Grugach

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First appearance Dragon #67 (November 1982)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the grugach is a type of elf.

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Publication history

The grugach first appeared in Dragon #67 (November 1982) in the "Featured Creatures" column. [1] The grugach also appeared in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983). [2]

<i>Dragon</i> (magazine) magazine de TSR

Dragon was one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products; Dungeon was the other.

<i>Monster Manual II</i> book by Gary Gygax

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The grugach appeared in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990). [3]

Greyhawk, also known as the World of Greyhawk, is a fictional world designed as a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game. Although not the first campaign world developed for Dungeons & Dragons—Dave Arneson's Blackmoor campaign predated it by over a year — the world of Greyhawk closely identified with the development of the game from 1972 until 2008. The world itself started as a simple dungeon under a castle designed by Gary Gygax for the amusement of his children and friends, but it rapidly expanded to include not only a complex multi-layered dungeon environment, but also the nearby city of Greyhawk, and eventually an entire world. In addition to the campaign world, which was published in several editions over twenty years, Greyhawk was also used as the setting for many adventures published in support of the game, as well as for RPGA's massively shared Living Greyhawk campaign from 2000–2008.

Description

A grugach is a wild elf that is smaller and thinner than a typical elf, and very fair. Despite their small stature, they are very strong, and all are able to set traps in their home territory such as pits and snares. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Gygax, Gary. Dragon #67 (TSR, 1982)
  2. ↑ Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983)
  3. ↑ Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990)
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