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#1 joshdw4 Dec 05, 2005 8:00:02	I found the bit about fiend posession in the Book of Vile Darkness and figured it would be an interesting trick. However, one bit confused me. For a fiend to possess someone, they have to be on the ethereal plane close to that person. My first thought was, how can a fiend possibly get to the ethereal plane? In the current D&D cosmology, I thought the only way they could get there (besides random portals) is to go Outer->Astral->Prime->Ethereal. I may be wrong on this, but I thought fiends couldn't touch the Prime unless Gated/Summoned (except Succubus, which seem to be the only ones capable of this).
#2 ripvanwormer Dec 05, 2005 12:39:59	The rules about fiends needing to be summoned vanished midway through 2nd edition and haven't reappeared, though you can still keep them if you like. Fiends who wish to posess people have to go the Outer>Astral>Material>Ethereal route, yes, unless they find a more direct portal. It's kind of a roundabout trip, but it's not impossible.