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At a Glance
A sourcebook. Complements/opposes the Book of Exalted Deeds.
This book presents optional material (for mature audiences) which is not specifically relevant to the Forgotten Realms. Some of it may be indexed on this site.
Details
Author, etc
Book of Vile Darkness was written by Monte Cook, and first printed in October 2002.
Art Gallery
- The Wizards of the Coast Book of Vile Darkness Art Gallery
Errata
- The Wizards of the Coast Official Update
References
People
- Asmodeus
- Baalzebul, Bel, Belial
- Demogorgon, Dispater, The Dread Emperor
- Enesstrere
- Fierna
- Gauderis, Graz’zt
- The Hag Countess
- Juiblex
- Karaan
- Levistus
- Mammon, Mephistopheles
- Orcus
- The Patient One
- Rallaster
- Scahrossar, Siddal
- The Xammux
- Yeathan, Yeenoghu
Places
- The Azure Vale
- The Goblin Pits of Io-Rach
Monsters
- babau, bar-lgura, bone creature
- chasme, corpse Creature, corrupted creature
- eye of fear and flame
- ghargatula
- jerren
- kocrachon, kython
- mane
- rutterkin
- shadow demon
- vaath, vashar, vilewight
Spells
- aberrate, absorb mind, absorb strength, Abyssal might, addiction, alert bebilith, angry ache, apocalypse from the sky
- befoul, bestow greater curse, bestow wound, black bag, bodak birth, boneblade, boneblast
- call dretch horde, call lemure horde, call nightmare, charnel fire, cheat, circle of nausea, claws of the bebilith, claws of the savage, cloud of the achaierai, clutch of Orcus, consume likeness, cruel disappointment, crushing fist of spite, curse of the putrid husk
- damning darkness, dance of ruin, dancing chains, darkbolt, darklight, death grimace, death by thorns, demoncall, demonflesh, demon wings, despoil, devil’s ego, devil’s eye, devil’s tail, devil’s tongue, distort summons, distort weapon, dread word, drown, drug resistance
- ectoplasmic enhancement, entice gift, eternity of torture, evil eye, evil weather, extract drug, eye of the beholder, eyes of the zombie
- false sending, fangs of the vampire king, fiendish clarity, fiendish quickening, flesh armor, flesh ripper, forbidden speech
- glimpse of truth, Graz’zt’s long grasp, grim revenge, gutwrench
- heartache, heartclutch, hellfire, hellfire storm, hell’s power
- identify transgressor, impotent possessor, imprison possessor, imprison soul
- Lahm’s finger darts, liquid pain, love’s pain
- masochism, mindrape, mirror sending, morality undone
- nether trail, no light
- pestilence, phantasmal thief, plague of nightmares, power leech, pox, preserve organ, psychic poison
- rapture of rupture, reality blind, red fester, resonating resistance, rotting curse of Urfestra
- sacrificial skill, sadism, sap strength, seething eyebane, serpents of Theggeron, shriveling, slash tongue, slow consumption, snare astral traveler, song of festering death, sorrow, soul shackles, soul’s treasure lost, spider hand, spider legs, spores of the vrock, spread of savagery, steal life, stop heart, stunning screech, stupor, suspend disease
- thousand needles, tongue of Baalzebul, tongue serpents, tongue tendrils, touch of Juiblex
- unheavened, unliving weapon, unnerving gaze, utterdark
- vile lance
- wall of chains, wall of deadly chains, wall of eyes, wall of ooze, wave of grief, wave of pain, were-doom, whirlwind of teeth, wither limb, wrack, wretched blight
Other Things
- Disciple of Asmodeus
- Disciple of Baalzebul
- Cancer Mage
- Thrall of Demogorgon, Demonologist, Diabolist, Disciple of Dispater
- Thrall of Graz’zt
- Thrall of Juiblex
- Lifedrinker
- Disciple of Mammon, Disciple of Mephistopheles, Mortal Hunter
- Thrall of Orcus
- Soul Eater
- Ur-Priest
- Vermin Lord
- Warrior of Darkness
Citation
- Book of Vile Darkness [88161]
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