Demogorgon: Lame or Awesome?

[Minigiant]

The picture of ultimate and pure chaotic evil.

 

[Holy Bovine]

Demogorgon = awesome

I even like the pic on the 4E MM2!

 

[Mouseferatu]

I even like the pic on the 4E MM2!

You're not alone; I do, too. I don't think people realize just how brutal and dangerous baboons can be.

And BTW, apropos of nothing, I'd really like to see a thread that consisted of nothing but you--Holy Bovine--and Keith Baker--"Hellcow"--in an extended debate. But then, I'm easily amused that way.

 

[Greg K]

Demogorgon is awesome. However, the picture that they are using is, imo, lame. They should have used the one from Dragon (or was it Dungeon) from a few months back.

 

[Nymrohd]

Demogorgon is not even close to being the ultimate chaotic evil AFAIK. Pale Night could kick his ass

 

[Shemeska]

Not only is Demogorgon awesome, but anyone who thinks otherwise is having BadWrongFun and should put their books down and go take up knitting.

Okay, that's a bit of an exageration, obviously, but I think Demogorgon is one of the coolest "mega-fiends" the game has ever had, second only to Anthraxus.

Certainly cooler than Orcus.

Get ready to burn me for heresy, but the most awesome picture of Demogorgon ever was the art order screwup in the BoVD that gave him hyena heads. That picture rocked in so many ways, and it removed the mild 'on a basic level that's kinda silly' twin mandril heads he otherwise has.

And Mydianchlarus was cooler than Anthraxus if we get into the 'loths. But perhaps Rip's story about the former gives him an edge in my mind. Daru Ib Shamiq was cooler than both of them though.

 

[Oni]

So....longnecked Demogorgon or shortnecked Demogorgon?



I prefer the longnecked variety myself.

 

[demiurge1138]

Agreed that Demogorgon is awesome, but the picture on the cover of the MMII isn't very good. Andrew Hou's rendition from the cover of Dragon Magazine was superior:

 

[Mouseferatu]

Shemeska: I like a lot of what Planescape did. But considering that I'm a firm believer in the notion that Planescape woefully mishandled the fiends (even if it was partly not the writers' fault), and that no fiend original to Planescape can hold a candle to those who came before (or many who came since, for that matter), I do not think this is a discussion in which you wish to engage me.

 

[Shemeska]

Shemeska: I like a lot of what Planescape did. But considering that I'm a firm believer in the notion that Planescape woefully mishandled the fiends (even if it was partly not the writers' fault), and that no fiend original to Planescape can hold a candle to those who came before (or many who came since, for that matter), I do not think this is a discussion in which you wish to engage me.

Oh, I'd take that nerd fight anytime. Anytime. Especially with shots.

Pale Night.
Mydianchlarus.
Bel.
Levistus.
Xenghara.
Daru Ib Shamiq.
Etc.

So much awesomeness. But like a bag of holding in a portable hole, this is an argument capable of forming astral rifts that will have to wait for another time, or another thread, or something.