![]() ![]() Their minds worked in ways that mortals could not handle. It was dangerous to try and cast detect thoughts on a baatezu. This was the normal method by which demons solved this problem of combating them. One way to circumvent this was to eat the baatezu. ![]() Sometimes, baatezu had regenerative capabilities. Holy water was also effective against the baatezu. One way to combat them was with silver weaponry, but this was not as effective as fighting with a holy weapon or with electricity. They had also a tolerance against acid, low temperatures and gases. Abilities īaatezu were completely immune to fire and poison. Since it was difficult to tell a fellow risen baatezu apart from a baatezu assassin who was merely pretending, the already rare creatures normally stayed away from one another. A subgroup of rogues were known as the risen, the antithesis of fallen angels, who took up nobler ideals of good. Rogues were not merely hated by other baatezu, but hunted to death by them. On occasion, baatezu were known to go rogue, rejecting Hell's hierarchy and turning towards some other way of life. This would be a tricky tactic since baatezu were indoctrinated into their belief system, and if the attempt was a trick, they wouldn't fall for the same one twice, no matter who tried it. It was also possible, if difficult, to outwit a baatezu by somehow convincing them that their way of life was wrong. However, instinctive movements weren't truly chaotic, and intelligent baatezu could see the systematics of these supposedly random behaviors, rendering this tactic only usable against the dumb and/or low-ranking. It was difficult to psychologically best baatezu, especially high-ranking ones, but one way to get the better of them, or at least throw the lawful creatures into confusion, was to act on superficially chaotic reflexes. The first impulse of these savage devils (including the likes of the mindless lemures and nupperibos as well as the sapient abishai) was to attack first and ask questions never. ĭespite holding lawful evil outlooks, low-ranking baatezu still held some shred of chaos inside them, which could cause them to behave disobediently. Even so, baatezu were universally vindictive creatures, forcing the culprit to be constantly watch their backs if they crossed one. If one were to remain out of their mind for long enough, causing them to be classified as insignificant, one could use the time frame it took the baatezu to remember them to make their move. It was often the case that the sheer amount of their memories exceeded their capacity to sort through it meaning they would need a long time to remember particularly unimportant pieces of knowledge. With an increase in power came usually also an increase in intelligence, and with it the ability to tap into their memories, possibly centuries-worth for each station in their lives. Some believed that a baatezu lost its memories whenever they were changed, but in truth they almost always retained their minds. īaatezu changed their physical form when they were promoted or demoted, and with the physical change came a psychological one. It also occurred that higher-ranking baatezu acted like mentors to lower-ranking ones by subtly urging the mentored's associates towards betrayal, thus teaching the betrayed the virtue of self-reliance. ![]() The observation was that friendships most often developed among lower-ranking baatezu and the circle grew smaller and smaller as they advanced. Īccording to one theory, the baatezu who excelled at these endeavors were also those who suffered the most, because they lacked them at some point. Those that followed their ideals of lawful evil advanced earlier than those who did not, preferred qualities including the capacity for betrayal and deceit. The primary goal of most baatezu was to advance up the infernal hierarchy, their motivation being the potential to take part in shaping the multiverse.
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