- Bodak
Infobox D&D creature
name=Bodak
alignment=chaotic evil
type=Undead
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OGL_stats_URL=http://www.systemreferencedocuments.org/35/sovelior_sage/monstersBtoC.html#bodakThe Bodak is an undead creature in the
Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game that comes from the Infinite Layers of the Abyss.Publication history
The bodak was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)
The bodak first appears in the module "
Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth " (1982), [Gygax, Gary. "TheLost Caverns of Tsojcanth " (TSR,1982 )] and later appeared in the first edition "Monster Manual II" (1983). [Gygax, Gary . "Monster Manual II " (TSR,1983 )]Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)
The bodak appears first in the "Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix" (1991).
The bodak was further detailed in the first "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (1994). [Varney, Allen, ed. "Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix" (TSR,
1994 )]Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)
The bodak appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000). [Cook, Monte,
Jonathan Tweet , andSkip Williams . "Monster Manual " (Wizards of the Coast ,2000 )]The bodak was detailed in "Dragon" #307 (May 2003), which introduced the bodak template, with the five-headed hydra bodak as a sample creature.
Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)
The bodak appears in the revised Monster Manual for this edition (2003).
Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)
The bodak appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008). [Mearls, Mike, Stephen Schubert, and James Wyatt. "
Monster Manual " (Wizards of the Coast , 2008)]Description
A bodak is humanoid in shape, with smooth grayish-black skin and a featureless face. Its gaze kills living creatures. A bodak is always chaotic evil. It is said that humanoids who die in some of the most evil places of the Abyss return as bodaks.
Other games
In the
D20 Modern setting, bodaks are said to be an undead form ofgreys .References
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