Recent content by Chethrok

This thread basically encapsulates the core experience I'm trying to create with my players every time I DM. I like all the cool/fun parts of D&D (power gaming, storytelling, interaction, humor, etc.), but the times when D&D has felt the most meaningful to me have been those times when the...

I agree, keeping them undefined yet terrifying is a staple of making big bads seem bigger and badder. One reason I like the fluff for Asmodeus (at least pre-4e) is that nobody is really sure what he is or where he originally came from. Is the humanoid Asmodeus the real thing, or just a...

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned devils. Intelligent, evil, organized, manipulative, otherworldly, terrifying and preying on the flaws of humans. Maybe it's because I was raised Catholic, but devils have a feeling of being a ... deeper evil, more diabolical than even Lovecraftian horrors...