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<blockquote data-quote="Darkness" data-source="post: 131742" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>Bothered about disposable fiends? Don't be - there are many things that you can do. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":cool:" title="Cool :cool:" data-smilie="6"data-shortname=":cool:" /></p><p></p><p>Give them more hit dice - or, as someone already pointed out, class levels.</p><p></p><p>Get more demon/devil types. In the Manual of the Planes, there are quite a few. In Monsters of Faerun, you get all 5 barbazu types and also a few demons (ghour, yochlol), tiefling types (tanarukk, fey'ri), and a half-fiend type (draegloth).</p><p>edit: Or just make some up! Also, you can easily change a fiend's appearance while leaving its stats the same (or mostly the same).</p><p></p><p>Use creatures (animals, beasts, magical beasts, aberrations, etc.) with the fiendish or half-fiend template.</p><p>A half-fiend bulette, for example, should be pretty damn scary. <em>Especially</em> if it has 27 HD (and therefore is of Gargantuan size) and/or a few levels in Blackguard or Frenzied Berserker (the latter requires at least a few Barbarian levels first, of course).</p><p>Or how about a tribe of half-fiend ogres - hey, if your world has lots of fiends, it's bound to happen some day, you know! Some of them should also have a few class levels, of course.</p><p>And medium- to high-level tiefling or half-fiend characters are also neat, of course. Or maybe a nice tiefling lich or vampire, perhaps? <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f631.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":o" title="Eek! :o" data-smilie="9"data-shortname=":o" /></p><p>BTW, do you have Dragon #289? If so, pack the kaiju template on one or two of these critters and watch your players quiver! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Equip your demons with magic items - especially items that only creatures of evil alignment can use (at least without penalties). Example: The Demonsblood Sword in "The Harrowing" (Dungeon Magazine #84). It causes demon fever (as described in the DMG) in everyone it hits (Fortitude save, DC 18 to avoid). It also causes this disease in its wielder unless he is a demon (if he's not a demon, he has to make the aforementioned Fortitude save every 10 rounds while holding it).</p><p>Or just use a plain old <em>unholy</em> axe, an intelligent weapon of evil alignment, a demon armor, or something like that - you get the idea. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>If encountered in their living area, fiends probably have traps, guard creatures (or guards) and a lot of really nasty and/or blasphemous furniture. Also don't forget torturing equipment, of course.</p><p></p><p>Have fun! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Darkness, post: 131742, member: 13"] Bothered about disposable fiends? Don't be - there are many things that you can do. :cool: Give them more hit dice - or, as someone already pointed out, class levels. Get more demon/devil types. In the Manual of the Planes, there are quite a few. In Monsters of Faerun, you get all 5 barbazu types and also a few demons (ghour, yochlol), tiefling types (tanarukk, fey'ri), and a half-fiend type (draegloth). edit: Or just make some up! Also, you can easily change a fiend's appearance while leaving its stats the same (or mostly the same). Use creatures (animals, beasts, magical beasts, aberrations, etc.) with the fiendish or half-fiend template. A half-fiend bulette, for example, should be pretty damn scary. [i]Especially[/i] if it has 27 HD (and therefore is of Gargantuan size) and/or a few levels in Blackguard or Frenzied Berserker (the latter requires at least a few Barbarian levels first, of course). Or how about a tribe of half-fiend ogres - hey, if your world has lots of fiends, it's bound to happen some day, you know! Some of them should also have a few class levels, of course. And medium- to high-level tiefling or half-fiend characters are also neat, of course. Or maybe a nice tiefling lich or vampire, perhaps? :o BTW, do you have Dragon #289? If so, pack the kaiju template on one or two of these critters and watch your players quiver! :D Equip your demons with magic items - especially items that only creatures of evil alignment can use (at least without penalties). Example: The Demonsblood Sword in "The Harrowing" (Dungeon Magazine #84). It causes demon fever (as described in the DMG) in everyone it hits (Fortitude save, DC 18 to avoid). It also causes this disease in its wielder unless he is a demon (if he's not a demon, he has to make the aforementioned Fortitude save every 10 rounds while holding it). Or just use a plain old [i]unholy[/i] axe, an intelligent weapon of evil alignment, a demon armor, or something like that - you get the idea. :) If encountered in their living area, fiends probably have traps, guard creatures (or guards) and a lot of really nasty and/or blasphemous furniture. Also don't forget torturing equipment, of course. Have fun! :) [/QUOTE]
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