Mar 21, 2017 · The Ecology of the Yugoloth gives a general overview of this fiendish race and what makes them special. The Economy of the Lower Planes dives into the Yugoloth economy, which has shaped the Lower Planes as a whole. Gehenna: the Crawling City introduces us to the capital city of the Yugoloths through an unknown observer meeting a Yugoloth tour ...

Jan 5, 2022 · Likely, Yugoloth is just a made-up word. That said, coming up with a fake etymology for it seems a pretty fun challenge. Even if it's true that Yugoloth seems to be made up by two roots, a "Yugo" part and a "Loth" part, it doesn't mean that these two morphemes mixed without adapting their sounds into the final word.

As I was examining the 2025 Monster Manual (in alphabetical order), I came across the entry for the Mezzoloth. "Mezzoloths are insectile yugoloths that seek power and souls in the service of fiendish lords. These greedy, violent yugoloths are more …

May 27, 2014 · For example, FR Yugoloth hail from the Blood Rift, a reskin of Gehenna with its own tapestry of lore. Likewise, what is universal adopted canon from the Planescape universe is always a crapshoot. Some writers seemed to regard it as the quintessential guide to the planes, while others kind of ignored it like some kind of goofy relic left over ...

Feb 4, 2025 · "Yugoloth is a term for a group of mercenary fiends from the fires of gehenna. Considered duplicitous by nature, they sell their services to other fiends. There are legends that the greatest of these fiends keeps a great ledger of the various mercenary contracts the Yugoloths are bound to, and that this book also gives insight to the true and ...

Jul 15, 2021 · See, the Oinoloth can harm, but can also heal, and for an upper tier Yugoloth that has a more complex understanding of greed, that power to heal what harm it causes is something it can leverage. Not to mention that it might try and use its intimidation skill in advance of combat to hype itself up with a great villain speech, and boy do I love ...

Feb 3, 2016 · The yugoloth might not be exactly happy about its contract, but as long as the pay is good it will serve loyally. Or a yugoloth might decide that the PCs have exactly the right combination of skills and abilities to serve as external contractors and will offer to hire them for unique contracts that a fiend might have difficulty performing.

Feb 4, 2025 · This also plays into their role as mercenaries in the Blood War - the multiverse's most destructive conflict, aided and abetted and inflamed by the yugoloths. A yugoloth mercenary is happy to cause collateral damage. Selfishness. When you get a lot of demons, you get a hoard: everyone screaming and ripping and tearing, maximum destruction.

Feb 4, 2025 · I do think the greed angle is actually interesting. We can all see how greed is a cause of great suffering. I can even imagine a yugoloth and a devil sitting at a table discussing why you'd rather want a soul coin or real coin. I think I'd rather combine yogoloths and devils, and just call them all devils.

Aug 16, 2023 · An Altraloth is an exceptionally powerful Yugoloth [the highest power level in fact. They are like Balors, or Pit fiends but juiced up even more so more on the level of Archfiends, and Demon Lords] so sits at the top of the Yugoloth power structure [though because they aren't created in a nature way they aren't technically part of the 'natural ...