Hordling
| Hordling | |
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| Names | |
| Other name(s): | Hordelings |
| General information | |
| Size: | Varies |
| Alignment: | NE (CE) |
| Type: | Fiend |
| First appearance: | First edition Monster Manual II (1983) |
Hordlings or hordelings are fiends found commonly on the Outer Plane of Hades. While their physical forms vary extremely from one another, their nature is one of constant anger and evil malice.
Ecology
Environment
Found in numbers in the Lower Planes, especially Hades, thankfully they can only be summoned singly to the Prime Material unless brought forth as a horde by an artifact of the likes of the Bringer of Doom.
Typical physical characteristics
There is no typical hordling, they vary in sizes, shape, type of limbs, etc. It is said that no hordling form ever repeats itself.
Alignment
Evil is the one constant and generally they are chaotic by nature.
Society
The chaotic nature, overwhelming anger, and hatred displayed by hordlings precludes a society. The highest form of organization for these fiends, without outside intervention, is a horde. Even so, these hordes are very destructive and short lived. With outside influence bringing hordlings to heel they are only "loyal" until their leader display first sign of weakness or inattention, leading them to attack their "master" or desert at the first opportunity.
Language
Hordlings speak Abyssal.
History
Creative origins
Publishing history
The hordling made their debut in first edition's Monstrous Manual II (1983).
In second edition they appeared in MC8 Monstrous Compendium Outer Planees Appendix (1991).
Hordlings didn't see publication in a monster sourcebook in third edition, but they were updated to the new edition and saw use in the World of Greyhawk in the "Chamber of Antiquities" by Rob Kuntz in Dungeon #124 (2005), in the accompanying "Appendix 2: Mew Monsters" section.
See also
External links
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References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983. Item code TSR2016.
- Kuntz, Rob. "Chamber of Antiquities". Dungeon #124. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing. Jul 2005.
- LaFountain, J. Paul. MC8 Monstrous Compendium The Outer Planes Appendix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991. Item code TSR2118.
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hordling | Monster | MC8 - Monstrous Compendium - Outer Planes Appendix | Insert (Hordling) | |
| Hordling | Monster | Monster Manual 2, AD&D 1e | 75, 76 | |
| Hordling | Monster | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 102, 104, 106 | |
| Hordling | Monster | Oerth Journal #12 | 6 |