#titivilus

[oldschoolfrp]

"The Hierarchy of the Planes of Hell," naming many of the Dukes of Hell and their patrons, roles, and lesser minions, from Gary Gygax's Monster Manual II for AD&D, 1983. This further describes the role of the dragon queen Tiamat ruling over devils in Hell, through her 3 Dukes Amduscias, Malphas, and Goap who command companies of lower ranking devils. Dispater's messenger Titivilus is given the specific title of Nuncio, implying high status as an ambassador. Some of these individual Dukes are detailed in the MMII, while others are left to the DM's imagination. Those marked by asterisks like Goap are meant to be pit fiends, though that clarification is missing from the text (they are identified as such in Gygax's preview of the new devils in Dragon 75, July 1983).

[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

WHICH WOULD YOU SMASH?

Titivilus

Fraz-Urb'luu

Voting ended onAug 1, 2024

Titivilus, advisor/ambassidor for the ruler of hell's second layer. His normal form is a 5' 6" (1.7‑meter) satyr-like creature meant to resemble his master. He can supernaturally frighten with a word, transform into other humanoid species, use illusions, modify memories, and magically charm you into doing as he says. He's also a teleporting ventriloquist that can make an illusory body-double whose senses he can control and hijack. while he hides invisible and undetectable. He's slippery, one of the multiverse's best charmers and manipulators. Hit smash and you won't be the first, but sometimes a pretty lie is nice for an afternoon.

Fraz-Urbluu, demon lord of illusion and deception. Size and weight unavailable, reality itself is at his whim. He has innate magic to basically control all of your senses. He can create things and terrain that your brain treats as real and make the whole area seem to be whatever he needs. Once per day he can even make you forget something or try to gaslight you with a fake memory. He can terrify, grapple, even make temporary clones of anyone he sees. He's also not just an architect of lies, he's also an architect in general and modifies his realm at a whim. ...Also, note that there's no domination, no mental orders, his charms are through skill. Frequently tricking even demon lords who KNOW what he's about! In the past he's shown to court clever and creative individuals, so if you're chosen I'm sure it'll be a ride of your life!...but not one in your control.

[altbyssal]

Some of the stuff I’ve drawn of my character Motcha’s adventure in hell. Psychologically bullying titivilus and then sleeping with dispater.

[ttrpg-smash-pass-vs]

QUALIFIERS: Titivilus

SMASH

PASS

Voting ended onApr 25, 2024

Titivilus, advisor/ambassidor for the ruler of hell's second layer. His normal form is a 5' 6" (1.7‑meter) satyr-like creature meant to resemble his master but shorter. He can supernaturally frighten with a word, transform into other humanoid species, use illusions, modify memories, and magically charm you into doing as he says. He's also a teleporting ventriloquist that can make an illusory body-double whose senses he can control and hijack. while he hides invisible and undetectable. If you're looking for personality, he's as slippery as you might suspect. He's in power over the second realm despite their being better people for the job, because he's the only person his incredibly paranoid boss trusts. He's incredibly clever and one of the multiverse's best charmers and manipulators. Hit smash and you won't be the first, but sometimes a pretty lie is nice for an afternoon.

[oldschoolfrp]

Titivilus, a Duke of Hell, is the messenger of Dispater, the ruler of the second plane. He is "notorious for his ability to twist words, to use words to confuse, and to confuse those using words." Gamers with the same tendencies have long mocked his titillating name. (Harry Quinn illustration from Gary Gygax's AD&D Monster Manual II, TSR, 1983) In our world medieval scribes blamed Titivilus for any errors that crept into their pages, and he was said to collect the wrong syllables from writers and singers as evidence of their theft from God.