Fiendish Codex question [Archive] - Wizards Community

Fiendish Codex question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Rechan
05-19-07, 12:21 AM I don't have either of the Codexes, but my question is about #2.

Does the book have any information on Imps? How about the other devils? Or is it in general just a detail of the Princes and gives all new monsters/feats/PrCs/bla?
Shemeska the Marauder
05-19-07, 03:40 AM Fiendish Codex II devotes about a half page to imps. It does present imps (mostly their connection and link to the baatezu) a bit differently than previous material.

By comparison, 2e 'Faces of Evil: The Fiends' has a bit more than that (though it's a dual look at imps and quasits within the same sub-chapter of the book).

I prefer the 2e source in terms of flavor, however they're both nice and I think that in most all instances the material is complimentary and can easily be merged.

As for the remainder of FC:II, the book begins with a general look at the Baatezu as a whole with their origin mythology (heavy on the myth part mind you), their motivations, psychology, ecology, etc. Then it moves on to a few pages each for the 9 layers of Baator and their respective lords, and then some feats/spells/PrCs, and finally a chapter on new monsters and revisions of older monsters.
Rechan
05-19-07, 07:43 AM Thank you.

I was just hoping for some general fluff on Imps so that I can flesh out a little nasty one. He's an isolated incident, not directly related to any other fiends or such, so that info doesn't look all that useful to me.

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Rechan 05-19-07, 12:21 AM	I don't have either of the Codexes, but my question is about #2. Does the book have any information on Imps? How about the other devils? Or is it in general just a detail of the Princes and gives all new monsters/feats/PrCs/bla?
Shemeska the Marauder 05-19-07, 03:40 AM	Fiendish Codex II devotes about a half page to imps. It does present imps (mostly their connection and link to the baatezu) a bit differently than previous material. By comparison, 2e 'Faces of Evil: The Fiends' has a bit more than that (though it's a dual look at imps and quasits within the same sub-chapter of the book). I prefer the 2e source in terms of flavor, however they're both nice and I think that in most all instances the material is complimentary and can easily be merged. As for the remainder of FC:II, the book begins with a general look at the Baatezu as a whole with their origin mythology (heavy on the myth part mind you), their motivations, psychology, ecology, etc. Then it moves on to a few pages each for the 9 layers of Baator and their respective lords, and then some feats/spells/PrCs, and finally a chapter on new monsters and revisions of older monsters.
Rechan 05-19-07, 07:43 AM	Thank you. I was just hoping for some general fluff on Imps so that I can flesh out a little nasty one. He's an isolated incident, not directly related to any other fiends or such, so that info doesn't look all that useful to me.