Juiblex
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In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Juiblex, also called The Faceless Lord, is the demon lord of slimes and oozes. Juiblex first appeared in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual. He is likely derived from Abhoth, a similar demonic entity in H.P. Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos. Juiblex's lair is on the 222nd layer of the Abyss.
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[edit] Description
Juiblex does not have a physical form as we know it; those who have visited his dark, muddy realm claim he is a slime-like creature who swallows creatures alive, spits acidic secretions and causes diseases in his victims which can be almost instantly fatal.
[edit] History
While the demon-prince Orcus was presumed dead, Juiblex replaced him as one of the Six Monarchs of Demonium.
[edit] Cult of Juiblex
Juiblex is also worshipped as a god by some renegade drow as the god of molds and slimes, although he cannot grant divine spells or divine powers, as he has no divine essence (expressed in D&D 3rd edition as divine rank). In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, Juiblex has been subsumed by and is now an aspect of the Elder Elemental God Ghaunadaur, the deity of oozes and slimes.
In second edition AD&D, Juiblex is an intermediate deity of slimes and jellies. However, he does not take a very active role with his worshippers, who are unsure of what kind of god he is and the role that he plays. The aboleths, for example, believe Juiblex maintains the integrity of their skins. Juiblex's avatar only appears to priests using a gate spell (though this is an odd contradiction, since according Monster Mythology, an intermediate deity could not grant that spell as its level is too high). Juiblex does not use omens.
[edit] Juiblex in other media
Juiblex is mentioned in Dungeons & Dragons 2: Wrath of the Dragon God.
Juiblex also appears as a monster in the roguelike computer game NetHack.
[edit] References
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977).
- Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss (Wizards of the Coast, 2006).
- Pentney, Campbell. "Caverns of the Ooze Lord." Dungeon #132 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology (TSR, 1992).
