I just read the Pride Cometh and now I understand why you felt so at ease during the Descent into Avernus game with Dael and the others. It is a marvelous piece, one that really carries us to inside a goblin’s mind. Well freaking done Thanks! I had a laugh writing that one. 🙂
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) May 19, 2020
Lol! Pip finally got to live his best cat life! 😄
Glad they brought a smile to your face!
Thanks!— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) May 19, 2020
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One of the things that frustrates me about Avernus is that it can’t be mapped.
This is a LAWFUL evil plane. It’s not CHAOTIC evil (like the Abyss). I can imagine that the Abyss can’t be mapped. But I’d think that Avernus could be. It’s a minor nitpick, but there you go! #dnd Combination of the scarring of its original idyllic form being destroyed and the ruins being repeatedly brutalized, and it now having been repurposed into a defense against Abyssal incursion.
It defies mapping because Asmodeus wants it that way.
— Dan Dillon (@Dan_Dillon_1) June 3, 2020
Is there a term for someone who hails from Avernus, @ChrisPerkinsDnD? Like Neverwintan or Waterdhavian. I know the creatures are fiends but I wasn’t sure if they had another designation. One could imagine colloquial terms such as “infernal” or “hellborn” gaining some traction among non-devil natives of the Nine Hells. Avernian, Dissian, Phlegethosian, Maladominion, Fernian, Canian, Stygian, Malbolgian, and Nessian have nice rings to them, tho’. #wotcstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) January 29, 2020
Hi! I’m a DM and about to start up a new adventure with my ongoing 5e group. I want to run Descent Into Avernus, but they’re all Level 7 and want to keep their characters… any advice on where/how to move them into this book? You can increase the level (or number) of devils in the intro. Throw in some devil lackeys and make one of the Vanthampurs transform into a devil.
DIA is designed for role playing—the devils are meant to be bargained with. Feel free to use a pit fiend or release Gargauth! 🙂— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) May 11, 2020
There was a version of the story that had all the PCs in Elturel for a big celebration on the day that it slides into Avernus. You could kick it off that way (with a bang) and immediately give your high level PCs a big problem to chew on. 🙂
— Adam Lee (@adamofadventure) May 11, 2020
in the SCAG, it says Elturel’s High Rider was “burned to dust” by the Companion’s light. In BG:DiA, however, it says in 1444 the “holy light… sent the vampire lord scrambling for the shadows.” Given how hard it is to kill vampires, those events are not mutually exclusive. Whether the vampire is still around or not is entirely up to you! #wotcstaff
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) May 11, 2020
This weekend, I finally get to use a song I wrote for #DescentintoAvernus, which was inspired by @onnatryx’s main contribution to that product: the Wandering Emporium. #wotcstaff pic.twitter.com/fsMYfhdFdS
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 6, 2020
This weekend, I finally get to use a song I wrote for #DescentintoAvernus, which was inspired by @onnatryx’s main contribution to that product: the Wandering Emporium. #wotcstaff pic.twitter.com/fsMYfhdFdS
— Christopher Perkins (@ChrisPerkinsDnD) June 6, 2020
@TheEdVerse One of my players is a Conquest Paladin/ Warlock with his patron being Zariel. They’re running WD:Dragon Heist.
Would Zariel order, warn, or in any way tell this Paladin/Warlock who serves and seeks to win her favor to not interfere with the Cassalanter’s affairs? This is more of a question of the politics of hell I guess. Would Asmodeus get upset at Zariel if her minion got in the way of his plans? Would there be consequences? Would she worry about preventing that.
(Intentionally brief/vague cause some of my players follow me)— DJ Tigon (@djtigon) March 9, 2020
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If I was DM, Zariel would not warn, for more entertainment plus test of the warlock PC. Asmodeus wouldn’t get upset, because most tools (pawns/mortals/PCs and others) are flawed, and fail…and again, entertainment lies in seeing their tangents and screwups. But.. 2)
…Asmodeus would take steps, calmly, coldly, and ruthlessly. Not upset, because expecting underlings and dupes to make mistakes. Steps taken would be to send other underlings and dupes to deal with mistake-making pawns (PCs).
More entertainment for all… ;}#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) March 9, 2020
