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Message: <blockquote data-quote="obiwanchunn" data-source="post: 1732859" data-attributes="member: 13540">I don't know how using demon lords, arch devils, et cetera, is any more cliché than using drow, kobolds, dwarves or beholders.  Most DnD monsters have some kinda baggage with them, and that allows the players some kind of connection with the game world.  I greatly dislike monsters that have *no* baggage and can't be used in a cliché -- i.e. "You see a sparkly hrsixlix'n'ta'ta lurch around the corner..."  That does nothing for me or my players.Unique critters are great if you respect them in the game and don't expect them to be party fodder.In the last couple of years I have used the following unique critters (no way I can spell these dudes correctly):Demon Lord Jubilex (always gets the shaft and is made the weakest demon lord in all write ups.  My personal fav, however.)His Book of Vile Darkness servant: Darkness Given Hunger (who ate our halfling barbarian like a cartoon cat eats a fish.)  Good name BTW on that baddie.Demon Lord Demogorgon - Brokering a real-estate deal with the group’s antagonist.  One mission for our group was to bring down Demogorgon's property value.Dispater – Two of our group drew enmity from him with a Deck of Many Things.  One of their souls works in Dispater’s gift wrapping department.  (It’s so hard to come up with truly horrible stuff for a soul to toil in for eternity wish – I figure retail is the closest thing here on Earth.)Erathaol, the Seer from the Book of Exalted Deeds (love the angel lords – though I wish they had more “baggage”.  Most of my party were like “who?!?” when Erathaol showed up with a plan to corner the Adamantium market.)None of these guys have even come close to being killed or even attacked by my group.  They are good flavor, though if I gave them a chance at Jubilex, they’d take it.  They hate that blob more than anything.</blockquote>

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