I am thinking of a pair of twins. They are urchins and only have each other. I was thinking of having Asmodeus send a devil to possess one of the twins and use his body to murder the young son of a high ranking noble.
Basically, Asmodeus knows that the boy will be executed, and that his twin will be driven mad with grief, and run right into the arms of Asmodeus, who will promise her the power to get revenge on those responsible for her brothers death.
Asmodeus wants the sister for some reason, but he can't just take her, he needs her to willingly accept him and the power he offers.
So he sets up this whole thing, just to get his hands on her.
Of course the sister sees the judge, the executioner, the people who identified her brother and so on as being the ones responsible, and she will use her new power to get revenge - driving her down a dark path and into the arms of the prince of lies.
First off, cannocally, is this something that Asmodeus would do, or is it too simple a plot, and can devils possess and control humans in the first place?
Also,.which of the lower ranking devils, would be willing to wear the skin of a child, to kill another child? Is that something that even devils won't do, even if they ordered to by Asmodeus himself?
Also do any of you more familiar with the lore of devils and the hells have any idea cannocally why Asmodeus might want the sister and what her might want he for.
Devil possession really isn't a thing. Devils also have a relatively hard time infiltrating the material plane; that's why they start cults. And if you already cultists willing to do your dirty work, it's a lot easier to get a cultist to use low-level magic like Suggestion or Disguise Self to frame the boy than to send a fiend over, unless it's an extremely important task that Asmodeus would only entrust to someone in his inner circle.
The part about needing a contract rather than just taking what they want is a devil thing. As for what they want, devils collect contracts so when the contracted dies, they become a minion in the endless war against demons. So maybe something to do with fighting demons.
Asmodeus is not likely to do the plotting and contracting himself though. Not when he has an entire dimension of subordinates to do that for him. So your PC's soul/service would have to be really valuable.
I am thinking of a pair of twins. They are urchins and only have each other. I was thinking of having Asmodeus send a devil to possess one of the twins and use his body to murder the young son of a high ranking noble.
Basically, Asmodeus knows that the boy will be executed, and that his twin will be driven mad with grief, and run right into the arms of Asmodeus, who will promise her the power to get revenge on those responsible for her brothers death.
Asmodeus wants the sister for some reason, but he can't just take her, he needs her to willingly accept him and the power he offers.
So he sets up this whole thing, just to get his hands on her.
Of course the sister sees the judge, the executioner, the people who identified her brother and so on as being the ones responsible, and she will use her new power to get revenge - driving her down a dark path and into the arms of the prince of lies.
First off, cannocally, is this something that Asmodeus would do, or is it too simple a plot, and can devils possess and control humans in the first place?
Also,.which of the lower ranking devils, would be willing to wear the skin of a child, to kill another child? Is that something that even devils won't do, even if they ordered to by Asmodeus himself?
Also do any of you more familiar with the lore of devils and the hells have any idea cannocally why Asmodeus might want the sister and what her might want he for.
Thanks guys
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Devil possession really isn't a thing. Devils also have a relatively hard time infiltrating the material plane; that's why they start cults. And if you already cultists willing to do your dirty work, it's a lot easier to get a cultist to use low-level magic like Suggestion or Disguise Self to frame the boy than to send a fiend over, unless it's an extremely important task that Asmodeus would only entrust to someone in his inner circle.
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The part about needing a contract rather than just taking what they want is a devil thing. As for what they want, devils collect contracts so when the contracted dies, they become a minion in the endless war against demons. So maybe something to do with fighting demons.
Asmodeus is not likely to do the plotting and contracting himself though. Not when he has an entire dimension of subordinates to do that for him. So your PC's soul/service would have to be really valuable.
It's your world. If it enhances the story you want to tell, then tell it your way.
If you're interested for strictly canonical reasons, then more power to you. But, for me, the beauty of D&D is the freedom it allows to make it yours.