Velociraptor
2016-10-12, 03:16 PM
Hello, my fellow DMs and players,
Today I'm looking for someone more well versed in the Forgotten Realms lore than I am. I have recently started to play a character with the Haunted One background, specifically one that was possessed by a fiend as a child, locked up because of it, but ran away. The fiend is still inside of him and he feels the fiend's presence, but does not know what type of a fiend it is.
Now, given that the character himself does not know what type of a fiend is inside of him, gives me room to start playing him without worrying about specifics for now, but, naturally, this is something I will want to flesh out in the future, provided the character doesn't meet an early demise- that is, seperate him from the fiend and possibly kill it in combat.
That said, I'm seeking counsel from anyone well versed in the DnD demonic lore. I'm looking for a type of fiend that would 1) be capable of possession of a mortal body in the first place 2) have interest in doing so, as, I imagine, most high level fiends would not trouble themselves with something as trivial as possessing a weak human child 3) preferably, would be intelligent enough to come up with some sort of a long term plan and scheme. Of particular interest would be a fiend that is capable of growing in strength as the host does, so he can sort of "level" alongside the character as the character gains power himself.
I'm ok with the fiend being either a devil of the Nine Hells or a demon of the Abyss, or even one of the neutral ones from the Blood Rift. I've already read a lot about all of these types, but there are so many subcategories of fiends, it will take me a huge amount of time to sift through all of them in search of that perfect one, hence why I'm asking for help. Perhaps someone has tried to employ similar possession ideas in their campaigns before and knows of a particular fiend type that would fit my criteria.
I'm open to ideas!
Today I'm looking for someone more well versed in the Forgotten Realms lore than I am. I have recently started to play a character with the Haunted One background, specifically one that was possessed by a fiend as a child, locked up because of it, but ran away. The fiend is still inside of him and he feels the fiend's presence, but does not know what type of a fiend it is.
Now, given that the character himself does not know what type of a fiend is inside of him, gives me room to start playing him without worrying about specifics for now, but, naturally, this is something I will want to flesh out in the future, provided the character doesn't meet an early demise- that is, seperate him from the fiend and possibly kill it in combat.
That said, I'm seeking counsel from anyone well versed in the DnD demonic lore. I'm looking for a type of fiend that would 1) be capable of possession of a mortal body in the first place 2) have interest in doing so, as, I imagine, most high level fiends would not trouble themselves with something as trivial as possessing a weak human child 3) preferably, would be intelligent enough to come up with some sort of a long term plan and scheme. Of particular interest would be a fiend that is capable of growing in strength as the host does, so he can sort of "level" alongside the character as the character gains power himself.
I'm ok with the fiend being either a devil of the Nine Hells or a demon of the Abyss, or even one of the neutral ones from the Blood Rift. I've already read a lot about all of these types, but there are so many subcategories of fiends, it will take me a huge amount of time to sift through all of them in search of that perfect one, hence why I'm asking for help. Perhaps someone has tried to employ similar possession ideas in their campaigns before and knows of a particular fiend type that would fit my criteria.
I'm open to ideas!