dave2008
Legend
FYI, that is not the 5e canon perspective of Asmodeus, in fact I don't know if that was ever canon. It sounds a lot like the dicefreaks approach to the big A. However, if you wanted to model something like that I would use my Dendar the Night Serpent as as a template. Again, gods were not supposed to go beyond CR 40 in this system, but primordials (like Dendar) can surpass that, so that is the way I would go with Asmodeus..Also, how powerful would the true Asmodeus be? (World Serpent, hundreds of miles long): Asmodeus Description. Notice he created humanoid-looking "avatars" (plural). His avatars' essence roams around the world and the Nine Hells in multiple forms. Seeing as he has multiple avatars, I would use the one from this thread and several others. But how powerful would his true form be? More powerful than Jormungandr (CR 45)? I get the feeling he would be in the 60-70 range, seeing as even his first avatar summons pit fiends for each drop of his blood. Even Tiamat only has a few avatars, all of which are weaker than Asmodeus (at least in my world).
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Personally I default to 1e and make Demogorgon the most powerful of the fiends (Devils and Demons). So whatever Asmodeus is, he is less than Demogorgon. Oddly though,or not so much if you know me, I don't follow that paradigm for Tiamat.