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i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the history and cultural impact of monsters in Dungeons & Dragons. For publication history and game details, see <a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual" title="Monster Manual">Monster Manual</a>.</div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:DnD_Gnoll.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/DnD_Gnoll.png/220px-DnD_Gnoll.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="311" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/DnD_Gnoll.png/330px-DnD_Gnoll.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/DnD_Gnoll.png/440px-DnD_Gnoll.png 2x" data-file-width="848" data-file-height="1200" /></a><figcaption>A pair of gnolls – hyena-headed humanoids</figcaption></figure> <p>In the <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_role-playing_game" class="mw-redirect" title="Fantasy role-playing game">fantasy role-playing game</a>, the term <b>monster</b> refers to a variety of creatures, some adapted from folklore and legends and others invented specifically for the game. Included are traditional <a href="/wiki/Monsters" class="mw-redirect" title="Monsters">monsters</a> such as <a href="/wiki/Dragon_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Dragon (Dungeons & Dragons)">dragons</a>, supernatural creatures such as ghosts, and mundane or fantastic animals.<sup id="cite_ref-chrulew_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chrulew-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A defining feature of the game<sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">: 5 </span></sup> is that monsters are typically obstacles that players must overcome to progress through the game.<sup id="cite_ref-Di_Filippo_2018_75–90_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Di_Filippo_2018_75–90-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Beginning with the <a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(1974)" title="Dungeons & Dragons (1974)">first edition in 1974</a>, a catalog of game monsters (<a href="/wiki/Bestiary" title="Bestiary">bestiary</a>) was included along with other game manuals, first called <i>Monsters & Treasure</i> and now called the <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual" title="Monster Manual">Monster Manual</a></i>. As an essential part of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>, many of its monsters have become iconic and recognizable even outside <i>D&D</i>, becoming influential in <a href="/wiki/Video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Video games">video games</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fiction" title="Fiction">fiction</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Popular_culture" title="Popular culture">popular culture</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ashgate_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Origins">Origins</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For publication history, see <a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual" title="Monster Manual">Monster Manual</a>.</div> <p>While many "bizarre and grotesque creatures" are original creations of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5">: 5 </span></sup> the inspiration for others includes <a href="/wiki/Mythology" class="mw-redirect" title="Mythology">mythology</a>, medieval <a href="/wiki/Bestiaries" class="mw-redirect" title="Bestiaries">bestiaries</a>, <a href="/wiki/Science-fiction_literature" class="mw-redirect" title="Science-fiction literature">science-fiction</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fantasy_literature" title="Fantasy literature">fantasy literature</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Film" title="Film">film</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ashgate_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mauricio Rangel Jiménez goes so far to say that a basic knowledge of mythology, religion and fantasy is required to keep pace with the game,<sup id="cite_ref-MRJ_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MRJ-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although the "creatures were unbound by time or place" of their original sources and co-creator <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gygax" title="Gary Gygax">Gary Gygax</a> "made them coexist in a single aggregate world".<sup id="cite_ref-JR_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With regard to pre-modern sources, scholar Laurent Di Filippo remarked that game creators often do not rely directly on original texts. Rather the material undergoes "cultural processes of transmission which go from medieval sources to the productions of contemporary cultural industries [...]. These transformations may be the result of translations or adaptations. This process of continuous evolution which involves both permanence and change is called "work on myth [Arbeit am Mythos]" by the German philosopher <a href="/wiki/Hans_Blumenberg" title="Hans Blumenberg">Hans Blumenberg</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-Di_Filippo_2018_75–90_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Di_Filippo_2018_75–90-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-WSD_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSD-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Because of their broad, inclusive background, <i>D&D</i> monsters have been called a <a href="/wiki/Pastiche" title="Pastiche">pastiche</a> of sources.<sup id="cite_ref-chrulew_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-chrulew-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In some cases, this has resulted in legal battles, such as when names taken from the works of <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a> had to be changed due to <a href="/wiki/Copyright" title="Copyright">copyright</a> disputes.<sup id="cite_ref-ashgate_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In game books, monsters are typically presented with illustrations, <a href="/wiki/Statistic_(role-playing_games)" title="Statistic (role-playing games)">game statistics</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-WSD_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSD-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and a detailed description. Monsters may be adapted to fit the needs of the game's writers and publishers, such as by describing combat abilities that may have been absent or only implied by an original source. Artistic renderings of various creatures have been a central tool for immersion in the game from the point of its creation.<sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 5, 19–28">: 5, 19–28 </span></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Influence_and_criticism">Influence and criticism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Influence and criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The monsters of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> have significantly influenced modern fantasy fiction, ranging from licensed fiction to how monsters are portrayed in fantasy fiction generally. The scope of this influence has been compared to the works of <a href="/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ashgate_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In a 2005 interview, author <a href="/wiki/China_Mi%C3%A9ville" title="China Miéville">China Miéville</a> stated, </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>"I use AD&D-type fascination with teratology in a lot of my books, and I have the original Monster Manual, and the Monster Manual 2, and the Fiend Folio. I still collect role-playing game bestiaries, because I find that kind of fascination with the creation of the monstrous tremendously inspiring."<sup id="cite_ref-mieville_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mieville-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>References and homages to <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> monsters can be found in works such as <i><a href="/wiki/Adventure_Time" title="Adventure Time">Adventure Time</a></i>, and the game's monsters have inspired tributes that both celebrate and mock various creatures. A 2013 <a href="/wiki/Io9" title="Io9">io9</a> retrospective detailed memorable monsters,<sup id="cite_ref-io9_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-io9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in 2018 <a href="/wiki/SyFy_Wire" class="mw-redirect" title="SyFy Wire">SyFy Wire</a> published a list of "The 9 Scariest, Most Unforgettable Monsters From Dungeons & Dragons",<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and in the same year <a href="/wiki/Screen_Rant" title="Screen Rant">Screen Rant</a> published a list of the game's "10 Most Powerful (And 10 Weakest) Monsters, Ranked".<sup id="cite_ref-SB_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other writers have highlighted the game's more odd or eccentric creations, such as <a href="/wiki/Geek.com" title="Geek.com">Geek.com</a>'s list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons",<sup id="cite_ref-Geek_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geek-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/The_Escapist_(magazine)" title="The Escapist (magazine)">The Escapist</a>'s list of "The Dumbest Dungeons & Dragons Monsters Ever (And How To Use Them)",<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Cracked.com" title="Cracked.com">Cracked.com</a>'s "15 Idiotic Dungeons and Dragons Monsters".<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>D&D'</i>s monsters have also been licensed as toys, like in <a href="/wiki/LJN" title="LJN">LJN</a>'s action figures, and even candy.<sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 158, 161, 163">: 158, 161, 163 </span></sup> </p><p>The number and variety of different monsters contributes to keeping the game interesting and forces players to think about employing diverse strategies.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Am_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Am-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: XIV–XI">: XIV–XI </span></sup> </p><p>The monsters of <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> have received <a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies" title="Dungeons & Dragons controversies">criticism from multiple sources</a>. In addition to other game elements, the presence of magical or demonic monsters has provoked <a href="/wiki/Moral_panic" title="Moral panic">moral panics</a> among religious conservatives.<sup id="cite_ref-religiondispatches_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-religiondispatches-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The game's emphasis on slaying monsters has also elicited negative commentary. As monsters have traditionally been defined by the number of "<a href="/wiki/Experience_points" class="mw-redirect" title="Experience points">experience points</a>" they award when killed, the game has been said to promote a "sociopathic" violence where the <a href="/wiki/Dungeon_master" class="mw-redirect" title="Dungeon master">dungeon master</a> "merely referees one imagined slaughter after another."<sup id="cite_ref-Slate_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Slate-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicholas J. Mizer, in contrast, suggested that experience through combat was an in-game variation on <a href="/wiki/Thorstein_Veblen" title="Thorstein Veblen">Thorstein Veblen</a>'s <a href="/wiki/The_Theory_of_the_Leisure_Class#Thesis" title="The Theory of the Leisure Class">theory</a> that application of the "predatory spirit" of humans to warfare could lead to high standing in society.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Some female monsters, such as the <a href="/wiki/Nymph" title="Nymph">nymph</a> and <a href="/wiki/Succubus" title="Succubus">succubus</a>, were seen by Philip J. Clements as an instance of the sexist tropes the game draws on which presented female sexuality as inherently dangerous.<sup id="cite_ref-PJC_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PJC-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Monster_types">Monster types</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Monster types"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Many kinds of monsters can be classified into typologies based on their common characteristics, and various books and game guides have been produced focusing on specific kinds of monsters.<sup id="cite_ref-HW_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 134">: 134 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Dragon_#192_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Dragon_#192-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such groupings include <a href="/wiki/Humanoid_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons)">humanoids</a>, monstrosities, dragons, <a href="/wiki/Giant_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Giant (Dungeons & Dragons)">giants</a>, <a href="/wiki/Undead" title="Undead">undead</a>, aberrations, fiends, celestials, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238216509">.mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#b1d2ff}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .vanchor>:target~.vanchor-text{background-color:#0f4dc9}}</style><span class="vanchor"><span id="fey"></span><span id="Fey"></span><span class="vanchor-text">fey</span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Elemental" title="Elemental">elementals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golem" title="Golem">constructs</a>, <a href="/wiki/Slime_(fantasy_creature)" class="mw-redirect" title="Slime (fantasy creature)">oozes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Plant" title="Plant">plants</a>; and beasts.<sup id="cite_ref-Am_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Am-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: V–VII">: V–VII </span></sup> There is some flexibility within these groupings. For example, many kinds of creatures can become undead or can be used to form magical constructs. </p><p>The 3rd edition of the game also used a broader type named "outsiders", encompassing any creature from the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Planes" class="mw-redirect" title="Outer Planes">Outer Planes</a><sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> or <a href="/wiki/Inner_Planes" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Planes">Inner Planes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-MM3.5e_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MM3.5e-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_monsters">Notable monsters</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Notable monsters"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="TSR_2009_–_Monster_Manual_(1977)"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monster_Manual_(1977)"><span id="Monster_Manual_.281977.29"></span><i>Monster Manual</i> (1977)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Monster Manual (1977)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>Monster Manual</i> (1977) was the initial monster book for the <a href="/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons#Advanced_Dungeons_&_Dragons" title="Editions of Dungeons & Dragons">first edition</a> of the <i>Advanced <a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> game, published by <a href="/wiki/TSR,_Inc." title="TSR, Inc.">TSR, Inc.</a> in 1977. <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gygax" title="Gary Gygax">Gary Gygax</a> wrote much of the work himself, having included and expanded most of the monsters from the previous <i>D&D</i> supplements. Also included are monsters originally printed in <i>The Strategic Review</i>, as well as some originally found in early issues of <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_(magazine)" title="Dragon (magazine)">The Dragon</a></i> and other early game materials. This book expanded on the original monster format by including the stat lines on the same page as the monsters' descriptions and introducing more stats, expanding the length of most monster descriptions, and featuring illustrations for most of the monsters.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The book contains a treasure chart and an index of major listings.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Creature</th> <th>Page</th> <th>Other appearances</th> <th>Variants</th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Beholder_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Beholder (Dungeons & Dragons)">Beholder</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">10</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974), Dragon #76 "The Ecology of the Beholder" (1983), D&D Companion Rules (1984), MC1 – Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993), <a href="/wiki/I,_Tyrant" title="I, Tyrant">I, Tyrant</a> (1996), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Deathknell set #32 (2005) </td> <td> </td> <td>Hateful, aggressive, avaricious spherical monster that is most frequently found underground </td></tr> <tr id="Bulette"> <td><b>Bulette</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">12</span></span> </td> <td>Dragon #1 (1976), Dragon #74 "The Ecology of the Bulette" (1983), MC2 – Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), Monstrous Manual (1993), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003), D&D Miniatures: Giants of Legend set #67 (2004) </td> <td> </td> <td>This "slow-witted, roughly bullet-shaped" monster also known as landshark<sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66">: 66 </span></sup> burrows underground and feeds on humans, horses, and halflings. Originally inspired by a cheap plastic toy,<sup id="cite_ref-ashgate_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66">: 66 </span></sup> the bulette was one of the first monsters specifically created for <i>D&D</i>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been included in every edition of <i>D&D</i>, although various aspects of the monster have changed from edition to edition. Author Keith Ammann called bulettes "brutes tailor-made to give your players jump scares" and found its preferences and aversions for the meat of different humanoid races "ludicrous".<sup id="cite_ref-Am_16-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Am-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 157–158">: 157–158 </span></sup> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.belloflostsouls.net/">BoLS</a> writer J.R. Zambrano found it "kind of goofy" and a "really fun monster to fight".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It has appeared in several other media.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Devil_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Devil (Dungeons & Dragons)">Devil</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">20-23</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer)" title="Don Turnbull (game designer)">Don Turnbull</a> considered the devils the most prominent among the new monsters introduced in the <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual" title="Monster Manual">Monster Manual</a></i>: "they are all pretty strong and compare not unfavourably in this respect with the Demons we already know".<sup id="cite_ref-WD8_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD8-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Displacer beast</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">28</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974), D&D Basic Set (1977), D&D Expert Set (1981, 1983), <i>Dragon</i> #109 "The Ecology of the Displacer Beast" (1986), MC 1 – Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991), Monstrous Manual (1993), Monster Manual (2000), Monster Manual v.3.5 (2003) (also includes a Pack Lord), D&D Miniatures: Harbinger set #41 (2003), D&D Miniatures: War of the Dragon Queen set #29 (2006) (Displacer Beast Pack Lord), D&D Miniatures: Unhallowed set #37 (2007) (Displacer Beast Manhunter) </td> <td> </td> <td>Panther-like beast, that always appears to be three feet away from its actual position </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Gelatinous_cube" title="Gelatinous cube">Gelatinous cube</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">43</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974) </td> <td> </td> <td>Cubic scavengers, who cleanse living organism and carrion from the floor and walls of underground passageways </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hell_hound_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hell hound (Dungeons & Dragons)">Hell hound</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">51</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974) </td> <td> </td> <td>Not from the material plane, breathes out scorching fire. <a href="/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer)" title="Don Turnbull (game designer)">Don Turnbull</a> noted that the breath weapon of the "much-feared" hell hound has been altered from its previous appearance.<sup id="cite_ref-WD8_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD8-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons/Monsters/Ki-rin" class="extiw" title="b:Dungeons & Dragons/Monsters/Ki-rin">Ki-rin</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">57</span></span> </td> <td><i>Eldritch Wizardry</i> (1976),<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Monstrous Compendium Volume Two</i> (1989),<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Monstrous Manual</i> (1993),<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Psionics_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Psionics (Dungeons & Dragons)">psionic</a> variant of the ki-rin in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Complete_Psionics_Handbook" title="The Complete Psionics Handbook">The Complete Psionics Handbook</a></i> (1991),<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> third edition <i><a href="/wiki/Oriental_Adventures" title="Oriental Adventures">Oriental Adventures</a></i> (2001)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td> </td> <td>Race of lawful good aerial creatures that will aid humans if the need to combat evil is great<br />An obituary to <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gygax" title="Gary Gygax">Gary Gygax</a> specifically highlights the Ki-rin as an example of the way in which <i>D&D</i> embraces world culture and folklore.<sup id="cite_ref-JR_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-JR-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Lich_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Lich (Dungeons & Dragons)">Lich</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">61</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974) </td> <td> </td> <td>Created with the use of powerful and arcane magic, formerly ultra powerful magic-users now non-human and non-living </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mimic_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Mimic (Dungeons & Dragons)">Mimic</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">70</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Subterranean creatures that are able to perfectly mimic stone and wood </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Illithid" title="Illithid">Mind flayer</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">70</span></span> </td> <td><i>Eldritch Wizardry</i> </td> <td> </td> <td>Evil subterranean creature that considers humanity as cattle to feed upon, draws forth brains with its tentacles </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Mummy_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mummy (Dungeons & Dragons)">Mummy</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">72</span></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_(1974)" title="Dungeons & Dragons (1974)"><i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> set (1974)</a> </td> <td> </td> <td>Undead humans that retain a semblance of life and seek to destroy living things. <a href="/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer)" title="Don Turnbull (game designer)">Don Turnbull</a> noted that the mummy was revised from its previous statistics, and could now cause paralysis on sight (as a result of fear).<sup id="cite_ref-WD8_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD8-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Night_hag_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Night hag (Dungeons & Dragons)">Night hag</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">73</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Rule the convoluted planes of <a href="/wiki/Gray_Waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Waste">Hades</a>, form larvae (see above) from evil persons they slay, and sell to demons and devils. <a href="/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer)" title="Don Turnbull (game designer)">Don Turnbull</a> referred to the night hag as "splendid" and notes that the illustration of the night hag is the best drawing in the book.<sup id="cite_ref-WD8_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD8-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Otyugh</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">77</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Weird omnivorous scavengers whose diet consists of dung, offal, and carrion, always found underground. <a href="/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer)" title="Don Turnbull (game designer)">Don Turnbull</a> referred to the otyugh as a "most interesting creation".<sup id="cite_ref-WD8_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD8-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Owlbear" title="Owlbear">Owlbear</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">77</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974) </td> <td> </td> <td>Horrible creatures that inhabit tangled forest regions, attacks with great claws and snapping beak </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Rust monster</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">83</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974) </td> <td> </td> <td>Large armored tick-like monster which devours metals. An original invention for the game and its artificial underground world, the appearance of the rust monster was inspired by a plastic toy from Hong Kong.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 66">: 66 </span></sup> It was ranked among the most memorable as well as obnoxious creatures in the game, terrifying to certain characters and their players not due to their ability to fight but to destroy their items.<sup id="cite_ref-ashgate_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ashgate-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-RB_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-io9_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-io9-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 91, 93">: 91, 93 </span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-DME_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DME-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Chris Sims of the on-line magazine <i>Comics Alliance</i> referred to the rust monster as "the most feared D&D monster".<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shadow_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Shadow (Dungeons & Dragons)">Shadow</a></b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">86</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Supplement_I:_Greyhawk" class="mw-redirect" title="Supplement I: Greyhawk">Supplement I: Greyhawk</a></i> (1974) </td> <td> </td> <td>Horrible undead creatures that drain strength merely by touching an opponent. <a href="/wiki/Don_Turnbull_(game_designer)" title="Don Turnbull (game designer)">Don Turnbull</a> noted his disappointment that the shadow in the <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual" title="Monster Manual">Monster Manual</a></i> is of the <a href="/wiki/Undead_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Undead (Dungeons & Dragons)">undead</a> class and thus subject to a <a href="/wiki/Cleric_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Cleric (Dungeons & Dragons)">cleric</a>'s turn undead ability: "I used to enjoy seeing clerics vainly trying to turn what wouldn't turn, when Shadows were first met".<sup id="cite_ref-WD8_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD8-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span class="anchor" id="TSR_2012_–_Fiend_Folio_(1981)"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fiend_Folio_(1981)"><span id="Fiend_Folio_.281981.29"></span><i>Fiend Folio</i> (1981)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Fiend Folio (1981)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i><a href="/wiki/Fiend_Folio" title="Fiend Folio">Fiend Folio: Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign</a></i> was the second monster book for the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1981. The <i>Fiend Folio</i> consisted mostly of monsters submitted to <i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a>'</i>s "Fiend Factory" column. The monsters in this book are presented in the same format as those in the previous <i>Monster Manual</i> work, and most featured illustrations of the monsters<sup id="cite_ref-:0_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Creature</th> <th>Page</th> <th>Other appearances</th> <th>Variants</th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Al-mi'raj</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">11–12</span></span> </td> <td>MC14 – Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992) </td> <td> </td> <td>Based on <a href="/wiki/Al-mi%27raj" class="mw-redirect" title="Al-mi'raj">Al-mi'raj</a> "in Islamic poetry, a yellow hare with a single black horn on its head."<sup id="cite_ref-DV_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DV-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Counted among the saddest, lamest creatures in <i><a href="/wiki/Fiend_Folio" title="Fiend Folio">Fiend Folio</a></i> by artist Sean McCarthy, a hybrid creature with physiology resulting from maladaptation rather than evil.<sup id="cite_ref-SMC_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Carbuncle</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">17–18</span></span> </td> <td><i>White Dwarf</i> #8 (1978), <i>Best of White Dwarf Scenarios</i> (1980), <i>Tome of Horrors</i> (2002) </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Armadillo" title="Armadillo">Armadillo</a>-like creature with a <a href="/wiki/Ruby" title="Ruby">jewel</a> in its head, counted among the saddest, lamest entries in <i><a href="/wiki/Fiend_Folio" title="Fiend Folio">Fiend Folio</a></i> by artist Sean McCarthy, a hybrid creature with physiology resulting from maladaptation rather than evil.<sup id="cite_ref-SMC_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SMC-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Frost man</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">40</span></span> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Frostburn" title="Frostburn">Frostburn</a></i> (2004) (as Frost folk) </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/Geek.com" title="Geek.com">Geek.com</a></i> included this humanoid in its list of "most underrated monsters" and commented referring to the <i>Fiend Folio</i> image: "with his ability to radiate Frost, well manicured beard, magnificent head of hair, hatchet, eye patch, caveman style outfit, and comfortable shoes, the Frost Man is the entire package".<sup id="cite_ref-Geek_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geek-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Hook horror</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">51</span></span> </td> <td><i>White Dwarf</i> #12 (1979), <i>Best of White Dwarf Scenarios</i> (1980), Monstrous Manual (1993) </td> <td> </td> <td>A bipedal, subterranean monster that looks like a vulture-like humanoid with bony hooks in place of hands. The hook horror was first published in <i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a></i> #12 (April–May 1979), and was originally submitted by <a href="/wiki/Ian_Livingstone" title="Ian Livingstone">Ian Livingstone</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WD12_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD12-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was voted among the top ten monsters from the magazine's "Fiend Factory" column and reprinted in <i>Best of White Dwarf Articles</i> (1980).<sup id="cite_ref-WD18_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD18-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-BWD1_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BWD1-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GeBWD1_52-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GeBWD1-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Ed_Greenwood" title="Ed Greenwood">Ed Greenwood</a>, in his review of the <i>Fiend Folio</i> for <i><a href="/wiki/Dragon_(magazine)" title="Dragon (magazine)">Dragon</a></i> magazine, considered the hook horror as one of the creatures with "strange appearances and little else; there is no depth to their listings" and that it was one of the creatures which "seem incomplete".<sup id="cite_ref-D55_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-D55-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span class="anchor" id="TSR_2016_–_Monster_Manual_II_(1983)"></span> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Monster_Manual_II_(1983)"><span id="Monster_Manual_II_.281983.29"></span><i>Monster Manual II</i> (1983)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Monster Manual II (1983)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>Monster Manual II</i> was the third and final monster book for the first edition of <i>Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</i>, published in 1983, and has the largest page count of the three. As with the <i>Monster Manual</i>, this book was written primarily by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Gygax" title="Gary Gygax">Gary Gygax</a>. This book contains a number of monsters that previously appeared in limited circulation and a large amount of its contents was entirely new at publication. The monsters in this book are presented in the same format as the <i>Monster Manual</i> and <i>Fiend Folio</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MMII_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMII-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Creature</th> <th>Page</th> <th>Other appearances</th> <th>Variants</th> <th>Description </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>Bat, giant</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">14</span></span> </td> <td><i>D&D Basic Set</i> (1981), D&D Basic Set (1983), MC1 – Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), <i>Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia</i> (1991), <i>Monstrous Manual</i> (1993) </td> <td> </td> <td>The <i>giant bat</i> in the <i>Fiend Folio</i> is exactly what its name would suggest—a giant form of <a href="/wiki/Bat" title="Bat">bat</a> with a 6' wingspan. <i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a></i> reviewer <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Thomson_(author)" title="Jamie Thomson (author)">Jamie Thomson</a> commented on the giant bat, noting that it "seems an obvious choice for <i>D&D</i><span style="padding-left:.15em;">"</span>.<sup id="cite_ref-WD28_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD28-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Death dog</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">23</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a></i> reviewer Jamie Thomson commented on the death dog, which is "rumored to be a descendant of <a href="/wiki/Cerberus" title="Cerberus">Cerberus</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-WD28_55-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD28-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Executioner's hood</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">64</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Hood-shaped monster that functions as a trap which "envelops a victim's head and slowly strangles them". Included in <a href="/wiki/Geek.com" title="Geek.com">Geek.com</a>'s list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons": After pouring alcohol on the creature as a creative way to defeat it, it may make "the coolest party mascot/drinking buddy in all the realms".<sup id="cite_ref-Geek_12-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Geek-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Grue_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Grue (Dungeons & Dragons)">Grue</a>, elemental</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">72–74</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Described are the chagrin, harginn, ildriss, and verrdig. <i><a href="/wiki/White_Dwarf_(magazine)" title="White Dwarf (magazine)">White Dwarf</a></i> reviewer Megan C. Evans referred to the grues as "a collection of terrifying beasties from the <i>Elemental Planes</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-WD28_55-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WD28-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Stegocentipede</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">114–115</span></span> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>Lawrence Schick described the stegocentipede as "a giant arthropod notable for its twin row of back plates (wow!)"<sup id="cite_ref-HW_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 106–107">: 106–107 </span></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b>Stench kow</b> </td> <td><span class="nowrap"><span style="font-size:85%;">115</span></span> </td> <td><i>Monstrous Manual</i> (1993), <i>Polyhedron</i> #133 (December 1998), <i>Tome of Horror</i> (2002), pp. 243–244 from Necromancer Games </td> <td> </td> <td>Lawrence Schick described the stench kow as "a monstrous bison that smells <i>real bad</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-HW_21-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HW-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Fiends">Fiends</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Fiends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output 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title="Wikipedia:What Wikipedia is not">Wikipedia's inclusion policy</a>.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">May 2023</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </div><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i>Fiend</i> is a term used in the <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i> <a href="/wiki/Fantasy" title="Fantasy">fantasy</a> <a href="/wiki/Role-playing_game" title="Role-playing game">role-playing game</a> to refer to any malicious otherworldly creatures within the <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> universe. These include various races of demons and <a href="/wiki/Devil_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Devil (Dungeons & Dragons)">devils</a> that are of an <a href="/wiki/Evil" title="Evil">evil</a> <a href="/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)">alignment</a> and hail from the <a href="/wiki/Outer_Plane" title="Outer Plane">Lower Planes</a>. All fiends are extraplanar <a href="/wiki/Outsider_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Outsider (Dungeons & Dragons)">outsiders</a>. Fiends have been considered among "D&D's most classic monsters".<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Demons">Demons</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Demons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Demons are a <a href="/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Chaotic_evil" title="Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)">chaotic evil</a> race native to the <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyss (Dungeons & Dragons)">Abyss</a>; they are rapacious, cruel and arbitrary. They are also portrayed as more widespread than other races of fiends, as the Abyss and its population are both theoretically infinite in size. The dominant race of demons is the tanar'ri (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɑːr/: 'ar' in 'far'">ɑːr</span><span title="/i/: 'y' in 'happy'">i</span></span>/</a></span></span>). "True" tanar'ri such as the balors (originally called <a href="/wiki/Balrog" title="Balrog">Balrogs</a>) and the six-armed serpentine mariliths push other weaker tanar'ri around and organise them into makeshift armies for battle. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="Demon_lords"></span><span id="Demon_lord"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Demon lords</span></span> and demon princes such as <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238216509" /><span class="vanchor"><span id="Orcus"></span><span class="vanchor-text">Orcus</span></span>, <a href="/wiki/Demogorgon_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Demogorgon (Dungeons & Dragons)">Demogorgon</a>, Juiblex, Zuggtmoy, Graz'zt,<sup id="cite_ref-CBR_Demons_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CBR_Demons-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and countless others are said to rule over the demons of their individual layers of the Abyss, as much as the chaotic demons can be ruled over. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Devils">Devils</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Devils"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Devil_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Devil (Dungeons & Dragons)">devils</a>, of which the ruling type are called baatezu (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="'b' in 'buy'">b</span><span title="/eɪ/: 'a' in 'face'">eɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɑː/: 'a' in 'father'">ɑː</span><span title="'t' in 'tie'">t</span><span title="/ɛ/: 'e' in 'dress'">ɛ</span><span title="'z' in 'zoom'">z</span><span title="/uː/: 'oo' in 'goose'">uː</span></span>/</a></span></span>),<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> are <a href="/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Lawful_evil" title="Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)">lawful evil</a> natives of the <a href="/wiki/Baator" class="mw-redirect" title="Baator">Nine Hells of Baator</a>; they are said to subjugate the weak and rule tyrannically over their domains. Pit fiends are the most powerful baatezu, though even the strongest pit fiends are surpassed by the <a href="/wiki/Lords_of_the_Nine" class="mw-redirect" title="Lords of the Nine">Lords of the Nine</a>, or Archdevils, whose ranks include <a href="/wiki/Baalzebul_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Baalzebul (Dungeons & Dragons)">Baalzebul</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mephistopheles_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mephistopheles (Dungeons & Dragons)">Mephistopheles</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Asmodeus_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asmodeus (Dungeons & Dragons)">Asmodeus</a>. Unlike the demons, the devils are described as arranged in a strict hierarchy. Like the demons, the devils are scheming backstabbers; while a demon only keeps its words when it is convenient for it, a devil keeps its word all too well—they are said to be used to exploiting repressive bureaucratic machinations to the fullest and thus always know all ways around the letter of a contract to begin with. The tanar'ri and the baatezu hold an eternal enmity for one another and wage the <a href="/wiki/Blood_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Blood War">Blood War</a> against one another. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Yugoloths">Yugoloths</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Yugoloths"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The yugoloths (called <a href="/wiki/Daemon_(mythology)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daemon (mythology)">daemons</a> in 1st edition <i>D&D</i>) are <a href="/wiki/Alignment_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)#Neutral_evil" title="Alignment (Dungeons & Dragons)">neutral evil</a> natives of the Bleak Eternity of Gehenna and the <a href="/wiki/Gray_Waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Waste">Gray Wastes of Hades</a>; they are neutral to the affairs of the other fiendish races, interfering only when they see a situation that may be profitable or a potential for the advancement of their own schemes. The yugoloths are portrayed as manipulative, secretive, and mercenary by nature, often acting as soldiers for deities in their own private wars, or even at times aiding both sides of the Blood War. In 4th Edition, the yugoloths are considered to be demons, and their previously standard naming convention of "loth" is replaced by "demon" (Ex. the Mezzoloth is the 4e Mezzodemon). In fifth edition, yugoloths are listed as neutral evil fiends under their original names. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Other_fiends">Other fiends</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Other fiends"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Demodands">Demodands</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Demodands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The demodands are race of evil fiends that live on the plane of <a href="/wiki/Carceri_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Carceri (Dungeons & Dragons)">Carceri</a> (Tarterus in 1st edition <i>D&D</i>). Demodands were introduced in the 1st edition supplement <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual_II" title="Monster Manual II">Monster Manual II</a></i>, renamed as <i>gehreleths</i> in the 2nd edition <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual#Monstrous_Compendium_volumes_issued" title="Monster Manual">Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix</a></i>, and reintroduced as demodands in the 3rd edition sourcebook <i><a href="/wiki/Fiend_Folio" title="Fiend Folio">Fiend Folio</a></i>. In 1st edition <i>D&D</i>, the three types of demodands from weakest to strongest were tarry, slime, and shaggy. In 2nd and 3rd editions, the three types are farastu, kelubar, and shator. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Hordlings">Hordlings</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Hordlings"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <i>hordlings</i> are fiends that form the hordes of the <a href="/wiki/Gray_Waste" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Waste">Gray Waste of Hades</a>. They first appeared in the 1st edition supplement <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual_II" title="Monster Manual II">Monster Manual II</a></i>. Hordlings wander the Gray Waste preying upon everything they come across, even other hordlings. Hordlings vary greatly in appearance. It is said that hordlings evolved from larvae whose hatred was so unique, their souls became individual. The hordlings can be summoned using an artifact known as the <i>Bringer of Doom</i>, which was created around the time of the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Invoked_Devastation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Invoked Devastation (page does not exist)">Invoked Devastation</a> of <a href="/wiki/Greyhawk" title="Greyhawk">Greyhawk</a>. Hordlings are the most common inhabitants of the Gray Waste. They also occasionally roam the other Lower Planes as well. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Kython">Kython</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Kython"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The kythons (not to be confused with kytons, which are chain devils <a href="/wiki/Baatezu" class="mw-redirect" title="Baatezu">Baatezu</a>) are distinct from the other fiends in that they did not originate on any of the lower planes. When a group of fiends (the Galchutt, from Monte Cook's <i>Chaositech</i> and <i>Ptolus</i>) were trapped on the <a href="/wiki/Material_Plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Material Plane">Material Plane</a>, they tried creating more of their own kind through magical means. The results were eyeless reptilian creatures with insectoid traits and neutral evil traits. As the kythons matured, they took on varied forms. None of them were loyal to the fiends that created them. Because kythons originated on the Material Plane instead of the <a href="/wiki/Abyss_(plane)" class="mw-redirect" title="Abyss (plane)">Abyss</a> (or another lower plane), they are also called earth-bound demons. Kythons are only interested in eating and breeding. They have spread rapidly across the <a href="/wiki/Material_Plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Material Plane">Material Plane</a>. The current hierarchy of kythons, from the weakest to the strongest is: broodlings, juveniles, adults, impalers, slaymasters, and slaughterkings. Eventually, with more time, kythons will grow into newer and more powerful forms. Kythons closely resemble <a href="/wiki/Xenomorph_(Alien)" class="mw-redirect" title="Xenomorph (Alien)">xenomorphs</a>. They were originally created for <a href="/wiki/Monte_Cook" title="Monte Cook">Monte Cook</a>'s Ptolus campaign, based on some gaming miniatures he had bought, and were added by him to the <i>Book of Vile Darkness</i> absent the context of the Galchutt, who did not appear until later on in <i>Chaositech</i>. </p><p>Cook originally planned on perhaps renaming them so their name was not quite so similar to kytons, or chain devils, as well as other episodes of Cook's Ptolus campaign to see how they were originally used.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Night_hags">Night hags</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Night hags"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Night hags are fiends from the Gray Wastes of Hades that traffic in the souls of mortals in 3rd edition sources. In 5th edition they come from the <a href="/wiki/Feywild" class="mw-redirect" title="Feywild">Feywild</a> and are exiled to the <a href="/wiki/Gray_Wastes_of_Hades" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray Wastes of Hades">Gray Wastes of Hades</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-S&T_61-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-S&T-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Rakshasas">Rakshasas</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Rakshasas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Rakshasa_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Rakshasa (Dungeons & Dragons)">Rakshasas</a> are fiends (often tiger-headed) that may have originated on <a href="/wiki/Acheron_(plane)" class="mw-redirect" title="Acheron (plane)">Acheron</a> according to 3rd edition sources. In 5th edition they originated in the <a href="/wiki/Nine_Hells" class="mw-redirect" title="Nine Hells">Nine Hells</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Slaad">Slaad</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Slaad"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In the 4th edition game, Slaadi are chaotic evil and originate out of the Elemental Chaos. This is markedly different from the portrayal of Slaadi in all prior editions of the game, when they were chaotic neutral natives of Limbo and thus not fiends. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Half-fiends_and_fiendish_creatures">Half-fiends and fiendish creatures</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Half-fiends and fiendish creatures"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Cambion_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cambion (Dungeons & Dragons)">cambions</a> (whose name comes from a different kind of mythological, demonic creature) are simply half-fiends; <a href="/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)" title="Hybrid (biology)">hybrids</a> of fiends and non-fiendish creatures, often humans or other humanoids. Cambions are typically created through fiends raping mortals or seducing them after <a href="/wiki/Shape-shift" class="mw-redirect" title="Shape-shift">shape-shifting</a>, although some of the most depraved beings actually participate willingly. Those cambions that actually survive birth typically look like grotesque, hellish variants of their mortal progenitors, having wings, claws, fangs and often many other features that reveal their fiendish origins. Cambions are usually outcast, being feared and hated in mortal societies for their fiendish origins and being derided by pure-blooded fiends for their impure heritage. A variant of cambion called durzagon is described in 3.5 edition of the <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual_II" title="Monster Manual II">Monster Manual II</a></i> and is the hybrid of a devil and an unsuspecting <a href="/wiki/Duergar_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Duergar (Dungeons & Dragons)">duergar</a>. The fiendish creatures are simply fiendish versions of other species in Dungeons & Dragons. They typically look like fearsome travesties of beings from the <a href="/wiki/Plane_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)">Material Plane</a>. Most fiendish species are divided into a number of variants, usually in a <a href="/wiki/Hierarchy" title="Hierarchy">hierarchy</a> of increasing power and cunning. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Hecatoncheires">Hecatoncheires</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Hecatoncheires"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The hecatoncheires in the game is based on the <a href="/wiki/Hecatoncheires" title="Hecatoncheires">creature with the same name</a> from <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology" title="Greek mythology">Greek mythology</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-SB_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Like their counterparts, D&D's hecatoncheires were presented as giants with one-hundred arms and fifty heads in early editions. They also had the ability to throw a whole "barrage of boulders" at their enemies.<sup id="cite_ref-NM_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NM-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In later editions their description was changed to "abominations that are formed from the fusion of one-hundred beings."<sup id="cite_ref-SB_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In another version they were reduced in power, appearing as "a mere four-armed giant".<sup id="cite_ref-NM_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NM-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They were considered among the deadliest monsters of <i>D&D</i> by several reviewers.<sup id="cite_ref-SB_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-NM_63-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NM-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marley King from <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_Rant" title="Screen Rant">Screen Rant</a></i> recommended the hecatoncheires for Dungeons Masters to pit against high-level parties as a monster that is not "too cliché". He commented that - aside from the monster's many attacks, and high perception - it was given "incredible martial prowess" in the game, hearkening back to the importance of <a href="/wiki/Greek_mythology#Survey_of_mythic_history" title="Greek mythology">skill in battle</a> in the culture it was taken from.<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Nicholas Montegriffo from <i>The Gamer</i> called them "worthy foes for epic heroes" and found the down-scaling of offensively usable arms sad.<sup id="cite_ref-NM_63-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NM-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Blood_War">Blood War</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Blood War"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Blood War concept was introduced as part of the new background for the outer planes in 1991's <i>Monstrous Compendium Volume Outer Planes Appendix</i>. The conflict is depicted as a bitter war of annihilation between the baatezu race and the tanar'ri; an absolute, all encompassing, and virtually eternal struggle.<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Trenton Webb of <i>Arcane</i> magazine wrote, "the fate of all the planes hangs on its outcome".<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Blood War was thoroughly detailed in various books throughout the <a href="/wiki/Planescape" title="Planescape">Planescape</a> setting, particularly the 1996 boxed set <i><a href="/wiki/Hellbound:_The_Blood_War" title="Hellbound: The Blood War">Hellbound: The Blood War</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-mythology_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythology-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The 4th edition of D&D's <i><a href="/wiki/Manual_of_the_Planes" title="Manual of the Planes">Manual of the Planes</a></i> updated the Blood War into a smoldering cold war that was formerly an all-out war.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (April 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The Blood War has been given various causes across different game books. <i><a href="/wiki/Fiendish_Codex_I:_Hordes_of_the_Abyss" title="Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss">Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss</a></i> attributes it to an offshoot of the primordial battles between law and chaos, continued out of violent and sadistic stubbornness.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FC2_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Fiendish_Codex_II:_Tyrants_of_the_Nine_Hells" title="Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells">Fiendish Codex II: Tyrants of the Nine Hells</a></i> depicts <a href="/wiki/Asmodeus_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" class="mw-redirect" title="Asmodeus (Dungeons & Dragons)">Asmodeus</a> as a formerly angelic being tasked with fighting an eternal war against the demons. When he and his followers take on demonic traits to better combat their foes, these angels, now deemed devils, are either exiled to or granted (depending on perspective) their own plane, where they fight the Blood War without disturbing the primordial lords of order. This is depicted as possibly being self-serving historical revisionism.<sup id="cite_ref-FC2_70-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FC2-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <i><a href="/wiki/Guide_to_Hell" title="Guide to Hell">Guide to Hell</a></i> instead portrays the Blood War as a distraction by Asmodeus to hide his true goal of usurping divine power and reshaping the multiverse.<sup id="cite_ref-GtH_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GtH-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later official materials claim Asmodeus possesses a piece of the pure elemental chaos <a href="/wiki/Tharizdun" title="Tharizdun">Tharizdun</a> used to create the Abyss. The demons are drawn to this and seek to reclaim it.<sup id="cite_ref-GtH_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GtH-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/ComicBook.com" title="ComicBook.com">ComicBook.com</a></i> contributor Christian Hoffer considered "Blood War between demons and devils" one "of the great conflicts that make up the D&D multiverse".<sup id="cite_ref-CH_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CH-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Black_Gate_(magazine)" title="Black Gate (magazine)">Black Gate</a></i> reviewer Andrew Zimmerman Jones described it as the "eternal" conflict "for who gets claim on being more evil" and praised the Blood War as a background for adventures putting the player characters between the fronts.<sup id="cite_ref-ZJ_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZJ-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Controversy_and_related_changes_between_editions">Controversy and related changes between editions</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Controversy and related changes between editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The inclusion of demons and devils proved controversial among critics of <i><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons" title="Dungeons & Dragons">Dungeons & Dragons</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/TSR_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="TSR (company)">TSR</a> eliminated most references to <a href="/wiki/Occult" title="Occult">occult</a> symbols, demons, and devils from the second edition of the game. When the creatures were reintroduced after a few year in the <i><a href="/wiki/Monstrous_Compendium" title="Monstrous Compendium">Monstrous Compendium</a></i> supplement <i>MC8: The Outer Planes</i>, the terms "baatezu", "tanar'ri", "yugoloth", and "gehreleth" were introduced and were used exclusively in place of the terms "devil", "demon", "daemon", and "demodand", respectively, but without changing the creatures fundamentally.<sup id="cite_ref-mythology_68-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mythology-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-AA_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AA-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 223">: 223 </span></sup> </p><p>Following a more relaxed attitude towards the hobby, <a href="/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a> reinserted many of these excised references in the third edition of the game. They kept intact the terms they had been replaced with, using both when applicable to appeal both to older players and those who played in subsequent editions of the game. While the 1st edition of <i>AD&D</i> used the term "Daemon", all subsequent editions beginning with 2nd edition have used the term "yugoloth" for the same creatures. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reception">Reception</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Fiends were considered among the "standard repertoire of 'Monsters'" in the game by Fabian Perlini-Pfister.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>note 1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Black Gate</i> reviewer Andrew Zimmerman Jones positively contrasted the extended description provided in <i><a href="/wiki/Mordenkainen%27s_Tome_of_Foes" title="Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes">Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes</a></i> (2018) as compared to earlier material: "It's easy to treat demons and devils as villains just there to be killed, but after reading this chapter [on the Blood War], you'll be more inclined to treat them as unique creatures, with their own goals and motivations."<sup id="cite_ref-ZJ_73-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZJ-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tarrasque">Tarrasque</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Tarrasque"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The tarrasque is a gigantic lizard-like creature which exists only to eat, kill, and destroy, "the most dreaded monster native to the <a href="/wiki/Prime_Material_plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime Material plane">Prime Material plane</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tarrasque was introduced in 1983 in the <i><a href="/wiki/Monster_Manual_II" title="Monster Manual II">Monster Manual II</a></i>, in the first edition of <i>Advanced Dungeons & Dragons</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-MMII_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MMII-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is very loosely based upon the French legend of the <a href="/wiki/Tarasque" title="Tarasque">tarasque</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-DV_47-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DV-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is very large, 50 feet (15 meters) tall and 70 feet (21 meters) long, and has a <i><a href="/wiki/Tyrannosaurus_rex" class="mw-redirect" title="Tyrannosaurus rex">Tyrannosaurus rex</a></i>–like form, although it is much more broad and muscular, with a differently shaped head, and with larger and more developed front arms. It has brown skin, with scabs and warts and bits of encrusted dung all over it which are grey in color. Protecting its back and tail is a thick, glossy caramel-colored shell or carapace. It has spikes coming from its chin, the sides of the mouth, the underside of its neck, the elbows of its front arms, and its shell. The creature also has two horns projecting forwards from the top of its head. </p><p>The tarrasque's skin is very hard and thick, and provides excellent armor. It is immune or resistant to most offensive magic, and regenerates damage quickly. </p><p>The second edition of the game included rules for extracting treasure from the creature's carcass. In the <i><a href="/wiki/Spelljammer" title="Spelljammer">Spelljammer</a></i> series, the accessory <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Practical_Planetology&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Practical Planetology (page does not exist)">Practical Planetology</a></i> suggests the tarrasques originate from the planet Falx. Several hundred tarrasques live there,<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where they feed upon the native Imbul, a lizard-like creature.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 4th edition of the game, the tarrasque is listed as an "abomination" and classed as a "Gargantuan elemental magical beast"—a living engine of death and destruction created by a primordial race for use as a weapon against the gods. </p><p>The tarrasque has been called "a creature that embodies wanton destruction"<sup id="cite_ref-dummies_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dummies-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and "singularly deadly"<sup id="cite_ref-83" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and been compared to a <i><a href="/wiki/Kaiju" title="Kaiju">kaiju</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-Am_16-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Am-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="reference nowrap"><span title="Page / location: 221">: 221 </span></sup> It was ranked No. 2 on the list of the ten best high-level monsters in <i>Dungeons and Dragons 4th Edition For Dummies</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-dummies_82-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-dummies-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rob Bricken from <a href="/wiki/Io9" title="Io9">io9</a> named the tarrasque as the 10th most memorable D&D monster.<sup id="cite_ref-RB_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-RB-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/Screen_Rant" title="Screen Rant">Screen Rant</a></i> compiled a list of the game's "10 Most Powerful (And 10 Weakest) Monsters, Ranked" in 2018, calling this one of the strongest, saying "There are a lot of giant monsters that roam the various <i>Dungeons & Dragons</i> worlds, but none is more feared than the Tarrasque. This creature is an engine of destruction and it can crush entire cities in a single rampage."<sup id="cite_ref-SB_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SB-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>Backstab</i> reviewer Michaël Croitoriu highlights the tarrasque among the monsters rated upwards from 2nd to 3rd edition, and wishes good luck to the adventurers having the temerity to attack it.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bestiary" title="Bestiary">Bestiary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dungeons_%26_Dragons_controversies" title="Dungeons & Dragons controversies">Dungeons & Dragons controversies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_2nd_edition_monsters" title="List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters">List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition monsters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_species_in_fantasy_fiction" class="mw-redirect" title="List of species in fantasy fiction">List of species in fantasy fiction</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Monsters_in_Dungeons_%26_Dragons&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Censorship and "Child Protection"</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.members.tripod.com/anthonylarme/gc/gamesthesis.pdf">[1]</a> (2000).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_McComb" title="Colin McComb">McComb, Colin</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Faces_of_Evil:_The_Fiends&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Faces of Evil: The Fiends (page does not exist)">Faces of Evil: The Fiends</a></i> (TSR, 1997). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7869-0684-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-7869-0684-7">0-7869-0684-7</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_McComb" title="Colin McComb">McComb, Colin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dale_Donovan" title="Dale Donovan">Dale Donovan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Monte_Cook" title="Monte Cook">Monte Cook</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Planes_of_Conflict" title="Planes of Conflict">Planes of Conflict</a></i> (TSR, 1995). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7869-0309-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7869-0309-0">0-7869-0309-0</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colin_McComb" title="Colin McComb">McComb, Colin</a>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Dori_Jean_Hein&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Dori Jean Hein (page does not exist)">Dori Jean Hein</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Wolfgang_Baur" title="Wolfgang Baur">Wolfgang Baur</a>. <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Planes_of_Law&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Planes of Law (page does not exist)">Planes of Law</a></i> (TSR, 1995). <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7869-0093-8" title="Special:BookSources/0-7869-0093-8">0-7869-0093-8</a></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFDoug_Stewart1993" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Doug_Stewart_(game_designer)" title="Doug Stewart (game designer)">Doug Stewart</a>, ed. (June 1993). <i><a href="/wiki/Monstrous_Manual" class="mw-redirect" title="Monstrous Manual">Monstrous Manual</a></i>. <a href="/wiki/TSR,_Inc." title="TSR, Inc.">TSR, Inc.</a> <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-5607-6619-0" title="Special:BookSources/1-5607-6619-0"><bdi>1-5607-6619-0</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Monstrous+Manual&rft.pub=TSR%2C+Inc.&rft.date=1993-06&rft.isbn=1-5607-6619-0&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMonsters+in+Dungeons+%26+Dragons" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wyatt_(game_designer)" title="James Wyatt (game designer)">Wyatt, James</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rob_Heinsoo" title="Rob Heinsoo">Rob Heinsoo</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Monstrous_Compendium" title="Monstrous Compendium">Monstrous Compendium</a>: Monsters of Faerûn</i> (<a href="/wiki/Wizards_of_the_Coast" title="Wizards of the Coast">Wizards of the Coast</a>, 2001).</li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Wyatt_(game_designer)" title="James Wyatt (game designer)">Wyatt, James</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ari_Marmell" title="Ari Marmell">Ari Marmell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/C.A._Suleiman" class="mw-redirect" title="C.A. 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existence</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Material Plane <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Birthright_(campaign_setting)" title="Birthright (campaign setting)">Aebrynis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Abeir-Toril" title="Abeir-Toril">Abeir-Toril</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Athas" class="mw-redirect" title="Athas">Athas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Krynn" class="mw-redirect" title="Krynn">Krynn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eberron" title="Eberron">Eberron</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystara" title="Mystara">Mystara</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oerth" class="mw-redirect" title="Oerth">Oerth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Underdark" title="Underdark">Underdark</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inner_Plane" class="mw-redirect" title="Inner Plane">Inner Planes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Outer_Plane" title="Outer Plane">Outer Planes</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sigil_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Sigil 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title="Elminster">Elminster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Volothamp_Geddarm" title="Volothamp Geddarm">Volothamp Geddarm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gord_the_Rogue" title="Gord the Rogue">Gord the Rogue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iggwilv" title="Iggwilv">Iggwilv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Soth" title="Lord Soth">Lord Soth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raistlin_Majere" title="Raistlin Majere">Raistlin Majere</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minsc" title="Minsc">Minsc</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mordenkainen" title="Mordenkainen">Mordenkainen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tenser" title="Tenser">Tenser</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Strahd_von_Zarovich" title="Strahd von Zarovich">Strahd von Zarovich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wulfgar_(Forgotten_Realms)" title="Wulfgar (Forgotten Realms)">Wulfgar</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Creatures and monsters</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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monsters</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_deities" title="List of Dungeons & Dragons deities">Deities and powers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bahamut_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Bahamut (Dungeons & Dragons)">Bahamut</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corellon_Larethian" title="Corellon Larethian">Corellon Larethian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eilistraee" title="Eilistraee">Eilistraee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Greyhawk_deities" title="List of Greyhawk deities"><i>Greyhawk</i> deities</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tharizdun" title="Tharizdun">Tharizdun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vecna" title="Vecna">Vecna</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moradin" title="Moradin">Moradin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mystra_(Forgotten_Realms)" title="Mystra (Forgotten Realms)">Mystra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tiamat_(Dungeons_%26_Dragons)" title="Tiamat (Dungeons & Dragons)">Tiamat</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Publications88" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Publications</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_rulebooks" title="List of Dungeons & Dragons rulebooks">Core rulebooks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group 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