Demogorgon: Lame or Awesome?

[an_idol_mind]

I like Demogorgon. At the same time, I'm having a really hard time trying to convince my wife that a two-headed baboon with tentacled arms and reptilian feet is cool, so it doesn't look like he'll show up in my games any time soon.

As to the cover of the MMII, it's not the best art I've seen, but I think it's pretty good. That kind of weirdness is a perk of the D&D game, in my opinion, and I support putting it out as a representative of one of the core books.

 

[Nebulous]

Demogorgon gets thumbs up from me, he's my favorite demon lord, ever since 1e. I just think the baboon heads and tentacles are genuinely creepy. As for the MM2 cover, i don't hate it, but this thread has about half a dozen pictures that are better. Which is a shame. Still, i like the MM2 cover better than the MM1 cover.

 

[avin]

Demogorgon > Orcus.

I'm using a (Neil Gaiman's) Sandman approach for the powerful creatures of the Planes. Every culture, religion or race see them in a different way.

Gnolls probably think them as two headed Hyenas. Maybe for some catfolk Demogorgon looks like a giant two headed cat.

 

[Mercule]

Even if I minded something looking a little cartoony, which I really don't, I'm just glad it doesn't look computer generated, which is terrible for Dungeons&Dragons art.

Amen. 1000 times Amen.

If I can tell it came off a computer, it's got no business anywhere near D&D (or any other RPG, IMO). I'd rather have stick figures than computer graphics. This is my biggest concern with the Character Visualizer and why I fully expect it to be worthless to me. Even Pixar doesn't do computer graphics good enough for me to want them on my character sheet.

 

[Anthraxus]

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.

I'll agree with that!

Cover looks pretty good. There is something fierce about the monkey. Especially a two-headed, tentacled one.

 

[Jhaelen]

Definitely awesome!

 

[Thanael]

Another pic from The World of D&D Anthology #5 cvr B comic by Devils Due.
It shows the summoning of Demogorgon from the Dragonlance short story “A Stone’s Throw Away”.

 

[chaotix42]

Wow. Epic pic.

Is there a bigger version anywhere?

 

[Oni]

Another pic from The World of D&D Anthology #5 cvr B comic by Devils Due.
It shows the summoning of Demogorgon from the Dragonlance short story “A Stone’s Throw Away”.

I think we've found my new favorite Demogorgan pic.

 

[renau1g]

That's a great pic, but I agree that my group finds all the mega-fiends to be full of lameness... I don't think the cover will change their minds.