Assassin bug (Dungeons & Dragons)

Assassin bug

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the assassin bug is a type of vermin creature.

Publication history

The assassin bug first appeared in White Dwarf #12 (April 1979). The assassin bug appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).^[1]

The assassin bug appeared in second edition under the "insect" heading in the Monstrous Manual (1993).^[2]

An assassin bug is a four-legged insect that reproduces by implanting eggs into living human hosts.

Dungeons & Dragons

Basics

General	Controversies Editions Gen Con Popular culture Related products Retro-clones RPGA Sources and influences Variants

Gameplay	Adventures Alignment Dungeon Master Game mechanics Magic Miniatures

Creators	Dave Arneson Keith Baker Ed Greenwood Jeff Grubb Gary Gygax Tracy Hickman Robert J. Kuntz Mike Mearls Frank Mentzer Jim Ward Margaret Weis

Companies	Grenadier Models Hasbro Judges Guild Paizo Ral Partha Strategic Simulations, Inc. TSR Wizards of the Coast

Licenses	Game System License Open Game License System Reference Document

Geography and cosmology

Campaign settings	Al-Qadim Birthright Blackmoor Council of Wyrms Dark Sun Dragonlance Eberron Forgotten Realms Ghostwalk Greyhawk Mystara Oriental Adventures Planescape Ravenloft Spelljammer

Worlds	Abeir-Toril Eberron Krynn Mystara Oerth Underdark

Planes of existence	Prime Material Plane Inner Planes Outer Planes Far Realm Plane of Shadow

Player characters

Races	Dragonborn Dwarf Eladrin Elf Gnome Halfling Half-elf Half-orc Human Tiefling

Classes	Assassin Barbarian Bard Cavalier Cleric Druid Fighter Magic-User/Mage/Wizard Mystic/Monk Paladin Psion/Psionicist Ranger Shaman Sorcerer Thief/Rogue Warlock Warlord/Marshal List of alternative classes

Character lists	Greyhawk Ravenloft Forgotten Realms

Notable characters	Drizzt Do'Urden Elminster Iggwilv Raistlin Majere Mordenkainen Lord Soth Strahd von Zarovich

Beasts and other beings

Creature types	Aberration Celestials Constructs Deathless Draconic creatures Dragons Elementals Fey Fiends Giants Humanoids Lycanthropes Monstrous Humanoids Oozes Outsiders Plant Creatures Undead

Notable	Beholder Drow (dark elf) Githyanki Illithid (mind flayer) Lich

Lists by edition	1974–1976 1977–1999 AD&D 1st edition AD&D 2nd edition D&D 3rd edition D&D v3.5 D&D 4th edition D&D 5th edition

List of monsters	A B

Human and Demihuman	Human Dwarven deities Elven deities (Seldarine) Gnome deities Halfling deities

Monster	Archdevils Demon lords Dragon deities Drow deities (Dark Seldarine) Fey deities (Seelie Court) Giant deities Goblinoid deities Orc deities

Lists by setting	Dragonlance deities Eberron deities Forgotten Realms deities Greyhawk deities

Publications

Core rulebooks	Player's Handbook Dungeon Master's Guide Monster Manual

Classic rule sets	Dungeons & Dragons (Original) Dungeons & Dragons (Basic) Expert Companion Master Immortals Classic Rules Cyclopedia

Supplements	Arms and Equipment Guide Battlesystem Book of Exalted Deeds Book of Vile Darkness Deities & Demigods Draconomicon Fiend Folio Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting Libris Mortis Manual of the Planes Psionics Handbook AD&D 2nd edition D&D 3rd edition D&D v3.5 Expanded and Complete Unearthed Arcana

Periodicals	Dragon Dungeon Adventures Imagine Living Greyhawk Journal Polyhedron

Notable modules	List of Eberron modules and sourcebooks Against the Giants Dead Gods Desert of Desolation Dragonlance Expedition to the Barrier Peaks The Gates of Firestorm Peak The Isle of Dread The Keep on the Borderlands The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth Queen of the Spiders Ravenloft Red Hand of Doom The Ruins of Undermountain The Temple of Elemental Evil Tomb of Horrors White Plume Mountain

Early games (1975–1983)

Bhaalspawn Saga	Baldur's Gate Tales of the Sword Coast Enhanced Edition Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Throne of Bhaal Enhanced Edition

Dark Alliance	Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance II

Other games by
campaign setting

Dark Sun	Dark Sun: Shattered Lands Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager Dark Sun Online: Crimson Sands

Dragonlance	Heroes of the Lance Dragons of Flame War of the Lance DragonStrike Shadow Sorcerer Champions of Krynn Death Knights of Krynn The Dark Queen of Krynn

Eberron	D&D: Dragonshard D&D Online: Stormreach

Forgotten Realms	Hillsfar Eye of the Beholder Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon Dungeon Hack Unlimited Adventures Menzoberranzan Blood & Magic Descent to Undermountain Demon Stone Daggerdale Neverwinter Lords of Waterdeep

Mystara	Order of the Griffon Warriors of the Eternal Sun Fantasy Empires Tower of Doom Shadow over Mystara Collection Chronicles of Mystara

Ravenloft	Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession Ravenloft: Stone Prophet Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft

Various settings	Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace D&D: Stronghold AD&D: Slayer DeathKeep Al-Qadim: The Genie's Curse Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance Planescape: Torment D&D: Heroes The Temple of Elemental Evil D&D: Tactics