Demons, Daemons, Damiens, Doe-men, and so forth

[Pale]

OK, silly title thread but bear with me.

I know that in the old days there were Demons and Daemons and the difference between them were primarily their planes of origin and secondarily their alignments (which was really just a quicker way to tell them apart).

Now (since second edition) the have Yugoloths, Tana'ri and Baatezu.

My question are:

Are those all of the types or am I missing out on some?
Which correlate to which and what were the alignments correlations?

Thanks in advance.

[BOZ]

demon = tanar'ri
devil = baatezu
daemon = yugoloth
demodand = gehreleth

[Krishnath]

Um, I know this is a somewhat stupid question, but, which plane does the demodands/gehreleths come form?

I know the tanar'ri come from the abyss, the yugoloths from hades (originally), and the baatezu from the nine hells. But the gehreleths?

[BOZ]

after consulting the magic 8 ball, i'd say, "answer hazy, try again."

but, after giving it some thought, i seem to remember they were from tarterus/carceri.

[Pale]

Thanks, BOZ. But which alignments are tied to which? (LE, NE and CE)

[Grazzt]

Originally posted by Pale
Thanks, BOZ. But which alignments are tied to which? (LE, NE and CE)

CE = demons

LE= devils

NE= daemons/yugoloths

[Pale]

Demodands/Gehreleths = NE as well?

[BOZ]

i thought those were CE?

[Grazzt]

Originally posted by BOZ
i thought those were CE?

You are correct Boz-man. The Demodands/Gehreleths are CE.

[A2Z]

Um, I know this is a somewhat stupid question, but, which plane does the demodands/gehreleths come form?

Like BOZ said, the Gehreleths are from Carceri.

[Grazzt]

Originally posted by A2Z
Like BOZ said, the Gehreleths are from Carceri.

or Tarterus for all the 1e guys.

[Krishnath]

How utterly interresting. I must use some in my campaign...

[A2Z]

Originally posted by Grazzt


or Tarterus for all the 1e guys.

Well, yeah. I grew up on Planescape though. Before that I knew nothing about the planes.