
Aesthline is spiteful, angry and manipulative. In her strangely contradictory viewpoint (for a devil, at least), she doesn't care for anything that isn't beautiful, yet strikes down anything that could hold a candle to her own beauty. She proudly boasts being an original Devil lord, and indeed could be the eldest devil lord currently. She enjoys simple mutilation and luxury, Vanity and endless discrimination of all forms.
Aesthline doesn't have her own entities the way the devil lords do, as she doesn't care for the excess work; after all, why make beings into existence when so many are dying to receive her attention? She lives for seduction and corruption, and fumes with rivalry. Many imagined slights have gone out of hand, lasting for centuries of planning and plotting.
Aesthline typically employs the likes of spiders, and if legends are to be believed, she created them, but considering her opinion of exerting work, it's not particularly likely. She uses spiders, as they fit her aesthetics perfectly. Hideous, yet they hide themselves in shame, virulent in poison, they corrupt entirely, and complicated webs which take days to make and weeks to bear fruit; Exactly what the Jealous Matron ordered.
Aesthline dabbles in various measures of evil, but none so much as corruption. Lust, theft, gluttony and vanity are toys compared to her corrupting influence. Many Devil lords can barter for a soul and claim a desperate fool in times of strife, but Aesthline makes it an art form, and art she has mastered. Many of her minions don't even realize their servitude until far too late, after years of fighting on behalf of the Jealous Matron in the eternity of Hell.
Of all the Devil lords, Aesthline's forces on hell are the most 'militant'. Organized and tactical, forming legions of troops to invade and occupy the corners of the abyss in controlled fortress and castles built to exemplify her beauty and crush those who would spite her charm. While she is most definitely in control, the organization of her forces are due largely to the corrupted paladins she takes under her wing.
Aesthline is well respected among demons (A corner stone of debate against her legitimacy of being a devil), as demons typically don't care long enough for revenge when a mortal attempts to outwit or swindle a demonic being. Aesthline takes it upon her self to hunt the soul lost by the fool merely out of vanity and to show off her skill. Sometimes, demon lords will consult her in shame, and ask her for her assistance in retrieving a lost soul. Admittedly, gaining an audience with a devil is particularly dangerous for a demon, so this is a rare case in deed.
Souls under Aesthline's command are typically tossed aside as currency for her generals and foremen to have as they please. In fact, slave trade is a great way to describe her treatment.
different ethnicities and varying levels of beauty imply a higher or lower value, and prostitution of those within her ranks is largely expected. She even has a Oubliette vault, which she employs as the center for massive orgies and 'diplomatic' meetings with other devils and demon lords in Hell.
The attention of Aesthline can be brought by declaring or showing off your beauty, selling your body or otherwise using sex for your own personal gain instead of mutual affection, killing spiders (regardless of how small) or outwitting demons in bartering.
Game play for Aesthline's minions
Before anyone mentions it, I know she is a Lloth knock-off. One of the bigger arch questions of the game is weather or not the gods actually exist, and it would feel obvious if Lloth was a devil lord.
I wanted Aesthline's minions to vary between beautiful, Horrid and Spiders. Many encounter's with Aesthline's influence on the world will involve corrupted civilians and citizens of the realm under powerful enchantment spells. I'm even considering a tailored metamagic feat that denies special bonuses to will saves against enchantment spells delivered through bite attacks.
While I don't want anyone to worship any of the Devil lords, we do have a chaotic evil, "Death Metal" bard in the party. and if he were to start worshiping any of the devil lords, I would want it to be Aesthline. In fact, he has a special event for him, that will bring her eye onto him. (A rock off with a Succubus, which, hypothetically, he should win and get a modified Dragonfire inspiration out of.)
In my campaign, I have a normal material realm that is blocked off it's positive energy. The players have 10 secessions to find out why, and reverse the process; or the plane will literally sink into a new realm of hell. To make matters worse, the sudden over flow of negative energy is causing the dead to rise and four of the Devil lords of hell are fighting for first stakes of the plane. The high priest of Palor has gone missing, A strange cult is celebrating the sudden turn of chaos and the players are only level 6.
I'm fishing for ideas to personalize four of the Devil Lords attempting to take over the material plane of Medicent. I have the general concepts in mind, but I want the play style between the devil's pawns to feel different to the players. Thank you for any help or advice you're able to give, any clarifications on the plane, campaign or game in general will be put into the Introduction section.
The Four Devil Lords
Aesthline
The Lady of Spite, the Jealous Matron, The Queen Of Hell
Aesthline is spiteful, angry and manipulative. In her strangely contradictory viewpoint (for a devil, at least), she doesn't care for anything that isn't beautiful, yet strikes down anything that could hold a candle to her own beauty. She proudly boasts being an original Devil lord, and indeed could be the eldest devil lord currently. She enjoys simple mutilation and luxury, Vanity and endless discrimination of all forms.
Aesthline doesn't have her own entities the way the devil lords do, as she doesn't care for the excess work; after all, why make beings into existence when so many are dying to receive her attention? She lives for seduction and corruption, and fumes with rivalry. Many imagined slights have gone out of hand, lasting for centuries of planning and plotting.
Aesthline typically employs the likes of spiders, and if legends are to be believed, she created them, but considering her opinion of exerting work, it's not particularly likely. She uses spiders, as they fit her aesthetics perfectly. Hideous, yet they hide themselves in shame, virulent in poison, they corrupt entirely, and complicated webs which take days to make and weeks to bear fruit; Exactly what the Jealous Matron ordered.
Aesthline dabbles in various measures of evil, but none so much as corruption. Lust, theft, gluttony and vanity are toys compared to her corrupting influence. Many Devil lords can barter for a soul and claim a desperate fool in times of strife, but Aesthline makes it an art form, and art she has mastered. Many of her minions don't even realize their servitude until far too late, after years of fighting on behalf of the Jealous Matron in the eternity of Hell.
Of all the Devil lords, Aesthline's forces on hell are the most 'militant'. Organized and tactical, forming legions of troops to invade and occupy the corners of the abyss in controlled fortress and castles built to exemplify her beauty and crush those who would spite her charm. While she is most definitely in control, the organization of her forces are due largely to the corrupted paladins she takes under her wing.
Aesthline is well respected among demons (A corner stone of debate against her legitimacy of being a devil), as demons typically don't care long enough for revenge when a mortal attempts to outwit or swindle a demonic being. Aesthline takes it upon her self to hunt the soul lost by the fool merely out of vanity and to show off her skill. Sometimes, demon lords will consult her in shame, and ask her for her assistance in retrieving a lost soul. Admittedly, gaining an audience with a devil is particularly dangerous for a demon, so this is a rare case in deed.
Souls under Aesthline's command are typically tossed aside as currency for her generals and foremen to have as they please. In fact, slave trade is a great way to describe her treatment.
different ethnicities and varying levels of beauty imply a higher or lower value, and prostitution of those within her ranks is largely expected. She even has a Oubliette vault, which she employs as the center for massive orgies and 'diplomatic' meetings with other devils and demon lords in Hell.
The attention of Aesthline can be brought by declaring or showing off your beauty, selling your body or otherwise using sex for your own personal gain instead of mutual affection, killing spiders (regardless of how small) or outwitting demons in bartering.
Game play for Aesthline's minions
Before anyone mentions it, I know she is a Lloth knock-off. One of the bigger arch questions of the game is weather or not the gods actually exist, and it would feel obvious if Lloth was a devil lord.
I wanted Aesthline's minions to vary between beautiful, Horrid and Spiders. Many encounter's with Aesthline's influence on the world will involve corrupted civilians and citizens of the realm under powerful enchantment spells. I'm even considering a tailored metamagic feat that denies special bonuses to will saves against enchantment spells delivered through bite attacks.
While I don't want anyone to worship any of the Devil lords, we do have a chaotic evil, "Death Metal" bard in the party. and if he were to start worshiping any of the devil lords, I would want it to be Aesthline. In fact, he has a special event for him, that will bring her eye onto him. (A rock off with a Succubus, which, hypothetically, he should win and get a modified Dragonfire inspiration out of.)