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''[[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreatures Creatures]]'': General ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesA A]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesB B]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesC C]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesD D]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesE E]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesF F]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesG G]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesH H]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesIToL I to L]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesM M]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesNtoQ N to Q]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesR R]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesS S]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesT T]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesUToZ U to Z]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDragons Dragons]] | '''Fiends''' ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiendsDemons Demons]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiendsDevils Devils]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiendsYugoloths Yugoloths]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsUndead Undead]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsSettingSpecificCreatures Setting-Specific Creatures]]\\

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''[[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreatures Creatures]]'': General ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesA A]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesB B]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesC C]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesD D]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesE E]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesF F]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesG G]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesH H]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesIToL I to L]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesM M]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesNtoQ N to Q]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesR R]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesS S]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesT T]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsCreaturesUToZ U to Z]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsDragons Dragons]] | '''Fiends''' ([[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiendsDemons Demons]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiendsDevils Devils]] | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsFiendsYugoloths Yugoloths]]) | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsUndead Undead]] | | [[Characters/DungeonsAndDragonsSettingSpecificCreatures Setting-Specific Creatures]]\\

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Moving to Hutijin's folder on the devils page.


* BalkingSummonedSpirit:
** Hutijin, ascended pit fiend and a powerful retainer to Mephistopheles, hates mortals, and especially hates being summoned away from his tasks and his master's court to fulfill whatever inane service they want him to do. As a result, he has worked hard to erase all knowledge of himself from mortal knowledge; if someone should summon him anyway, he just tortures them to death.
** The ''planar ally'' spell line requests aid from an extradimensional entity but doesn't [[SummonBinding compel its obedience]], so the entity is free to demand extra payment or outright refuse if the task would conflict with its nature.

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* BalkingSummonedSpirit:
** Hutijin, ascended pit fiend and a powerful retainer to Mephistopheles, hates mortals, and especially hates being summoned away from his tasks and his master's court to fulfill whatever inane service they want him to do. As a result, he has worked hard to erase all knowledge of himself from mortal knowledge; if someone should summon him anyway, he just tortures them to death.
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BalkingSummonedSpirit: The ''planar ally'' spell line requests aid from an extradimensional entity but doesn't [[SummonBinding compel its obedience]], so the entity is free to demand extra payment or outright refuse if the task would conflict with its nature.
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* BalkingSummonedSpirit:
** Hutijin, ascended pit fiend and a powerful retainer to Mephistopheles, hates mortals, and especially hates being summoned away from his tasks and his master's court to fulfill whatever inane service they want him to do. As a result, he has worked hard to erase all knowledge of himself from mortal knowledge; if someone should summon him anyway, he just tortures them to death.
** The ''planar ally'' spell line requests aid from an extradimensional entity but doesn't [[SummonBinding compel its obedience]], so the entity is free to demand extra payment or outright refuse if the task would conflict with its nature.

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* MamaBear: A demonhive queen lets out a [[MakeMeWannaShout "maternal scream"]] as her demonet swarms are killed, dealing sonic damage to anything within 60 feet (which won't affect other demonhive creatures, since they're immune to sonic damage).

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* MamaBear: A demonhive queen lets out a [[MakeMeWannaShout [[SuperScream "maternal scream"]] as her demonet swarms are killed, dealing sonic damage to anything within 60 feet (which won't affect other demonhive creatures, since they're immune to sonic damage).



->'''Classification:''' Outsider (3E), Elemental Magical Beast (4E), Fiend (5E)\\

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->'''Classification:''' ->'''Origin:''' ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}''\\
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Outsider (3E), Elemental Magical Beast (4E), Fiend (5E)\\



* MakeMeWannaShout: Their signature howl floods the minds of their victims, making complex thought impossible. In 3rd Edition, anyone without hearing range of the creatures' howling has to save or take [[NonHealthDamage Wisdom damage]], while in 5th Edition, a howler's keening howl is a SupernaturalFearInducer that reduces victims' speed and incapacitates them.



* SuperScream: Their signature howl floods the minds of their victims, making complex thought impossible. In 3rd Edition, anyone without hearing range of the creatures' howling has to save or take [[NonHealthDamage Wisdom damage]], while in 5th Edition, a howler's keening howl is a SupernaturalFearInducer that reduces victims' speed and incapacitates them.



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->'''Classification:''' ->'''Origin:''' ''TabletopGame/AlQadim''\\
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Outsider (3E)\\



->'''Classification:''' Fiend (5E)\\

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->'''Classification:''' ->'''Origin:''' ''TabletopGame/{{Spelljammer}}''\\
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Fiend (5E)\\



->'''Classification:''' Outsider (3E)\\

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->'''Classification:''' ->'''Origin:''' ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}''\\
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Outsider (3E)\\



->'''Classification:''' Outsider (3E)\\

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->'''Classification:''' ->'''Origin:''' ''TabletopGame/{{Planescape}}''\\
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Outsider (3E)\\
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* DemonDevilDistinction: The TropeCodifier and probably one of the biggest influences on this trope's prevalence in media. Both fall under the "fiend" category and come from an infernal lower plane. However, demons come from The Abyss and are ChaoticEvil, while devils are from an adjacent plain named The Nine Hells, also called Baator, and are LawfulEvil. While demons are native to the Abyss, devils are fallen celestials who became corrupted after years of fighting the demons and took up residence in Baator. The two hate each other and are constantly in an eternal conflict called The Blood War. While demons naturally spawn from The Abyss and have seemingly endless numbers, while devils have a finite number of troops and need to corrupt mortal souls in order to replenish their numbers (though souls trapped in The Abyss will become demons too). Even their societal structures are different, with Baator being run by a very strict caste system resembling feudalism or a corporate ladder, with centralized government headed by Asmodeus. Meanwhile, The Abyss has no centralized structure and is a loose conglomerate of kingdoms and territories run by the strongest demons called Demon Lords (if they control part of a layer) or Demon Prince (if they control one or more layers).
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Asskicking Equals Authority has been renamed.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: They often use the power of their fiendish forms to conquer goblin tribes. For their part, the goblins suck up to them in hopes of convincing the barghest they're of better use as slaves, or at least too pathetic to make a good meal.

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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: They often use the power of their fiendish forms to conquer goblin tribes. For their part, the goblins suck up to them in hopes of convincing the barghest they're of better use as slaves, or at least too pathetic to make a good meal.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley: In-universe. Rakshasa hands are reversed, with the back where the palm would be in a human and vice-versa; they're as manually dexterous as anyone else, but watching the ways their hands move is often very disturbing for other humanoid beings.



* UncannyValley: In-universe; unholy scions look like ordinary people or animals, but there's always something disturbing about them -- an evil gleam to their eyes, something ''off'' about their features, or people around them find themselves nervous without being able to explain why.

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