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1d4chan>Nubnuber: /* Gallery */

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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
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	Orcus 1e.png\|1e		Orcus ODD6.png\|Original D&D
	Orcus shrine.png\|2e		Orcus shrine.png\|2e
	Orcus dead gods.jpg\|''Dead Gods''		Orcus dead gods.jpg\|''Dead Gods''
	Orcus map.jpg		Orcus map.jpg\|His corpse in the Astral Plane
	Orcus 3e.jpg\|3e		Orcus 3e.jpg\|3e
	Orcus W&M 4e.jpg\|4e		Orcus W&M 4e.jpg\|4e

1d4chan>Stephenlucas600: /* Gallery */

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			MTG Orcus, Prince of Undeath, Andrew Mar.png\|MTG
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	{{D&D-Mystara-Immortals}}		{{D&D-Mystara-Immortals}}

2603:8001:3500:CB:8012:1F02:3135:4B39: /* History */

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History

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	And that's the problem with this guy: when the published work ''tries'' to give this guy some agency, he's been Poochie from ''The Simpsons''. Whenever he does something awesomely evil, it happens off-screen, where he upstages the heroes of this game who are supposed to be the PCs. Once, he even showed up to warn the player characters from looting his stuff before returning to The Abyss, preferring to leave a verbal smackdown rather than get his hands dirty. This would lead to his apparent death. His character does better when adventurers go after his One Ring - the Wand.		And that's the problem with this guy: when the published work ''tries'' to give this guy some agency, he's been Poochie from ''The Simpsons''. Whenever he does something awesomely evil, it happens off-screen, where he upstages the heroes of this game who are supposed to be the PCs. Once, he even showed up to warn the player characters from looting his stuff before returning to The Abyss, preferring to leave a verbal smackdown rather than get his hands dirty. This would lead to his apparent death. His character does better when adventurers go after his One Ring - the Wand.

	The only D&D edition that ~~start~~ without Orcus was AD&D 2nd Ed, mostly because of a certain [[Lorraine Williams\|someone]] who wanted to get rid of anything un-Christian and anything else she didn't like about D&D (which was anything that wasn't her beloved Buck Rogers... we wish we were joking). Orcus did come back in 2E with [[Planescape]] supplement as the secret BBEG behind the ''[[Dead Gods]]'' adventure plotline.		The only D&D edition that started without Orcus was AD&D 2nd Ed, mostly because of a certain [[Lorraine Williams\|someone]] who wanted to get rid of anything un-Christian and anything else she didn't like about D&D (which was anything that wasn't her beloved Buck Rogers... we wish we were joking). Orcus did come back in 2E with [[Planescape]] supplement as the secret BBEG behind the ''[[Dead Gods]]'' adventure plotline.

	==Death and Return==		==Death and Return==

1d4chan>Windrunner1173: Adds details on Tenebrous’ appearance in Curse of Strahd and a line in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft that confirm Tenebrous’ new status as a Dark Power

2021-05-22T19:50:53Z

Adds details on Tenebrous’ appearance in Curse of Strahd and a line in Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft that confirm Tenebrous’ new status as a Dark Power

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	In ''Dead Gods'', the PCs supposedly rid us of the wand, but Orcus may or may not appear anyway. Another interpretation of canon is that Tenebrous finds the wand and has his followers initiate a resurrection spell on his floating body in the Astral Plane, before getting his ass whupped by adventurers. Though this doesn't put Orcus down forever as his gigantic astral body goes missing. His worshipers eventually manage to resurrect him properly by the time of 3rd edition though he has reverted back to his "Demon Lord" status instead of being a god. However, the divine spark of Tenebrous ends up becoming "the ghost of a ghost of a demon prince", turning into a [[Vestige]] that can be called upon by [[Binder]]s and, in 4e, Vestige Pact [[Warlock]]s.		In ''Dead Gods'', the PCs supposedly rid us of the wand, but Orcus may or may not appear anyway. Another interpretation of canon is that Tenebrous finds the wand and has his followers initiate a resurrection spell on his floating body in the Astral Plane, before getting his ass whupped by adventurers. Though this doesn't put Orcus down forever as his gigantic astral body goes missing. His worshipers eventually manage to resurrect him properly by the time of 3rd edition though he has reverted back to his "Demon Lord" status instead of being a god. However, the divine spark of Tenebrous ends up becoming "the ghost of a ghost of a demon prince", turning into a [[Vestige]] that can be called upon by [[Binder]]s and, in 4e, Vestige Pact [[Warlock]]s.

			Tenebrous is mentioned by name in 5e’s Curse of Strahd as a vestige sealed in the Amber Temple of Barovia, and a throwaway line in the new Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft states that Tenebrous has ascended to become one of the Dark Powers of Ravenloft

	===Pathfinder===		===Pathfinder===

1d4chan>Kirbanzo at 18:11, 27 April 2021

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	\|Pantheon = Demonic, [[Ghostwalk\|Manifest]]		\|Pantheon = Demonic, [[Ghostwalk\|Manifest]]
	\|Portfolio = Undeath		\|Portfolio = Undeath
	\|Domains = '''3E:''' Chaos, Death, Demonic, Evil, Undeath<br/>'''~~5e'~~''': Death, War, Trickery		\|Domains = '''3E:''' Chaos, Death, Demonic, Evil, Undeath<br/>'''5E''': Death, War, Trickery
	\|Home Plane = ''Thanatos'' ([[Abyss]])		\|Home Plane = ''Thanatos'' ([[Abyss]])
	\|Worshippers = Denizens of [[Ghostwalk\|Xaphan]], Necromancers, Undead		\|Worshippers = Denizens of [[Ghostwalk\|Xaphan]], Necromancers, Undead

1d4chan>Kirbanzo: 5E Domains

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5E Domains

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	\|Pantheon = Demonic, [[Ghostwalk\|Manifest]]		\|Pantheon = Demonic, [[Ghostwalk\|Manifest]]
	\|Portfolio = Undeath		\|Portfolio = Undeath
	\|Domains = '''3E:''' Chaos, Death, Demonic, Evil, Undeath		\|Domains = '''3E:''' Chaos, Death, Demonic, Evil, Undeath<br/>'''5e'''': Death, War, Trickery
	\|Home Plane = ''Thanatos'' ([[Abyss]])		\|Home Plane = ''Thanatos'' ([[Abyss]])
	\|Worshippers = Denizens of [[Ghostwalk\|Xaphan]], Necromancers, Undead		\|Worshippers = Denizens of [[Ghostwalk\|Xaphan]], Necromancers, Undead

1d4chan>Nubnuber at 16:57, 7 January 2021

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	\|Domains = '''3E:''' Chaos, Death, Demonic, Evil, Undeath		\|Domains = '''3E:''' Chaos, Death, Demonic, Evil, Undeath
	\|Home Plane = ''Thanatos'' ([[Abyss]])		\|Home Plane = ''Thanatos'' ([[Abyss]])
	\|Worshippers = Denizens of Xaphan, Necromancers, Undead		\|Worshippers = Denizens of [[Ghostwalk\|Xaphan]], Necromancers, Undead
	\|Favoured Weapon = ''Wand of Orcus'', ''Orcusword''		\|Favoured Weapon = ''Wand of Orcus'', ''Orcusword''
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1d4chan>Nubnuber at 20:31, 6 January 2021

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	===Pathfinder===		===Pathfinder===
			{{dnd-stub}}
	{{Pathfinder-DemonPrinces}}		{{Pathfinder-DemonPrinces}}

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	===Thrall of Orcus===		===Thrall of Orcus===
			{{dnd-stub}}

	===Tenebrous Apostate===		===Tenebrous Apostate===

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	==Gallery==		==Gallery==
	<gallery>		<gallery>
	Orcus 1e.png\|1e		Orcus ODD6.png\|Original D&D
	Orcus shrine.png\|2e		Orcus shrine.png\|2e
	Orcus dead gods.jpg\|''Dead Gods''		Orcus dead gods.jpg\|''Dead Gods''
	Orcus map.jpg		Orcus map.jpg\|His corpse in the Astral Plane
	Orcus 3e.jpg\|3e		Orcus 3e.jpg\|3e
	Orcus W&M 4e.jpg\|4e		Orcus W&M 4e.jpg\|4e