![]() Because of its unique position, detailing the monsters of a setting without a line, the "Outer Planes Appendix" actually spends four pages detailing that setting, the Great Wheel. Most notably, that included the removal of demons, devils, daemons, demodands, and other similarly named creatures from the game.īut two years later, TSR was finally ready to bring them back. ![]() This hostile environment is what led TSR to cut back on its more controversial elements with the release of AD&D 2e (1989). One of them, Patricia Pulling formed the most famous group, Bothered about Dungeons & Dragons or BADD (1983-1997) however, that was just one of several moral minority groups that spoke out against D&D in the '80s as the newest threat to youth. With so much new attention and so much new publicity, D&D got increasing amounts of bad publicity as well - including some bereaved but badly deluded parents who blamed D&D for their childrens' deaths. ![]() This publicity brought new popularity to game, allowing a string of Basic D&D sets (1977, 1981, 1983) to bring a surge of new, younger players into roleplaying. Sensationalists incorrectly blamed D&D, creating a media frenzy. The mystery of the missing demons begins with the disappearance of James Dallas Egbert III in 1979. Origins (II): The Mystery of the Missing Demons. The last had been MC4: "Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix" (1989), and there would be no more in the original Monstrous Compendium line. Mind you, this would soon become a setting of its own, with the release of the Planescape Campaign Setting (1994), but that was still more than three years down the road.Īpparently, the Outer Planes was a rich area for exploration, because the "Outer Planes Appendix" was one of the few 96-page Appendixes. Rather than being based on a specific setting line, it instead featured monsters for use in the Great Wheel of any D&D setting. ![]() The Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Greyhawk, Kara-Tur, and Spelljammer had each gotten their turn.īut the "Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix" was something different. By the start of 1991, TSR had settled into the idea of publishing Monstrous Compendiums focused on specific settings. MC8: "Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix" (1991) is the eighth monster manual for AD&D 2e. These denizens of the planes can be powerful allies or terrible enemies.įrom aasimon to zoveri, and everything between, this supplement is a must have for any DM planning to run an adventure in the outer planes. ![]() The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-page "How to use this book" section, ten pages about the fictional principles governing those planes and their ecology, a 3-page appendix about animal-like creatures there, a 3-page index with all second edition monsters suitable for the Planescape setting, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters.Welcome to the Monstrous Compendium volume that finally details the powerful creatures unique to the outer planes. The third appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the Planescape campaign setting for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons focuses mainly on inhabitants of the inner planes in the game. Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) TSR 2635 - Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) – ISBN 0-7869-0751-7 ![]()
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