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Demons are a chaotic evil race native to the Abyss; they are rapacious, cruel and arbitrary. They are also portrayed as more widespread than other races of fiends, as the Abyss and its population are both theoretically infinite in size. The dominant race of demons is the tanar'ri (/ t ə ˈ n ɑːr i /).
The release of the 2nd Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons brought a name change for the devils and their counterparts, demons. The 1st Edition's Deities and Demigods sourcebook was described as "exactly like witchcraft" by a televangelist . [ 2 ]
Describes demons in the D&D universe, including their physiology and subtypes. Also describes 14 demon lords and 15 levels of the Abyss. 160: 0-7869-3919-2: Monster Manual IV: Gwendolyn F. M. Kestrel: July 11, 2006: A sequel to the core Monster Manual, includes statistics for an assortment of fantasy monsters. Each monster's description also ...
Orcus, demon prince of the 113th layer of The Abyss, Thanatos and patron of the undead. [19]: 18 [24]: 73 Pale Night, demon princess and theorized mother of the demon lords. [24]: 74 Pazuzu, demon prince of the 503rd layer of the Abyss. [24]: 76 Sess'Innek, demon prince of civilization and dominion. (also the monster power of dark nagas and ...
The tiefling (/ ˈ t iː f l ɪ ŋ / TEEF-ling) [2] is a fictional humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy roleplaying game. Originally introduced in the Planescape campaign setting in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons as a player character race for the setting, they became one of the primary races available for ...
The text is a slightly abridged version of the text originally found in modules G3 and D3. Likewise, Lolth's description from module D3 is reprinted in the Fiend Folio under the "Demon" heading. [17] The drow were first presented as a player character race in Unearthed Arcana (1985), also written by Gygax. Several elven sub-races are described ...
This creature's eyestalks are replaced with blood-draining tentacles, and its body roils with a powerful electric aura. The Death Kiss, or "bleeder", is a fearsome predator found in caverns or ruins. Its spherical body resembles that of the dreaded beholder, but the "eyestalks" of this creature are bloodsucking tentacles, its "eyes" are hook ...
The name Vecna was an anagram of Vance, the surname of Jack Vance, [4] [10] [11] the fantasy author whose works inspired the magic system used in Dungeons & Dragons. [ 12 ] [ 9 ] The Hand and Eye of Vecna on the other hand were inspired by similar items that appear in the Eternal Champion series by Michael Moorcock (the Hand of Kwll and the Eye ...