Run a campaign where they're peasants who have to overthrow the insane absolute monarch and institute Real Communism
I think it's become a trend to say Demons are actually Good or as morally varied as Humans to lighten up races that would traditionally be seen as pure evil. I've heard people are less interested in Drizzt clones these days trying to play "Most of my races are evil but I'm one of the good ones."
Because demons and devils and shit are seen as persecuted minorities, and since WotC hasn't released anything with any actual world building in over a decade no one who has gotten into D&D since 5th edition knows who the hell Drizzt even is.
I said Chicago, didn't I?
It was literally in a game where we were doing CoC in mob-heavy games with bootlegging as a thing and we'd also play Steve Jackson box games like Illuminati and Car Wars and someone just said "hey why not just use these rules for our car fights in the other game?" And it was so obviously a good idea we just unanimously agreed.
I had a full fucking set of these and Chainmail with the spiral binding.
In my opinion the best way to learn a game is to just run a solo session. Make a recommended sized party 4-8. That'll get you really familiar with character creation. Then run a combat. For me this can take like an hour or 2.
If you want to run a lethal game have each player make 3 characters each. Have them pick 1 they want to go into dangerous areas. Maybe late game someone in the safer area gets attacked. this will keep them in the game but keep death a possibility which for especially horror is important.
It’s like they’re all trying to create the perfect setting and artstyle to play undertale IRL without any of that game’s own edge and blood and death. I hate undertale but they’re clearly stripping down even the stylistic influences and works that they love to regurgitate this slop
In my setting beastmen are generally either chaotic or neutral. Humans generally lawful or neutral. Demons are always chaotic. If they gave up on their evil ways (killing everything they see, doing necromancy, tricking people to be evil, etc.) they would no longer have their powers which are ultimately bestowed upon them by a Goddess of demons and hell. She is just salty that the ultimate heavenly father didn't help her make humans, and told her she was wrong for stealing his essence to do so. So she tries to trap his essence aka human/demihumans souls on earth and in her realm aka hell. The end times are their ultimate reconciliation.
They are literally made of Evil. Modern D&D is fucking retarded.
It's annoying DMing for a player who wants demonic shit but then gets upset when the Demon acts manipulative...like that is to be expected?
The few times I DMd for D&D was quite something. One player has a character with a pet demon and told me hes evil. Okay, I took it as the go-ahead to do absolutely demonic shit. Player then goes "not like that" and "he has standards".
They expect them to be some big red guys laughing like cartoon villains. I like using them as Villans but using them as manipulative, to where they act like your best friend offering you everything while having that fake nice in that it feels off, while getting the dagger ready to place in your back as they take everything. I view them as wanting you to give your soul willingly to them. I have them never lie but use half truths, selective truths, metaphores,etc. Liking violence when it is useful and time.