Lords of Madness
Encyclopedia
Lords of Madness is an official supplement for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy
roleplaying game.
including new aberration monsters and monsters related to them, and information on how to hunt aberrations.
, including their anatomy, variant creatures, a prestige class called the Savant, feats, and magic.
, including their anatomy, variant creatures, a prestige class called the Beholder Mage, feats, and magic.
, including their anatomy, variant creatures, and magic.
, including their anatomy, society, and magic.
, cildabrin, shadowcloak elder cloaker, elder brain, elder eidolon, gas spore, gibbering mouther
, half-farspawn, hound of the gloom, illithidae, mind flayer variants, pseudonatural creature template, psurlon, shaboath, shadow creature template, silthilar, urophion, and zeugalak.
, James Jacobs, and Steve Winter
, and was published in May 2005. Steve Prescott
drew the cover art.
This book is part of a series of books regarding specific monster types, which includes the Draconomicon
and Libris Mortis
.
Fantasy
Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...
roleplaying game.
Contents
It includes new content for aberrationsAberration (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, aberration is a type of creature, or "creature type". Aberrations generally all have bizarre anatomies, strange abilities, alien mindsets, or any combination thereof....
including new aberration monsters and monsters related to them, and information on how to hunt aberrations.
What Is an Aberration?
Defines what characteristics make a creature an aberration, and how these creatures originated. Also provides details on how to run a campaign based on aberrations.The Deep Masters
Provides information on the abolethAboleth
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, aboleths are a fictive race of malevolent, eel-like aberrations with potent psionic abilities...
, including their anatomy, variant creatures, a prestige class called the Savant, feats, and magic.
The Eye Tyrants
Provides information on the beholderBeholder
The beholder is a fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It resembles a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and lots of smaller eyestalks on top with deadly magical powers....
, including their anatomy, variant creatures, a prestige class called the Beholder Mage, feats, and magic.
The Mind Flayers
Provides information on the illithidIllithid
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, illithids are monstrous humanoid aberrations with psionic powers. In a typical Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting, they live in the moist caverns and cities of the enormous Underdark...
, including their anatomy, variant creatures, and magic.
The Slave Takers
Provides information on the neogi, including different types of neogi, their anatomy, and magic.The Eaters
Provides information on the grellGrell (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the grell is an aberration.-Description:The grell is levitating creature with a body like a giant olive-colored exposed brain the size of a human and with a frontal beak, below which trails ten long pale olive-green tentacles. Grell are usually...
, including their anatomy, society, and magic.
The Wearers of Flesh
Provides information on the tsochar, including their anatomy, variant creatures, society, and magic.New Monsters
Provides statistics and information on the beholderkinBeholder
The beholder is a fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It resembles a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and lots of smaller eyestalks on top with deadly magical powers....
, cildabrin, shadowcloak elder cloaker, elder brain, elder eidolon, gas spore, gibbering mouther
Gibbering mouther
In the Dungeons and Dragons fantasy role-playing game, a gibbering mouther is a horrific aberration which feeds on the bodily fluids and "sanity" of its victims...
, half-farspawn, hound of the gloom, illithidae, mind flayer variants, pseudonatural creature template, psurlon, shaboath, shadow creature template, silthilar, urophion, and zeugalak.
The Aberration Hunter
Provides information for characters that hunt aberrations, including new feats, magic, spells, and magic items, and the new prestige classes Abolisher, Darkrunner, Fleshwarper, Keeper of the Cerulean Sign, Sanctified Mind, and Topaz Guardian.Publication history
Lords of Madness was written by Rich BakerRichard Baker (game designer)
Richard Baker is an American author and a game designer who has worked on many Dungeons & Dragons campaign settings.-Early life, education, and military:...
, James Jacobs, and Steve Winter
Steve Winter
Steve Winter is a game designer who has worked on numerous products for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game from TSR and later Wizards of the Coast.-Early life:Steve Winter was born in Dubuque, Iowa on December 8, 1957...
, and was published in May 2005. Steve Prescott
Steve Prescott (artist)
-Early life and education:Steve Prescott grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, and he graduated with a BFA in Illustration from Columbus College of Art and Design.-Works:...
drew the cover art.
This book is part of a series of books regarding specific monster types, which includes the Draconomicon
Draconomicon
The Draconomicon is an optional sourcebook for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, providing supplementary game material focusing on dragons. Different versions of the Draconomicon have been printed for different editions of Dungeons & Dragons...
and Libris Mortis
Libris Mortis
Libris Mortis: The Book of Undead is a book which is an official supplement for the 3.5 edition of the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game...
.