Hydra (Dungeons & Dragons)
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
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| Hydra | |
| Alignment | |
| Type | Magical beast |
| Source books | |
| First appearance | |
| Mythological origins | Lernaean Hydra |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | OGL stats |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the hydra is a reptilian magical beast that has anywhere from five to twelve heads. A hydra is an especially deadly monster, since every time a head is severed, two new ones grow in its place.
A hydra is not very intelligent, and therefore usually neutral in alignment. They usually live alone in swamps, and are generally always the most dangerous predator in the area they inhabit.
In the Eberron campaign setting, the hydra is the heraldic beast of the dragonmarked House Phiarlan.
[edit] Variants
The pyrohydra is a relative of the standard hydra that is able to breathe fire from its heads.
The cryohydra is another relative of the standard hydra, this one being able to breathe jets of frost.
[edit] References
- Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume One (TSR, 1989).
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977).
- Richards, Jonathan "Ecology of the Hydra: Heads and Tales, The" Dragon #272 (TSR, 2000).
- Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1994).
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
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