Re: (TFT) Discussion: Devils and Demons --> Same thing?

["Anthony Merlock" <amerlock@execpc.com>]

> >Actually, I quite like the 'mythology' described in the old DragonQuest
> >game
> >by SPI - there were 5 levels of Demon lords, which contained dozens of
> >unique demons, and each could grant lesser spirits (devils and imps) to
> >those who summoned them.  Of course, it was *far* less than a monster-bash
> >when they were involved.... You just didn't try to fight them, unless you
> >had no other choice.<
> 
> I dont really think that a demon 'heirarchy' is the same thing as the
> Demons/Devils distinction in D&D. 

I agree.  I don't like the demon/devil distinction in D&D.  I found the 
DragonQuest treatment of demons and devils far better than D&D's or TFT's
treatments of them.

> 
> I also have Earth Demons, Demonic Servants, Demonspawn, Devlin and Lesser
> and Greater Demons. All Demons at different levels of evolution.....
> 
> But I dont have an entire different species of Demon that is simply a
> mirror image with different attributes. Devils in D&D are not different
> forms of demons - they are an entirely different species that thematically
> and dramatically serves the exact same purpose as Demons! They're just
> 'another' thing you can summon....

Agreed.  IMHO, the differentiation between demons and devils in D&D is 
useless and poorly done.

Tony Merlock

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