The 'Wonderland'-Inspired Faces of the RAGE OF DEMONS

Take a peek at some of the art from D&D's upcoming Rage of Demons storyline. This art is by Richard Whitters, who is the art director for D&D and used to work as a concept artist for Magic: the Gathering. WotC's Chris Perkins has indicated that one of the influences on Rage of Demons was Alice in Wonderland, and I think the influence is clear when you look at the characters below.

OUGALOP, kuo-toa cave cricket catcher extraordinaire.

YUK YUK and SPIDERBAIT, goblin adrenaline junkies.

THE SOCIETY OF BRILLIANCE, the Mensa of the Underdark.

GLABBAGOOL, awakened gelatinous cube.

RUMPADUMP and STOOL, myconid followers.

PRINCE DERENDIL, a quaggoth who thinks he's elven royalty.

TOPSY and TURVY, svirfneblin wererat siblings.

THE PUDDING KING, svirfneblin devotee (i.e., flunky) of Juiblex the Faceless Lord.

D&D's "Legion of Doom." What a wonderful bunch of malcontents.
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[FormerlyHemlock]

That's pretty cool. I'm stealing glabagool-drizz't for my next Underdark episode.

I like this direction.

 

[Sword of Spirit]

Oh yeah! And the Society of Brilliance, I'm going with Derro, Mindflayer and Orc, obviously...but that third guy...I'm kind of at a toss up whether he/she might be a trog, yuan-ti...or maybe they're going to reintroduce ye ole Ophidians as a new race? ...though they weren't inherently evil, as far as I remember. Troglodyte is the most likely, I guess.

Troglodyte

And I'm thinking grimlock rather than orc.

 

[I'm A Banana]

A wounded Drizzt, left near death after facing a horde of demons and barely escaping with his life, stumbles into a gelatinous cube's tunnel, where he is devoured. All the magical crap he has on him reacts strangely with the acid and the result is GLABBAGOOL, THE GELATINOUS CUBE WHO THINKS HE IS DRIZZT DO'URDEN.

 

[darjr]

What slimy mule bones!? That's a panther! Rwarrrrr!

 

[The Grassy Gnoll]

I love the idea of an awakened gelatinous cube! And the Society of Brilliance. And and and.

WANT!

 

[DMZ2112]

Wow, I am so pleased to see the community rally behind this idea. This looks like it is going to be a lot of classic D&D fun. If the story and characterizations are entertaining enough, I might even buy the book irrespective of my usual expectations regarding worldbuilding content.

But the overarching concept of the storyline does mean that I am still wondering when we are going to see a /Forgotten Realms/ storyline set in the Forgotten Realms -- rather than a Dragonlance, Greyhawk, and now a Planescape storyline set in the Forgotten Realms. Really, what is happening?

 

[TwoSix]

That's pretty cool. I'm stealing glabagool-drizz't for my next Underdark episode.

I like this direction.

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[I'm A Banana]

"That's not a dark elf, that's a gelatinous cube!"

<theme song>
Glabbagool, what's the matter with you?
You don't act like the other cubes do
You wear a disguise to look like dark elf guys
But you're not a drow, you're a gelatinous cube
<end theme song>

 

[Trickster Spirit]

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EDIT: Damn, ninja'd by TwoSix with the same joke. That'll teach me to take my sweet time making memes on my lunch break.

 

[Shasarak]

And really, you can't argue with science.

Of course you can argue with science. However it is even better when you use science to argue with science.