Dungeons and Dragons Lore: Horned Devil
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Little horn. 'Oh how i love the old names'
Most Unclean. 😎
@@AJPickett That movie was pretty decent ;)
Stay safe mate. Here in lockdown till at least half February in the Netherlands pfffff, not funny.
They really should have done more with those. I was hoping the TV series would takeoff.
🎵"Little Horn is born"🎵🤟😁
I must be missing something here. Only little horns I know about are the antichrist.
The more i learn about devil's, the more i respect Asmodeus for staying on top of this hellish hierarchy
More of an abyssal gal myself. A devil’s got nothing on a demon
@@nino6194 I respectfully disagree. The Devils are so intriguing & fun to play around with. But I will say this, it's so much more fun having them together. Im running a 9 Hells Campaign rn with 2 Infernal Cambion players. Even tho it's in he 9 Hells I plan to have them encounter, Graz'zt, Orcus & Juiblex on their quest to take over the 9 Hells.
You mean beneath it?
@@nino6194funny you should say that considering it’s stressed often in canon that 1v1 devils are far superior, a pit fiend vs a balor isn’t even close to a fair fight, a pit fiend vs 4 Balors? Maybe the pit fiend might have to break a sweat.
Oooh this is great to wake up to at 4am
Concept for a demonic weapon, a crystal that can restore a devils memories as a mortal, causes a very distracting confusion that takes their mind out of the battle.
They move so slow on the ground because they gotta have that strut.
"I didn't spend countless centuries to earn this rank to be caught half jogging at a fool."
The devil with the kittens!!! Didn't notice them at first had to go back and see it again.
It would be awesome if we got a video on fiendish contracts, how they work, and how we might trick our players into signing one
I'm a bit worried I might be too authentic...
One of my parties favorite strategies for dealing with devils is mercy and kindness. Nothing makes a devil more predictably hostile than that, and so they fall right in to a well layed trap when they either immediately try to stab us in the back or come for revenge later. We're good but we ain't stupid, and hoping for the best while expecting and accounting for the worst has made us the bane of devils in our campaign. I swear some of our characters were lawyers in another life.
It'd be hilarious if your group runs into something you think is a devil but turns out to be some other sort of fiend/demon who decides to take advantage by going for the long con.
@@craigbox6918 Yugoloths, for example, or an infernal hag spawn.
Another good one! I can just see the devil being all smug and sinisterly mocking the way they do, and the party having an attitude like "oh you poor thing, you've been through a lot haven't you? If you need to to talk about it we're here for you. Here have some orange slices, prop your feet up and tell us all about it"
Hey man, the more i look into Drow society the more i am becoming curious about Yochlols. Why do they look like rotten celery? What is going on with them? That’s my vote for a video topic. And thanks AJ, great work as always.
Researching them now...
@@AJPickett 🤘🤩
13:26 I always rule that devils are immune to cold and ice devils immune to fire. Although they have their comfort zones like the gelugons in Stygia, any devil is capable of performing their duty on any layer. In poison bogs, firestorms, or in blizzards, there's always an imp finding out how unfortunate it is that they can continue their task regardless of the conditions.
Random picture of Illidan Stormrage makes me laugh. I’m watching this to prep for a session where the party will fight a variation on a horned devil, and the questgiver is loosely based on Illidan, lol.
heh!
I've always wondered what a regular commoner would think if they beheld a greater demon, daemon, or devil. If they make PC's shudder, they must just break the mind of regular folks.
Awe. This is a being both great and terrible
Dragons, high-level fiends, and other powerful monsters often have a constant Fear Aura around them that simulates this effect.
The very first 5th edition monster I ever ran. Just me, some dice, some beer, a single friend and his 9th level Paladin. Fun 3 rounds of combat.
In all seriousness though I'm jacked for this one. I love the horned devils position in our real world mythology and since that fateful first encounter every single one of these bad boys has some level of uniqueness and customization when they appear at my table
I always enjoy you expounding on the mindset of the devils and how long and horrific their lives are when they aren't squaring off against foolish mortals. It's little wonder they end up as vile monsters when an already evil mortal soul is subjected to scores of centuries of cruelty, battle, betrayal, and unholy sets of standards for even the faintest hope of advancement. I remember humbly requesting your esteemed coverage of the Steel Devil (Bueroza). If you have already done a video on them I apologize. They are superb soldiers that put the bearded bumblers to shame and look oddly normal compared to the horned, hooved, scowling, bare-chested qualities most devils have.
I'd be genuinely interested in videos about Narzugons, Merrigons and Amnizu.
Maybe it's cuz I've been playing a lot of SWTOR, but I just realized that the Devils would make *excellent* Sith.
True
What if they like AJ said: "scorch the earth" could druid or just natural processes use that to renew plant growth in that area?🍃
Love your vids btw.
Absolutely, the idea is that they burn away all the abyssal corruption, leaving a "clean" area ready for regrowth.
@@AJPickett Well that's a sweet thing of them to do 😌
I thought it was infernal hellfire and so therefore spoiling the soil or something thx for the answer.
"it's the only way to be sure" 👽👽😊👍
He can't make that kind of call he's just a grunt! No offense 😁
@@17Scumdog 😁👍
I, for one, absolutely love the background music selection. Had my head bumping for all twenty-plus minutes. Takes me all the way back to when D&D and heavy metal were both "dangerous".
I can see the nostalgia value, but for me it breaks immersion if I'm listening for the content. Plus, sometimes I listen to these vids as background noise, which is usually soothing (but not when they have rock/metal). To each their own, I guess.
Perhaps you could discuss a bit on how and why Devils wind up on the Material Plane. Outside of being summoned, there doesn't seem to be much information on the topic. But if an entire city can be pulled into Avernus, surely a small army of Devils could pop into a Material world.
Going in is the easy part. Leaving is the hard part. Divine law keeps them from traveling to the prime material plane under their own power. The gods do not want them leaving for anything short of a summoning or an outbreak of the abyss. And then go straight back with no detours. So yes, you could summon them in, but almost none of them can leave. Rakshasa can and this is the thing that makes them valuable to hell. But as I understand it they paid an enormous and bitter price to enjoy that luxury.
Thanks.
4:16-4:36 And that's why everybody that thinks devils are the so called good guys in this conflict are wrong. That and they also want to concor the entire multivers after they eliminate the competition.
EDIT: Why did hero music played in the background of the video and yet no kirin showed up?
So very amazing. I love the lore of the Nine Hells and very useful in the game.
Just what I needed to brighten up quarantine. I spent all of yesterday riffing on Grim Hollow's Transformation system out of sheer lack of anything to do.
Still, managed to convert a homebrew Lycanthrope (a Werecats) into a full transformation, so that's nice.
Do you have the virus man? Or just general quarantine? I didn't think anyone was still doing that. Hope you're alright 😊
@@17Scumdog
I'm good- it's my flatmate that got it. Since I'm a teacher, I'm required to basically call out a week for exposure, and I'm not allowed to go out while missing work for quarantine.
On the bright side, I don't think I will ever be as ready for a session as I am for the one I'm running this Thursday.
Thanks for the well-wishes.
@@drakeford4860 you bet! 2021 is going to be the real start to our roaring 20s. Give your players one hell of a session!
yeesh their is a some what of a dark truth to the whole kindness and compassion being selfish thing...thanks for the existential crisis AJ.
"No good deed goes unpunished" is the saying. For us Christians we "wait on the Lord" because He is more vengeful than people might realise.
My own views on morality are entirely different to a fiend, but it's my job to portray their perspective and how they sway others to their own ends.
Love your stuff AJ, really got me into D&D lore.
Aj, my brother, I love all your content, but I especially enjoy fiend videos....Mo' demons, devil's and yugos!!!!
I need you to understand that my game gets more epic and brutal every time you drop a new devil.
Thousands of years to be a horned devil. This is why evil cultists fight so hard and do the things they do. If they feel they are already headed to the lower plane, why not get a head start on the hierarchy by serving as mortal agents and skipping some of that grind? A very good explanation for a continued relationship with a pact patron.. This could work with any of the outer beings, I think. Basic priests working so hard so their deity gives them a level boost.
I mean, wouldn't you want to skip being a lemure?
@@jacobfreeman5444 exactly. Skip right past that noise and go straight to horned devil
One good encounter I've had a lot of mileage out of is the Recruiter. If you got decently leveled characters in the outer planes (or even the elemental planes) have them run into a nonhostile Devil whose there to recruit powerful mortals to the Blood War. Part of the pitch is if you sign a long enough term contract and serve with enough distinction your soul can be promoted to a higher devil form right out the gate. I actually almost had my ranger and fighter sign up before the Paladin and Bard caught up to them and nixed it.
@@garvinanders2355 what is a level or two of warlock between friends?
It was my understanding that Cornugons and Malebranches are two different kinds of devils, with the Cornugon being called the Horned Devil. Is this one of those things that changes between editions?
I remember in 1st & 2nd edition, they were one in the same. I think in 3rd or 4th, they made them separate creatures to give more variety to the Devils who were somewhat lacking in the heavy hitter department.
Yes
Erinyes would be cool to see in a video
They kick ass.
14:00 Extermanatis...the Emperor said what now?
Have you seen helsreach fan movie? I will link it if not... It's sooooo good, beyond words good.
Just ran a horned devil last week and planning on having a couple of em moving forward into the campaign. This is a great resource
Love the music choice A.J. great vid
My thoughts on fiends having magic items is that if they aren't very useful to the players they can be sold or broken down for materials to make other items
Huh, interesting. The Cornugon and the Malebranche used to be different devils in earlier editions. And while the Malebranche did indeed fight with tridents/pole arms, at least in 3E, the Cornugon preferred to fight with spiked chains with the wounding property, and the Cornugon was one of the strongst devils short of the Pit Fiend in the monster manual.
Keep up the awesome work AJ!!!! Now the Erinyes, or the chain devils!
We have a vid on the Chain Devils, Erinyes are coming soon.
Such a tasty jam at the end
I'd love a D&D novel about a partitioner in the 9 hells moving up the ranks from lowly meatbag to a greater devil involved in the greater goings on of the cosmos. It's be crazy to see a being that maybe retains all their memories, perhaps even their life before, and the continuity that would bring.
A video on the Infernal would be really cool.
This is one of your best videos
Asmodeus, chaos beast, Kezef the Chaos Hound... If not already done
Pretty awesome old school metal tunes, \,,/
I actually made my own circles of hell a while back. Among my biggest sources of inspiration were the nine hells and abyss.
They are iconic.
Woooooooo, yeeeaaa babbbbbyyy!
Love the "music video" at the end🤩
Thanks AJ for more great morning listening
Suggestions for a DM if a player wants to strike a deal with a devil?
Let them. What we are talking about is entirely in the DM's hands anyway, unless the player wants to devote a level to cross classing into Warlock.
I've been working on this for a while now. AJ is right, let them. Thing that's most important though is the cost. Devil's don't just give away power, it has to come with a heavy cost, and likely very little good will come of using said power. If your fighter wants to be king, maybe some chain of events lead to him being crowned king, but then the kingdom falls to ruin and the people blame him and throw him out of a tower window 😂 before he hits the ground, there will be the devil come to collect what is now his. Ya know stuff like that. There is always a terrible price to pay when dealing with fiends
@@17Scumdog yeah that’s what I meant. Some ideas for some subtle but costly consequences for making a bargain
@@joshuaceremsak4597 right, it's hard to give any specifics because of the unpredictability of players and their aspirations, jim davis of web dm often talks about not being afraid to call a quick break in the session to give you time to think about things, In the case of wishes and pacts with fiends it would be really helpful to write down a physical contract irl that you could later reference. Maybe try to make plays on words or take things literally to the extreme, to the point of being almost a jerk because when it comes right down to it they the player are not really making a pact with you the dm, the pc is making a pact with the fiend. Also probably important that you make the player understand that is the case because sometimes people can get upset when their character really gets screwed over
Back in 3.5 they were using spiked chains and they dind't have the fire attack but did have 3/day fireball (And 3/day lightning bolt but Demons are electricity proof)
So if hornd devil are considered the most loyal, what devils are considered the most untrustworthy? Also excellent video as always aj!
The real answer is none of them, but imps are particularly treacherous
Asmodeus himself.
Oh Imps are likely candidates.
Lemures I assume. They are just stupid, ineffectual punching bags. Good for a chuckle and little else.
I am always happy to see more Devil lore vids it helps a lot with a project of mine.
Blood War Exterminatus is how I'm going to end my campaign now
The infernal/fiendish videos are my favs. The relationship between angels and devils is really interesting to me. Before your videos, i assumed they fought each other primarily, but their shared lawfulness seems to lessen that to some degree. I wonder though: how do the seldarine interact with the devils given that they're exact opposites?
As you would expect. Not very well.
The music! The music! Awesome shtuff A.J. Keep up the work man!
bruh, hell sounds like corporate life
Exactly.
Devils are just militant bureaucrats. All forms signed, in triplicate, before you even think of making an appointment.
@@jacobfreeman5444 Ah, so Nazis. Prussian efficiency with a drive for conquest.
@@HiopX They're more about holding the line than conquest (although there's a lot of competition within the 9 Hells). Maybe that'd be different if they weren't preoccupied with the demons, but as it stands, a lack of drive for conquest is one key aspect in which devils do NOT resemble that group.
Would really like a dedicated Night Hag video.
Oh, that'll be a good one :D
Prepping for Descent into Avernus, always stoked to see a devil video!!
My thinking is they spend so much time flying, thus proving their superiority, that are a bit awkward on the ground. It is not a physical slowness, but an unfamiliarity with the sensation of walking instead of flying.
Could a Devil steal a promotion from an archdevil? Now that would be a fun character. Maybe a rogue devil who figured that the whole 9 hells is one big con, and that the blood war is a sham, so they steal enough divine essence to be comfortably set up shop somewhere in the Prime Material, kinda like Vincent Trench in Waterdeep. Maybe Graz'zt once had a similar idea...?
I don't think so. The infusion of power that goes with that is part of the magical system of promotion/demotion. It is literally part of their being. And any such loophole would surely be patched long ago as surely it would have already have been exploited.
I mean.... never say never.
I love it! Maybe they think they're being slick but really it's just another level of deceit and all part of asmodeus's eternal scheming. I swear the comment section of this channel is a gold mine of great ideas. Thanks for this I'm stealing it 😁
@@AJPickett While true, isn't this part of the reason Glasya is universally hated and feared by the other arch devils? That she was able to see the loopholes the rest of them still don't know about and exploited them, making daddy equal parts proud and wary.
Infernal wound I wonder how it would look like if a warforged was hit. They’re technically alive and could be considered living constructs. Would they bleed oil or would random cogs and springs fall out. Lol
They sure do
Gotta say, great background music.
Hey how do devils view other devils becoming gods/ demigods? Also could you do a video on the demigod/former archdevils Gargauth? 👹
"this lucky bastard.. I hate him, if anyone deserved godhood, it should've been me!"
@@dragonrenver ^exactly
The low land speed is to encourage DMs to make horned devils fly. They are a flying creature after all.
Beat me to it. So, here's your thumbs-up. In the scheme of things in the Nine Hells (sorry for not using the modern PC name), these guys are akin to paratroopers, air-dropped tanks, field commanders, gunships (attach choppers), and anti-air artillery all rolled up into one devil.
Suggestion: 2 actually.
I’d still like to learn more about the Yochlol.
Also dwarves in Faerun ride battle pigs! A video on their board would be really cool
I am doing the Yochlol very soon.
@@AJPickett that’s awesome! It’s probably because of these books but I find the demon web pits and their denizens fascinating.
Can you do a video on the Erinyes oh grateful Loremaster?
Indeed I can
Question, Is it possible for a unique Devil to accumulate enough outside power to promote themselves? With overhead supervision from Asmodeus of course, because almost nothing in the nine hells is outside of his sight.
We hear stories of demons mutating and growing due to their chaotic nature, But is their a Lawful loophole for a devil can use to grow into a unique form without being an Archduke?
You are describing how archdukes are made.
Are these monster ecology vids limited to d&d monsters only? If not, I would love one on the Shemhazian demon from Pathfinder.
Possibly.
Could you please consider a video in the Orthon?
I'm still coming up with ideas for a campaign I hope to run if I can get a group together. One of these ideas is thanks to Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. It describes the Orthon as bounty hunters, so I'm thinking of the potential for one to show up and offer to assist the PCs, since they're both after the same target. Part of my idea with this is that this Orthon may try to sweeten the deal by offering to the PC who's doomed to the Nine Hells a position as an imp "sidekick" rather than starting off as a Lemure. I don't know if an Orthon can actually offer that, because I don't know where they fall in the hierarchy.
Great concept!
You are the dm, what you say goes. The hierarchy of hell is more complex than it initially appears so who is to say who can or cannot promote whom at any given time.
@@trajanfidelis1532 True. It would still be my first time, so anything that could help my confidence (without being overconfident) helps.
Great job!
Are the any recorded instances of celestial and devils working together in the blood war?
Entirely likely, yes.
Zariel
@@charlottewalnut3118 I don't think she counts. Zariel is corrupted by 9 hells and works for asmodeus.
@@jaredbledsoe-sams1361 yeah but she was a angel assigned to watch and then joined
Love the outro
The music kinda killed it for me, couldn't hear the actual content of the video very well. What I could make out was fantastic as always. Gave me some good inspiration. I'm hard of hearing though so it might just be me.
thanks for the feedback, over the years, audio has been the most difficult thing to master, I am still not there yet, but I think I have the background audio levels sorted out now (thanks to help from viewers)
could you please make a video on infernal warmachines. I realy want to use them in my game.
Sure
Problem with an existence whose fought for thousands of years is that their battle experience is measures beyond any mortal (even long lived ones). Hard to justify the PCs matching them in power
Unless your a paladin or cleric. Divine might and intervention.
Just because the realm of Hell is so stringent with it's power doesn't mean the mortal realm is. Add to that the fact that player characters will rarely face down devils they aren't of the appropriate level to challenge and it only makes sense why an experienced adventurer can fight them.
Pcs use mob tactics and war crime levels of screwed up ideas to beat down singular devil's into submission. Also that's what makes pcs so damn legendary Is that this group of nobody's just took down that thing by themselves.
Devil's used to fighting as part of a formation with a bunch of other Horned Devils by its side. Suddenly it's alone and being mobbed by a pack of lunatics using the kind of tactics that even Demons stop and question. That said there are a number of adventuring parties that get plugged by a Devil, it's just that there are also a good number of adventurers who are a complete OCP for the Devil and they aren't trained for those.
This isn't dragonball. Training doesn't increase their power but gives them knowledge how to use it.
Could you a video about bane specifically please, I want to run an oath of conquest palidan that follows him
You should check out the Faith's of the realms video! It's almost 2 hours long, but if you check the description you can see where it talks about bane, so you dont have to watch the whole thing
Have you done a video on the abishai? I'd love to see more stuff on them as weird devils with draconic aspects.
I believe so.
Pit demon next.
Check the playlists. He already did a video on the pit fiend.
Do some of the lesser known named devils
Regarding the Malebranche name, it is not to be confused with the so-called 'War-Devils', which are essentially beefed-up, oversized horned devil-like fiendish bullies on steroids which ranged in size from Huge up to the taller end of Gargantuan, depending on their original form. Despite their brutish appearance and agressive demeanor - as well as very accepting of degrading orders from higher devils, from borderline suicidal commands to being used as mounts on occasion - Malebranches are actually quite clever, capable leaders as well as resourceful tacticians, not to mention aerial aces capable of agile maneuvers and stealthy approach, in spite of their size. While they are sometimes cited as 'the greatest Horned Devils' (some would even surmise that they are in fact ascended Cornugons), their rank in Hell's hierarchy seems inconsistent, varying according to the sources used, although more often than not referred to as greater Baatezu.
Also, although I already mentionned it on this channel, it still irks me quite a bit that 5E removed most Outsider's (most importantly, fiends') spell-like abilities and reduced their skills (and feats) to, well, nothing or almost. For instance, Cornugon used to able to hurl a few Fireballs and Lightning bolts a day, as well as capable of teleporting themselves and summoning lesser devils, like most devils of their rank, not to mention their Circle Against Good and some illusion effect (quite useful for battlefield control/deterrence). Also, Regeneration.
And what about their Fear Aura, which used to be common among fiends (or worse, Insanity, in the case of the Obyrith)? Mortals should have a serious case of the heebie-jeebies if not just plain cower in fear just standing in the vicinity of something so alien and intrisically Evil to the core. Even though I'm no coward, I know I most likely would, too X'D
Anyway, great job as always, AJ! Keep it up!
All very valid gripes.
Outro was great
Bit of a musical interlude 😎
A J if you are looking for topics to do could you please do bard's and monk classes videos.
Eventually.
@@AJPickett ideally before 2022 please
@@burningbronze7555 no promises
Gully dwarves! Lol ill keep trying
noted.
Its always nice coming home from work and being immersed in d&d lore. Thanks @J
Your ideas concerning infernal weapons used by these devils was amazing advice!
Can't wait to watch this after work today! Our bard is an infernal bloodline tiefling and his family's history ties heavily into the main plot of my current campaign. Hoping this will help me out 😅
I do enjoy 9 hells shenanigans.
Is there any lore about the deals and any notable cases in the history of mortals who made really big deals and got the better of the devils?
I know most mortals don't read the fine print but I'm sure some have.
Background theme sounds like it came from legend of dragoon, the Hellena prison theme to be specific
Yay!
Stayed for the music to finish!
Not gunna lie, the picture at 0:33 had me doing a double take because I thought it was a zoomed out version of the shot of the Doomslayer fighting a hord 😂❤ *E1M1 INTENSIFIES*
Yea! At last 😄 thanks a lot AJ, great subject, great vid 😁😉
Metal
Yo anyone got the name of that song I’m digging the hell out of that guitar lick . Side note I don’t have a face book so I can’t look it up on that link.
I love the idea of augmenting them with various magical items, weapons and artifacts they’ve picked up over the centuries, but how do you reckon the impact of said augmentation on the CR ratings of a given baddie?
Do one on the Pereghost
Noted!
*6:20** Devil KITTIES!!!*
Um actually, it's spelled "KITTEHS"...
Nice work. Now, back to work :)
Nice video Aj
how are you today?
Have you eaten cheese lately
Yes, I ate some English cheese recently.
For future videos: draegloth or glabrezu
David Hall both done already
@@ashleyevans1070 thanks for letting me know
Wait are you the glue stick?
I am
My mind has been opened to the possibilities of magical nipple clamps. I'm more used to older additions so I'm not sure how 5E deals with item slots, but would these be in the chest slot or necklace slot? Like, can you stack it with a magical robe or chestplate? And do you have to give up another slot for it?
In previous edition item's such as nipple piercing . They fell in to a slot less item grouping for a simple item for the body part found on them as if it was a magic item for the same body part item . If it take a bigger form such as how big piercing can be then they may take the entire item slot up . RAW in previous edition you could have a slot less item for X body part such as a robe and a slot less item that can be on the body still while benefit from both effect's . As for 5E this is more of ask your GM question for how many item's you can have for a given item slot before they interfere with each other . For character benefiting from magical tattoo's , piericing , robes or etc item for differant category of item slot's for the same item slot. I could see a diabolical kyton mortal follower doing this to their body beside for the visual look's it give to npc for how many piercing they can have at a given time.