Denizens of Diannor (1993)

The final Demons monster compendium is Denizens of Diannor (1993), which is one of the very last Role Aids products to see release before TSR bought the line. A group of writers contribute here, Mike Nystul evidently having been exhausted of new demons. Dan Gelon did the cover, Alex Nino did all the interiors. I like their work, but it has a sketchy quality that often renders it indistinct and gives a sense that it was delivered in a rush. I love the one smoking skeleton that apparently uses a giant cross tombstone with “forgiveness” carved on the front as its weapon.

Again, most of the profiles are for unique infernal functionaries. With the exception of some rank-and-file monsters in the first book, that makes four volumes of extremely powerful NPC entities, on top of all the beasties in the two box sets. I’m not sure what I am meant to do with all of them? I like ‘em, there’s definitely a lot of inspiration to be drawn here, but the sheer quantity is overwhelming.

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