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THE NINE HELLS IN AD&D/by yigal roitman
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HOW TO USE THIS TEXT?:this text is a work of fiction written as an
accesory to the ad&d role playing game.the text consists new ideas
(plus some old ones)to aid you,the game master,understand more deep
-ly this potentially great realm for adventuring -hell.
NOTE:any of you who read the text may disagree with my view of see
ing the nine realms of hell,and you all are welcome to make up
your own hell,as you see it,and this text or whats written in it
are not to force you in any way,only to suggest.if you like,you may
comment this work in any of the local systems,and ill be glad to
aid or develop the idea further upon any requests!
DOWN TO BUSINESS:what exactly is this hell? according to "Longmans"
dictionary:/"hel"(especially in christian and muslim religions)
/a place where the souls of bad people are said to be punished after
death/.
since the game term 'hell' reffers to a certain place (another plane
of existence),without the use of a specific religion that is worldly
believed in our days (with obvious reasons),my suggestion is that
if you want to use hell in your campaign,use some religion of lawful
evil beingsand the place where souls of sinners are sent to.
whats more,i suggest that if you use hell as your campaign's existance
plane of evil,make it also the only one,and the major evil in your
campain-the lawful one,or else it will lose its specific beauty.(same
is true for all evil planes,of course.)
once hell is established in your campaign,(as an opposite to some good
and saintly plane of existance)it neads believers.
you must understand that believing in hell doesnot mean worshiping it,
as many mistake,but quite on the contrary,it means fearing it.
believing in hell means fearing hell,fearing devils,fearing the evil
archdevils,and trying to cast them of by various folkly conjurations.
the more people on your realm who believe in hell,the more powerful and
influential they get on the realm.(the devils' aim,of course.)
now that you have a campaign world and you have its folks fearing hell
and believing in it,you must place your NPCs in it.
cleric:the closest character class to hell and devils is the cleric.
clerics are the spiritual guides to the people.(both good and bad)
good clerics try to convert people from ways of evil,and make them more
holy and worthy.they battle evil spirites and try to dispell devils
and diabolic influences from the world.
evil clerics:since we have already established that you use hell as the
major cause of evil and pandemonium in your realm,it is only obvious
that clerics of evil worship devils(unlike the normal folk who fear
devils).clerics of lawful evil are the carriers and disputers of the
word of arch-devils and dukes of hell on the realm.
every cleric of hell("devil-worshipper")has a certain deity,one of
the lords in hell,whos word he carries around and tries to distribute.
usually the most powerful clerics are servants of the most powerful
'arch'.following that path,it is also concludable that clerics of rival
'arches'will be rivals themselves.(about devil rivalry later..)
magic user:another person that has a special contact with devils and
hell is the evil sorcerer.it is common among lawful evil mages
to make pacts among themselves and the dwellers of hell.in their ultimate
strive for power they make bargains with greater devils (or "lower" ones)
for help in case of danger,an evil familiar,or other inspirations gained
by the mage.those all have a price,and a dire one at that.once the bargain
is struck,the devil waits maliciously until the mage has made use of the
he had given him,and from that point on,the mage is in debt of the devil.
consequenses:the mage moves one step toward L.EVIL if he isnt one already,
he grows a powerful hatred towards all that is good,he begins growing
differant unnatural limbs,such as a barbed tail,horns,glowing red eyes,
and the like in a comulative way.he may also be asked by 'his' devil to
perform a certain quest,witch hed better perform(!)
note:devils rarly do pacts with beings obviously more powerful than they.
note:devils are known to twist the verbal meaning of the pact to their
own good(usually the beings bad),though they will never actually break the
pact.
HELL:now that we have the effect of devils and hell on your campaign
land,we must actually go down to hell it self,and see what are that
planes features and contacts.
hell dwells in the lawful evil side of the outer planes,but not many
people really know that.it is best believed by the folk that hell
is THE evil plane whereto all evil souls are sent.
it is accostomed to think that hell is the plane below.not quite true
because the outer planes form a circle,but very comfortable indeed.
down in its dwell the hell is devided to nine levels,called layers,each
bearing its own devilish features and its own evil dwellers.
MAP OF HELL
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layer current ruler its dukes
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1. avernus tiamat amduscias-29 abishai,
goap-3 erinyes
malphas-40 abishai
2. dis dispater alocer-36 erinyes
arioch -avenger
baalzephon-prime minister
bel-3 malebranche
biffant-provost(mayor)
bitru-70-erinyes
furcas -12 bearded