Talk:Devil

This article refers to Succubus as Miscellaneous Devils. This is not correct! Succubus are Tanar'ri (belonging to the Abyss) not Devils (belonging to the Nine Hells).


 * Their classification seems to change between different editions of the game. In the Monster Manual 4th edition (page 67), they're considered devils. Cronje (talk &sdot; contribs) 21:24, June 25, 2011 (UTC)

Consistency: common names or real names?
I know this isn't a huge problem, since people can usually search for the devil they want and we can provide redirects to make sure everything ends up going to the same page. However, consistency is cool and the alternative is sloppy.

So, the question is: in the cases where we have two names for them, do we call devils by their common names (Barbed devil, Bearded devil, etc) or their real names (Osyluth, Cornugon, etc)? Currently, we have a mix of both.

Personally, I favor the real names... they're more creative, and they're more specific too; almost all devils have barbs, ya know? But I saw the "xyz devil" entries first, so I redid the baatezu page to use those. I'd be happy to change the ones that have real names though...

Thoughts? Opinions? "Your mom" jokes? (yes, my mom is creative, and no she's not a bearded devil) :D Wanderscribe (talk) 20:35, February 22, 2013 (UTC)


 * Personally, I like the real names... then have the common names be redirects... like the Mur-zhagul page I recently edited... with demon troll (with cats) as a redirect... but if someone has a better idea, I will follow that one :) Darkwynters (talk) 20:44, February 22, 2013 (UTC)


 * I wholeheartedly concur. Any disagreements? Wanderscribe (talk) 21:16, February 22, 2013 (UTC)

Baatezu?
User:Zeromaru X, I noticed that you created three new devil pages (tar devil, fimbrul devil, and seared devil). However, when you added them to the devils template, you put them as misc devils, but listed them as baatezu on their pages. For clarity (and organization)'s sake, did the sourcebook(s) specifically list them as baatezu devils? Because the infobox does not list them as baatezu, either. If they are not baatezu, then the pages need to be corrected and they need to be removed from the baatezu category.

I don't mean to be nit-picky, but it is a bit confusing.--SilverTiger12 (talk) 13:19, February 22, 2018 (UTC)


 * Agreed. I was also confused by the same things. ~ Lhynard (talk) 14:44, February 22, 2018 (UTC)