- Archomental
Infobox D&D creature
name=Archomental
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type=Elemental
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Dungeons & Dragons "fantasy roleplaying game , archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of theElemental Plane s and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, archomentals like to consider themselves as much and often grant themselves regal titles like Prince or Princess. They are compared in the source material to the archfiends or celestial paragons, and are considered to be the elemental equivalent of such beingsOr|date=March 2008.Evil archomentals
The evil archomentals are collectively known as the Princes of Elemental Evil. The five most famous include:
Cryonax: Prince of Evil Cold Creatures
Imix: Prince of Evil Fire Creatures
Ogrémoch: Prince of Evil Earth Creatures
Olhydra: Princess of Evil Water Creatures
Yan-C-Bin: Prince of Evil Air Creatures
Good archomentals
The good archomentals are collectively known as the Elemental Princes of Good. The four most famous include:
Ben-Hadar: Prince of Good Water Creatures
Chan: Princess of Good Air Creatures
Entemoch and Sunnis: Prince and Princess of Good Earth Creatures
Zaaman Rul: Prince of Good Fire Creatures
Archomentals of Uncertain Alignment
Three other archomentals are mentioned in Manual of the Planes (TSR, 1987). Only their names and planes are given; it is unknown if they are evil or good.
Bwimb: Prince of Ooze Creatures
Chlimbia: Prince of Magma Creatures
Ehkahk: Prince of Smoke Creatures
Creative origins
The Elemental Princes of Evil were created by
Lewis Pulsipher for the 1981 "Fiend Folio"Fact|date=March 2008.References
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2005 ).*Cook, Monte. "Four in Darkness: A Guide to Elemental Evil." "Dragon" #285 (
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**Cook, Monte. "Monstrous Compendium Planescape Compendium III" (TSR, 1998).
**Cook, Monte . "Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil" (Wizards of the Coast , 2001).*Cook, Monte, and William W. Connors. "The Inner Planes" (TSR, 1998).
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Bruce R. Cordell , and David Noonan. "Manual of the Planes " (Wizards of the Coast, 2001).*Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Evil: The Archomentals." "Dragon" #347 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
**Jansing, Eric, and Kevin Baase. "Princes of Elemental Good: The Archomentals, Part II." "Dragon" #353 (Paizo Publishing, 2007).*
Mentzer, Frank . "Egg of the Phoenix " (TSR, 1982).*Mentzer, Frank, and Paul Jaquays. "Egg of the Phoenix" (TSR, 1987).
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