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Phalse was a "powerful demon" originally from the novel Azure Bonds. He is also described in Hall of Heroes (1989), pages 5-7. He often disguised himself as a "nasty-looking halflingish creature" claiming to serve as an agent of the demon he truly was, but his true form was that of a man with a...

He's a fairly important character in that book, which refers to him as a "fiend lord" (it being the 2nd edition era) and has him rule a fairly intimidating realm of giant sandworms on the 333rd layer of the Abyss. He's far from the only fiendish ruler on that layer, though (though he's the only...

Well, maybe. But if you make them devils they'll have a very different feel, and their web of rivalries and alliances becomes very different. I think it does the least violence to prior continuity to just do what they did with Graz'zt, and say, "Malcanthet is a former devil, but she lives in...

4e's Demonomicon includes succubi who moved from Baator to the Abyss at the same time as Graz'zt, mutating into demonic things. The 3e succubi could probably be recontextualized that way.

Oh, and you missed a few Polyhedron articles. Hawvermale, Lance. "Powers That Be: Cyndor." Polyhedron #140. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Hawvermale, Lance. "Powers that Be: Xan Yae." Polyhedron #139. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.

I'm surprised the compiler missed all the Living Greyhawk web-articles published on the Wizards of the Coast website, many of which had high-quality original content not found anywhere else. Some of them include: Glorvardum The Cauldron of Night Dominions of the Flannae The StoneRing of...

I think "Ychbilch" is from one of the non-TSR Gord the Rogue novels, and not WotC-official.

I love the "Idiocracy" reference in the first panel.

Her "mirror universe" good counterpart was called Ahsat, if I recall correctly. She appears briefly in Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk. Elena the Fair was her adopted sister.

Heh, wow. You guys really don't think much of your readers, do you? And the minds of thousands of bright ten-year-olds with access to Wikipedia suddenly cried out from being condescended to. I remember being in elementary school, discovering obscure D&D terms had myths in real-world history...

Any thoughts on including the Sigilian venues described in Kingdom of the Ghouls?

No, she replaces Obad-hai as the neutral deity of all aspects of nature. Unlike Obad-hai, Melora is also goddess of sea life, to the extent that the sahuagin god Sekolah is one of her exarchs. In that sense, she's also similar to the Eberron deity known as the Devourer, but Melora has positive...

Ah, yes, you're right, Thanael; Bigby is the one with the hood, and he has a neatly trimmed brown beard. I was thinking of his illustration in Mordenkainen's Fantastic Adventure:

Beautiful! Thanks for doing these things, really. I feel like I should say something constructive, but the only thing I can think of at the moment is slightly deconstructive - Bigby doesn't have a beard in most published illustrations. Not that that's a problem; he could have grown a beard...

Note that many of the creatures Vaarsuvius killed were half-dragons (judging from the illustration). Even if there are no non-evil black dragons, does this extend to their half-humanoid kin?

"A petty noble whose soul we're getting anyway and who will be instantly wiped out by the squad of paladins he hangs around with? Pass." The devil shuffles through some papers. His eyes widen. "A player character? Hot damn!" Of course, this is why V's on their list. Not because she's...

Torog Divine Gaoler The Watchful, the Tormentor, the Cruel, the Elder Sign Aliases: Laduguer, Dalt, Yog-Sothoth, Scahrossar, the Patient One, Elder Elemental Eye. Torog is the god of imprisonment. He is prayed to by those in gaol in hope of liberation or preferential treatment, and by those...

Zehir doesn't seem very mysterious: just add in details about Set, Merrshaulk, Sseth, Yig, and any other gods that obviously inspired the deity. Sources: Powers & Pantheons, Faiths and Pantheons, Monster Mythology, any book on Egyptian mythology, The Scarlet Brotherhood accessory by Sean K...

I hearby ban the phrase "lip-smacking crunch" from the internet. I prefer my oral allusions unmixed. Also, the image of someone literally licking their lips over game statistics makes me puke in my mouth a little. Remember: metaphors are a privilege, not a right.

She would expect them to feel similar defiance and spite toward her, and to thrive anyway. But Lolth is a twisted, evil being, and part of that package is an unhealthy amount of self-loathing. It's impossible for her to separate her own psychological baggage from the form she's given, and that...