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Devourers first appeared in the [[Planescape]] Monstrous Compendium Appendix III for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition. | Devourers first appeared in the [[Planescape]] Monstrous Compendium Appendix III for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition. | ||
They were updated to [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] in the 3.5 [[Monster Manual]], and had an "Ecology of the Devourer" article that fleshed them out in [[Dragon Magazine]] #355. | They were updated to [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]] in the 3.5 [[Monster Manual]], and had an "Ecology of the Devourer" article that fleshed them out in [[Dragon Magazine]] #355. This stated that the first devourers were the followers of a [[githyanki]] general who rebelled against [[Vlaakith CLVII|Vlaakith]]. They had their souls ripped out and their bodies left to drift in the Astral Plane. The general's corpse came into contact with a color pool to the [[Negative Energy Plane]], reanimating him. He then proceeded to reanimate his entire army. | ||
They then made it into [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], once more appearing in the [[Monster Manual]]. This edition divided the Devourer into three different versions; the original devourer was now renamed the ''Spirit Devourer'', to contrast the ''Viscera Devourer'' (actually a conversion of the [[Mohrg]]), and a new, more powerful devourer called the ''Soulspike Devourer'', which has giant ribcage spears it can impale multiple souls on until it's ready to eat them. | They then made it into [[Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition]], once more appearing in the [[Monster Manual]]. This edition divided the Devourer into three different versions; the original devourer was now renamed the ''Spirit Devourer'', to contrast the ''Viscera Devourer'' (actually a conversion of the [[Mohrg]]), and a new, more powerful devourer called the ''Soulspike Devourer'', which has giant ribcage spears it can impale multiple souls on until it's ready to eat them. | ||
In [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], though, they didn't appear until Volo's Guide to Monsters. | In [[Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition]], though, they didn't appear until Volo's Guide to Monsters. Here their fluff was changed considerably. Reclassified as [[fiend]]s, they're now [[demons]] created by [[Orcus]]. | ||
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Revision as of 16:06, 14 August 2020
Devourers are a species of undead from the various worlds of Dungeons & Dragons. They resemble enormous undead humanoids with a gaping hollow in the center of their chest; devourers are soul-eaters, and when a devourer has a soul imprisoned in its unearthly gullet, a tiny and tortured effigy of their victim appears inside the hollow in their chest, acting like a prisoner held in a cage. The first devourers appeared as a result of people dying on the Astral Plane and then somehow reviving, but they have since spread across the planes; Orcus finds them particularly appealing.
Publication History
Devourers first appeared in the Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III for Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition.
They were updated to Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition in the 3.5 Monster Manual, and had an "Ecology of the Devourer" article that fleshed them out in Dragon Magazine #355. This stated that the first devourers were the followers of a githyanki general who rebelled against Vlaakith. They had their souls ripped out and their bodies left to drift in the Astral Plane. The general's corpse came into contact with a color pool to the Negative Energy Plane, reanimating him. He then proceeded to reanimate his entire army.
They then made it into Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition, once more appearing in the Monster Manual. This edition divided the Devourer into three different versions; the original devourer was now renamed the Spirit Devourer, to contrast the Viscera Devourer (actually a conversion of the Mohrg), and a new, more powerful devourer called the Soulspike Devourer, which has giant ribcage spears it can impale multiple souls on until it's ready to eat them.
In Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition, though, they didn't appear until Volo's Guide to Monsters. Here their fluff was changed considerably. Reclassified as fiends, they're now demons created by Orcus.
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