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THE NINE HELLS IN AD&D/by yigal roitman
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HOW TO USE THIS TEXT?:this text is a work of fiction written as an
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accesory to the ad&d role playing game.the text consists new ideas
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(plus some old ones)to aid you,the game master,understand more deep
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-ly this potentially great realm for adventuring -hell.
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NOTE:any of you who read the text may disagree with my view of see
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ing the nine realms of hell,and you all are welcome to make up
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your own hell,as you see it,and this text or whats written in it
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are not to force you in any way,only to suggest.if you like,you may
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comment this work in any of the local systems,and ill be glad to
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aid or develop the idea further upon any requests!
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DOWN TO BUSINESS:what exactly is this hell? according to "Longmans"
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dictionary:/"hel"(especially in christian and muslim religions)
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/a place where the souls of bad people are said to be punished after
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death/.
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since the game term 'hell' reffers to a certain place (another plane
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of existence),without the use of a specific religion that is worldly
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believed in our days (with obvious reasons),my suggestion is that
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if you want to use hell in your campaign,use some religion of lawful
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evil beingsand the place where souls of sinners are sent to.
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whats more,i suggest that if you use hell as your campaign's existance
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plane of evil,make it also the only one,and the major evil in your
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campain-the lawful one,or else it will lose its specific beauty.(same
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is true for all evil planes,of course.)
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once hell is established in your campaign,(as an opposite to some good
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and saintly plane of existance)it neads believers.
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you must understand that believing in hell doesnot mean worshiping it,
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as many mistake,but quite on the contrary,it means fearing it.
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believing in hell means fearing hell,fearing devils,fearing the evil
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archdevils,and trying to cast them of by various folkly conjurations.
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the more people on your realm who believe in hell,the more powerful and
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influential they get on the realm.(the devils' aim,of course.)
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now that you have a campaign world and you have its folks fearing hell
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and believing in it,you must place your NPCs in it.
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cleric:the closest character class to hell and devils is the cleric.
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clerics are the spiritual guides to the people.(both good and bad)
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good clerics try to convert people from ways of evil,and make them more
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holy and worthy.they battle evil spirites and try to dispell devils
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and diabolic influences from the world.
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evil clerics:since we have already established that you use hell as the
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major cause of evil and pandemonium in your realm,it is only obvious
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that clerics of evil worship devils(unlike the normal folk who fear
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devils).clerics of lawful evil are the carriers and disputers of the
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word of arch-devils and dukes of hell on the realm.
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every cleric of hell("devil-worshipper")has a certain deity,one of
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the lords in hell,whos word he carries around and tries to distribute.
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usually the most powerful clerics are servants of the most powerful
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'arch'.following that path,it is also concludable that clerics of rival
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'arches'will be rivals themselves.(about devil rivalry later..)
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magic user:another person that has a special contact with devils and
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hell is the evil sorcerer.it is common among lawful evil mages
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to make pacts among themselves and the dwellers of hell.in their ultimate
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strive for power they make bargains with greater devils (or "lower" ones)
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for help in case of danger,an evil familiar,or other inspirations gained
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by the mage.those all have a price,and a dire one at that.once the bargain
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is struck,the devil waits maliciously until the mage has made use of the
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he had given him,and from that point on,the mage is in debt of the devil.
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consequenses:the mage moves one step toward L.EVIL if he isnt one already,
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he grows a powerful hatred towards all that is good,he begins growing
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differant unnatural limbs,such as a barbed tail,horns,glowing red eyes,
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and the like in a comulative way.he may also be asked by 'his' devil to
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perform a certain quest,witch hed better perform(!)
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note:devils rarly do pacts with beings obviously more powerful than they.
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note:devils are known to twist the verbal meaning of the pact to their
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own good(usually the beings bad),though they will never actually break the
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pact.
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HELL:now that we have the effect of devils and hell on your campaign
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land,we must actually go down to hell it self,and see what are that
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planes features and contacts.
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hell dwells in the lawful evil side of the outer planes,but not many
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people really know that.it is best believed by the folk that hell
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is THE evil plane whereto all evil souls are sent.
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it is accostomed to think that hell is the plane below.not quite true
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because the outer planes form a circle,but very comfortable indeed.
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down in its dwell the hell is devided to nine levels,called layers,each
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bearing its own devilish features and its own evil dwellers.
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MAP OF HELL
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layer current ruler its dukes
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1. avernus tiamat amduscias-29 abishai,
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goap-3 erinyes
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malphas-40 abishai
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2. dis dispater alocer-36 erinyes
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arioch -avenger
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baalzephon-prime minister
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bel-3 malebranche
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biffant-provost(mayor)
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bitru-70-erinyes
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furcas -12 bearded
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trivilus-nuncio(pope,bishop)
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lilis -consort
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merodach-21 barbed
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3. minauros mammon bael-66 barbed
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caarcrinolaas-36 barbed
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focalor -seneschal
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glacya -consort
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melchon-18 erinyes
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zimimar -6 bone
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4. phlegethos belial balan-40 bearded
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bathym -30 barbed
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chamo -legate(meesenger priest
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gaziel-11 bone
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naome -consort
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zaebos -lieutenant
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5. stygia geryon agares -31 bone
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amon 31 bone
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cozbi-consort
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fecor -8 malebranche
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gorson bailiff(property tax col.)
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herodias -magistrate
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machalas -11 barbed
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6. malbolge moloch bethage -9 malebranch
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bileth -tribune
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herobaal -16 bone
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lilith-consort
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tartach-legate(messenger priest)
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7. maladomini baalzebul abigor-60 malebranche
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barabatos -marshal
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bensozia -consort
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gorson -bailiff
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moloch-viceroy(colony ruler)
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neabaz -herald(messenger)
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zepar -28 malebranche
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8. caina mephistopheles adonides -steward
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baalphegor -consort
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barbas-chamberlain (housekeeper
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bifrons-26 ice
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hutijin -2- pit
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nexroth16 malebranche
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9. nessus asmodeus adramelech -chancellor(legal rank)
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alastor -executionair
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baalberith-major domo(head servant)
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bensozia -consort
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buer -15- pit
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bune30 malebranche
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martinate -constable(police)
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morax -9- pit
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phongor -inquisitor
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rimmon -5ice
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zegum -30 barbed
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the layers of hell bear each differant dwellers and beings.it is
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structable that the lower you get down hell,the fiercer creatures will you
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meet.each of the layers of hell is infinit in size,and most of them
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hold more creatures than the devils themselves.(although this is very
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herd to both devils and other creaturs to admit.the majority of the layers
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contain devils of lesser sort and the least types(lemure,nupperbilu)
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that roam on their bussiness,building,carrying,marching,torturing,being
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tortured,and the like.the layers of hell are all full of dead souls,
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in ponds of lava,in hang sceens,slowly transmuting to least devils,
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horribly being tortured,wandering alone.the lesser devils are most under
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suppervision of officials,working for the barons and lords,who are mostly
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greater devils(sometimes a powerful lesser)and are the high society of hell
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they themselves are in turn servvants of the dukes of hell,who form the
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political judicial,ecocomical,or state chancelors,army generals,and consorts
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of the ruling arch devils.
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note:the more powerful the vassals of a given devil are,the more influence he
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has.
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note:as the layers go deeper,the place is considered a better place,as in
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closer to the heart of society.realms far are considered desolate,and for
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a pit fiend to go on a job in the first layer for example,is like
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a punishment.(as the rule goes,political power is worth your own manipulation
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ability dealt to the distance ^2;if you dont get it you should study some
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physics).
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SOME GENERAL INFO.:after the world was created long ago,by the all mighty
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god(s),there had been quite a long time,through out which there was no
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evil.all the souls dwelt on top,and there was nothing to fear of.
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then one day,gods head angel,and major domo,satan,began disliking the way
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the multiverse was ruled.he quarreled with the all mighty,and deserted him,
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with several angels who agreed with him,and went down to live in their own
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realm.with this crack of absolute good,the world changed,to build several
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soulish spheres:heaven,the realm of the allmighty,earth,the neutral realm,
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and hell,the realm of satan.
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satan ruled for long eons.he was an iron fisted monarch.at his time
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basic mischief was brought upon the earth.deseases,plagues,phamon,fluid
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small wars,and the like.(early ages,the dark ages)
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a time came,and his major underlings,baalzbub especially,began conversing
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among them selves,that they disliked the tight monarchy,and wanted more
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freedom in their acts.gathering his alies;adramelech,malkishon,moloch,and more
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he challenged satan.satan was banished from hell,and baalzevuv came to rule
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under him.through the time of his ruling,he had great dire difficulties
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though.he had to give the devils the freedom he promiced them,and a pandemonium
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broke loose.differant devils were supporting people who were fighting among
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themselves,quarrels began on treasures and the people lost their belief
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and fear of the devils,a cause for instant loss of power.
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Asmodeus was a politician.he had a great many contacts in the courts of hell
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and he knew every thing that happened before every one else.
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the respect to him grew as he made some important voyages,that strengthened the
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devilish influense.most people in the courts of hell in the time of baalzebub
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who had any power,didnt want to risk their position.adramelech the treasurer,
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mammon,and all else.asmodeus decided to summon but limited help,and with the
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agreement of most devils,he performed a 'quiet' overthrowing,and became the
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monnarch of hell.in order to keep the unbalanced realm in balance,
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he only made bbalzevuv change his name,and slightly reduce his power.still
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keeping two layers under his fist.
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since then asmodeus is the one on top.he stayed there by his great skill
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in throwing the devils one against the other,and never leting one know
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exactly all that is going on.
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the major groups of power in hell are thusly devided:
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the ruling group:asmodeus has his group well disorted;his faithful hound
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in the gates of hell-tiamat,informs him of all thats going on in the entrance
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geryon,in the fifth plane,and he him self in the throne layer-the ninth.
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the mephisto:mephistopheles,ruler of the eighth layer,in alianse with dispater
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and mammon,with an aim to wrentch the 7th layer from baalzebub,and thusly
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challenge asmodeus.
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the third group is the joining of baalzebub,stillaiming to regain control
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of hell,with his viceroy,moloch,and their cunninng ally -belial.
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as was already said,up till now asmodeus has managed to remain ruler by
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cunning and deception.
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A NEW DEVIL:
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Malphas (the guardian)
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fre:vr
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ac:-2
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move:12"/24"
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hit dice:89 hp
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% in lair:95%
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tt:a
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# of at:2(two spear strikes)
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damage/attack:(2-8)+4
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sa:portcullis
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sd:nil
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mr:60%
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int:exeptional
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al:le
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size:10'tall
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pa:240
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a/d:a/a
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xpv:29,000(x10 whan in hell)
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malphas is one duke of hell,vasal of tiamat,and posted by asmodeus as the
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door keeper of the nine hells.he appears as a hunchbacked bearded
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devil,only with a pair of devilish wings instead of the large tail,and
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he is much taller.malphas is in such position that might in some cases
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duouble his loyalty(asmodeus/tiamat).this thing hasnt happened yet since
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in the mean while their interests are much the same.any way,the position
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of 'gate keeper'is much more powerful then some suspect.by this position
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malphas may decide wether to pass through all regulations of passage,thus
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delete the passers greatly,or hop on the regulations,thus increasing passers
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speed.if he is defied he summons any force of abishai(MMII)of up to
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40 companies (1 company = 1000 ind.)(40,000 abishai of all sorts).
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normally if he is attacked,he fights with a spear +4 that strikes twice
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per round in his hand.whan in 1 mile of the gate the spear can hit any
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lesser or greater being,no matter who he is (orc/thor).he is always aided
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by 4 stone guardians with max hit points(LE) of course.
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- W R I T T E N B Y YIGAL ROITMAN -
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Bibliography:Monster Manual;devil (pg.20-23)
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Monster Manual II;devil (pg.44-48)
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best of dragon II
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Manual of the planes;the nine hells. (pg.109-113)
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(the writers are not responsible for any text violations that occur when
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passage is made from editor to file)
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...thats about it,rather..
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