Pretty sure she's on his payroll.
I can give you my Ex's number.
Pretty sure she's on his payroll.
-He'll be here all night, folks. All proceeds go directly to the 'Save-A-Gnome' foundation.
-One worshiper of Asmodeus would be one Davoren Hellsheart.
There's that whole 'temptation through debauchery' angle that would work if those two chose to work together.
Then again, one of Baast's (Sharess's other incarnation) main concern's was keeping an eye on Set and his minions (watching for treachery - cats are good at sneaky skulking). Since Asmodeus is also know as 'The Serpent' (in GH and elsewhere) that may be hard to swallow.
Of course, we could always spin that as the very reason for their sudden alliance - Asmodeus may be trying to get the serpent portfolio away from Set (and Zehir, I suppose).
The only reason why I could see that being a feasible trade, is if this Sfena worked for Asmo.
can't think of any other servant, they're pretty rare and secretive, his cults
Sfena is the daughter of Glasya, but doesn't work for her or for Asmodeus, she tries to liberate herself from them and the crystalline form she's in, more info in Cloak and Dagger
can't think of any other servant, they're pretty rare and secretive, his cults
Thank you for the info. I was less then sure, but always knew someone would have the right of it.
I know that Vecna was GH, but he has been core since becoming a god, and since much of core is leaking into FR anyhow, it wouldn't be a stretch to use him (especially with Velsharoon gone).
For more info, see the very last issue of the real Dragon Magazine. ;)
Edit: Thinking more on this, Vecna achieved Godhood by absorbing power from Iuz, who was a Cambion and son of Graz'zt, and weakened Iuz in the process. It seems entirely possible that Asmodeus would set him on this path, because I can see a Arch-Devil wanting to weaken a Demon Lord's foothold on a world.
Considering Graz'zt has also been heavily involved with the FR Pantheon, I think all of that should be FR canon as well (applied to a greater, 'Planer' picture).
Vecna was already statted as a demigod in Vecna Lives!, published in 1991, when Greyhawk or the Greyhawk deities were not considered core. He was still a demigod throughout his time in Ravenloft.
The Asmodeus connection would have some negative reprecussions on the game, I think; if the Serpent is, as the Epic Level Handbook, Book of Eldritch Might II, and other sources state, the personification of epic magic, all epic spellcasters would owe a similar debt to the Overlord of the Nine Hells. It seems quite a leap in logic in any case, as the World Serpent has plenty of other aspects; we could as easily claim that Vecna was getting his powers from the World Serpent Inn. The Dragon article you cite suggested it was much more likely that the "Serpent" was merely a delusion springing from Vecna's insanity.
All of this is Forgotten Realms canon in the sense that the Realms shares a multiverse with Greyhawk in 1st and 2nd edition (and, among the cool people, all editions), but it's affected Abeir-Toril little (unless you assume that Vecna's ill-fated attempt at ascension to still greater power in Sigil somehow caused FR's cosmology change, which seems unlikely). If Vecna is going to expand his cult into the Realms, he needs a reason that he decided to invest his resources in Toril rather than any number of countless worlds with few connections to Oerth; some specific secret to great power than only Abeir-Toril possesses. It seems unlikely to me that he would enjoy laboring under Ao's authority (whereas he has no controlling overgod to limit his ambitions on Oerth), so I think he wouldn't bother for anything less than a strong shot at replacing Ao himself. Barring that, he might settle for replacing Shar, and use her status as a greater divinity to boost himself in other, less autocratic spheres.
He was, by far, my favorite villain in GH. I had a whole campaign I DM'd about his nation trying to war with the rest of the world.
Edit: never mind... I should read the whole before posting...
MarkusTay is rubbing off on me!
Edit edit: Hmm... He could have found Ravencloak and found the secret of where he comes from. That would tempt him to look. Then, seeing a would ripe for the taking, he seeps into the background and bids his time learning what he can and working to his own end?
Vecna, being highly interested in the Circle of Eight and all their doings, scrys them and become interested in this recently-devasted world that is currently lacking in a god of Undeath.
Easy peasy, lemon Squeezy. :D
Besides that, Vecna had canonically 'dealt with' people from FR before, because several Realms (and liches) were from Toril, and although the Darklords were trapped within their Realms, most of the regular people were free to move about Ravenloft as they wished. In fact, he could have even become aquanted with Bane there (Bane had followers - somehow - in Ravenloft). For all we know, Bane could be sponsoring Vecna's church in the Realms, for his own nefarious purposes (some new power-grab, I would imagine).
Or maybe Bane just misses his friend Myrkul's ugly mug. :P
After manipulating Cyric to murder Mystra he has become quite good at this sort of stuff.
The Asmodeus connection would have some negative reprecussions on the game, I think; if the Serpent is, as the Epic Level Handbook, Book of Eldritch Might II, and other sources state, the personification of epic magic, all epic spellcasters would owe a similar debt to the Overlord of the Nine Hells.
Well, I personally wouldn't link Vecna's Serpent to Asmodeus, who btw sits on the Serpent's Throne and who's sometimes also referred to as the Serpent, or to Ahriman, as being part of the Twin Serpents, or even to the World Serpent, who is or at least should be completely unrelated to the former guys.
Way too many serpents, if you ask me.
Way too many serpents, if you ask me.
-A common mythological trope/theme.