Dungeons and Dragons Lore : The Abyss

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  @willrogers3793 · 6 years ago

  “Devils are what you would get if you gave phenomenal godlike powers to a bunch of divorce attorneys, loan sharks and dictators. Demons are what you would get if you combined the concept of hatred itself with a black hole. Now, here’s the kicker: the divorce attorneys, loan sharks and dictators are undeniably horrible, but they’re also the ones in charge of keeping the giant angry black hole from eating the universe.”<br><br>- my Stepdad, explaining the difference between Devils and Demons to 12-year-old me.

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  @thevoidcritter · 5 years ago

  Realization: the infinite nature of the Abyss and the fact that there are a bunch of undiscovered layers is basically an open invitation for DMs to make their own demon lords (who canonically would probably be lesser known/less influential, but whatever)

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• SK

  @skullmonkey2557 · 7 years ago (edited)

  I&apos;m pretty sure that the abyss was created by the Shard of Pure evil and it keeps getting deeper because the shard of pure evil bores it deeper and deeper hence why it&apos;s considered infinite

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• WI

  @wizbiz8888 · 8 years ago

  They are rage, brutal, without mercy.

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• MI

  @michaelscotts3949 · 6 years ago

  (Your face when) you find out the abyss is actually nothing more than an intentionally guided creation of THEE mega dungeon that if you reach the end earns you a position as an Overdiety.

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• MA

  @maximusmedia8412 · 7 years ago

  “In the abyss, there is nothing impartial but death. For all living creatures death is sure to eventually come. Death is the equalizer, it is an absolute truth, and it’s always lingering just within reach of us. People make the best use of their wits and courage, struggling, floundering, they cling to life until the very end, and soon we realize, this unjust and indifferent world, it’s just the way we like it”

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• MO

  @Mondy667 · 9 years ago

  Watching both Warhammer 40k and Dungeons and Dragons &nbsp;while Reading the SCP Foundation is hard

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• CA

  @Cabio_ · 9 years ago

  Putting Artorias at <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHADdz0pcCM&amp;t=488">8:08</a> when introducing the ways to contain the abyss was spot on. Bravo!

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• IM

  @Im-Not-a-Dog · 7 years ago

  “Nothing is too destructive” Immediately shows a Terrasque.

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• TE

  @temmy9 · 6 years ago

  my favorite was Ojukalazogadit. The layer is in fact a single vast demon prince.

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• TH

  @That80sGuy1972 · 7 years ago

  I have a paradise layer I created in my campaigns. Reality TV was not yet a thing. People in that paradise are inspired to conflict with each other, often manipulated into it. It was enjoyed a bunch of times. My players loved using the device to transport them there. One player with a True Seeing artifact saw it for what it was. Every inhabitant was a succubus or disintegrating soul and their healing there was the thing that bolstered their enemy&apos;s attacks on them, damage wise. One of my player&apos;s Quasite familiars spoke up at the time of the discovery. &nbsp;&quot;Don&apos;t worry. It&apos;s a succubi plane. They actually follow rules more than any other demon should. Master, I say we move there.&quot; The CE mage was hated by the other players at that point. So... the &quot;paradise plane&quot; was ghosted. That did not stop the inhabitants from trying to get them to come back. Also, I always treated The Abyss as an infinite chaotic evil plane. The whole layering number is and was a ruse to make people believe that there is some form of order. In my campaigns, I have a precedent on how to run them called &quot;cubing the sphere&quot;. No, it&apos;s not like the 2nd Ed spell of that name. It is a rule I created because I was used to gamers that read all the related books and MOST cannot plan their tactics on a new creature to their character without the knowledge of the books. I slightly alter all life with every new campaign, &quot;cubing the sphere&quot;. It made many people who read up on the monsters backfire with special tactics that only people who read the DM material knew before-hand would know... bad role-play backfire. I had a special Sehaguin god avatar get special power and heal by electricity. I had Bronze Golems heal against cold magic even though they are immune to fire and splatter molten metal on anyone that damage them... I wrote that in as a forging nugget. I had Red Dragons go from being vulnerable to cold to being vulnerable to corrosive gas (the Gold Dragon 2nd breath weapon akin to Green Dragons). Sorry for the rant but I am getting to a point. Beings from The Abyss, I almost abuse Cubing the Sphere. I pull things out of the air. I roll a die and apply that many weaknesses and that many strengths. Usually one and one, but I roll a die for the &quot;boss fights&quot;. Even my veteran players are wary of Abyssal beings.

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  @Im-Not-a-Dog · 7 years ago

  Basically the devils are the representation of necessary evil whereas the demons are the embodiment of chaos in its purest form.

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