Calling all Graz'zt scholars!

[James Jacobs]

Asmodeus got bandied about for a bit elsewhere as being Graz'zt's dad. That's an unusual choice, and one with intriguing connotations that I don't think would really work out in the end. Another theory is that Baphomet is his dad, but I have in my head that Graz'zt's a lot older than Baphomet. There's a good chance I'll just leave it vague. I'm not sure the lucky "dad" I've come up with is the right choice, after all... It IS kind of weird...

 

[Thanael]

So James, did you check out Dicefreaks' Graz'zt ?

 

[Garnfellow]

Zapranoth

It's been a long, long time but check out Fred Saberhagen's novel The Black Mountains, the second book in the Empire of the East Trilogy. These books were hugely influential on D&D, with elemental summoning (and the old distance distortion spell), djinn, and . . . demon princes.

Zapranoth is a demon lord in that book who -- if my failing memory serves me well -- bears more than a passing resemblance to Graz'zt.

 

[Klaus]

Don't forget to visit the demon lord's website, at http://www.grazzt.com/ .

More to the point, will you address the fact that Graz'zt seemed to lose power since his 1e MM2 days, from Lesser God to Demon Lord?

According to Wikipedia, you should talk to these guys:

Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).

Uh... okay, nevermind.

 

[Rugger]

I'm not sure the lucky "dad" I've come up with is the right choice, after all... It IS kind of weird...

Jubilex and Pale Night got REALLY sloshed one night...

 

[DaveMage]

*Casts Summon Scott Greene*

 

[Grazzt]

*Casts Summon Scott Greene*

You rang?

 

[Grazzt]

... it's Graz'zt who's had the most written about him, but there's nothing (as far as I can tell) about him outside of D&D. He looks to have been created whole-cloth for the game.

I believe you are correct James. I THINK this is one of the demon lords/princes I was talking to Gygax about years ago and IIRC he did say he was created for the game (no real references to him outside D&D)

 

[howandwhy99]

Toben's Spirit Guide?

Kim Mohan wrote Tobin's. You could ask him....

 

[thedungeondelver]

Kim Mohan wrote Tobin's. You could ask him....

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