Lascer is a demon lord

Demon lord (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, demon lords are demons who have gained great power and established a position of preeminence among demonkind. Each demon lord has a unique appearance and set of abilities. Most control at least one layer of the Abyss...

, in the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

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Publication history

Lascer first appeared in the article "Sentinels of the Shoal" in Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...

#297 (July 2002), by James Jacobs. Lascer received a full description in the "Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Apocrypha" edition in Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...

#359 (2007).

Description

Lascer appears as a 9-foot tall emaciated humanoid with twin rapiers wired into his hands, and shards of broken glass piercing his feet. His mouth is filled with needle-like teeth, and although a wound from groin to gullet has been stitched shut, tiny spidery legs probe out from the wound on occasion.

Relationships

He was a human planar explorer who discovered the Abyssal layer of Obox-ob

Obox-ob

In many campaign settings for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Obox-ob is a demon lord, also called the Prince of Vermin...

, who captured him on his second visit and transformed Lascer into a tanar'ri minion, originally using him as a spy and now as an assassin

Assassin (Dungeons & Dragons)

The assassin is a playable character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It first appeared in 1975 in the Blackmoor supplement, as a thief sub-class. It next appeared in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons again as a thief sub-class...

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Lascer is an active rival to Dagon

Dagon (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, Dagon is a obyrith demon lord, also called Prince of the Depths. His realm is the 89th layer of the Abyss, and is known as Shadowsea...

, although he poses little threat to the Lord of the Depths.