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<blockquote data-quote="Wycen" data-source="post: 6176672" data-attributes="member: 13732">At first blush I was going to say focus on alignment.&nbsp; They are neutral evil.&nbsp; Is that not the &quot;purest&quot; evil?&nbsp; That is to say, untainted by thoughts of rigid order or frivolous anarchy?&nbsp; But that would make them a race of being totally out for the individual, never banding together for a greater goal(?)&nbsp; And isn't that what the demons are?&nbsp; But wait!&nbsp; Even demons band into groups so why can't the neutral evils?&nbsp; I suppose, you could make the devils are like that too, at least at a certain intellect, but they struggle within the bounds of the laws they make or pretend to follow.So, figuring out alignment may or may not help your direction.I created a bunch of neutral evil fiends for a project many years ago that ended up being abandoned by the &quot;publisher&quot;.&nbsp; Of course I didn't know that would happen but understood the need to stay away from IP conflicts.&nbsp; I chose to focus on their martial aspect, so everything I created was a soldier or military leader.&nbsp; I think I tried to avoid using the word &quot;mercenary&quot; but my memory could be playing tricks on me.&nbsp; The point being that the less detail you provide, the more you leave up to users to fill in the blanks.&nbsp; So if your Daemon shock trooper is said to be a front line soldier, you can let the reader make the leap to being equivalent to a yugoloth.&nbsp; Though, maybe somebody would chime in a say you want to avoid that BECAUSE someone would think you are using IP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wycen, post: 6176672, member: 13732"] At first blush I was going to say focus on alignment. They are neutral evil. Is that not the "purest" evil? That is to say, untainted by thoughts of rigid order or frivolous anarchy? But that would make them a race of being totally out for the individual, never banding together for a greater goal(?) And isn't that what the demons are? But wait! Even demons band into groups so why can't the neutral evils? I suppose, you could make the devils are like that too, at least at a certain intellect, but they struggle within the bounds of the laws they make or pretend to follow. So, figuring out alignment may or may not help your direction. I created a bunch of neutral evil fiends for a project many years ago that ended up being abandoned by the "publisher". Of course I didn't know that would happen but understood the need to stay away from IP conflicts. I chose to focus on their martial aspect, so everything I created was a soldier or military leader. I think I tried to avoid using the word "mercenary" but my memory could be playing tricks on me. The point being that the less detail you provide, the more you leave up to users to fill in the blanks. So if your Daemon shock trooper is said to be a front line soldier, you can let the reader make the leap to being equivalent to a yugoloth. Though, maybe somebody would chime in a say you want to avoid that BECAUSE someone would think you are using IP. [/QUOTE]

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