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Infobox D&D creature
name=Bar-lgura
alignment=Chaotic evil
type=Outsider
subtype=Demon
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Dungeons & Dragons "fantasy role-playing game .Publication history
The bar-lgura was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
The bar-lgura was one of the new demons that debuted in the module "
Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth " (1982), [Gygax, Gary. "TheLost Caverns of Tsojcanth " (TSR,1982 )] and then appear in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983), [Gygax, Gary . "Monster Manual II " (TSR,1983 )] under the demon entry.Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
In this edition, demons became known as tanar'ri, with the bar-lgura lesser tanar'ri appearing first in the "Monstrous Compendium Volume Outer Planes Appendix" (1991).
The bar-lgura lesser tanar'ri also appeared for the
Planescape campaign setting in the first "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (1994). [Varney, Allen, ed. "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (TSR,1994 )]Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
In this edition, the name demon is resumed, and tanar'ri are now considered a sub-type of demon. [Cook, Monte,
Jonathan Tweet , andSkip Williams . "Monster Manual " (Wizards of the Coast ,2000 )] The bar-lgura (tanar'ri) appears in the "Book of Vile Darkness " (2002). [Cook, Monte. "Book of Vile Darkness " (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)]Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)
The bar-lgura is one of several demons appearing in "Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss" (2006). [Jacobs, James, Erik Mona, and Ed Stark. "" (Wizards of the Coast, 2006)]
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)
The barlgura appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008), again under the demon entry. [Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. "
Monster Manual " (Wizards of the Coast , 2008)]Description
Bar-lguras are savage and cruel demons resembling fiendish orangutans. They normally reside in isolated and inaccessible areas of The Abyss. Sometimes groups of bar-lgura gather up and form a tribe. They love spreading destruction everywhere, even if they are often employed by powerful demon lords as scouts.
The demon lord
Ilsidahur is the patron of the bar-lgura demons.External links
* [http://d20npcs.wikia.com/wiki/D%26D_Named_Demon_Project#Bar-lgura Known bar-lguras] at the d20 NPC Wiki
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