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A bar-lgura (/ˌbɑːrləˈɡɔərə/ BAR-lə-GORR-ə) is a fictional demon in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.
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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), and then appear in the first edition Monster Manual II (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).
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. The bar-lgura (tanar'ri) appears in the Book of Vile Darkness (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).
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)
The barlgura appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008), again under the demon entry.
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.