Archomental

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, archomentals are powerful exemplary beings of the Elemental Planes and rulers over the elementals. Although they are not truly rulers of their planes, archomentals like to consider themselves as such 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 beings.

Publication history

The elemental princes of evil first appeared in the first edition Fiend Folio (1981), created by Lewis Pulsipher.Ed Greenwood, in his review of the Fiend Folio for Dragon magazine, considered the Elemental Princes of Evil "worthy additions to any campaign". The original first edition Manual of the Planes (1987) first used the term "archomental" to describe the most powerful elemental creatures, "great beasts that are individually named and may stand toe-to-toe with the lesser deity-class creatures of the outer planes. The rulers of the various elemental types are called 'elemental princes.'"