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Which D&D Archdevil Is the Most Satanic?
Brace up for a grim tour of the archdevils of D&D, as we seek out the most evil and Satan-like of them all.
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0:00 The Most Powerful Devils
1:18 D&D Cosmology vs. Christian Cosmology
3:08 What Traits Does Satan Embody?
6:21 Zariel (1st layer)
7:28 Dispater (2nd layer)
8:40 Mammon (3rd layer)
10:36 Belial and Fierna (4th layer)
12:08 Levistus (5th layer)
14:28 Monstrous Heroes
15:48 Glasya (6th layer)
17:29 Baalzebul (7th layer)
19:10 Mephistopheles (8th layer)
20:46 Asmodeus (9th layer)
23:00 Geryon (5th layer)
24:29 Bael (1st layer)
25:54 Hutijin (8th layer)
27:12 Moloch (exiled)
29:03 Titivilus (2nd layer)
30:36 Narrowing Down the List
32:17 Final 4 Contenders
38:47 Do Not Lose Hope
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @douglasphillips5870
    @douglasphillips5870 24 хвилини тому

    I love it that Mephistopheles is not seen as the epitome of Faustian bargains

  • @MawsParasite2
    @MawsParasite2 33 хвилини тому

    Th' Allip reminds me of th' Nothic, but unique enough to be distinct from th' Nothic.

  • @thesephisloth1886
    @thesephisloth1886 4 години тому

    A psychic doggo then

  • @OMentertainment
    @OMentertainment 5 годин тому

    Useful for AD&D's Psionic class

  • @lochslea
    @lochslea 6 годин тому

    My greatest dream as a wizard is to utilize spectators and mindwitnesses in guarding a tower of my creation

  • @sko_psy
    @sko_psy 7 годин тому

    BTW, noticed this video only due to shorts! Could miss it for some time if not for them. Great thing - shorts of your videos 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard 7 годин тому

      Oh I'm glad that worked out 👍

  • @sko_psy
    @sko_psy 7 годин тому

    Great video, as always. Sorry for lack of critics, but it's a cool video. Thanks 👍🏼

  • @Takeda10K
    @Takeda10K 8 годин тому

    “My party has been trapped in this dungeon for a week now, and we are still pursued by that accursed Allip. It stays in the shadows where we can’t reach or see it, my magic is unable to do anything to it. We’ve gone to plugging our ears to avoid hearing it’s terrible words. But I hear at night, saying something about Realm Gates. The massive and ancient portals that connect the planes of the cosmos together that have been around since even the most ancient of elven empires. Scholars have been searching for the truth of their origins for just as long. With the most popular theory that they were built by the Great Titans of myth and legend. Maybe it’s trying to help us. That we’ve been mistaken this whole time. I know my party won’t agree to it, but at night I’ve listened to it, letting it whisper to me. Learning its secrets in hopes of escaping this godsforsaken dungeon before we run out of food or are caught by some other unspeakable horror.” Letter of an unidentified mage, presumed deceased

  • @lythnookwemin
    @lythnookwemin 8 годин тому

    When looking at the Abrahamic Satan, and trying to figure out what fantasy archdevil is closest. I find I have to figure out which satan I am trying to figure out. The name translates to 'adversary', but there are more then one in the old testament, and while only one in the new testament, they are more akin to a prosecuting attorney, that uses entrapment to then convict. Many episodes of the tv series cops showed this happening. For me Asmodeus fits that well. This was fascinating, and I like the Archdevil Levistus, so yeah he could be one that fit's the title. But in my head cannon I see him as an avatar of another being, and before I found the other being in the books for the game, used him as a stand in.

  • @lordInquisitor
    @lordInquisitor 8 годин тому

    Definitely an interesting monster and I can already see myself using it as a mini boss for a party searching through a abandoned laboratory

  • @helixxharpell
    @helixxharpell 9 годин тому

    Levistus' crime was the attempt at bringing air conditioning to the 9 hells. His other patrons include HVAC companies who prey on the elderly & those who cant pay their electricity bills.

  • @nettlesandsnakes9138
    @nettlesandsnakes9138 9 годин тому

    I wish there was more ofthis series. We could have quotes that Druids or Rangers use. Quotes that barbarians use. Quotes that Sorcerers used before slinging fire bolt at you.

  • @Texmatt21
    @Texmatt21 9 годин тому

    Switchboard operator: Cthonic edition

  • @Svartalf14
    @Svartalf14 9 годин тому

    Before looking at the video, I'm betting on Asmodeus, who started it all, and still rules.

  • @IvanLeTerribleGames
    @IvanLeTerribleGames 10 годин тому

    Nice video. I like this idea of making short vids about random D&D monsters

  • @deatherutts
    @deatherutts 12 годин тому

    A Flumph is a Flumph is a Flumph no matter what kind've a Flumph it is

  • @jeffagain7516
    @jeffagain7516 День тому

    HI Buddy; Just as an aside, I posted this comment whilst viewing a MR Rhexx vid. I thought you may appreciate the little touch of nostalgia it evokes; :) I'm confident there's a few Old Salts that like me, remember the days of the D&D "Satanic Panic" that took place throughout the early '80s. In addition to all the Devils and Demons we used throughout our games, utilizing the Undead also fueled the fire well above bbq levels of heat. The hilariously bad 1982 film "Mazes and Monsters", starring a young upstart named Tom Hanks, also attempted to decry how our souls were going straight to hell for playing such an EVIL game. It got pretty wild for a while there. Funny to think about now but at the time, Lobby Groups tried their best to send us gamers underground and created a lot of Press against the game. Many of us seasoned Vets have since declared; "well, if we survived that, we can survive anything!" Sadly, Hasbro and WotC as of late, continues to try our patience in maintaining that mind-set.

  • @cxa24
    @cxa24 2 дні тому

    I had a goblinoid 'favored soul.' Resurrect once per day innately

  • @xLaxCroixBoix
    @xLaxCroixBoix 2 дні тому

    You can tell this video predates BG3 because the Owlbear cub is the most wholesome character of all time.

  • @xLaxCroixBoix
    @xLaxCroixBoix 2 дні тому

    So at a certain point in this video you seemingly imply that you can’t have conflict or “evil” characters without making entire races of beings innately evil. I’m not sure if that’s what you were going for exactly but you kind of hitting similar points I’ve heard from others that definitely mean that when they say this. I just gotta say that making a race evil just because has got to be some of the most boring and laziest storytelling and world building people can possibly do. There isn’t any substantive tension or conflict when the bad guys are bad just because they’re bad. Being evil isn’t good motivation for antagonists and entire races of things being evil is so unrealistic and boring that nothing ruins my suspension of belief quicker. I think they’re doing a good job softening some of the more insensitive or abrasive races if only for the fact that it gets rid of a terrible narrative crutch and forces people to actually be creative.

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard День тому

      It really depends how much one is going for a mythic style. The more a setting is mythic, the more it is archetypal, the more its figures distill into their essences. The upside of this is that archetypes and essences are very powerful and very distinct. They also point in the direction of the timeless. The downside is that if the mythic setting isn't handled well, things end up as stereotypes. Clichés get stale and restrictive. Joseph Campbell assessed correctly that the myth is like a dream that an entire culture shares. When you leave the mythic, you leave that shared dream. Things become subject to the whims and sensibilities of the individual. The upside is that this opens up all kinds of potential to reimagine and remix the setting's figures, and to make them more like the real world, with all its complexities and varied opinions. The downside is that if this low-myth style isn't handled well, things break down into a vague, wishy-washy sludge in which things lose their meanings, their distinctness, even their soul. Another downside is that changing social trends take the reins, which are often unstable. Art and the divine quest get dethroned, in their place are substituted mere politics and personal whims.

  • @kevinking7218
    @kevinking7218 3 дні тому

    stop looking at me like that. Nice video though.

  • @spookydooms
    @spookydooms 3 дні тому

    Fascinating. Evocative. Super imaginative. I'd pay DAMN GOOD MONEY for you to do more of these videos! This is so freaking INDISPENSABLE to me as a DM without an inner dialogue or mental pictures!

  • @THELUBINTHEMORNING
    @THELUBINTHEMORNING 3 дні тому

    About sums up all of DND UA-camrs.

  • @solidmood2855
    @solidmood2855 3 дні тому

    Nice

  • @OuchMaster6000
    @OuchMaster6000 3 дні тому

    How does Levistus tempt mortals while frozen in Ice? Can he mentally communicate with mortals from hell, or create an avatar on the material plane or something?

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard 3 дні тому

      The official D&D books unfortunately do a very poor job of explaining or developing the cosmology of things (something I am working to correct in my own setting of Ichoros). But yes, the general idea is that archdevils, demon lords, great old ones, gods, and other beings of great power cannot readily just teleport into the Material Plane, and therefore interact with people by way of telepathic communication, dreams, visions, signs, avatars, and of course their assorted mortal followers.

  • @c_rex3309
    @c_rex3309 3 дні тому

    Best Ooze is the one in my pants

  • @blaringsea8923
    @blaringsea8923 3 дні тому

    Personally I believe being as neutral as possible is the best way to balance one self.

  • @emilbroseliger8506
    @emilbroseliger8506 3 дні тому

    A cleric in my party took plate armor and -1 dexterity I had +5 dexterity, but over 3 out of 4 times, he would come first anyway xD

  • @emilbroseliger8506
    @emilbroseliger8506 3 дні тому

    Using this one in the future

  • @destonlee2838
    @destonlee2838 4 дні тому

    It's just a game, why poke the bear. Let the Zealots sleep. Some of us weren't persecuted during the Satanic Panic, and it shows, Bard...

  • @shaclown7721
    @shaclown7721 4 дні тому

    I'm SO glad this video showed up in my feed! I completely forgot your channel even existed, thanks to months or even years of youtube not showing me any videos of yours! You're gettinf a sub right now, in case this happens again!

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard 4 дні тому

      Yep I'm more active than ever, getting ready to launch my second D&D book today actually!

    • @shaclown7721
      @shaclown7721 4 дні тому

      @@esperthebard nice! I'm completely out of the loop, s you could tell from my first comment. What's the book about? I wish you all the best with the sales!

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard 4 дні тому

      @@shaclown7721 Monstrous Heroes, 17 monster classes for 5e. Check out the link in the video description. It's quite the tome!

  • @Vpkoivisto
    @Vpkoivisto 4 дні тому

    How fitting; Mine's the 666th like. ;D

  • @geoaltman9344
    @geoaltman9344 4 дні тому

    Is it another day yet? Another aberrations video would be sweeeeeeeeeeeet.

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard 4 дні тому

      Haha I'm planning to make another one, probably once the new Monster Manual comes out.

  • @mikeyrambo2742
    @mikeyrambo2742 4 дні тому

    I haven't watched the video yet. But I'm excited to see what you have to say, because most people. Get to meaning of the word (Satanic) wrong. The word (Satanic) means (Characteristic of or befitting Satan.) And the word (Satan) is a (Title.) That means (Accuser or Adversary.) So technically evan a hero who opposes. A devil is still (Satanic.) And simultaneously holds the (Title) of (Satan.)

  • @demoral3030
    @demoral3030 4 дні тому

    Demon lord jewblacks?

  • @ephraimburshek6850
    @ephraimburshek6850 5 днів тому

    Whole heartedly agree with your assessment of this work. Thank you for spending the time to call this one out.

  • @gamervox1707
    @gamervox1707 5 днів тому

    All humans are born with Lust then that lust is turn to greed, greed turn to pride, once pride is broken it turn to wrath,pride or greed can become sloth,pride or lust can lead to gluttony. But the truth these so call sins have a upside as much as they have a downside.

  • @hungreyginger7478
    @hungreyginger7478 5 днів тому

    I’m looking to include lolth in my 5e campaign, is there a stat block for her for 5e anywhere out there? I doubt they’ll ever fight her, but just in case

  • @Pete_Screwball
    @Pete_Screwball 5 днів тому

    Love the thumbnail looks killer! Your best one yet

    • @esperthebard
      @esperthebard 5 днів тому

      Thanks, I've been trying improve my thumbnails.