Nalfeshnee
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
|---|---|
| Nalfeshnee | |
| Alignment | Chaotic evil |
| Type | Outsider |
| Subtype | Demon |
| Source books | |
| First appearance | |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | OGL stats |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the nalfeshnee is a one of the most powerful types of demon. In first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, nalfeshnees were known as type IV demons. From second edition AD&D, the name "type IV demon" was revised to "nalfeshnee", taking the name of the greatest individual of their rank as the name for the entire breed.
Nalfeshnees are enormous demons that judge new souls arriving on the Abyss. This creature blends the appearance of an ape and a boar, with a pair of ridiculously small wings on its back.
The original three type IV demons were:
- Bilwhr
- Johud
- Nalfeshnee
Other known nalfeshnees:
- Jandor: (disguised) living in Sigil's Market Ward. From Faction War, page 24.
- Judge Gabberslug: Uncaged: Faces of Sigil
- Malistroi: Van Richten's Guide to Fiends
- The Marquesse of Loss: Hellbound: The Blood War, The Dark of the War, page 24
- Oulstra: Hellbound: The Blood War, The Dark of the War, page 24
- Taphaeon: Hellbound: The Blood War, the Manual of the Planes (2001), Book of Vile Darkness
- Tuerny the Merciless: Return of the Eight
- Ygrax the Skullbiter: Planes of Chaos p25
- Zerevimeel: "War of the Spider Queen Book VI: Resurrection"
- Zukothoth: FR5 - The Savage Frontier page 54 (according to legend, the hero Beorunna destroyed him by collapsing a cavern on both of them)
- Nalfeshnee: A monster in nethack
[edit] External links
- Known nalfenshees at the d20 NPC Wiki
[edit] References
- Fiendish Codex I web enhancement: [1]
- Eldritch Wizardry (1976)
- Monster Manual (1977)
- D&D Immortal Rules (1986) (as "Demon, Groaning")
- H4 - Throne of Bloodstone (1988)
- MC8 - Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix (1991)
- Wrath of the Immortals (1992) (as "Fiend, Lesser, Groaning")
- Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994)
- Monster Manual (2000)
