Thri-kreen

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Thri-kreen
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the thri-kreen, or "mantis warriors," are an insect-like monstrous humanoid race. Thri-kreen are one of the primary player character races of the Dark Sun campaign setting.

1 Ecology
2 Society
3 Creative origins
4 References

[edit] Ecology

Thri-kreen are formidable nomadic hunters who respect the land and hate creatures that despoil it.

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[edit] Typical physical characteristics

Thri-kreen possess six limbs, and usually use one pair for locomotion and the other two pairs as arms. They have excellent physical capabilities, allowing them to jump great distances. They also have sharp claws, poisonous bites, and psionic abilities.

Thri-kreen have two signature weapons: the gythka, a polearm with a blade at each end; and the chatkcha, a crystal throwing wedge which returns when thrown.

Variant forms of thri-kreen include the civilized tohr-kreen (of which there are six subspecies), the mentally and physically altered zik-trin, the alien zik-chil, and the spacefaring xixchil of the Spelljammer campaign setting.

An average thri-kreen has the life expectancy of only 30 years. However, this is countered by the fact that thri-kreen do not require sleep. A thri-kreen truly lives out every moment of its precious 30 years.

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[edit] Society

The Thri-Kreen society is very organized, and they have a strong hive mentality when in groups. Not much more is known since they have a difficult time associating with the humanoid races. _{Source: Dark Sun: Players Handbook v-3.5}

[edit] Creative origins

The thri-kreen race was first introduced to D&D in 1982 by Paul Reiche III for the second set of Monster Cards. They have persisted into 3rd and 3.5 editions and appear in the Monster Manual II and various sourcebooks for the Forgotten Realms.

[edit] References

Beach, Tim, and Dori Hein. Thri-kreen of Athas (TSR, 1995) ISBN 0-7869-0125-X.

Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter. Monster Manual II (Wizards of the Coast, 2002).

Conners, William, et al. Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (TSR, 1989).

Cordell, Bruce R. Expanded Psionics Handbook (Wizards of the Coast, 2004) ISBN 0-7869-3301-1.

Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983).

Reid, Thomas M. Shining South (Wizards of the Coast, 2004).

Slavicsek, Bill. Dark Sun Campaign Setting Expanded and Revised (TSR, 1995).

Stewart, Doug. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1997) ISBN 1-56076-619-0.

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