Dragon 337: Will the real Zuggtmoy please stand up?

[diaglo]

Presumably so.

Tanar'ri are just the vastly most prominant 'race' (for lack of a better term) within the Abyss, joined by a common general heirarchy of types, and a common origin. Once they reach beyond Balor status and become rulers of domains or entire layers of the Abyss they tend to assume a unique shape. I'm not aware of any of them that aren't actually risen up from the ranks of the Tanar'ri unless they were deities who carved out a layer of the plane of their own (Ie Lolth, the made Derro god whatshisname, Mershaulk, etc)

You missed out on the best of the Abyss by skipping the 2e material IMHO. They got some awesome treatment.

the rulers of the abyssal layers are equivalent to deities in my book and have all the powers that includes.

but i don't agree with a lot of what they have done with things over the years.

the newest artwork included.

 

[Flexor the Mighty!]

the rulers of the abyssal layers are equivalent to deities in my book and have all the powers that includes.

but i don't agree with a lot of what they have done with things over the years.

the newest artwork included.

I give them the abilities of lesser gods on thier home planes per the original MotP.

 

[BOZ]

Alot of the really old, original illustrations of various archfiends didn't come off as scary or evil, just funny looking. Baphomet and Demogorgon being noted exceptions, they scared the hell out of me as a little kid (I also thought I'd go to hell at the time if I played the game, but that's another issue entirely).

zuggs is by far the least scariest-looking of the bunch. i mean, it was years between when i first heard of her and when i first saw her picture. i said to myself "she looks like THAT?"

at least the other demon lords can be made to look scary if drawn slightly differently. zuggtmoy looks too much like the stay-puft marshmallow man for her appearance alone to seem a credible threat.

 

[diaglo]

zuggs is by far the least scariest-looking of the bunch. i mean, it was years between when i first heard of her and when i first saw her picture. i said to myself "she looks like THAT?"

at least the other demon lords can be made to look scary if drawn slightly differently. zuggtmoy looks too much like the stay-puft marshmallow man for her appearance alone to seem a credible threat.

the proof is in the pudding...

she is just lulling you into a false sense of security.

and then.. WHAM.

 

[StupidSmurf]

the proof is in the pudding...

she is just lulling you into a false sense of security.

and then.. WHAM.

WHAM? What, do you get attacked by George Michael???

 

[diaglo]

WHAM? What, do you get attacked by George Michael???

no, the other guy.

Spoiler

deities had psionics in my campaign

 

[Alzrius]

*edited for posting in the wrong thread*

 

[Thunderfoot]

You know, you guys got it all wrong!
Zuggy has always looked this way, it just that when they did the original artwork she had a yeast infection.