D&D (2024) D&D Marilith Is Far More Bestial In 2025

The new 2025 Monster Manual has all-new art, and one major change is the depiction of the marilith. Up until now, the marilith has been depicted as a six-armed humanish female from the waist up; while in the 2025 book, the picture is far more bestial in nature.

Not only is the imagery more demonic, it also features the creature in action, simultaneously beheading, stabbing, and entwining its foes with its six arms and snake-like tail.

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Left 2025 Marilith / Right 2014 Marilith
 

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I do miss the Kali vibe. Sure it involves shoulders that aren't plausible but...demon.

This looks like an evil caterpillar to me.
Your comment made me question my memory so I had to check. The 2014 image had the same "caterpillar" approach to torso / arms, just less monstrous. So do the 1e, 2e, 3e, and 4e versions. None of the D&D versions have the arms coming from the same shoulder as many vintage images of Kali do.

1e:
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2e:
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3e:
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4e:
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5: (se OP)

Kali:
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