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Demonomicon: A 4th Edition D&D Supplement

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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.

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.

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.

Demonomicon is a great product. It speaks in detail about many different types of demons covering many favorites spoken of in previous tomes dating back to 2nd edition rules but never full fleshed out till now. It reads like a monster manual (stat blocks)and manual of the planes for the abyss (Layer and dominions info)as studied through the experiences of the Demonologist Iggwilv the Witch Queen. In fact you might say it is her fabled Demonomicon itself. It traces the very beginings of the Abyss, its creation and the power struggles within its borders as well as its relationship to the Chained God, Tharizdun. A thin product wieghing in at 159 pages but well worth its cost, I would highly recommend it in you collection of D&D tomes.

Demons have been synonymous with D&D as the eponymous dragons of the fantasy genre. This book offers a fairly comprehensive list of demonic baddies to pit against your gaming group. While a fun foray into demon lore for many D&D players this is really IMO a Monster Manual for the groups Dungeon Master (DM). This monstrous supplement is divided into 3 main sections. The first 2 sections are devoted mostly to fluff text and sections 3 to crunch. Section one is devoted to demonology in the DnD-verse; covering topics such as the nature of the Abyss, summoning demons, demonic physiology, parasites and thralls, demon society/hierarchy and many other topics relevant to the setting. Chapter 2 describes in fairly exhaustive detail the Abyss itself, including the demonic cities of Morglon Daar, the Blood Rift & the Deep Layers. Finally, section 3 covers demons themselves; such as Blood demons, Ferrolith, Pazuzu, (seen the Exorcist?) Zuggtmoy & Kostchtchie to name a few. An appendix of new monsters closes the book. Overall if you are a DM and love how demons are treated in 4th ed then this book is not just indispensable, its a must have for your library.

Excellent source material, my campaign is demon focused and now there are some good information on everything to do with the Abyss to throw in my game.