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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 9604185" data-attributes="member: 2209">I think it is with the 2e Blood War development.From the 2e Pre-Planescape <a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/16892/mc8-monstrous-compendium-outer-planes-appendix-2e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Outer Planes Monstrous Compendium appendix</a>:Bold and cunning, mariliths are the generals and tacticians for theBlood War. Where the balors are the influence and energy behindthe war effort, the mariliths are the brains and tactics.Terrible to behold, these creatures appear as half snake, halfhumanoid. From the waist down, these creatures have the bodiesof giant snakes, with huge, green, scaly coils. From the waist up,they are beautiful, comely females. Besides the obvious snakebody, the feature that gives away the true nature of this tanar'ri isher six arms. They are commonly adorned with precious jewelryand highly decorated weapons—they most often carry a differentweapon in each of their six hands.. . .Habitat/Society: As noted, mariliths are the strategists of theBlood War. They are in charge of devising all tactics to be usedduring the battles and coordinate the activities of all true tanar'ri(save the mighty balors, of course). Due to the chaotic nature ofthe non-true tanar'ri, it is not really possible to coordinate theiractivities, but the mariliths are charged with it nevertheless.These stunningly powerful creatures have a hatred for the glabrezu.They feel that the subtle warfare of the glabrezu is a childrens'game and inferior to proper warfare. A marilith willattempt to discredit the workings of the glabrezu any chance theyget. They would completely destroy the subtle beasts, but the allpowerfulbalors favor the glabrezus' tactics and would have themcontinue their ways.Ecology: Mariliths are true tanar'ri, which makes them a part ofthe driving force behind the Blood War. Moreover, they are thecoordinators and generals of the war efforts. Mariliths feel thatthey are the true force behind the war. Secretly, they feel that thebalors have their place only because of their great power but arenot absolutely necessary. They may be right in their belief, butthe power of the balors remains unchallenged.I just did a search of the 1e Manual of the Planes and did not get any hits for "type V" or the individual type V "Marilith". This was a pre blood war product.</blockquote>

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