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Monsters associated with Asmodeus?

Started by Haffrung, March 11, 2013, 09:42:45 PM

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Haffrung

March 11, 2013, 09:42:45 PM
So I've decided to use a cult of Asmodeus as major foes in an upcoming campaign. But besides the cultists themselves, I'm having trouble coming up with  foes and monsters that would be associated with the cult. Orcus has undead. Yeenough has gnolls. Demorgon has dinosaurs and other weird stuff. Jubilex has oozes. But what monsters would typically be minions of a cult of Asmodeus?
 

TristramEvans

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March 11, 2013, 10:13:07 PM
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March 11, 2013, 10:28:04 PM
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March 11, 2013, 11:25:28 PM
The "real-world" Asmodeus is the personification of lust; some picture him with three heads (man, ram, and bull) with a serpent's tail. So ram and bull, and creatures based on those two, seem like a minimum set of associations.

Minotaur
Criosphinx
evil Satyrs

Fiasco

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March 12, 2013, 03:58:08 AM
Pit Fiends...

jeff37923

#5
March 12, 2013, 04:01:49 AM
Quote from: Haffrung;636256But what monsters would typically be minions of a cult of Asmodeus?

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JeremyR

#6
March 12, 2013, 05:27:29 AM
There's a movie called Equinox that sort of stars Asmodeus*.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equinox_%28film%29

Basically this green giant (ho ho ho?) and this lizard-ape thing.

* Actually, they apparently added him in later. And by the time they filmed those scenes, one of the other stars had gained about 30 lbs. But I think the artist who did the MM picture must have seen the movie, since there is a vague resemblance.

Also, Evil Dead completely rips off the basic premise.

jibbajibba

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March 12, 2013, 05:46:01 AM
If you simply select a cast of monsters provided they are themed it will work.
As you heard on the thread 6 or 7 people with 8 or 9 different opinions.

So I just think you need to ensure your Amodeus lackies stand out.

I really liked the Ilim in Exile from Lucifer. Despite the fact they were all totally different they kind of meshed really well.

So pick an option be it succubi, Minotaurs, pit fiends, classic 'devils' or whatever.

I like my devils to be cunning and guile-filled as opposed to more randomly destructive demons. So I would go for a mix of male and female succubi/incubi and managerial devils who talk the PCs into betraying each other as opposed to a hack fest.
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March 12, 2013, 08:02:50 AM
Here's an idea from left field: how about Asmodeus being associated with humans? IIRC he's the most human-looking of the top devils (at least in the art). Maybe his deal is that he's the one who first taught humans to be wicked?
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March 12, 2013, 08:30:24 AM
A quick glance at Wikipedia might inspire a number of ideas:

QuoteAsmodeus would thus seem to be a demon characterized by carnal desire;

Succubi and Incubi.

QuoteBut even [in the Talmud], Ashmedai seems more like a Greek satyr than an evil demon.

Satyrs.

QuoteAn aggadic narrative describes him as the king of all the shades (Pesachim 109b–112a). "Shadim" (plural of "shade") can fly because they have wings. It is also stated[who?] that they have chicken claws as opposed to toes.

Flying incorporeal undead spirits.

QuoteHe incites gambling, and is the overseer of all the gambling houses in the court of Hell.

Cult hideouts diguised as gambling houses.

QuoteThe French Benedictine Augustin Calmet equated his name with fine dress.

Followers wear fine clothing.
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Haffrung

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March 12, 2013, 08:43:43 AM
Quote from: Planet Algol;636283Yeah, this mystery is a real page turner...
Spoiler
...Devils...

I should have explained: this is going to be a level 1-10 campaign. I may fit in a Horned Devil or something towards the end, but I don't expect the campaign to feature any traipsing through Hell.

Quote from: talysman;636303The "real-world" Asmodeus is the personification of lust; some picture him with three heads (man, ram, and bull) with a serpent's tail. So ram and bull, and creatures based on those two, seem like a minimum set of associations.

Minotaur
Criosphinx
evil Satyrs

Excellent suggestions. The campaign already has something of an ancient Greek feel (Medusa, Satryrs, Cyclops) so those would fit well. Satyrs for elusive corruption, Minotaurs for muscle.


Quote from: Warthur;636370Here's an idea from left field: how about Asmodeus being associated with humans? IIRC he's the most human-looking of the top devils (at least in the art). Maybe his deal is that he's the one who first taught humans to be wicked?

Yeah, I've already decided to make human cultists the main enemy, including some highly-placed lords. I'm just looking for a few monsters for variety.
 

Bill

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March 12, 2013, 08:47:57 AM
Cultists seem right for lower level servants.

A beholder as a cult leader?

Rakshasa?

Efreet?


Anything LE

Warthur

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March 12, 2013, 10:26:28 AM
Quote from: Haffrung;636373Yeah, I've already decided to make human cultists the main enemy, including some highly-placed lords. I'm just looking for a few monsters for variety.
Between that and the Greek monsters mentioned I'm getting a mental image of the human cultists smuggling satyrs and minotaurs into cities for use in their grotesque rituals and the like.

Come to think of it, I believe the minotaur was meant to be someone's deformed son, and an awful lot of those Greek monsters basically boil down to humans with animal bits. Perhaps these monsters actually originate from the cult - they're the mutant offspring of humans and devilish entities provided by Asmodeus for his favoured cultists' enjoyment, as part of a long-term plan to reduce human beings to the state of animals?
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Haffrung

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March 12, 2013, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Warthur;636393Between that and the Greek monsters mentioned I'm getting a mental image of the human cultists smuggling satyrs and minotaurs into cities for use in their grotesque rituals and the like.

Come to think of it, I believe the minotaur was meant to be someone's deformed son, and an awful lot of those Greek monsters basically boil down to humans with animal bits. Perhaps these monsters actually originate from the cult - they're the mutant offspring of humans and devilish entities provided by Asmodeus for his favoured cultists' enjoyment, as part of a long-term plan to reduce human beings to the state of animals?

I like it. This campaign is focused mainly in a small barony, so I'm thinking it's a case of the lord abducting peasant women and throwing them to the minotaur in the dungeon beneath his castle. Or better yet, the Satyrs charm the women, then the cultists collect them and take them to the castle.

I've already got the Medusa who lairs in a Necropolis - the Mistress of the Crypts. Perhaps she is the misbegotten offspring of a cultist and a serpent.

It's funny, my intent was to make this campaign a traditional medieval D&D setup, because I so rarely run that sort of setting. But as usual, it's evolving into something quite different - in this case, a Greek myth/ horror hybrid.
 

Haffrung

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March 12, 2013, 11:28:25 AM
Quote from: Bill;636374Cultists seem right for lower level servants.

A beholder as a cult leader?

Rakshasa?

Efreet?


Anything LE

A Beholder - now that has potential. I want to have some sort of dark mirror in a cave, beyond which a malign entity gives important information and counsel - subtly attractive and corrupting. It would be a nice surprise to reveal the honey-tongued corrupter as a beholder. Perhaps a banished rival of the current head of the cult?
 
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