Quickling

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the quickling is an evil fey creature.

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Publication history

The quickling was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)

The quickling first appears in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).[1]

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

The quickling appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990),[2] and then appears in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995).

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

The quickling did not appear in any official Wizards of the Coast products for third edition. It did, however, appear in the Tome of Horrors (2002) [3] by Necromancer Games.

Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)

The quickling appeared again in Necromancer Games's Tome of Horrors Revised PDF (2005).

Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)

The quickling appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008).[4]

Description

The quickling has the ability to move and attack at extremely high speed.

History

Quicklings are said to have been brownies transformed by the evil power of the Queen of Air and Darkness.[5]

References

  1. ^ Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983)
  2. ^ Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990)
  3. ^ Green, Scott; Peterson, Clark (2002). Tome of Horrors. Necromancer Games. pp. 328. ISBN 1-58846-112-2. 
  4. ^ Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)
  5. ^ Sargent, Carl. Monster Mythology. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.

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