''Guide to Hell'' is an accessory for the 2nd edition of the ''

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, published in 1999.

''Guide to Hell'' is a supplement which presents to players new spells,

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, character class kits, and the new half devil/half human race of devilkin. Chapter One offers a new turning table that

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and

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can use for turning

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. A short section titled "The Cults" demonstrates how devils use humans as tools in their schemes, and a scenario titled "Invasion" shows devils invade the

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Publication history

''Guide to Hell'' was published by TSR and written by

Chris Pramas Chris Pramas is an American game designer and writer, as well as a founder of Green Ronin Publishing. He is best known as the designer of the ''Dragon Age'' RPG, ''Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay'' (second edition), and ''Freeport: The City of Adventu ...

Reception

''Guide to Hell'' was reviewed by the online version of ''

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'' on November 19, 1999.Pyramid Review
/ref> The reviewer considered this book "a giant rehash that still fails to capture what was in the old articles of Dragon magazine", specifically naming

Ed Greenwood Ed Greenwood (born July 21, 1959) is a Canadian fantasy writer and the creator of the '' Forgotten Realms'' game world. He began writing articles about the Forgotten Realms for ''Dragon'' magazine beginning in 1979, and subsequently sold the rig ...

's "The Nine Hells Part I and II" from ''

Dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...

'' #75 and #76 and "The Nine Hells Revisited" from ''Dragon'' #91, calling them "classics that provided vast amounts of information. The page total on these three articles alone is close to 30 pages. Throw in other articles like "Eight Devilish Questions," (#91) by Ed Greenwood, and "The Lords of the Nine" (#223) by Colin McComb, and you've almost got more pages than the new ''Guide to Hell'' has." The reviewer did say that for anyone who does not own those back issues or the '' Dragon Magazine Archive'', "the ''Guide to Hell'' offers very modular chapters that should be easy to put in most campaigns", and that the information in Chapter One should "give inexperienced DMs some ideas for devils in their games".

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*'' Envoyer''

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