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Posted: Thu Jul 01, 2004 11:52 pm
by Coot
[QUOTE=Shadrach]They're not dying, they're just going home.[/QUOTE]That I knew, but I never heard about the 100 year rule.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 12:13 am
by stramoski
Demons
While slaying demons isn't permanent, it can be a good thing. After all, the demon that the Matron Mothers summon may be one of the few of that caliber, and slaying it may rob them of one of their greatest weapons for a hundred years. After all, some Not a long time for a Drow, but a lot of time for we shorter-lived humans.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:28 pm
by Shadrach
Slaying demons can also be a bad thing. Killing an eternally imprisoned demon, for instance, would allow it to return to this plane after a while and wreak all sorts of havoc here. ( = not good.) Not sure where the 100-year rule comes from, but it's buried in D&D texts all over the place, even in Salvatore's novels.
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 4:40 pm
by Ekental
Is there some demon handbook I'm missing here? or is this just lots of reading of Salvatore etc? I recall something like this when I read Icewind Dale
Posted: Fri Jul 02, 2004 5:35 pm
by stramoski
Demon Banishment
That's where I heard the 100 year rule, as well. Salvatore also mentioned (through a cleric of Denier named Cadderly) that the one who banished him was the only one who could summon him back prematurely. They recalled Ertu early to find Drizzt's father.
Or so they thought
