Fire bat

Fire bat

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the fire bat is a type of elemental creature.

Publication history

The firebat first appeared in the adventure module The Ghost Tower of Inverness (1979).[1] The fire bat appeared in the original first edition Monster Manual II (1983).[2]

The fire bat appeared in second edition for the Planescape setting in Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998).[3]

The fire bat appeared in the third edition Monster Manual II (2002).[4]

Description

A fire bat is a denizen of the Elemental Plane of Fire which has a flaming bat-like body, about two feet long with a wingspan of almost four feet. A fire bat attaches itself to prey with its razor-sharp fangs, burning and bleeding its victim; a fire bat will reproduce by fission after gorging itself on blood.

References

  1. Hammack, Allen. The Ghost Tower of Inverness (TSR, 1979)
  2. Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983)
  3. Cook, Monte. Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (TSR, 1998)
  4. Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter. Monster Manual II (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)
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