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Summon Demon, July 31, 2010
This review is from: Demonomicon: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement (Hardcover)
Booyah! I blindly bought the Demonomicon in hope that a ritual like this would be contained within its pages, and lo it was! A fantastic book, really. I'm in love with demons all over again. It's missing some cult rule information in regard to Dagon, Demogorgon, Juiblex, and Orcus, but it does cover most of the other Abyssal Lords. I suppose they couldn't resist an attempt to bilk us for a Demonomicon 2.
It details some previously untouched levels of the Abyss for GMs, and clarifies some regions where no known Demon Lord yet reigns. It has handy information for mixing in Abyssal encounters and settings into your campaign, and has guidelines for customizing monster stat blocks to fit in theme with a certain demon lord, or just to give an NPC a demonic flavor.
An excellent book with plenty of useful information and inspiration for GMs who want to introduce a certain aspect of the Abyss, or create an entire Abyssal based campaign. I believe this book is a step above all the other supplementary material Wizards has produced to date.
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Demony Goodness, August 20, 2010
This review is from: Demonomicon: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement (Hardcover)
What D&D player doesn't love demons? I mean, they're the archetypal ancient, rampaging evil bad guys. Dragons are kind of solitary, and devils have too many shades of gray, but demons? These are bad guys everyone can appreciate.
This is a solid addition to 4e, and almost lives up to the standards set by the exemplary 3.5 supplement, "Hordes of the Abyss." It digs into the history of the Abyss, and explains how all this new 4e Elemental Chaos stuff fits in, nowadays. Obyriths make a triumphant return, and anyone who's been keeping track of D&D lore since the early days will find a lot of nostalgia, here. Mishka the Wolf-Spider, the Wind Dukes of Aqaa, Pazunia, Zuggtmoy, manes, and a bevy of familiar abyssal planes all make their debut. There's even some repurposed 1e Daemons inside, like "Phraxas", ruler of Khin-Oin, whom fans of 1e's MM2 will recognize as a renamed Anthraxus. All that's missing are demons which go by Roman numerals instead of names.
While it's supposedly for all levels, it's mostly geared towards Paragon and Epic play, which is great for me. The delves are fairly minimal, thank goodness, and the bulk of the book is an abyssal travelogue of sorts and a nice, thick selection of new demons to throw at your party.
For those keeping track, it uses the higher attack and damage expressions from Monster Manual 3 and the July 2010 updates. If all you have are MM1 and/or MM2, these guys will hit like a brick, and your players will wonder what you're doing to them.
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Very informative, March 18, 2011
This review is from: Demonomicon: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement (Hardcover)
This is the kind of product you get information you wouldn't normally find anywhere else, and it's interesting even outside D&D. It's material that can be used for other RPG settlements or just as reading material.
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