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