Shambling Mound

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Dungeons & Dragons creature
Shambling Mound
Alignment	Neutral
Type	Plant
Source books
First appearance	Monster Manual (1977)
Image	Wizards.com image
Stats	OGL stats

The shambling mound is a fictional plant-like creature in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Shambling mounds are also called shamblers, a name which lends itself to the eponymious magic spell.

1 Ecology
- 1.1 Environment
- 1.2 Typical Physical Characteristics
2 Society
3 Creative origins
4 References

[edit] Ecology

Shambling mounds are intelligent, carnivorous plant creatures, though they appear to be rotting heaps of vegetation.

[edit] Environment

Shambling mounds are commonly found in temperate marshes.

[edit] Typical Physical Characteristics

Shambling mounds are usually about six feet tall, with an eight foot girth, when they stand erect. Most weigh around 3,800 pounds. Their brains and sensory organs are located in their upper regions. In their natural environment, shambling mounds are almost invisible. They can move through water easily, and have been known to creep into camps in their range at night to attack. Stories tell of shambling mounds moving about in electrical storms without flinching from the frequent lightning strikes, even direct strikes.

[edit] Society

Shambling mounds are solitary creatures, unless summoned via magic.

[edit] Creative origins

The shambling mound first appeared in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Monster Manual (1977). Some have noted the creature's resemblance to the comic characters Man-Thing and Swamp Thing, both of which were preceded by a similar comic character called the Heap.

[edit] References

Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual (TSR, 1977).

Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2003).

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