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There are three sorts: farastu whose skin is tarry, kelubar who are slimy, and shator called "shaggy" but really very wrinkled.
There are three sorts: farastu whose skin is tarry, kelubar who are slimy, and shator called "shaggy" but really very wrinkled.


In the Reign of Lorraine, "demodand" sounded too much like "demon" so 2e renamed them to Gehreleths. 2e made them the rulers/prisoners of their plane, now [[Carceri]]. But you wouldn't know it. Planescape detailed Carceri in "Planes of Conflict"; this had so much awesome - Vaath, the Anarchists, gautiere - that nobody even noticed the 'leths. And for fuck's sake, this was Tarterus. Hello? [[Titan]]s?
In the Reign of Lorraine, "demodand" sounded too much like "demon" so 2e renamed them to '''Gehreleths'''. 2e made them the rulers/prisoners of their plane, now [[Carceri]]. But you wouldn't know it. Planescape detailed Carceri in "Planes of Conflict"; this had so much awesome - Vaath, the Anarchists, gautiere - that nobody even noticed the 'leths. And for fuck's sake, this was Tarterus. Hello? [[Titan]]s?


2e had some lore about there only being 333 of each gehreleth sort at one time, that Apomps the Three-Sided created them all and gave them obsidian triangles. This made it so that nobody could cook up a fourth gehreleth, unlike devils and demons. Apomps needn't have bothered since nobody gives a shit about these demonish also-rans.
2e had some lore about there only being 333 of each gehreleth sort at one time, that Apomps the Three-Sided created them all and gave them obsidian triangles. This made it so that nobody could cook up a fourth gehreleth, unlike devils and demons. Apomps needn't have bothered since nobody gives a shit about these demonish also-rans.
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
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File:Farastu 1e.png|1e Farastu
Farastu 1e.png|1e Farastu
File:Shator 1e.png|1e Shator
Shator 1e.png|1e Shator
File:Kelubar 1e.png|1e Kelubar
Kelubar 1e.png|1e Kelubar
File:Farastu 2e.png|2e Farastu
Gehreleth MC8.jpg
File:Shator 2e.png|2e Shator
Farastu 2e.png|2e Farastu
File:Kelubar 2e.png|2e Kelubar
Shator 2e.png|2e Shator
File:Demodands fighting.gif
Kelubar 2e.png|2e Kelubar
</gallery>
</gallery>


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Revision as of 10:56, 25 November 2021

Demodands are an obscure race of fiend that originated in the Dungeons & Dragons second Monster Manual as a grid-fill, for Tarterus. Every lower plane needed its signature fiend, and that's what Tarterus got.

There are three sorts: farastu whose skin is tarry, kelubar who are slimy, and shator called "shaggy" but really very wrinkled.

In the Reign of Lorraine, "demodand" sounded too much like "demon" so 2e renamed them to Gehreleths. 2e made them the rulers/prisoners of their plane, now Carceri. But you wouldn't know it. Planescape detailed Carceri in "Planes of Conflict"; this had so much awesome - Vaath, the Anarchists, gautiere - that nobody even noticed the 'leths. And for fuck's sake, this was Tarterus. Hello? Titans?

2e had some lore about there only being 333 of each gehreleth sort at one time, that Apomps the Three-Sided created them all and gave them obsidian triangles. This made it so that nobody could cook up a fourth gehreleth, unlike devils and demons. Apomps needn't have bothered since nobody gives a shit about these demonish also-rans.

As their obscurity meant they were not protected, Pathfinder promptly stole them and used them for their own setting, reworking them as the bitter creations of the ambitious titans; failures to be what their creators wanted, the devout demodands seek to manipulate and force mortals into abandoning the gods to worship the titans instead.

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The Fiends of Pathfinder
Lawful: Asuras - Devils - Rakshasas - Velstracs
Neutral: Daemons - Divs - Sahkils
Chaotic: Demodands - Demons - Lilus - Nindorus - Qlippoth
Any: Oni
Lords: Ahriman - Archdevils
Demon Lords - Four Horsemen