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Greetings.

I was wondering if there was interest around for a campaign set in Hell, more precisely in Pandæmonium, the infernal capital. Players would impersonate a small group of demons tasked with a special mission, with a plot revolving around a war with Paradise and other otherwordly forces. It is inspired (in random order) by Milton's Paradise Lost, Alighieri's Divine Comedy, Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos, Darksiders, occult and esoteric lore, and many other sources.

The setting, lore and plot are already well fleshed out, but I would first like some feedback before I start posting more detailed stuff.
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I have a love for the occult and occult literature whether it be fictional or otherwise. Especially Lovecraft <3 I am slightly interested. Depends how the story/setting/etc is though.
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This should give you a general idea of the lore: playable races have been highlighted, and more detailed explanations about them will be given as more interest is gathered.

The history of Pandaemonium is indeed a long one. For as long as there was a Hell, the towering walls of its capital stood above the scorched deserts and wastelands, where the souls of the damned roam in an eternity of torments. Thus, to narrate the history of Pandemonium, one must first narrate the history of Hell: a long, brutal, and blood-soaked history, beginning with the greatest war that ever took place in the history of the universe. The War in Heaven, so it is called by the scholomancers of the Black Library; the War of the Adversary, so it is called by the Angelic scribes of Am Dhaegar. One third of the Angels of Heaven revolted against Divinity, led by Him, the Adversary; centuries of conflict later, one third of Heaven fell through the skies like an immense meteorite, engulfed in flames, landing in the barren wasteland below creation. From here, the legions of fallen angels, now turned into Demons, rallied around their leader, the Adversary, and in spite of divine wrath they began to build a domain of their own. Flocks of black wings flew over the twisted rocklands and mountains, destroying and casting away the ancient writhing creatures that lurked there, such as the Old Ones, while pillars of magma and flame erupted from the ground, conjured by demonic might: soon, immense towers of marble, stone and gold began to jut out of the black earth, becoming palaces and cities, the greatest of all being the Black Throne, the Adversary's imperial palace, and the demons began to reproduce, spawning lesser generations of hellish beings. In time, not only did the fallen ones create a new realm for themselves, Hell, but they also regained all of their lost strenght and much more, and the archdemons, led by the Adversary, raised their black banners to begin another, final war against Heaven.

The angelic hierarchies too prepared to descend to battle; this conflict threatened to end the whole of creation, as the two factions began to set entire worlds ablaze through their merciless, titanic clash. Yet, as the war raged on and none of the parts could prevail over the other, one event, perhaps fortuitous, perhaps foreseen by divine design, caused the belligerants to lower their weapons, and to seal a fragile armed truce: Man had made its appearance in creation. The semidivine race of the First Men, little more than angels, began to exist in a world known as Earth, sitting in the middle between Heaven and Hell: both angels and demons claimed lordship over the newly created beings, but both knew that continuing the war could mean the humans' inevitable destruction, together with that of everything else in existance. Thus, the Adversary conceded defeat for the time being, and renounced his claims over Heaven; yet, in a cunning move, he managed to arrive on Earth unseen, and to tempt the First Men into revolting against Heaven. Thus, the human race was damned, and fell from the state of divine grace it began to exist in: the souls of the dead who fell to sin were sent to Hell, their torment becoming nourishment and strenght for the demons, and after their shades shed all their suffering, turned into Phantoms; meanwhile those who during their mortal life utterly embraced the nobility of darkness rose to become Revenants.

After the Fall of Man, both angels and demons knew that another war would have spelt the end of existance. Thus, the two parts sealed a Pact, which left men free to choose to serve evil or good according to their will and fate, along with other terms, apparently in favor of the angelic powers; yet, fueled by the suffering of the souls of men, the demons slowly grew stronger and stronger, and the Adversary knew that his victory would be inevitable in time. Still, something even more tenebrous began to take place. The air started to feel a bit bleaker even in the highest spires of Paradise; sinister, hideous statues and artifacts appeared here and there, revolting even to the gaze of the most evil and depraved archdemons; the most ancient seers of the Old Ones started to experience maddening visions that left profound scars on their minds; every once in a while a mortal magician summoned something that looked...wrong. Finally, Urya, an angel of the order of the Dominions was overtaken by madness, and started to slaughter his peers, causing chaos in Paradise. After Urya was cast out of Heaven, the angels accused the Adversary to be the responsible for the changes occurring in creation: in a sudden surprise attack, the Archangels, led by Micha'el, took the Black Throne by storm, and kidnapped the Adversary, chaining him below the mountain of Purgatory. Belial became Regent of Hell, ruling in his name, yet the loss of its monarch caused Pandemonium to spiral into anarchy: after a few centuries of civil war, which left vast parts of Pandemonium in ruin, order was estabilished once again. Still, all agree that it cannot last: as the demons strive to regain their lost monarch, the other inhabitants of Hell might use the chance to claim the dark realm as their own, while the angels prepare to strike in order to finally banish the demonic menace, once and for all.

Meanwhile, the dark omens continue, and those who dwell beyond wait, as they did for countless millennia. However, they shall not do so for much longer.
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Would be interested in joining :)
Sounds nice, love the topic!
And it's not Supernatural, which tends to be the main inspiration source for RPGs like this. Not that I would not like the show, but I don't like how they set up hell and the demons in general.
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Do you want us to pull demons from biblical cannon? Archdemons?
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Do you want us to pull demons from biblical cannon? Archdemons?


There are five playable races: Demons, Angels, Old Ones, Phantoms and Revenants. That said, if you want to play as a demon you have two choices: either you create one from nothing, or take one from biblical/enochian/what have you lore and adapt it to use him/her as a character.

Archdemons, archangels and other such super-powerful beings are not playable.
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Is it allowed, to use lesser demons/angels from the biblical canon?
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Is it allowed, to use lesser demons/angels from the biblical canon?


Yes, though I'd prefer you to tell me in advance which one you intend to use.

The first OOC post will be up soon, with a detailed description of the world and the races. Stay tuned!
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Since we already had such an RPG a few years ago, I'd like to play my character from then.
He is based on the Angel Abdiel, but he fell from heaven in the past, since it came out that he supported Lucifer all the time, but was not questioned in first place because he was a child of the Archangel Michael (if you allow it, I wold leave it like this otherwiese, I have no problem to change it). Now he/she is in hell. Changed her name into Arianne (if it's okay, that those beings are genderless otherwise, she will be female from the start) and serves Lucifer as a maid, but also fullfills his will outside his residence, which would fit into your idea of a group of demons, having a special task.

The thing about Arianne is, she is very fake, scheming and egoistic. She would do nearly everything for Lucifer to gaign his favor, but in the moment she sees a chance to cross him, maybe get the forgiveness of her father, she would cross him, to get her wings back!
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Not sure I'm fine with that backstory.

1) From what I understood, your character managed to convince everybody that he/she never supported Satan. This isn't possible as angels are, after all, divine beings, and corruption is easily spotted by them.

2) Satan does not need maids. However, you can have her/him as a "right hand man" of sorts; also, don't even think about betraying Satan or attemtping to regain Paradise in any way that doesn't involve a biblical-scale war. Once angels are fallen, they're fallen, period.
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I see your Idea is a bit different from what we played back then, but that is fine. But as I said, that's how I played her then. But it was a different setting.

1. Okay she fell with all the others.
2. She will still betray everyone, except of Lucifer, to get what she wants :D
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Love the idea. Tentatively in.
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