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Legions of Hell (for d20)
Published by Green Ronin Publishing
Written by Chris Pramas
Illustrated by Brom, Toren Atkinson, Chris Keefe, Raven Mimura, Sam Wood
64 pages; $14.95
The new Third Edition of Dungeons & Dragons brought with it many changes, one of which was the return of both Demons and Devils to the game. Present of course, in AD&D 1st Ed -- including both Orcus and Asmodeus, for reasons of political correctness, they were either excised or renamed for 2nd Ed. Which meant one more reason for some to treasure their First Edition hardbacks. Late in the history of the second edition, they began to creep back in, particularly via the Planescape campaign setting. In the Third Edition the new Monster Manual details just nine devils, fiends known as Baatezu, from the Lawful Evil plane of Baator, ranging from the lowly Lemure with a Challenge Rating of one, to the mighty Pit Fiend with its rating of sixteen.
For several publishers of d20 adventures and supplements, the Baatezu have been popular choices for new monsters to include in their releases, but Green Ronin Publishing have gone several steps further than that. Best known for their D&D trilogy of Lovecraft-themed adventures set in the pirate city of Freeport (including the Origins award winning Death in Freeport), and built upon the limited range of devils to be found within the Monster Manual to publish Legions of Hell -- Book of Fiends: Volume One.
The author, Chris Pramas, is no stranger to Hell, having written . . .
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Article publication date: July 27, 2001
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