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After Pazuzu - what's next for the Demons?
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WmRAllen67
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But after Pazuzu, why go with anyone else?
Just ask Linda Blair...
(I would have said "Once you've had Pazuzu..." but more to the point is "Once Pazuzu's had you!")
Just ask Linda Blair...
(I would have said "Once you've had Pazuzu..." but more to the point is "Once Pazuzu's had you!")
BLACKDIRGE
Adventurer
Here's a question regarding the demon lords. What are their OGL status? I ask this question simply becasue some of the demon lords are drawn directly from real world mythology. Pazuzu for instance appears in babylonian/assyrian myths.
http://www.ancientneareast.net/religion_mesopotamian/demons/pazuzu.html
If the above is true for other demon lords, can their names, if not their specific abilities, be used by D20 publishers?
Blackdirge
http://www.ancientneareast.net/religion_mesopotamian/demons/pazuzu.html
If the above is true for other demon lords, can their names, if not their specific abilities, be used by D20 publishers?
Blackdirge
Alzrius,
I did some digging, and found a file listing all of my professional credits on my hard drive. The article appeared in Polyhedron #135.
Blackdirge: Take a look at Armies of the Abyss, which I wrote for Green Ronin, specifically the short section on "other" demons (I'd give a page number, but would you believe I've given all of my copies of Armies of the Abyss away?). To make a long story short, the demons I hinted at in those sections are the ones that seem to be proprietary to D&D. Off the top of my head, that's Graz'zt, Lolth, Yeenoghu, Fraz'urb-luu, Demogorgon (the name is public domain, the details are not) and maybe one or two others. Kostchtchie is from Russian mythology.
Arcane Runes: I probably wouldn't print anything longer than 5,000 words, which in the case of the elemental princes of evil might mean using Dungeon-style stat blocks rather than the more spacious Monster Manual approach. I might go up to 7,000 if the pitch was really good.
I'm glad people seem to be liking the Pazuzu article. THIS is the type of Dragon I'd like to publish. There will be much, much more.
The Far Realm is only a month away.
--Erik Mona
Editor-in-Chief
Dragon & Dungeon
I did some digging, and found a file listing all of my professional credits on my hard drive. The article appeared in Polyhedron #135.
Blackdirge: Take a look at Armies of the Abyss, which I wrote for Green Ronin, specifically the short section on "other" demons (I'd give a page number, but would you believe I've given all of my copies of Armies of the Abyss away?). To make a long story short, the demons I hinted at in those sections are the ones that seem to be proprietary to D&D. Off the top of my head, that's Graz'zt, Lolth, Yeenoghu, Fraz'urb-luu, Demogorgon (the name is public domain, the details are not) and maybe one or two others. Kostchtchie is from Russian mythology.
Arcane Runes: I probably wouldn't print anything longer than 5,000 words, which in the case of the elemental princes of evil might mean using Dungeon-style stat blocks rather than the more spacious Monster Manual approach. I might go up to 7,000 if the pitch was really good.
I'm glad people seem to be liking the Pazuzu article. THIS is the type of Dragon I'd like to publish. There will be much, much more.
The Far Realm is only a month away.
--Erik Mona
Editor-in-Chief
Dragon & Dungeon
Whizbang Dustyboots
Gnometown Hero
Erik, any chance the Demonicon could eventually get published as a reprint annual? Along those lines, Incursion could probably use a similar treatment. I'm surprised that you haven't done reprints along these lines for a number of different articles, in fact -- the Adventure Path series cries out for it, for one. Is this an editorial decision, a financial decision or something contractual with WotC?
Andor
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diaglo said:don't forget Pazuzu made his film debut in the Exorcist.
also iirc, he gets some mention in the Banewarrens d02 by Monte Cook as window dressing for a trap encounter.
as for others i'd like to see... The Faceless One is high on my list.
He's also been on Futurama...
MrFilthyIke
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Andor said:
Which episode??
Also, is there a catalog of which demons are IP of D&D, and which are not?
