Firenewt
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the firenewt is a type of monstrous humanoid creature.
Publication history
The firenewt first appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[1]
The firenewt appeared in the second edition for the Forgotten Realms setting in the first Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989),[2] and was reprinted in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996).[3] The firenewt was further detailed in Dragon #257 (March 1999) in "The Ecologies of the Firenewt & Giant Strider: Hammer & Anvil".
The firenewt appeared for third edition in Monsters of Faerûn (2001),[4] and as a player character race in Serpent Kingdoms (2004).[5]
Description
Firenewts are carnivores who prefer to dine on the flesh of humans and other humanoids, though they will also eat herd animals.
References
- ↑ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ↑ Conners, William, et al. Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (TSR, 1989)
- ↑ Pickens, Jon, ed. Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (TSR, 1996)
- ↑ Wyatt, James and Rob Heinsoo. Monstrous Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn (Wizards of the Coast, 2001)
- ↑ Greenwood, Ed, Eric L. Boyd, and Darrin Drader. Serpent Kingdoms. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2004