Kelpie (Dungeons & Dragons)
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the kelpie is a type of plant creature.
Publication history
The kelpie first appeared in the adventure module White Plume Mountain (1979).[1] The kelpie appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[2]
The kelpie appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989),[3] and appeared under the "intelligent plant" entry in the Monstrous Manual (1993).[4]
The kelpie appeared in the third edition Fiend Folio (2003).[5]
Description
A kelpie is a mass of animate seaweed that can alter its form to resemble a woman, a hippocampus, or a green horse. It can charm a humanoid into thinking it can rescue the kelpie, which then grapples the victim until it drowns.
References
- ↑ Schick, Lawrence. White Plume Mountain (TSR, 1979)
- ↑ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ↑ Cook, David, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (TSR, 1989)
- ↑ Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1993)
- ↑ Cagle, Eric, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matt Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt. Fiend Folio (Wizards of the Coast, 2003)
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