I'm making a warlock for my first real d&d game, and I'm having trouble finding the proper patron. I chose fiend, and then devil (don't want to deal with demons' bs), and was looking for a named devil to make a deal with, and got lost in Wikipedia's rabbit hole of lore. I would heavily prefer someone well known for their charisma and deception, as my character is going to be Loki esque. I did find Amduscias, but I really want to avoid being roped into the Bahamut v Tiamat issue.
Well, listed in Mordenkaines, Titivilus is one choice. Glasya, lord(Lady?) of the 6th, or Lilis, consort to Dispater are options as well as the consorts are very much up the Charisma as far as Devils go.
If you're willing to pledge yourself to a lord of the nine hells, Fierna (or one of her subordinates) may be for you. Here's a few excerpts on her from Mordenkainens
"Fierna’s charisma, equaled only by that of Asmodeus, makes her a brilliant manipulator capable of filling mortal and immortal hearts with whatever emotion she chooses to evoke [...]
Fierna offers her supplicants the gift of personal influence, endowing them with a glib tongue and the ability to mold others’ emotions as they see fit. Her agents typically concentrate on swaying mortals who already seek to manipulate others. Mortals who are desperate to attain positions of power and status entreat her, as do those who — for whatever reason — need to be loved, feared, or respected.
Fierna takes a direct interest in the soul trade. Her prodigious intellect allows her to glean the best information from the mountains of reports generated by her agents on the Material Plane. Fierna sometimes personally takes a role in bending a mortal’s emotions to her will, as a way to better understand the workings of mortal hearts and minds. What she or Belial intends to do with their accumulated knowledge none can definitively say, but rumors exist that Fierna has stolen the secret of how to travel freely between the Nine Hells and the Material Plane from the archlich Vecna. The fact that the denizens of the Nine Hells take such rumors seriously is a clear indication of their respect for Fierna’s power."
There are other devils that may interest you, like erinyes or succubi (though I couldn't find any specifically named ones). They both are highly beautiful and charismatic, though a succubus might align themselves more as a demon than a devil (it's not very clear to me). If you're set on a named devil, I would follow Nthal's advice and look through descriptions of the Lords of the Nine Hells and their consorts and underlings.
I'm making a warlock for my first real d&d game, and I'm having trouble finding the proper patron. I chose fiend, and then devil (don't want to deal with demons' bs), and was looking for a named devil to make a deal with, and got lost in Wikipedia's rabbit hole of lore. I would heavily prefer someone well known for their charisma and deception, as my character is going to be Loki esque. I did find Amduscias, but I really want to avoid being roped into the Bahamut v Tiamat issue.
Well, listed in Mordenkaines, Titivilus is one choice. Glasya, lord(Lady?) of the 6th, or Lilis, consort to Dispater are options as well as the consorts are very much up the Charisma as far as Devils go.
Source: List of named devils in Dungeons and Dragons
If you're willing to pledge yourself to a lord of the nine hells, Fierna (or one of her subordinates) may be for you. Here's a few excerpts on her from Mordenkainens
"Fierna’s charisma, equaled only by that of Asmodeus, makes her a brilliant manipulator capable of filling mortal and immortal hearts with whatever emotion she chooses to evoke [...]
Fierna offers her supplicants the gift of personal influence, endowing them with a glib tongue and the ability to mold others’ emotions as they see fit. Her agents typically concentrate on swaying mortals who already seek to manipulate others. Mortals who are desperate to attain positions of power and status entreat her, as do those who — for whatever reason — need to be loved, feared, or respected.
Fierna takes a direct interest in the soul trade. Her prodigious intellect allows her to glean the best information from the mountains of reports generated by her agents on the Material Plane. Fierna sometimes personally takes a role in bending a mortal’s emotions to her will, as a way to better understand the workings of mortal hearts and minds. What she or Belial intends to do with their accumulated knowledge none can definitively say, but rumors exist that Fierna has stolen the secret of how to travel freely between the Nine Hells and the Material Plane from the archlich Vecna. The fact that the denizens of the Nine Hells take such rumors seriously is a clear indication of their respect for Fierna’s power."
There are other devils that may interest you, like erinyes or succubi (though I couldn't find any specifically named ones). They both are highly beautiful and charismatic, though a succubus might align themselves more as a demon than a devil (it's not very clear to me). If you're set on a named devil, I would follow Nthal's advice and look through descriptions of the Lords of the Nine Hells and their consorts and underlings.