Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations

This article is about the out-of-universe book. For the in-universe book, see The Lords of Madness.

Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations is an accessory for the 3.5^th-edition ruleset of Dungeons & Dragons^® published in April 2005. It details various aberrations and the means to fight them.

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Unnatural Creatures of Unspeakable Evil

Trembling hands have recorded horrifying stories of encounters with aboleths, beholders, mind flayers, and other aberrations. The victims of these alien creatures are quickly overwhelmed by mind-numbing terror—their only comfort is the hope for a quick death.

This supplement for the D&D game presents a comprehensive look at some of the most bizarre creatures ever to invade the world of fantasy roleplaying. Along with information about the physiology, psychology, society, and schemes of these strange beings, you’ll find spells, feats, tactics, and tools commonly employed by those who hunt them. Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations also provides new rules, prestige classes, monsters, sample encounters, and fully developed NPCs ready to instill fear in any hero.

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— Back-cover text

Contents[]

Introduction
Chapter 1: What is an Aberration?
Chapter 2: The Deep Masters
Chapter 3: The Eye Tyrants
Chapter 4: The Mind Flayers
Chapter 5: The Slave Takers
Chapter 6: The Eaters
Chapter 7: The Wearers of Flesh
Chapter 8: New Monsters
Chapter 9: The Aberration Hunters

Description[]

Lords of Madness includes new content for aberrations including new aberration monsters and monsters related to them, and information on how to hunt aberrations.

Gallery[]

Credits[]

Designers: Richard Baker, James Jacobs, Steve Winter,
Development Team: Micahel Donais, Andy Collins
Editors: Michele Carter, Ray Vallese
Managing Editor: Kim Mohan, Chris Thomasson
Design Manager: Christopher Perkins
Development Manager: Jesse Decker
Senior Art Director RPG: Stacy Longstreet
Director of RPG R&D: Bill Slavicsek
Production Managers: Josh C.J. Fischer, Randall Crews
Art Director D&D: Dawn Murin
Cover Artists: Wayne England, Ed Cox
Interior Artists: Steve Belledin, Mitch Cotie, Ed Cox, Dennis Crabapple McClain, Steve Ellis, Wayne England, Colin Fix, Dana Knutson, Doug Kovacs, Chuck Lukacs, Jim Nelson, Michael Phillippi, Wayne Reynolds, Richard Sardinha, Dan Scott, Ron Spencer
Graphic Designer: Dee Barnett
Cartographer: Deniis Kauth
Graphic Production Specialist: Angelina Lokotz
Image Technician: Jason Wiley

Appendix[]

External links[]

Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations article at the Eberron Wiki, a wiki for the Eberron campaign setting.
Lords of Madness Art Gallery. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2015-10-02. Retrieved on 2020-07-18.
Darrin Drader (2005-05-20). The Flow of Fresh Brains. Web Enhancement for Lords of Madness: The Book of Aberrations. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2018-09-08.
Excerpts: Lords of Madness (HTML). Excerpts Archive. Wizards of the Coast. (2005-04-08). Archived from the original on 2016-11-01. Retrieved on 2021-12-18.