Xvart
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| Dungeons & Dragons creature | |
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| Xvart | |
| Alignment | Evil |
| Type | Humanoid |
| Source books | {{{source}}} |
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A xvart (pronounced /zvɑt/) is small fictional humanoid creature found in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game.
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[edit] Description
Within the Dungeons and Dragons universe, Xvarts are bald, blue-skinned humanoids with orange eyes. They are 3 feet (0.9 m) tall and usually wear loose cloth doublets. Xvarts live in hilly, cavernous regions, and are usually of chaotic evil/neutral alignment.
[edit] Society
Xvarts are a cruel, cowardly race that occupy a place in humanoid society somewhere between goblins and kobolds. They often act as intermediaries between kobolds and goblins, usually dominating the latter. Although weak individually, they are extremely prolific, and are almost always encountered in large groups.
Xvarts worship Raxivort, a xvart from the World of Greyhawk campaign setting who achieved his godhood after betraying his former master, the demon lord Graz'zt.
[edit] Xvarts in Greyhawk
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting, xvarts are found in the Bandit Kingdoms, the Bone March, the old lands of the Horned Society, the Pomarj, the lands surrounding Verbobonc, and the eastern Vesve Forest. Xvarts play a key role in the RPGA Living Greyhawk adventures River of Blood by Erik Mona and Dragonscales at Morningtide by Sean K Reynolds.
[edit] Creative origins
Xvarts were created by Cricky Hitchcock for the Fiend Folio game bestiary.
[edit] References
- Clay, Joseph. "Hey, Wanna Be a Kobold?" Dragon #141 (TSR, 1989).
- Gygax, Gary. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting (TSR, 1983).
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Reynolds, Sean K. "Creature Catalog IV: Campaign Classics" Dragon #339 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Reynolds, Sean K. "Enchiridion of the Fiend Sage." Living Greyhawk Journal #1 (Paizo Publishing, 2000).
- Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981).
- Williams, Skip, et al. Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (TSR, 1992).
