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arilyn742
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 Posted - 01 Mar 2005 : 19:31:13
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I'm considering editing the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errtu, which says that R.A. Salvatore created him, despite my having heard somewhere that Salvatore was just using an earlier invention of Gary Gygax? Anyone able to clear this up for me?
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Faraer
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Mar 2005 : 19:48:29
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| Errtu is one of the six type-VI demons listed on p. 198 of the original Dungeon Master's Guide by Gary Gygax, along with Alzoll, Balor, Ndulu, Ter-soth and Wendonai. Bob didn't create Errtu, but he substantially developed the character for his novels. (The authors of the MC8 Monstrous Compendium appendix decided to call type VI demons 'balors', after one of that kind. It's revisionism for the entry to use 'Balor' and 'tanar'ri', terms conceived after Errtu.) |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Mar 2005 : 20:26:33
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| Well MM11 1st Edition lists Errtu as a type VI Demon and points a reference to MMI, though that only points to Balor and other type V1 Demons, the Edition I have does not list the other names of type VI however it appears clear by time MMII was written in 1982, copyright 1983. These dates most likely preceed RAS books. |
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Kentinal
Great Reader
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Posted - 01 Mar 2005 : 20:29:47
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Originally posted by Faraer
Errtu is one of the six type-VI demons listed on p. 198 of the original Dungeon Master's Guide by Gary Gygax,
I forgot to look at the monster listing in the DMG |
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ericlboyd
Forgotten Realms Designer
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Posted - 01 Mar 2005 : 21:50:25
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I would point out that of the original 6 balors (5 if you don't count "Balor"), 4 have been integrated into the Realms:
1) Ndulu first appears in Ed Greenwood's article about swords in Dragon (reprinted in FR4 - the Magister). This reference is built up on in Sea of Fallen Stars (and possibly future projects).
2) Errtu first appears in R. A. Salvatore's "The Crystal Shard."
3) Ter-Soth first appears in H4 - The Throne of Bloodstone, page 47.
4) Wendonai is detailed in Lost Empires of Faerun, pages 52, 54-55.
Just an interesting tidbit of Realmslore.
--Eric
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Anyone know who created Errtu?
