I don't remember where I first heard that Wizards was planning to do this book, but it only took about five minutes to write the email suggesting that James and I would like to write it. When TSR had a presence on AOL back in the early 90s, I got in touch with Planescape author Colin McComb and served as a research assistant on Faces of Evil, the 2nd edition fiend sourcebook, and the credit for that help is my first credit in a D&D book. Baxa, Carl Critchlow, Erik Gist, Ralph Horsley, William O'Connor, Ted Pendergraft, Wayne Reynolds, Anne Stokes, Arnie Swekel, and Franz Vohwinkel.Įrik Mona talked about his love for D&D's demons and how he came to work on this book: 'I've always been fascinated by D&D's demons, from the very first time I paged through the original Monster Manual back in the 1980s. Cover art is by Sam Wood, with interior art by Thomas M. Appendix III also includes the books from which they originated.įiendish Codex I was written by Ed Stark, James Jacobs, and Erik Mona, and was published in June 2006. Appendices - There are three appendices: I features a list of all known demon lords II features a list of all known layers of the Abyss and III features a list of all known types of demon, sorted by their Challenge Ratings, which are updated to 3.5.Chapter 5: Into the Abyss - Features a general overview of the Abyss, and includes descriptions for 15 layers of the Abyss (including the realms of the above-mentioned demon lords).Also includes new feats and magic spells related to demons and demon hunting. Chapter 4: Trafficking with Demons - Discusses various ways that characters can interact with demons, from fighting them to allying with them.It also provides tips on advancing the demon lords so that they can be as powerful as you like. Their statistics are given at lower Challenge Ratings than in previous books such as Book of Vile Darkness, ranging from Juiblex at CR 19 to Demogorgon at CR 23. Chapter 3: Demon Lords - Describes and provides stat blocks for 14 demon lords.Also includes stat blocks for 16 new monsters on pages 27-56. Chapter 2: Demons - Discusses the difference between the three main subtypes of demon: loumara, obyrith, and tanar'ri.Chapter 1: Demonic Lore - Explains a number of well known aspects of demons, including their physiology, their interactions on the Material Plane, the roles they fit into, and how possession works.

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