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<blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 8405020" data-attributes="member: 42582"><p>This is incorrect. In DDG, in the section on Non-Human Deities, it is stated that the various archdevils, demon princes, slaad lords etc are lesser gods. They can have clerics.</p><p></p><p>In the World of Greyhawk, one of the evil lands is The Honed Society. Quoting from p 26 of the boxed set Guide:</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">Deviltry is the religion of the Society, and its leading Hierarch is purported to be an evil high priest of the 18th level.</p><p></p><p>That is not any sort of departure from the norm. It was taken for granted, in the early days of D&D, that anti-clerics/evil high priests worshipped (among other beings) archdevils and demon princes.</p><p></p><p>Here is Ed Greenwood, writing in Dragon 91 (1984, p 30 - this is one of his well-known quasi-canonical discussions of the Nine Hells); the heading to this discussion is "The devils' dark agents":</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">The most important diabolic agents on the Prime Material Plane are the dominant race of the plane - humans. Both individual humans (particularly lawful evil magic-users who can summon devils from the Lower Planes to the Prime Material) and devil-worshipping groups (such as lawful evil priesthoods of the diabolic) exist . . .</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">The truly loyal diabolic servants are few in number, but rely in most situations up the allies the can call upon . . .</p> <p style="margin-left: 20px"></p> <p style="margin-left: 20px">Such allies include . . . LE non-diabolic priesthoods, and their worshippers . . .</p><p></p><p>In the Monster Manual (p 84) were are told that Sahuagin</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">are devil worshippers . . . there is a 10% chance per 10 male sahuagin that there will be a cleric (evil) and 1-4 assistant priestesses, for the religious life of these creatures is dominated by the females. If a cleric is with the group in the lair, she will be of 5th to 8th level ability, and her lesser clerics will be 3rd or 4th level.</p><p></p><p>In DDG were are given a new god for the Sahuagin - Sekolah - but there is no mention of that god in the MM, which - as I have quoted - gives their religion as devil worship.</p><p></p><p>For good measure, we could mention the Ixitxachitl. In the MM (p 55) we are told that they are "clerical in nature". In DDG (p 95 of the revised version, ie no Cthulhu or Elric) we are told that</p><p></p><p style="margin-left: 20px">These creatures worship Demogorgon, a Demon Lord from the Abyss. . . . They have been known to progress as high as the 8th level in clerical ability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pemerton, post: 8405020, member: 42582"] This is incorrect. In DDG, in the section on Non-Human Deities, it is stated that the various archdevils, demon princes, slaad lords etc are lesser gods. They can have clerics. In the World of Greyhawk, one of the evil lands is The Honed Society. Quoting from p 26 of the boxed set Guide: [indent]Deviltry is the religion of the Society, and its leading Hierarch is purported to be an evil high priest of the 18th level.[/indent] That is not any sort of departure from the norm. It was taken for granted, in the early days of D&D, that anti-clerics/evil high priests worshipped (among other beings) archdevils and demon princes. Here is Ed Greenwood, writing in Dragon 91 (1984, p 30 - this is one of his well-known quasi-canonical discussions of the Nine Hells); the heading to this discussion is "The devils' dark agents": [indent]The most important diabolic agents on the Prime Material Plane are the dominant race of the plane - humans. Both individual humans (particularly lawful evil magic-users who can summon devils from the Lower Planes to the Prime Material) and devil-worshipping groups (such as lawful evil priesthoods of the diabolic) exist . . . The truly loyal diabolic servants are few in number, but rely in most situations up the allies the can call upon . . . Such allies include . . . LE non-diabolic priesthoods, and their worshippers . . .[/indent] In the Monster Manual (p 84) were are told that Sahuagin [indent]are devil worshippers . . . there is a 10% chance per 10 male sahuagin that there will be a cleric (evil) and 1-4 assistant priestesses, for the religious life of these creatures is dominated by the females. If a cleric is with the group in the lair, she will be of 5th to 8th level ability, and her lesser clerics will be 3rd or 4th level.[/indent] In DDG were are given a new god for the Sahuagin - Sekolah - but there is no mention of that god in the MM, which - as I have quoted - gives their religion as devil worship. For good measure, we could mention the Ixitxachitl. In the MM (p 55) we are told that they are "clerical in nature". In DDG (p 95 of the revised version, ie no Cthulhu or Elric) we are told that [indent]These creatures worship Demogorgon, a Demon Lord from the Abyss. . . . They have been known to progress as high as the 8th level in clerical ability.[/indent] [/QUOTE]
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