Rothé
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| Alignment | True Neutral |
| Type | Magical beast |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
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| Source books | Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting |
Rothé are fictional herd animals in various role-playing games.
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[edit] Publication history
The rothé first appeared in first edition in the original Fiend Folio (1981).[1]
The deep rothé appeared in second edition for the Forgotten Realms setting in The Drow of the Underdark (1991).[2] The ghost rothé and the surface rothé appeared in Polyhedron #75 (September 1992). The rothé appeared in the Monstrous Manual (1993) under the "mammal" entry.[3]
The deep rothé, the ghost rothé, and the surface rothé appeared in third edition for the Forgotten Realms setting in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (2001).[4]
[edit] Description
In the Forgotten Realms campaign setting, they are one of the primary livestock of humans of Faerûn's Northern areas and of the drow of the Underdark below. They resemble musk oxen, and have three different sub-species—surface rothé, deep rothé (that communicate with magical flashing lights in their Underdark home), and ghost rothé (large white rothé with magical abilities that grant them transportation and silence).
Rothé are blind animals commonly used for their meat, skin, and milk, used to make cheese. More about rothé can be learnt in Elaine Cunningham's Starlight & Shadows trilogy, in which heroine Liriel Baenre's arch-enemy, Shakti Hunszrin, happens to be part of a rothé breeders family.
[edit] Other media
Rothé can be found in the roguelike computer game NetHack.[5]
Nethack Encyclopedia Entry: The rothe (pronounced roth-AY) is a musk ox-like creature with an aversion to light. It prefers to live underground near lichen and moss.
[edit] References
- ^ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ^ Greenwood, Ed. The Drow of the Underdark (TSR, 1991)
- ^ Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1993)
- ^ Greenwood, Ed, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, and Rob Heinsoo. Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting (Wizards of the Coast, 2001)
- ^ Rothé entry on NethackWiki
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