ScorpiusRisk
First Post
Are we in agreement here? It seems like people are agreeing but I'm not sure.
I don't think anyone's proposing to change stats. I believe we're just discussing flavor. On that note it sounds like Oni are related/associated with demons.
If some people group them together and some people don't I don't see that as unrealistic. I would expect most people from KoJ to refer to any demon as an Oni. Then again I think it would be realistic for someone from Daunton to encounter an actual Oni and refer to it as a demon, even someone who is learned.
Raiko, my Jade Paladin, who is trained and sworn to fight Oni views demons in the same light. I believe I have had him use the word interchangeably but I was viewing that as a cultural thing, rather than a statement of fact.
As far as devils are concerned, as a DM, I'd like to use the archdevils. WotC did not create them; they are not their property. There's allot to use there and I don't think we should tell people not to use them, we should just leave off some of their D&D specific fluff.
I also like the basic idea of the Adversary. Like a great shadowy figure, opposed but need as a balance. Perhaps the other archdevils don't fall into a formal power structure but they all recognize the power and will of the adversary as great.
I don't think anyone's proposing to change stats. I believe we're just discussing flavor. On that note it sounds like Oni are related/associated with demons.
If some people group them together and some people don't I don't see that as unrealistic. I would expect most people from KoJ to refer to any demon as an Oni. Then again I think it would be realistic for someone from Daunton to encounter an actual Oni and refer to it as a demon, even someone who is learned.
Raiko, my Jade Paladin, who is trained and sworn to fight Oni views demons in the same light. I believe I have had him use the word interchangeably but I was viewing that as a cultural thing, rather than a statement of fact.
As far as devils are concerned, as a DM, I'd like to use the archdevils. WotC did not create them; they are not their property. There's allot to use there and I don't think we should tell people not to use them, we should just leave off some of their D&D specific fluff.
I also like the basic idea of the Adversary. Like a great shadowy figure, opposed but need as a balance. Perhaps the other archdevils don't fall into a formal power structure but they all recognize the power and will of the adversary as great.