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Crypt thing, Dungeons and Dragons Fiend Folio, Don Turnbull, 1981
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the crypt thing is a type of undead creature.
Publication history
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The crypt thing first appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[1]
The crypt thing appeared in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990),[2] and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).[3]
The crypt thing appeared in third edition in Living Greyhawk Journal #5 (March 2002). The crypt thing appeared in the third edition Fiend Folio (2003).[4]
DescriptionEdit
A crypt thing is depicted as being an undead skeleton that wears brown robes, found within its private lairs. When attacked a crypt thing will attempt to teleport its attacker to a random location.
Other publishersEdit
The crypt thing appeared in the Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games.[5]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ↑ Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990)
- ↑ 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)
- ↑ Green, Scott; Peterson, Clark (2002). "Tome of Horrors". Necromancer Games. pp. 50-51.
