This demon takes the form of a red ooze, fluid, ever-changing and dotted with eyes that are constantly forming, blinking and then being consumed back into the mass. He will sometimes be found wielding a Greatsword called Wave of Sorrows. This is one of the few Demons whose intellect and guile is more than a facade, he is patient, calculating and scheming. As such, his physical attack is negligible preferring to use magical attacks and his ability to teleport at will to confront his enemies. He is a shape-changer but usually appears as a beautiful humanoid. The biggest contradiction of this Demon Lord is that he rules over the aspects of both pleasure and pain. In this form, he will attack with bite, fist and tail strikes, has the usual magical abilities and resistance but perhaps his two greatest weapons are his undetectable nature and the Phantasmal Killer power. Fraz-Urb’luuĪlthough he can appear in any form that he chooses, Fraz-Urb’luu tends to appear in the guise of a giant gargoyle. This likely is what keeps Demogorgon from truly conquering the Abyss. Two heads are not always better than one, especially when both are insane and hate each other with a vengeance, as is the case here. As well as the innate spell-casting ability and magic resistance that most Demon Lords have, it can physically attack with bites, tentacles and its tail and has a gaze that causes madness in all those who catch its eye.ĭemogorgon has one fatal flaw, that his two heads have two different personalities.
Its body is a true manifestation of chaos, vaguely that of a giant ape but with two heads, tentacle-like arms, and taloned feet. It takes the title Prince of Demons, though most other Demon Princes dispute this position, and is seen to be the master of chaos, corruption, and destruction. The Demon spends his time in his labyrinth on the 600th layer of the abyss, in his tower of science, where he produces more refined and powerful demons to unleash. He is magically resistant, has an innate spell-casting ability and like the Minotaurs who are his chosen followers, has the ability to recall his way through complex labyrinths and mazes. He appears as a huge, black-furred minotaur, wielding an oversized glaive called Heartcleaver, though with his charge, bite and gore attacks, he is just as likely to charge an opponent as engage in weapon combat. Baphometīaphomet is the Demon Lord of savagery.
The 5e rules list 8 Demon Lords and these are found throughout the other spinoff rules and alternate campaign settings. With 666 Abyssal Planes to populate, you can never create too many. The Forgotten Realms setting has its own pantheon of Demons and of course, there is a lot of fun to be derived from creating your own. Not only the current 5e rules but previous Monstrous Manuals, numerous supplements such as Out of The Abyss and appendices such as Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss provide plenty of inspirations.
Perhaps more than any other creature in DnD, it is the Demons who have had most written about them and so there is a wealth of material to call on. Demon Lord titles are self-appointed, again due to there being now social or class structure, but the most powerful of them tend to be known as demon princes. Demon Lords are generally found ruling one or more Planes of the Abyss and are constantly engaged in power struggles with their rivals over control of such territory.
The Demon Lords rule over the Abyss and, this being the home of chaotic beings, do so by wielding brutal power over their minions, there being no structure or hierarchy in place. Demon Lords are evil diety’s who, along with the Arch-Devil rulers of hell, the kings and queens of the dragons and the gods themselves, are the ultimate adversaries that your character could ever face in your DnD campaign world.