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Infobox D&D creature
name=Hook horror
alignment=Neutral
type=Aberration
subtype=
source=Monster Manual II (3rd edition)
first=White Dwarf #12In the "
Dungeons & Dragons "fantasy roleplaying game, a hook horror is a bipedal, subterraneanmonster that looks like avulture -likehumanoid with bony hooks in place of hands.Publication history
The hook horror was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
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 , [cite journal
last =Livingstone
first =Ian
authorlink =Ian Livingstone
coauthors =Don Turnbull
title =Fiend Factory: Hook Horror
journal =White Dwarf
volume =
issue =No. 12
pages =10–12
publisher =Games Workshop
year =1979
accessdate =
unused_data =|month April/May ] 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). [Turnbull, Don, ed. "Fiend Folio " (TSR, 1981)]The hook horror was detailed in "Dragon" #131 (March 1988), in the "Ecology of the Hook Horror". [Persinger, Michael. "The Ecology of the Hook Horror." "Dragon" #131 (TSR,
1988 )]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), and the "Creature Catalog" (1993).
The hook horror appeared in the
Blackmoor campaign setting in the module "City of the Gods" (1987).Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
The hook horror appears first in the "Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix" (1990), [Breault, Mike, ed, et al. "Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (TSR,
1990 )] and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993). [Stewart, Doug, ed. "Monstrous Manual" (TSR,1993 )]The hook horror also appears in the
Greyhawk setting in the module "Flames of the Falcon" (1993).Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
The hook horror appears in the "Monster Manual II" for this edition (2002). [Bonny, Ed,
Jeff Grubb , Rich Redman,Skip Williams , and Steve Winter. "Monster Manual II" (Wizards of the Coast ,2002 )]Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)
The hook horror appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008). [Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. "
Monster Manual " (Wizards of the Coast , 2008)]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 greyexoskeleton , which is extremely thick and dense, and as difficult to breach as metalarmor . 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 abird , and its head is shaped like that of a vulture, including the hooked beak. Its eyes, however, are multifaceted like that of aninsect . It is thought that the hook horror is distantly related to thecockroach , despite its bird-like qualitiesFact|date=January 2008.Hook horrors have their own
language , communicating in a series of clicks and clacks. In acave , this eerie sound can echo a long way and can be used to estimate cavern sizes and distances, much like the sonar of abat .In other games
The horror RPG "Chill" has a different creature with the same name.Fact|date=August 2008
References
Additional reading
*Salvatore, RA. "Homeland" (TSR, 1990).
External links
* [http://www.planetadnd.com/interactive_books/mm00163.php Dungeons & Dragons link database]
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