Game: We're Still not Quite Dead Yet

Canzonzabar:

"Eru'maho calls himself an Adujas. He is a type of living plant. He was banished to Carceri and escaped. As far as I can tell, his only agenda is revenge. We have...twisted his arm somewhat to get him to cooperate with us. He should not cause you any problems. Nevertheless, keep your eyes open, lest he decides you are an easy target to take revenge on."

"The rakhasa has ties with the Athar. He appears to be exiled, though we do not know what house he belonged to or why. He has no prior asociation with us, but is lawful enough to keep his written word and smart enough to realize what will happen if he breaks it.

"If you serve well and faithfully, promotion is a certainty. There will be many open posts in Sigil through both promotions and...removals. As you already know, you are already well-favored by the Embassy and your superiors in Dis. We will also provide you with aditional coin to buy any gear or pay any bribes that might be nescesary. I am prepared to pay you the coin up front. The embassy has authorized me to pay you 50 merts. It is nonnegotiobale, unfortunately. I've also spoken with your superiors in Dis. They will cover for you in the event of your death. We will ensure that you will not be tried for incompetence should you die."

OOC: this is a break from cannon, 2e cannon, which says that every fiend who dies off Baator reforms as nuperibos. It also says that they won't reform if they leave Baator of thier own free will (including the orders of superiors). Instead, I will rule that all Devils reform at thier own rank in Baator, but are aften tried and demoted. They can be permanently killed by certain spells and rituals. Holy weapons also have a small chance of permanently destroying them.

OOC: The shattered temple is now the temple of Hades. (Post-Faction War stuff is assumed to be cannon unless I specifically say otherwise. You do not know Epheaz to be a fiend (Only Canzonzabar and Yebena do). You are still under the asumption that he is a half fiend. With that in mind, the Athar's records (which are at the base of the Spire) aren't a very good place to look. They don't have much on people, especially someone as insignificant as a half-fiend. Gathering information in Sigil is a better option for finding out about namesyou are free to choose where and post with as much detail as you'd like.

OOC: This is intentionally flexible. You can just make the checks if you want, but it also provides an oportunity to develop your character more.

If you wanted to gather information, pubs are the best choice. Drunk people talk more.

For information about 'Leths make a knowledge the planes check. You don't need to know (and you don't have the means to if you did) anything about the bearnloths. Apomps specifically lives on Carceri with his 'Leths. This is the extent of useful information on him you would be able to get.

OOC: FCII isn't cannon though, now that I have Faces of Evil and Planes of Law. Promotions are usually non-linear. Fiends can skip ranks and different fiends are promoted in diferent ways.

I rate a falxugon as equivalent to an erinyes in rank, though on an individual level, both castes have many individuals like yourself who are considerably more powerful or influential than the norm. A falxgon is generally more likely to fill noncombat roles in the infernal hierarchy. The next likely step in this direction is the sage devil (homebrewed), with the ability to cast as a sorceror. They are the teachers, scholars, censors, and researchers of Hell. They also tempt mortals, especially wizards. A sage devil can be promoted directly to a pit fiend (like erinyes or falxugons) but it can also be promoted to the rank of arbiter devil (too powerful for this campaign, as is a pit fiend). Arbiter devils are infernal judges and major bureaucrats and are specifically tasked with tracking down rouge devils.

The other option would be to promote/demote (it's a matter of perspective) yourself into an Erinyes (you could still use your gear and manage to take a level or two depending on when you are promoted) if you were more martially inclined. This opens up the possibility to advance to just about every other more powerful caste. I don't have any fiends in the FCII, if you have a suggestion that isn't in the MM, PM me.

Ah, that's the problem. The stats are in my DM's notebook...or my math notebook, I can't actually tell the diference. Baisically, it's a high charisma, high inteligence creature that casts as a sorceror and has some spell like abilities to confuse and manipulate others.

PM'd you the character creation stats, and a brachina is a specialized erineyes (I think). You'd have to become an erineyes first and then get promoted a second time.

It is most definitely possible, but time is an issue too. I prefer promotion to be quicker (the Baatezu have it really bad in that regard), but it'd still be quite slow (weeks is better than centuries, but it still counts in a campiagn wher time is important) You have to be demoted to korachoron, then immediately promoted to erinyes and then promoted again to brachina, since promotion is up and down not sideways. By the way, what CR is the Brachina?

OOC: What are the special abilities? I don't have the stats. I'll consider how long promotion will take. It may make sense to speed it along a bit. CR 11 would put you at equvilant character level 15.

Ephaez grins, somewhat amused, "Very few can request which caste they want to serve in without dire consequences. You are one of those few. It is good that you agree with my assesment. Especially since I have already begun pushing the paerwork for your promotion through--if you suceed of course."

OOC: A devil's sworn word is unbreakable (unless you want your alignment to change to NE), there is no need for one.

"Ephaez steps back into the room. "I suggest you leave to prepare as you will. This next one will be a very time consuming negotiation."

"Indeed it will, unless you try making a propper offer to begin with."

OOC: you are meeting at the portal ant antipeak, not waiting on any more orders.

Okay.

You all find yourself behind the Gatehouse, on a small and currently deserted road. One side is made up of small tenament buildings, many look abandoned--the screaming barmies can't be good for property values. Of those still inhabited, most have thier lights out at this hour, and the street is deserted. The other side of the street is bounded by a tall iron fence surrounding the three gardens and excercise yards of the Gatehouse.

The hole in tha wall Ephaez mentioned is easy to find and conveniently surrounded by razorvine. You see a small mortal woman sitting against a clear patch of wall. She wears a robe that is too big for her. It resembles a less expensive and dirtier version of Yebena's robe.

"Indeed, but perhaps we should wait for everyone else."

You result (it is diferent) also, please post for the intro:

-produced from corpses on carceri, whenever one dies annother is instantly born

-9,999 'leths (3,333 of each caste)

-led by apomps

-3 castes of 'Leths

-farrastu, weakest 'Leths--produce tar from thier skin, very strong, fearless

-kelubar, middle caste--acidic slime, foul smell, very strong

-shator, upper caste, very phsically powerful

-exist only to destroy

-no organized society

-immune to acid and poison

When you arrive, you do see Bruce and somone who might possibly be Yebena. You do not see anyone with your advance payment.

OOC: An introduction provides an oportunity to RP while waiting for everyone else's posts. Sitting around isn't much fun.

"Your box is right there," says Yebena, pointing to a small wooden container at the top of a pile of trash. "I would assume it's your box, it's adressed to you."

When you retrieve the box, you notice that it detects strong divination (as expected), but there are also abjuration and evocation auras on the box.

"Or we could hire a Maernloth. It is prefferable to walking."

"Mmmm...that will be a long walk for you, especially on Carceri. The nearest portal is fifty orbs away, all of them dense jungles. And it leads to A'grazzt. A'grazzt is a perfectly fine destination by my standards. I don't think you'd much like it, though. They ask for an absurd toll too. As for the compass, it is valuble--priceless even, to a prisoner of Carceri who has all the time he could ever want to slog through jungles full of 'Leths and plants that want to make you thier lunch. To you, it is currently a uselesss piece of junk."

Sidharta:

Mearnloths:

-travel the Styx on skiffs.

-can be summouned to the banks of the Styx and can get anywhere on the lower planes in a few days.

-notoriously unreliable, a good bribe helps avoid a swim in the Styx, though. You don't know the affect a greter Yugloth would have on this.