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#1 gamer_zer0 Jun 06, 2008 16:06:10	Yeenoghu - Demonomicon of Iggwilv By Robert J. Schwalb Art by Jason A. Engle and Brian Hagan 06/06/2008 Dragon Features Archive The Beast of Butchery rules his realm in the Abyss through rampant, unpredictable, and grotesque levels of violence. Learn about the Demon Prince of Gnolls—his exarch, his followers, and his goals in this newest entry torn from Iggwilv’s legendary tome. Discover the Beast’s muddied past, and the plans his rabid, fanatical, and bloodthirsty gnolls have for the world. “On a throne of bone, in the dim light of smoke-filled hall, surrounded by the sounds of screams and the endless grinding of the wheels far below, sits the Beast of Butchery…” http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/drfe/20080606a
#2 agundemerak Jun 07, 2008 1:26:20	really good, i'm very happy , the new dragon look promising
#3 banpai Jun 07, 2008 6:30:51	Yeah it´s looking very good. Just one thing Yeenoghu is missing an ability in his statblock - his aspect has a similar ability that gives him +2 on attacks when bloddied, so I guess that the big cheese gets the same or something better.
#4 sciborg3 Jun 08, 2008 10:52:53	Great article guys - loved the art and the details on Yeeno's realm.
#5 Titanium_Dragon Jun 08, 2008 17:57:04	I think you guys need to proofread a little better. You said he ruled a nameless layer deep within the Abyss. And then you stated that it was known as Yeenoghu's Realm. Kind of contractory. And it was the very next sentence. I know the idea of nameless horror is a good one, but it is a lot less nameless if you give it a name the very next sentence, and it sounds more contrived than scary or impressive.
#6 fodigg Jun 10, 2008 16:08:43	I think you guys need to proofread a little better. You said he ruled a nameless layer deep within the Abyss. And then you stated that it was known as Yeenoghu's Realm. Kind of contractory. And it was the very next sentence. I know the idea of nameless horror is a good one, but it is a lot less nameless if you give it a name the very next sentence, and it sounds more contrived than scary or impressive. Zapp Brannigan: I am the man with no name… Zapp Brannigan, at your service.
#7 mike_lowder Jun 10, 2008 19:14:08	Awesome article. Kudos to Schwalb. Fantastic work. Truly the stuff I enjoy reading and hope to see more of.
#8 prodigyduck Jun 11, 2008 11:54:17	I enjoyed this article as well. I am curious if WotC has any plans of gathering all of the Demonomicon entries from the various Dragon magazines and publishing them in a collected book; in the same manner as the Monser Ecology articles. Obviously, I would like to also know if the previous 3.5 articles would be converted to 4E in this book, if so published.
#9 Artifact Jun 11, 2008 13:24:05	I enjoyed this article as well. I am curious if WotC has any plans of gathering all of the Demonomicon entries from the various Dragon magazines and publishing them in a collected book; in the same manner as the Monser Ecology articles. Obviously, I would like to also know if the previous 3.5 articles would be converted to 4E in this book, if so published. With the "re-imagining" of the D&D cosmology in 4e I doubt that any prospective collection will be converted from 3.5. I didn't mind the Dragon Compendium conversion to 3.5, since I have most of the material in its original form anyway (much of it from long out of print editions). A Demonomicon collection however, would be more valuable to me if it preserved the rules as written, in a nice, collectable format. Since I'm here, I'd also like to humbly request a collection of the Core Beliefs articles which appeared in Dragon Magazine. That series was my favorite of all, even more so than Demonomicon. For anyone who's interested, the articles and the issues they appeared in: Demonomicon of Iggwilv by James Jacobs #329: Pazuzu #333: Fraz-urn'luu #337: Zuggtmoy #341: Baphomet #345: Kostchtchie #349: Dagon #353: Malcanthet #357: Demogordon #359: Apocrypha Core Beliefs by Sean K Reynolds #338: Boccob #342: Olidammara #346: Pelor #348: Vecna #350: Wee Jas #354: Heironeous #356: Hextor #358: St. Cuthbert
#10 pifil Jun 11, 2008 17:39:44	I really liked this article too, the Demonomicon, Core Belief and Ecology articles were always my favourites in Dragon and I hope they continue to meet this fantastic quality. I have a suggestion for the future though; I think it would be a good idea to supply a separate pdf with just the stat blocks in it. If you wish to use Yeenoghu at your game then that's really the only information you'll need to have to hand. If you can just easily print one or two pages with the stat blocks on them then that'll be handier and less costly.
#11 Mist-Bound Jun 11, 2008 17:53:21	With the "re-imagining" of the D&D cosmology in 4e I doubt that any prospective collection will be converted from 3.5. I didn't mind the Dragon Compendium conversion to 3.5, since I have most of the material in its original form anyway (much of it from long out of print editions). A Demonomicon collection however, would be more valuable to me if it preserved the rules as written, in a nice, collectable format. Since I'm here, I'd also like to humbly request a collection of the Core Beliefs articles which appeared in Dragon Magazine. That series was my favorite of all, even more so than Demonomicon. For anyone who's interested, the articles and the issues they appeared in: Demonomicon of Iggwilv by James Jacobs #333: Fraz-urn'luu #337: Zuggtmoy #341: Baphomet #345: Kostchtchie #349: Dagon #353: Malcanthet #357: Demogordon #359: Apocrypha Core Beliefs by Sean K Reynolds #338: Boccob #342: Olidammara #346: Pelor #348: Vecna #350: Wee Jas #354: Heironeous #356: Hextor #358: St. Cuthbert Just to let you know, you've missed a few from the earlier issues. The first Demonomicon issue that I can recall was about Pazzuzu (or whatever his name was- Demon Prince of the Skies, ruler of the aerial regions of all layers of the Abyss, patron god of harpies and other evil flyers), while I also remember a Core Beliefs focusing on Pholtus. My own collection of Dragon issues is rather sketchy and I missed quite a few of the 330s, but I do recall reading them.
#12 Artifact Jun 11, 2008 18:11:03	Just to let you know, you've missed a few from the earlier issues. The first Demonomicon issue that I can recall was about Pazzuzu (or whatever his name was- Demon Prince of the Skies, ruler of the aerial regions of all layers of the Abyss, patron god of harpies and other evil flyers), while I also remember a Core Beliefs focusing on Pholtus. My own collection of Dragon issues is rather sketchy and I missed quite a few of the 330s, but I do recall reading them. You're right, I overlooked that one ;). The first Demonomicon was Pazuzu (#329). Pholtus was never featured in his own article, although he was described in a sidebar in the "St. Cuthbert" article.
#13 JohnLynch Jun 12, 2008 0:52:47	I love how this fleshes out the Gnoll race. I look forward to getting my MM book now that I've had this fresh perspective on the race.
#14 brute Jun 12, 2008 18:27:04	A truly excellent read, this article does not pull punches. The cult of Yeenoghu is portrayed here as truly diabolical - and Schwalb does not shirk in his description. Perhaps a little more could have been done with lower CRs as the statblocks presented are far higher than the MM gnolls (crocatta excluded).
#15 chaosreigns Jun 23, 2008 17:12:15	Have there been any Demonomicon articles besides Yeenoghu? I seem to remember at least one other, but now I can't find it. Thanks in advance. I appreciate the help.
#16 Shemeska_the_Marauder Jun 23, 2008 19:27:39	There were quite a few before the magazines were killed in print form. The only ones to appear on the online version, such as it is, were Grazzt and Yeenoghu. The former was written by James Jacobs (who wrote all of the previous articles in print), but as far as I understand it, WotC hasn't asked him to write any more. I find that a real shame, but just my opinion.
#17 Artifact Jun 25, 2008 2:47:21	These articles all appeared during the print run of Dragon Magazine. Demonomicon of Iggwilv by James Jacobs #329: Pazuzu #333: Fraz-urn'luu #337: Zuggtmoy #341: Baphomet #345: Kostchtchie #349: Dagon #353: Malcanthet #357: Demogorgon #359: Apocrypha Two more have appeared as part of Dragon in its online format: #360: Graz'zt (by James Jacobs) #364: Yeenoghu (by Richard J. Schwalb) (the most recent) Most of these back issues should be available from paizo.com (usually for cover price: $8.00 or so). "Demonomicon" alternated back and forth with the also excellent "Core Beliefs" during the last few years of the print mag. Just for the sake of a side-by-side evaluation, here's the list of Core Belief articles: Core Beleifs by Sean K Reynolds #338: Boccob #342: Olidammara #346: Pelor #348: Vecna #350: Wee Jas #354: Heironeous #356: Hextor #358: St. Cuthbert
#18 Artifact Jun 26, 2008 14:46:23	If anyone is wondering why I would post the very same thing twice in the same thread, well . . . Two threads on a similar topic (in this case, Yeenoghu) seem to have been merged into one (a mega-thread, if you will). Thought I might be going nuts for a minute there ;), until I finally realized what was going on. Things are so much easier to follow now :P.
#19 Kryptonian_Scion Jul 07, 2008 11:44:22	As mentioned by another poster above, it would be nice to know what Bloodied Wrath is supposed to do. While the Aspect of Yeenoghu may have an attack bonus when bloodied, Nezrebe gets attacks against all adjacent enemies. I would like to know what effect was intended for Yeenoghu himself.
#20 beej_silver Jul 10, 2008 13:11:29	Silly me for expecting a Thrall of Yeenoghu Paragon Path. :P And yes, thirding the request for what Bloodied Wrath does. I just dl'd the full Dragon Version, and was surprised to see that it wasn't fixed.