Cultural Impact
The word "slaad" has been used to describe frog-like monsters in the Yamara comic, and the webcomic Shadowgirls, which uses the word "slaad" to describe a race of monsters. In Rich Burlew's Order of the Stick webcomic, when a character grew frustrated by the traditional Good-versus-Evil "shoulder angel" debate, he attempted to consult Law versus Chaos, with a Slaad representing the latter. In a later installment of the comic, a Chaotic Evil character expresses surprise at only two shoulder devils instead of one devil and one angel appearing; as he has no Good or Lawful sides whatsoever, the devils explain that the character has only them and the slaad.
Slaadi have appeared in 3rd-party game sourcebooks such as the Tome of Horrors from Necromancer Games. It was parodied in the HackMaster Hacklopedia of Beasts, published by Kenzer & Company. The plot of the Downer series of graphic novels by Kyle Stanley Hunter, published by Diamond Comic Distributors, revolves around a slaad-created artifact.
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