Lolth's appearance

[Alan Shutko]

I think H.R. Giger should be commissioned to depict Lolth's true form. He does the best combination of sexy and deeply monstrous I can think of.

 

[Henry]

Since she's a shapechanger, I say "all of the above." Since she is Chaotic as well as evil, I think it's a cool idea for her to appear in a slightly different form every time she appears, assuming your PCs live long enough to see her more than once.

BTW, that MM3 version of her is NASTY! That chick could rip a level 30 party in half if they're not careful!

My favorite, if I had to pick, is the classic look - the old Fiend Folio bulbous spider with female head.

 

[Klaus]

Nice way to almost-sidestep the question, Henry.

Now that Counter Collections Paragon 2, Epic 2 and Heroic 3 are done, soon the time will come to do Paragon 3 and Epic 3. This will include the counter for Lolth. The actual results of the poll won't determine the appearance by themselves. The rationale's being posted are more likely to help me determine Lolth's look.

And I must say, the humanoid-headed spider is winning in that regard.

 

[Shemeska]

Another reason for the drider version is that given her background as one of the elven gods of the Seldarine, when she was stripped of all but the barest shreds of her divinity and exiled into the Abyss, part of her punishment could be seen as that form. It's one thing to say 'you must be an ugly human headed spider thing' but another to allow her to retain a humanoid torso to mock her and perpetually remind her of her original form, her original beauty, and the fact that her past actions caused her to forever remain trapped within a warped version of her original self.

It's a lot more meaningful IMO than just she's an ugly spider goddess with pretensions of demonhood and a humanoid head.

 

[Klaus]

Another reason for the drider version is that given her background as one of the elven gods of the Seldarine, when she was stripped of all but the barest shreds of her divinity and exiled into the Abyss, part of her punishment could be seen as that form. It's one thing to say 'you must be an ugly human headed spider thing' but another to allow her to retain a humanoid torso to mock her and perpetually remind her of her original form, her original beauty, and the fact that her past actions caused her to forever remain trapped within a warped version of her original self.

It's a lot more meaningful IMO than just she's an ugly spider goddess with pretensions of demonhood and a humanoid head.

Okay, how is retaining your torso worse than retaining only your head?

 

[Theo R Cwithin]

Okay, how is retaining your torso worse than retaining only your head?

Two words:

Bewbs.