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Seeing as how D&D cribbed its material from everything in the world, it's no surprise that it got sued from time to time. For example, J. R. R. Tolkien's estate sued TSR over a few intellectual property rights. And although they managed to prove that "Orc" was not a unique word to Tolkien (Warcraft thanks you!), there were a few issues necessitating change, such as:
-Hobbits became Halflings
-Ents became Treants
-And Balrogs became Balor Demons.
The Mythical Balor was king of the Fomorians (proto-fae giants). D&D Balor is a type of demon. A BIG type of demon. These guys are the biggest, baddest, toughest dudes beneath the Demon Lords, and they know it. Wielding flaming whips and vorpal swords, Balors command armies, but certainly arent afraid to mix it up in the front lines. Besides, if one dies, it explodes, anyway, so why not?
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Sometimes very arrogant, Bronze Dragons are dutiful and loyal, with a streak of self-righteousness. They breathe lightning despite living so close to the sea.
Many millennia ago, Xin ruled the ancient empire of Thassilon. The wizard emperor created the Runelords, who ruled beneath him - but also plotted against him. Toward the end of his life, Xin grew paranoid, and constructed a massive metal monstrosity, the Clockwork Reliquary, to house his mortal remains and bring him back to life if he perished. Xin was unable to activate it before the Runelords killed him, but his spirit lived on, now corrupted.
Fast-forward to the "Present" day in the Pathfinder setting, where, in the Shattered Star adventure path, the heroes get to reassemble the Shattered Star artifact originally made by Xin, which itself was an awesome accomplishment. But witht he artifact's reassembly, all of Xin's old magics activated again, including the Reliquary. Now corrupted and insane, Xin's spirit uses his reliquary and ruined castle to attempt to rebuild his former empire, and shape it in his image. The very last part of the Shattered Star adventure involves going into Xin's citadel, and taking on the Reliquary and his spirit in combat, with the fate of the known world at stake.
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One of the strangest of Beholderkin, the Death Kiss drinks blood through its tentacles, which fuels its electric blood!
Mighty titans among demons, the Daemogoths enact deals with mortals, legendary power for a steep price.
Despite being horrible creatures that live in filth, Otyughs perform a valuable service by eating dung and refuse. Of course, they also eat live prey, such as people, but that's something you just have to deal with.
The result of a Beholder's mad dream of the afterlife, Death Tyrants are powerful far beyond the grave. When all else is dust ad bone, the eldritch light of their eyes will wreak destruction. The very essence of life fails beneath the terrible gaze of its main eye.
Matching John Keats' poem, the Lamia Matriarch or Noble Lamia is a snake woman with some vampiric abilities. Even though it's just a Lamia "variant," plenty of people have used these ladies more in their roleplay than they have the leonine originals!
Taller and more slender than their relatives, War Trolls are intelligent mercenaries, learned in combat, who offer their services to the highest bidder. Hilariously, this means that War Trolls are sometimes heroes.
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The legions of heaven's army are populated byt he fiery Angels of Valor, whose wrathful justice burn across the land.
Six feet end to end, three and five-tenths feet central diameter, tapering to one foot at each end. Like a barrel with five bulging ridges in place of staves. Lateral breakages, as of thinnish stalks, are at equator in middle of these ridges. In furrows between ridges are curious growths – combs or wings that fold up and spread out like fans. . . which gives almost seven-foot wing spread. Arrangement reminds one of certain monsters of primal myth, especially fabled Elder Things in [the] Necronomicon.
—H.P. Lovecraft, At the Mountains of Madness
Titanic creatures of the cold element, Frost Salamanders are not to be underestimated! They also might not be related to regular Fire Salamanders.
He calls forth the living flame.
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The Crawling Chaos, the God of a Thousand Forms, Nyarlathotep is the most...personable... of the Great Old Ones. He has many names and many masks, some chaotic, some totally human, One of the shapes that straddles this line is "The Black Man." Don't take it as racism! The Black Man's skin isn't African, it's as dark as coal (this figure was apparently made by colorblind people), and his features do not match. He also has the feet of a goat, and appears often to worshippers - it's not an entirely human form liek the Pharoah or Mr. Skin.
Nyarlathotep actively enjoys serving and causing chaos, making him almost a Trickster or a devil character. He ultimately serves Azathoth, the greatest, oldest, and worst of the Outer Gods, but often Nyarlathotep's schemes seem to be entirely his own.
Out of the darkness, the spectral images of the dead come out to feed...
(BTW, I took a Black Slaad D&D miniature, dimmed the lighting, and positioned a bright white LED under it. My camera, upon focusing on the light, adjusted everything else's relative darkness to fit.)
Something lives in the Pine Barrens of New Jersey. What is it?
Sightings of the Jersey Devil are honestly more common than Bigfoot, but they are so strange and surreal that they defy all explanation!
Not quite demons, Demodands were created by the Titans. Shaggy Demodands are the undisputed lords of their kind, capable of casting the most powerful spells.
This really puts the size of the whole thing in perspective, doesn't it?
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Carrion Crawlers are way oldschool - my guess is that Gary Gygax bought a rubber centipede or something, and used it. Carrion Crawlers are natural scavengers, preferring to eat things that are dead. Of course, that doesn't stop them from killing you and eating you later, just saying. But they can be tamed, and lots of people love using them as pets, mounts, garbage disposal, or what-have-you. Just watch out for the paralyzing venom in their tentacles.
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They were originally very skinny, and even compared to elves!
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Xanathar really loves his goldfish. He has no idea that it isn't immortal and has been replaced countless times.
Inside that statue's mouth is a sphere of annihilation - what better introduction to the Tomb than by giving you a trap made of pure schmuck bait?
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