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Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Artifact or Magic Item?
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<blockquote data-quote="Jon Davidson" data-source="post: 7386261" data-attributes="member: 6946943"><p><strong>Demonimicon - artifact or not?</strong></p><p></p><p>Wow, now that's a blast from the past! I remember my arch-mage picking up the Demonimicon and a friend's character picking up the Lanthorn in that module. The Lanthorn was more trouble than it was worth; the gem lenses were incredibly expensive to make, and were used up very quickly. The Demonimicon was even more problematic. I seem to remember some vague demon-summoning spells contained in it, but it was also extremely dangerous to use and the demons it summoned/controlled were not even that powerful or useful. I never really got to use it before college ended, as the DMs didn't want to bother with it for some reason. My mage was a good guy, & so wouldn't have used it to attack anyone with. The only situation I can think of where it would come in handy is if a Demon Lord sent his minions after a party or character, and you wanted to protect them by using the book. I think its main problem was that it wasn't fleshed-out enough at the time, but now I can see there appears to be an entire supplement titled after it! Interesting how things grow and change over time. The Codex of the Infinite Planes was very powerful and very specific about its abilities, but much more dangerous to use; it would eventually eat you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jon Davidson, post: 7386261, member: 6946943"] [b]Demonimicon - artifact or not?[/b] Wow, now that's a blast from the past! I remember my arch-mage picking up the Demonimicon and a friend's character picking up the Lanthorn in that module. The Lanthorn was more trouble than it was worth; the gem lenses were incredibly expensive to make, and were used up very quickly. The Demonimicon was even more problematic. I seem to remember some vague demon-summoning spells contained in it, but it was also extremely dangerous to use and the demons it summoned/controlled were not even that powerful or useful. I never really got to use it before college ended, as the DMs didn't want to bother with it for some reason. My mage was a good guy, & so wouldn't have used it to attack anyone with. The only situation I can think of where it would come in handy is if a Demon Lord sent his minions after a party or character, and you wanted to protect them by using the book. I think its main problem was that it wasn't fleshed-out enough at the time, but now I can see there appears to be an entire supplement titled after it! Interesting how things grow and change over time. The Codex of the Infinite Planes was very powerful and very specific about its abilities, but much more dangerous to use; it would eventually eat you. [/QUOTE]
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