Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss

[Thanael]

Dungeon magazine has actually featured more obscure unique demons than Dragon magazine has:
#10 (The Shrine of Ilsidahur): Ilsidahur

Isn't that Ilsihadur? It's also set in Greyhawk so I'm sure Erik knows it...

 

[Thanael]

Gesundheit.

 

[BOZ]

After remembering this awesome thread: http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=307692&page=1&pp=30

Here are the Abyssal monsters (aside from the expected demons) appearing in that thread:

Visage (Libris Mortis)
Viper tree (from Planes of Chaos)
Ship of Chaos ("In the Abyss" module)
Shadow Hound ("Giantcraft" accessory)
Tanar'ri Living Fortress (Dragon #233)
Dirtwraith (Dragon #270, "Minions of Iuz")

 

[BOZ]

Isn't that Ilsihadur? It's also set in Greyhawk so I'm sure Erik knows it...

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Ilsihadur
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=Ilsidahur

 

[Shemeska]

Here are the Abyssal monsters (aside from the expected demons) appearing in that thread:

Visage (Libris Mortis)

They were so much cooler and more frightening in 'Dead Gods'. In Libris Mortis they looked like bad Insane Clown Posse standins, and the flavor text describing them honestly didn't capture the creepy from the originals.

 

[Staffan]

"This title will be released on June 13, 2006."

I think the actual street date is a week earlier.

That is, 2006/6/6.

 

[BOZ]

that would be correct.

 

[Razz]

I only want to know ONE thing about this book:

3.5 updates to BoVD's monsters and demon princes/archdevils. Every 3.0 book got some form of 3.5 upgrade treatment EXCEPT for Book of Vile Darkness.

Will Fiendish Codex rectify this abomination? I mean, I am afraid to use Graz'zt in my campaigns because he isn't the "true" Graz'zt when it comes to D&D stats. If not in the book, can both James and Erik please recommend a BoVD update as a Web Enhancement to WotC?

Thanks.

 

[ruleslawyer]

There's a good BoVD conversion on the WotC boards that has stat revisions for the archfiends.

http://boards1.wizards.com/showthread.php?t=190192

Moreover, you can also look at the Dicefreaks archfiends. I find them a bit OTT for my liking (although they are substantially more flavorful than the BoVD archfiends), but one of the site gurus has posted alternate versions that are a bit less deific and more generally epic:

http://dicefreaks.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=311

 

[Knight Otu]

There's a good BoVD conversion on the WotC boards that has stat revisions for the archfiends.

I'm sure they're good, but Razz typically is only interested when the material comes directly from Wizards or Paizo.

I think I'd be a good bet to say that the "lesser" demons will be converted, but I wouldn't put any money on the Demon Lords. Of course, I'm in no place to answer that.