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Nessus is the final level of the
Nine Hells. It contains a series of vast rifts,
each leading lower until the grand palace
of Hell's
Overlord, Asmodeus,
is reached. The huge citadel dwarfs even
the Khin-Oin of Hades, home of the Oinodaemon.
It rests on the
banks of a great lake of ice that shifts
continually to catch those
unwary enough to attempt a crossing. The
river Lethe feeds this
icy lake. Nessus is a land of extremes:
the coldest regions, the
hottest volcanos, the steepest and smoothest
cliffs. Waves of fire
sweep the region as triple strength walls
of fire, moving 26" per <d? mu?>
round and turning everything in their
path to ash. Nessus is a recommended
stop only in the most dire of needs.
Frequency of Devils on Nessus (The 9th Hell)
| Ruler = Asmodeus | Abishai = 0 | Arch = VVR | Barbed = 0 | Bearded = 0 | Bone = 0 | Erinyes = 0 | Horned = VR |
| Ice = R | Nupperibo = C | Fiend = C <alt> | Spined = U | Styx = 0 | Achaierai = VR | Barghest = R | Daemon = VR |
| Hell Cat = 0 | Hell Hound = U | Hoardling = 0 | Imp = R | Lemure = C | Mephit = U | Nightmare = VR | Rakshasa = VR |
| Stench Kow = U | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Gray
Mouser
Indeed, and that was something
that I as a novice player really appreciated
As I grew older and actually
began reading Dante it always made me a bit nostalgic for the MM
descriptions of devils.
Along those lines, was there any reason for switching the ice-cold 9th circle of Dante's Inferno for the frozen (IIRC) 8th plane of the nine hells?
Gray
Mouser
Mere poetic license, as
a
frozen last layer did not strike me as appropriate for a S&S
model of the hells.
Cheers,
Gary