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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 ...
Ligeia – name meaning "clear-toned", daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Terpsichore; Parthenope – name meaning "maiden-voiced", Daughter of Achelous and Terpsichore; Pisinoe – daughter of Achelous and either Melpomene or Sterope; Thelxinoë – name meaning "mind charming" Swan maiden (Multi-cultural) – shapeshifts from human ...
Pathfinder Chronicles: Gazetteer: April 2008 64 978-1-60125-077-3: Paperback PZO1105 Jason Bulmahn, Erik Mona: Pathfinder Chronicles: Classic Monsters Revisited: April 2008 64 978-1-60125-079-7: Paperback PZO1107 James Jacobs et al. Pathfinder Chronicles: Guide to Darkmoon Vale: July 2008 64 978-1-60125-100-8: Paperback PZO1108 Mike McArtor
Yig is the name of a deity in the Arcanis Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. Yig was once (and may still be) worshipped by the Ssethregorean Empire, a group dominated by various lizard and snake-like beings. Yig in this mythos is a female deity, but still strongly associated with serpents, suggesting the name is not a coincidence.
Patron of Drow and their inseparable companions, the spiders. Tharizdun – The Chained God, also known as the Elder Elemental Eye, creator of the Abyss. Tiamat – Evil Goddess of Greed and Envy. Patron of the Chromatic Dragons. Torog – Evil God of the Underdark. Patron of Jailors and Torturers; Vecna – Evil God of the Undead and ...
Soth's wife Korrine and her lady-in-waiting then visited a witch to help her conceive a child; the witch agreed, but warned that the child would be a representation of Soth's soul. Korrine eventually gave birth to an abomination, and Soth, thinking his wife consorted with some kind of demon, killed her and their child.
Acererak first appears in the original Tomb of Horrors adventure (1978) by Gary Gygax as the main adversary. [1] One of the areas in the Tomb is a "Chapel of Evil", described as "obviously some form of temple area - there are scenes of normal life painted on the walls, but the people have rotting flesh, skeletal hands, worms eating them, etc." [3]: 5 The adventure described him as "a human ...
The elemental cults in the original Temple of elemental evil believed they were worshiping the destructive powers of the elements themselves, with a few believing their patron was Zuggtmoy; however, only a few knew that Tharizdun was the cults' true patron. Tharizdun is sometimes worshiped by nonhuman aberrations such as aboleths, neogi, and grell.