Hook horror
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| Alignment | Neutral |
| Type | Aberration |
| Publication history | |
| Source books | Monster Manual II (3rd edition) |
| First appearance | White Dwarf #12 |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, a hook horror is a bipedal, subterranean monster that looks like a vulture-like humanoid with bony hooks in place of hands.
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[edit] Publication history
The hook horror was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
[edit] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
The hook horror was first published in White Dwarf #12 (April/May 1979), in the "Fiend Factory" column, originally submitted by Ian Livingstone,[1] which was later reprinted in Best of White Dwarf Articles (1980). The hook horror then appears in 1981 in the first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[2]
The hook horror was detailed in Dragon #131 (March 1988), in the "Ecology of the Hook Horror".[3]
[edit] Dungeons & Dragons (1977-1999)
This edition of the D&D game included its own version of the hook horror, which first appeared in the module Quest for the Heartstone (1984), and then appeared as a type of hook beast, in Creature Catalogue (1986),[4] and the Creature Catalog (1993).[5]
The hook horror appeared in the Blackmoor campaign setting in the module City of the Gods (1987).
[edit] Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
The hook horror appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990),[6] and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).[7]
The hook horror also appears in the Greyhawk setting in the module Flames of the Falcon (1993).
[edit] Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
The hook horror appears in the Monster Manual II for this edition (2002).[8]
[edit] Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)
The hook horror appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008).[9]
[edit] Description
The hook horror is an aberration that stands about nine feet (274 cm) tall and weighs almost 350 pounds (160 kg). It has a mottled grey exoskeleton, which is extremely thick and dense, and as difficult to breach as metal armor. Instead of hands/paws/claws, its front limbs end in 12-inch-long (30 cm) razor-sharp, blade-like hooks. These hooks are, of course, the hook horror's primary method of combat. Its legs are similar to those of a bird, and its head is shaped like that of a vulture, including the hooked beak. Its eyes, however, are multifaceted like that of an insect. It is thought that the hook horror is distantly related to the cockroach, despite its bird-like qualities[citation needed].
Hook horrors have their own language, communicating in a series of clicks and clacks. In a cave, this eerie sound can echo a long way and can be used to estimate cavern sizes and distances, much like the sonar of a bat.
[edit] In other games
The horror RPG Chill has a different creature with the same name.[citation needed]
[edit] References
- ^ Livingstone, Ian; Don Turnbull (April/May 1979). "Fiend Factory: Hook Horror". White Dwarf (Games Workshop) (12): 10–12.
- ^ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ^ Persinger, Michael. "The Ecology of the Hook Horror." Dragon #131 (TSR, 1988)
- ^ Morris, Graeme, Phil Gallagher and Jim Bambra. Creature Catalogue (TSR, 1986)
- ^ Nephew, John. Creature Catalog (TSR, 1993)
- ^ Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990)
- ^ Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1993)
- ^ Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, and Steve Winter. Monster Manual II (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)
- ^ Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. Monster Manual (Wizards of the Coast, 2008)
[edit] Additional reading
- Salvatore, RA. Homeland (TSR, 1990).
[edit] External links
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