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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
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| Stats | OGL stats |
In numerous campaign settings of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, dinosaurs, based upon the actual-life extinct reptiles of prehistoric ages, are present. Some of the dinosaurs used in D&D, such as the Triceratops, Tyrannosaurus Rex, and Ankylosaurus, are real ones which used to exist on earth. Others, such as the Bloodstriker, Fleshraker and Swindlespitter from the Monster Manual III, though labeled as dinosaurs, are made up, and as such are likely better regarded as monsters. Most D&D settings have a location where dinosaurs are known to dwell, and seeing as they coexist with intelligent races, they are sometimes depicted as tamed, with such things as armored T. rexes being used in battle and Velociraptors used as mounts.
[edit] History of Dinosaurs in Dungeons & Dragons
Dinosaurs have existed in each edition of the Monster manual, [1] [2] [3] [4] and have played a significant role in Dungeons and Dragons since nearly the very beginning. In the 1981 dinosaurs were a major antagonist in the [[List of Dungeons & Dragons modules | module] the Isle of Dread (which was exceptionally widely distributed as it was included with the Dungeons & Dragons[[Dungeons & Dragons | Expert Set]. [5]. Also in the The Bane of Llywelyn, an early first edition Dungeons and Dragon's module featuring amazons on Pterosaur-like dinosaurs.
In 1990, the Hollow World Campaign setting was introduced. It "... takes all the best elements of the fantastic adventure fiction of the '30s and '40s (dinosaurs, savage men, lost empires) and marries them to the tropes of Dungeons & Dragons (elves, dwarves, Vance-style magic)". [6]
Dinosaurs continue to play a major role in a number of more recent published adventures and campaign settings. In the 2002 Eberron campaign setting, dinosaurs are the primary food source, work animal and mount of the Talenta Halflings.[7] In 2006, the first part of the Savage Tide Adventure Path was published. These adventures return to the "dinosaur-ridden" Isle of Dread. [8].
[edit] References
- ^ Gygax, Gary (1977). Monster Manual. TSR, Inc.. ISBN 0-935696-00-8.
- ^ Easley, Jeff. Monstrous Compendium Annual (Advanced Dungeons and Dragons 2nd Edition). Renton, Wash: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 1-56076-838-X.
- ^ Jonathan Tweet; Skip Williams; Monte Cook (2000). Dungeons & dragons monster manual: core rulebook III. Renton, Wash: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1552-8.
- ^ Jonathan Tweet; Skip Williams; Monte Cook; Rich Baker (2000). Dungeons & dragons monster manual: core rulebook III. Renton, Wash: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-1552-8.
- ^ "D&D Clones" (April/May 1981). White Dwarf 24.
- ^ Hollow World at Wayne's World of books. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- ^ Baker, Keith Michael. Shadows of the Last War (Eberron Campaign Setting (D&D): Adventures). Renton, Wash: Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-3276-7).
- ^ The Savage Tide Adventure Path. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
- Goodman Games: Complete Guide to Tyrannosaurus Rex.
- Goodman Games: Complete Guide to Velociraptors.
