The New Pazuzu rocks!

[Shade]

The new version of Pazuzu, as presented in Dragon #329, is amazing. I hope this is the sign of things to come for archfiends and other planar paragons. He jumped from CR 24 to CR 29, placing him ahead of Orcus and only slightly behind Demogorgon in their current incarnatiaons. His damage reduction is 20/epic and lawful and he has a gaggle of cool abilities.

The article also includes stats for his aspect, his minions, and a new bad-ass tanar'ri, the anzu.

James Jacobs has done a fantastic job on this article. If you dig archfiends, or just fiends in general, get this issue!

 

[BOZ]

rawkin! what more can you tell us? i went looking for Dragon after work, but the local Borders didn't have it yet.

 

[Shade]

It includes:

-Pazuzu's stats
-Pazuzu's goals
-Thrall of Pazuzu prestige class
-Anzu, a new CR 15 tanar'ri that is quite cool (kinda like a lion-headed, 4-winged griffon)
-Aspect of Pazuzu (CR 9)
-Pazuzu's minions (stat blocks for abyssal ant swarm and fiendish and half-fiend creatures)
-Pazuzu's realm (Torremor, the 503rd layer of the Abyss)
-The Blinding Claw (major artifact)

 

[BOZ]

link

 

[Shade]

Been there, done that, got the Post #7 t-shirt.

 

[BOZ]

so i see.

 

[Muaythaidaddy]

Pazuzu looks great in the downloadable PDF on WOTC's site, for the extra stuff for BOVD.

 

[BOZ]

just got the issue of Dragon in question today. good stuff - a lot different from the Pazuzu on the WotC site.

 

[Eremite]

What do you all think about having extremely modest acid resistance and yet a rather acidic breath weapon?

 

[demiurge1138]

What do you all think about having extremely modest acid resistance and yet a rather acidic breath weapon?

I think eh. It's not really as if he has the appropriate elemental subtype, that acid deals him permanent damage, or he's stupid enough to wander into his own lingering breath weapon. I don't see it as too big a problem.

Demiurge out.