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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Shemeska" data-source="post: 3333189" data-attributes="member: 11697">It may just be me, but I would stray from taking some of the 1e material at face value so far as it concerned Tiamat and Baatezu in service to her. That material was predicated upon Tiamat being one of the Lords of the 9, which subsequent material retconned to oblivion. Given that she never held power within the diabolic heirarchy, except perhaps over some of the outcast devils on Avernus, it might be wise to either likewise retcon the alleigences of the devils listed under her in the 1e material, or rework them to mesh with the later lore. Ie. you could have them serving her on the authority of Bel or one of the members of the Dark 8; loaned to her as part of an agreement perhaps related to her watchdog status over the portal to Dis, etc.I personally would avoid giving her much overt sway over any Baatezu, or make it clear that she was playing a balancing act with attempts to influence nobles in Bel's court yet remain in the clear, so to speak, of annoying the actual Lord of Avernus to the point of tempting the Baatezu to repeat what they did to Maglubiyet, etc. She has a definate place on Avernus and a rich history there, but I'd make clear the difference between her role and that of the actual diabolic heirarchy, which she has no official place within. This necessitates at least some reworking of the earliest material insofar as her influence is concerned.He still has Zariel. So technically... yeah... IYKWIMAITYD. Life cannot be pleasant for her.</blockquote>

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