![]() They're the covert agents of the underworld. I can't tell if this is a joke from a fried artist on a tight deadline, or maybe just a rare mis-step. ![]() I took the liberty of depicting a, in my opinion, more definitive version of the same monster from the Shackled City adventure path. Good luck with that one!Īnd then there's a rare miss by Tony DiTerlizzi with his depiction of the Glabrezu. I'll have to use that somehow in a game.Īnd should you kill this dude, he "explodes in a blinding flash of light, inflicting 50 HP of damage to everything in a 100 foot radius (save vs spell for half damage)". spell with a -6 penalty or run away for 10 minutes to 1 hour! The Mighty Fear Punch. When he punches you, I kid you not, you must save vs. It's got a Thor's hammer kind of deal - "Any creature picking up a balor's sword suffers 10d6 damage and must save vs. He's got a vorpal sword that looks like a bolt of lightning. They wander The Abyss, forming armies and commanding them into battle against the devils. Looks like he'd be right at home leaning against a camaro waiting for his girlfriend to get out of school for the day. Let's check out the demons' answer to the mighty pit fiend - The Balor! His image is pretty cool. "They lead legions of dozens of complete armies into battle against the tanarri". They are 12 feet tall, have 6 attacks per round, can cast fireball and improved invisibility every round, and can cast WISH once per year. These guys are "born" when, as a gelugon, they are thrown into the Pit of Flame for 1,001 days. Tanarri = Demons (Chaotic Evil, live in the Abyss) I always get this mixed up, but I believe the 2nd edition devil/demon renaming goes like this:īaatezu = Devils (Lawful Evil, live in hell) This one is one of my favorites - The Pit Fiend. The one-eyed scorpion-spider I could do without, and that's a blue lady with triangle hair in her underwear, there. the brain goggle monster is kind of cool. I think it'll give you a nice look at how cool it is the way they wrapped the text around his work, rather than confining it to little boxes like in the other compendiums of the time. I'm going to be using some photos from my actual book in addition to google images. Let's take a look at what I consider some of his best, most inspired work from this book and see what these monsters were like in 2e. He did every single piece of art for this book! His work is a little different, more Barry Windsor-Smith than Alex Ross. Tony DiTerlizzi did the bulk of the art for the early Planescape products. Planescape's city of Sigil was included in 4th edition, and hopefully will remain a fixture in D&D canon for good. Lots of people still to this day play and enjoy the computer rpg Planescape: Torment. ![]() ![]() As you may or may not be aware, Planescape was a planar campaign setting that was quirky, punky, and definitely had a very strong following when it was released in the early 90's. I picked up the Planescape Monstrous Compendium yesterday. Newer fans might be truly inspired by the art of Wayne Reynolds and his many, many great pieces. Some swear by the Dragonlance paintings of Larry Elmore, others prefer "boobs and gems" art from Clyde Caldwell (also me). Some love the iconic cover of the 1st edition player's handbook with the demon idol, others (like me) love the orange border DMG cover with the robed guy opening the doors. I think a lot of us have a favorite RPG artist or piece of art.
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