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<blockquote data-quote="Helldritch" data-source="post: 7921150" data-attributes="member: 6855114"><p>Reread the third paragraph of the demons in MM 1ed.</p><p><strong>"The less intelligent will attack without question and fight until slain."</strong></p><p></p><p>This means that a demon will attack until it dies. Put a demon into town, it will attack everything, every one it can get its claws on and will kill that unfortunate soul. It will go from one victim to the next, careless of its own protection and safety. The fact that a demon can not be slain outside of its home plane works only on "greater" demons. All other demons don't care at all. They just revel in the carnage.</p><p></p><p><strong>"No demon can ever be subdued"</strong></p><p>Again, the book doesn't say carnage, destruction and blood shed. But couple this with the quote above and you get pretty much no surrender, destroy/kill everything you can.</p><p></p><p><strong>Third paragraph</strong></p><p><strong>"Demons never willingly serve anyone. If forced to serve with magic or threat they will continually try to find a way to slay their master/captor"</strong></p><p></p><p>Again, a normal creature would try to <u>flee</u> from its captor/master. They could try to kill but their main goal will be to flee. Not the demons. They will try to find a way to kill.</p><p></p><p><strong>On demon's amulet...</strong></p><p><strong>"The demon will do the utmost to slay and carry all that remains to the abyss. ie: The character is lost forever."</strong></p><p></p><p>Again, the demons holding an amulet will go to extreme length to go a step beyond simply killing. It will also ensure that the puny mortal will never be raised. <u>It should be noted too that all demons (not only the owner of the amulet) will try to kill a character (or any mortal) holding such an amulet.</u></p><p></p><p>Here is a not so uncommon scenario: A fool summons a type V (marilith) and holds her amulet. The fool fails at controlling her so she gates a type II (Hezrou). Together they kill the fool. Do they go? Nope they stay and start to try to kill as much people as possible. The Hezrou might also try to summon another Hezrou (nothing prevented that in 1ed, leading to a chain of summoning as long as the rolls were successful...). Each demon would try to kill as much mortals as possible before either dying or being banned to their home plane. The marilith would fight as long as possible then would escape to the abyss with the remains of her would be captor.</p><p></p><p><strong>Demons also roam the Etheral and Astral in search of victims....</strong></p><p></p><p>Sometimes, a thing might not be explicitly named to be implied. If the above are not reasons enough to justify the carnage, bloodshed and destruction, nothing ever will.</p><p></p><p>Edit: Bolded the quotation for an easier read.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Helldritch, post: 7921150, member: 6855114"] Reread the third paragraph of the demons in MM 1ed. [B]"The less intelligent will attack without question and fight until slain."[/B] This means that a demon will attack until it dies. Put a demon into town, it will attack everything, every one it can get its claws on and will kill that unfortunate soul. It will go from one victim to the next, careless of its own protection and safety. The fact that a demon can not be slain outside of its home plane works only on "greater" demons. All other demons don't care at all. They just revel in the carnage. [B]"No demon can ever be subdued"[/B] Again, the book doesn't say carnage, destruction and blood shed. But couple this with the quote above and you get pretty much no surrender, destroy/kill everything you can. [B]Third paragraph "Demons never willingly serve anyone. If forced to serve with magic or threat they will continually try to find a way to slay their master/captor"[/B] Again, a normal creature would try to [U]flee[/U] from its captor/master. They could try to kill but their main goal will be to flee. Not the demons. They will try to find a way to kill. [B]On demon's amulet... "The demon will do the utmost to slay and carry all that remains to the abyss. ie: The character is lost forever."[/B] Again, the demons holding an amulet will go to extreme length to go a step beyond simply killing. It will also ensure that the puny mortal will never be raised. [U]It should be noted too that all demons (not only the owner of the amulet) will try to kill a character (or any mortal) holding such an amulet.[/U] Here is a not so uncommon scenario: A fool summons a type V (marilith) and holds her amulet. The fool fails at controlling her so she gates a type II (Hezrou). Together they kill the fool. Do they go? Nope they stay and start to try to kill as much people as possible. The Hezrou might also try to summon another Hezrou (nothing prevented that in 1ed, leading to a chain of summoning as long as the rolls were successful...). Each demon would try to kill as much mortals as possible before either dying or being banned to their home plane. The marilith would fight as long as possible then would escape to the abyss with the remains of her would be captor. [B]Demons also roam the Etheral and Astral in search of victims....[/B] Sometimes, a thing might not be explicitly named to be implied. If the above are not reasons enough to justify the carnage, bloodshed and destruction, nothing ever will. Edit: Bolded the quotation for an easier read. [/QUOTE]
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