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So why does not the baric part of the D & D tradition look like the other monsters that appeared in the first D & D modules? Well, Palace of the princess of money is in fact one of the most controversial modules in the history of D & D. The first version of the adventure was recalled almost immediately by TSR (the first manufacturers of Dungeons & Dragons) because of works of art deemed offensive insofar as they represented a woman assaulted by a creature while she was tied up. The adventure was almost completely rewritten and the baric and several other monsters were rejected and never mentioned in an official D & D book.

Other monsters that were cut Palace of the princess of money include sentient bubbles made alive by discarded potions, a three-headed giant who had both a male head and a female head, and a creature resembling a silt that was waiting for someone to come to the house. inside to paralyze it and then to ingest it slowly. We will note that the three-headed giants (ubue) were described at the beginning of Palace of the princess of money book having heads that resembled various D & D staff members, which is another reason why the book was recalled.

Because of this recall, the first version of Palace of the princess of money, which had an orange cover, is now the most expensive and rare D & D book ever. A shrink-wrapped copy was auctioned for up to $ 3,000. As for the baric, Frog God Games has finally included the baric in its Tome of Horrors book, which converted the monsters for use in Scout.