Obox-ob
The Obox-ob is a fictional monster (an obyrith demon lord) created for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, dating back to the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. It is depicted as a giant, platter-shaped centipede, with three scorpion-like tails each tipped with a humanoid head with a purple razor-edged tongue.
Publishing history
Obox-ob is first mentioned by name in the first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons sourcebook Monster Manual II.[1] The first full description was in Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss[2], a sourcebook for the 3rd edition of the game.
Story
According to the official story, Obox-ob was once the Prince of Demons, but was killed by the Queen of Chaos. He managed to survive death, however, and now commands an entire layer of the Abyss, a hideous world known as Zionyn. Unlike many of the infamous demon princes in the series, Obox-ob is an obyrith, a type of demon far older than the setting's standard tanar'ri. Obox-ob despises the tanar'ri and hopes to cleanse them from the Abyss, taking back his title from Demogorgon and leading the obyriths against the eladrin, who played a part in his downfall.
References
- ^ Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983)
- ^ Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)
Further reading
- Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Dagon." Dragon #349 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Jacobs, James. "The Demonimicon of Iggwilv: Kostchtchie." Dragon #345 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).