Hordes of the Abyss: Q&A

[BogusMagus]

The pic of Orcus in the art gallery is not the pic that is in the BoVD. Agreed it could be that the pic from the BoVD was not put in the on line art gallery, but the pic in the art gallery is one of the best I have seen aside from the one in ToH.

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/fc1_gallery/98462.jpg
I can't find the pic in the book. (Unfortunate, because I like that picture.)
At least the pic to go with the Orcus entry is the one form BoVD. And Thanatos layer does not have a pic of him.

 

[BogusMagus]

I think that's Pale Night, not Liltu or Malcanthet.

In any case, you are right Wycen, the Art for this book KILLS.

Yes, you are right, that's Pale Night.

The mistakes start at the last pic of the second page.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/fc1_gallery/98456.jpg
That's Lilitu.

And ends at the 2nd to last pic on the 3rd page.
http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/fc1_gallery/98470.jpg
That's "Mialee summons a nalfeshnee", from the Magic section in Chapter 4.
(BTW, isn't that a reprint from somewhere else?)

 

[Nightfall]

Not surprised they didn't feature Orcus in Thantos. It might be his realm but doesn't mean he shows up every time some random adventurer happens to land in his world.

Unless they are there to try to kill him...

 

[Rystil Arden]

Not surprised they didn't feature Orcus in Thantos. It might be his realm but doesn't mean he shows up every time some random adventurer happens to land in his world.

Unless they are there to try to kill him...

Or maybe they already killed him?

 

[Nightfall]

Only to see Tenebrous RISE again!

 

[Rystil Arden]

Only to see Tenebrous RISE again!

Maybe

Of course, I doubt Orcus could pull that trick a second time. And if he's anything like his non-buddy Juiby, he's going to be dying a whole lot more often now.

 

[Nightfall]

Well I was thinking more like his Tome of Horror version. Now that's pretty bad ass.

Besides, being undead god once doesn't preclude you from doing that again, especially if you're Orcus.

 

[Rystil Arden]

Well I was thinking more like his Tome of Horror version. Now that's pretty bad ass.

Besides, being undead god once doesn't preclude you from doing that again, especially if you're Orcus.

With the ToH version, I'd be scared to be those adventurers in Thanatos

I guess if anyone could become an undead god twice, it would be Orcus. But it would definitely lose him style points if he can't think of something new and equally creatively evil to do this time.

 

[Nightfall]

Well I think in this case while he might lose the style points, he'd say "Hey if it's not broke why fix it?" I mean if it worked once, why not again?

But yeah ToH version Orcus = rules mightly the Abyss!

 

[Rystil Arden]

Well I think in this case while he might lose the style points, he'd say "Hey if it's not broke why fix it?" I mean if it worked once, why not again?

But yeah ToH version Orcus = rules mightly the Abyss!

It worked well the first time because nobody expected it. This time, his enemies will surely have contingencies because they remember last time