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"Tam has been a prominent antagonist in various Dungeons & Dragons adventures and novels, although his profile is not quite as prominent as the liches Vecna and Acererak". [4] Szass Tam is a villain in the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, [1] [4] appearing in two scenes in the film, [5] and portrayed by Scottish actor Ian ...
Elminster Aumar is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.He is also known as the Sage of Shadowdale, and is depicted as a powerful wizard featured in several novels by Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood.
Vecna (/ ˈ v ɛ k. n ɑː / VEK-nah [2]) is a fictional character appearing in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Vecna has been named one of the greatest villains in the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. [3] [4] Originally appearing in the Greyhawk campaign setting, Vecna was described as a powerful wizard who became a lich. [4]
Acererak first appears in the original Tomb of Horrors adventure (1978) by Gary Gygax as the main adversary. [1] One of the areas in the Tomb is a "Chapel of Evil", described as "obviously some form of temple area - there are scenes of normal life painted on the walls, but the people have rotting flesh, skeletal hands, worms eating them, etc." [3]: 5 The adventure described him as "a human ...
The wizard, formerly known as the magic-user or mage, is one of the standard character class in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. [1] A wizard uses arcane magic , and is considered less effective in melee combat than other classes.
The beholder is a fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. It is depicted as a floating orb of flesh with a large mouth, single central eye, and many smaller eyestalks on top with powerful magical abilities. The beholder is among the Dungeons & Dragons monsters that have appeared in every edition of the game since ...
For the original D&D rule set, the lich was introduced in its first supplement, Greyhawk (1975). [3] [6] It is described simply as a skeletal monster that was formerly a magic-user or a magic-user/cleric in life and retains those abilities, able to send lower-level characters fleeing in fear.
The Wand of Orcus in the original Monster Manual (1977).. The Wand of Orcus is a fictional magical weapon described in various Dungeons & Dragons media. Because of the popularity of Orcus as a villain within the Dungeons & Dragons universe, many different authors have written materials describing artifacts created by or associated with the character.