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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Bryan898" data-source="post: 2688971" data-attributes="member: 9085">IMC baatezu typically enter into the Prime Material Plane to grab mortal souls.  The reason being that divinity is a matter of having so many followers or believers, and possessing one's soul is a form of being a follower.  So the Lords of Hell tempt mortals into following them to attempt to reach deity status one small step at a time.  To a creature that is immortal and has an eternity to reach deity status the rate at which they gain souls is perfect, especially since gaining power too quickly would attract unwanted attention.The Lord of Hell himself, Asmodeus, has far different motivations.  I run him much like the Planescape: Guide to Hell book, a force of prime evil as old as the planes themselves, and one of the few creatures that shaped the planes.  He is of deity status, though he doesn't gain power like the other deities, and without followers he would still exist.  He is the Lord of Lies, and he gains power by convincing a creature of the ultimate lie: to refuse ones faith and revoke the gods entirely.  Through this means he gains power, and so he is always attempting to tempt mortals into such a path.  Turns the Athar and Ur-Priests into an unwitting follower of Asmodeus in a roundabout way.</blockquote>