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The '''grugach''' are a type of [[elf]] found only in isolated tribes in deep forests. | The '''grugach''' are a type of [[elf]] found only in isolated tribes in deep forests. | ||
== | == Ecology == | ||
=== Environment === | |||
The grugach live in regions with few other inhabitants, most often far within the borders of primeval woodlands.{{csb|PHBR8|26}} | |||
=== Typical physical characteristics === | |||
A grugach is a wild elf that is smaller, lighter and thinner than a typical elf, and very fair.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb|MMII1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}}{{csb|UA1e|10}} Despite their small stature, they are very strong.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb|MMII1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}}{{csb|PHBR8|26}}{{cite dragon|155|10-18, 23}} In later editions (after 2000) wild elves are described as having dark brown{{csb|MM3e|104}} or coppery skin tones, or otherwise resembling wood elves.{{csb|LGG|8|}} | |||
Their hair can be anything from black to light shades of brown and much like humans and many other humanoids (or demihumans) | Their hair can be anything from black to light shades of brown and much like humans and many other humanoids (or demihumans) Their hair lightens to a silvery white with age.{{csb|MM3.5e|104}} | ||
== Abilities == | == Abilities == | ||
All grugach are able to set traps in their home territory such as pits and snares.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{cite dragon|155|14}} | All grugach are able to set traps in their home territory such as pits and snares.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{cite dragon|155|14}} | ||
Wild elves are generally stronger than other elves, even though they are smaller than other elves. In first and second editions, they had a +2 STR.{{csb|MM1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}} In contrast, wild elves in third edition had a bonus to Dex, instead.{{csb|MM3e|84}}{{csb|MM3.5e|104}} | Wild elves are generally stronger than other elves, even though they are smaller than other elves. In first and second editions, they had a +2 STR.{{csb|MM1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}} In contrast, wild elves in third edition had a bonus to Dex, instead.{{csb|MM3e|84}}{{csb|MM3.5e|104}} | ||
== Activities == | == Activities == | ||
== Society == | == Society == | ||
Grugach are notoriously isolationist even to the point of xenophobia.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb|MMII1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}}{{csb|PHBR8|26}}{{cite dragon|155|10-18, 23}} | |||
Grugach tend to be considered brutal and severe, and lacking the same sophistication and refinement of other elves.{{csb|PHBR8|26}} | |||
=== Settlements === | === Settlements === | ||
=== Religion === | === Religion === | ||
=== Magic === | === Magic === | ||
Traditionally, grugach do not favor arcane magic use in any way to the point they do not have arcane magic users in their culture.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb| | Traditionally, grugach do not favor arcane magic use in any way to the point they do not have arcane magic users in their culture.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb|MC5}}{{csb|MM21e|63}} Though it's not readily certain why, it is thought grugach may not have the capacity for magic to to physiological differences in their brain.{{cite dragon|155|10}} | ||
However, in third edition, their favored class was sorcerer.{{csb|MM3.5e|104}}{{csb|MM3e|84}} | |||
=== Language === | === Language === | ||
Grugach always speak [[languages#Elven|elven]].{{csb|MC5}}{{csb| | Grugach always speak [[languages#Elven|elven]].{{csb|MC5}}{{csb|MM3.5e|104}}{{csb|MM3e|84}} Despite their isolation, grugach may be found who speak other languages.{{cite dragon|67|10}} | ||
They also commonly speak the language of [[treant]]s and "certain other sylvan creatures".{{csb|MC5}} Some other languages grugach speak include: [[sylvan]], [[gnome]], [[draconic]], [[gnoll]], [[goblin]], and [[orc]].{{csb|MM3.5e|102}} | They also commonly speak the language of [[treant]]s and "certain other sylvan creatures".{{csb|MC5}} Some other languages grugach speak include: [[sylvan]], [[gnome]], [[draconic]], [[gnoll]], [[goblin]], and [[orc]].{{csb|MM3.5e|102}} | ||
=== Relationships === | === Relationships === | ||
Grugach are isolationist in the extreme. They are intentionally withdrawn from the affairs of the world and choose to avoid most trappings of other cultures like currency, permanent structures, metalwork, or textiles. | Grugach are isolationist in the extreme. They are intentionally withdrawn from the affairs of the world and choose to avoid most trappings of other cultures like currency, permanent structures,{{cn}} metalwork, or textiles. | ||
The grugach attitude of brutality for all outsiders is well known. The grugach generally use traps and snares to capture outsiders who approach too closely to their camp. These traps become more and more cruel the closer one nears a camp. It is not unknown for them to kill those who do intrude in their demesnes.{{csb|PHBR8|26}} | |||
Grugach do not tolerate the presence of other beings not naturally of the forest. This includes druids and other elves, although it does not apply to nymphs or dryads.{{csb|PHBR8|26}} | |||
Grugach possess a close kinship with the animals of the woodlands, often dealing with them more equally than with humanoids.{{csb|PHBR8|26}} Grugach frequently use large stags as mounts.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb|MMII1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}} | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
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== Publication history == | == Publication history == | ||
The grugach first appeared in ''[[Dragon]]'' #67 (November 1982) in the "Featured Creatures" column.{{cite dragon|67|10}} The grugach also | The grugach first appeared in ''[[Dragon]]'' #67 (November 1982) in the "Featured Creatures" column.{{cite dragon|67|10}} The grugach also appear in the '''first edition''' ''Monster Manual II'' (1983){{csb|MMII1e|63}} and ''Unearthed Arcana'' (1985){{csb|UA1e|10}} | ||
The grugach | The grugach appear in '''second edition''' for the [[Greyhawk]] setting in the ''Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix'' (1990).{{csb|MC5}} They are also described for the [[Greyhawk]] setting as a type of sylvan elves in ''The Complete book of Elves'' (1992).{{csb|PHBR8|26}}. | ||
It was not until '''third edition''', when an effort was made to codify elves across all settings, that grugach were referred to as not having fair skin. While "wild elves" in some editions or in other settings are described as having dark, tan skin, in Greyhawk sources "grugach" were previously noted as being fairer than wood elves and very pale.{{cite dragon|67|10}}{{csb|MMII1e|63}}{{csb|MC5}}{{csb|UA1e|10}} | |||
Grugach are not found in '''fourth edition'''. | |||
In '''fifth edition''', wood elves and wild elves are under the same entry and "this category [wood elves] includes the wild elves (grugach) ... in Greyhawk."{{csb|PH5e|24}} | |||
: In 2017, grugach were included in ''Unearthed Arcana'' as "playtest material".{{csb|Unearthed Arcana: Elf subraces ''(2017) |1}} | |||
== Creative origins == | == Creative origins == | ||
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=== In folklore === | === In folklore === | ||
In Scottish lore, the ''gruagach'' was a fey creature (most typically female) with notably long hair (sometimes to their ankles) who watched over farm herd animals such as sheep or cattle and kept them from dangerous places. They were given an offering of milk in a stone with a depression in it or the animals would give no milk. | In Scottish lore, the ''gruagach'' was a fey creature (most typically female) with notably long hair (sometimes to their ankles) who watched over farm herd animals such as sheep or cattle and kept them from dangerous places. They were given an offering of milk in a stone with a depression in it or the animals would give no milk. | ||
[OIr. grúacach, hairy, long-haired; goblin, wight, enchanter; wizard-like]. | |||
Solitary fairy of Irish and Scottish Gaelic traditions, sometimes seen as a giant or ogre. His characteristic long hair links the gruagach to the woodwose or wild man of the woods. In Scotland the term gruagach may sometimes also refer to a fairy woman dressed in green or to a slender, handsome man.<ref>{{cite web |title="Gruagach" |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/display/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095910199#:~:text=In%20Scotland%20the%20term%20gruagach,to%20a%20slender%2C%20handsome%20man.}}</ref> | |||
<ref>{{cite web |title="Gruagach" |url=https://pantheon.org/articles/g/gruagach.html |format= |work=Encyclopedia Mythica |accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> | <ref>{{cite web |title="Gruagach" |url=https://pantheon.org/articles/g/gruagach.html |format= |work=Encyclopedia Mythica |accessdate=24 October 2022}}</ref> | ||
<ref>Campbell, J.G. (1900). ''Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland''. Glascow: James MacLehose and Sons, pp. 184-186.</ref> | <ref>Campbell, J.G. (1900). ''Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland''. Glascow: James MacLehose and Sons, pp. 184-186.</ref> | ||
<ref>Pennant, Thomas. (1772). ''A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides. London: Benjamin White'', p. 360.</ref> | <ref>Pennant, Thomas. (1772). ''A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides. London: Benjamin White'', p.360.</ref> | ||
==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
=== Notes === | === Notes === | ||
<references group=" | <references group="note" /> | ||
=== Citations === | === Citations === | ||
<references /> | <references /> | ||
=== Bibliography === | === Bibliography === | ||
* Boucher, Grant, , William W. Connors, Skip Williams, et al. MC5 ''Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990. Item code TSR2107. | * Boucher, Grant, , William W. Connors, Skip Williams, et al. MC5 ''[[Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990. Item code TSR2107. | ||
* [[Monte Cook|Cook, Monte]], [[Jonathan Tweet]] and [[Skip Williams]]. ''Monster Manual v.3.5''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003. Item code 17756. | * [[Monte Cook|Cook, Monte]], [[Jonathan Tweet]] and [[Skip Williams]]. ''Monster Manual v.3.5''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003. Item code 17756. | ||
* {{BibliographyMagazine|magazine=Dragon|issue=67|article=Featrued Creatures|firstname=Gary|lastname=Gygax|coauthors=|date=Nov 1982}} | * {{BibliographyMagazine|magazine=Dragon|issue=67|article=Featrued Creatures|firstname=Gary|lastname=Gygax|coauthors=|date=Nov 1982}} | ||
Latest revision as of 18:12, 19 December 2024
| Grugach | |
|---|---|
 A grugach elf depicted in Dragon #67 (1982). | |
| General information | |
| Alignment: | Neutral (chaotic) |
| Type: | Humanoid |
| Subtype: | Elf |
| First appearance: | Dragon #67 (Nov 1982) |
The grugach are a type of elf found only in isolated tribes in deep forests.
Ecology
Environment
The grugach live in regions with few other inhabitants, most often far within the borders of primeval woodlands.[1]
Typical physical characteristics
A grugach is a wild elf that is smaller, lighter and thinner than a typical elf, and very fair.[2][3][4][5] Despite their small stature, they are very strong.[2][3][4][1][6] In later editions (after 2000) wild elves are described as having dark brown[7] or coppery skin tones, or otherwise resembling wood elves.[8]
Their hair can be anything from black to light shades of brown and much like humans and many other humanoids (or demihumans) Their hair lightens to a silvery white with age.[9]
Abilities
All grugach are able to set traps in their home territory such as pits and snares.[2][10]
Wild elves are generally stronger than other elves, even though they are smaller than other elves. In first and second editions, they had a +2 STR.[11][4] In contrast, wild elves in third edition had a bonus to Dex, instead.[12][9]
Activities
Society
Grugach are notoriously isolationist even to the point of xenophobia.[2][3][4][1][6]
Grugach tend to be considered brutal and severe, and lacking the same sophistication and refinement of other elves.[1]
Settlements
Religion
Magic
Traditionally, grugach do not favor arcane magic use in any way to the point they do not have arcane magic users in their culture.[2][4][13] Though it's not readily certain why, it is thought grugach may not have the capacity for magic to to physiological differences in their brain.[14]
However, in third edition, their favored class was sorcerer.[9][12]
Language
Grugach always speak elven.[4][9][12] Despite their isolation, grugach may be found who speak other languages.[2]
They also commonly speak the language of treants and "certain other sylvan creatures".[4] Some other languages grugach speak include: sylvan, gnome, draconic, gnoll, goblin, and orc.[15]
Relationships
Grugach are isolationist in the extreme. They are intentionally withdrawn from the affairs of the world and choose to avoid most trappings of other cultures like currency, permanent structures,[citation needed] metalwork, or textiles.
The grugach attitude of brutality for all outsiders is well known. The grugach generally use traps and snares to capture outsiders who approach too closely to their camp. These traps become more and more cruel the closer one nears a camp. It is not unknown for them to kill those who do intrude in their demesnes.[1]
Grugach do not tolerate the presence of other beings not naturally of the forest. This includes druids and other elves, although it does not apply to nymphs or dryads.[1]
Grugach possess a close kinship with the animals of the woodlands, often dealing with them more equally than with humanoids.[1] Grugach frequently use large stags as mounts.[2][3][4]
History
Grugach were originally wood elves, but they retreated far into the deep forests, and became their own subtype and culture.[4]
Rumors and legends
Publication history
The grugach first appeared in Dragon #67 (November 1982) in the "Featured Creatures" column.[2] The grugach also appear in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983)[3] and Unearthed Arcana (1985)[5]
The grugach appear in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990).[4] They are also described for the Greyhawk setting as a type of sylvan elves in The Complete book of Elves (1992).[1].
It was not until third edition, when an effort was made to codify elves across all settings, that grugach were referred to as not having fair skin. While "wild elves" in some editions or in other settings are described as having dark, tan skin, in Greyhawk sources "grugach" were previously noted as being fairer than wood elves and very pale.[2][3][4][5]
Grugach are not found in fourth edition.
In fifth edition, wood elves and wild elves are under the same entry and "this category [wood elves] includes the wild elves (grugach) ... in Greyhawk."[16]
- In 2017, grugach were included in Unearthed Arcana as "playtest material".[17]
Creative origins
Etymology
In Irish, the term is masculine and can refer to a hairy goblin, a shaggy and unrefined person, an ogre or a giant, or a dreadful warrior[18].
In Scottish Gaelic, the term is feminine and can refer to a maiden or a goblin[19].
In both languages, the name indicates the presence of shaggy hair: gruaig (Irish) and gruag (Scottish Gaelic) both mean 'hair'. The term comes from Old Irish which was used to describe young unmarried girls, as they did not cover their hair, unlike married women.
In folklore
In Scottish lore, the gruagach was a fey creature (most typically female) with notably long hair (sometimes to their ankles) who watched over farm herd animals such as sheep or cattle and kept them from dangerous places. They were given an offering of milk in a stone with a depression in it or the animals would give no milk. [OIr. grúacach, hairy, long-haired; goblin, wight, enchanter; wizard-like].
Solitary fairy of Irish and Scottish Gaelic traditions, sometimes seen as a giant or ogre. His characteristic long hair links the gruagach to the woodwose or wild man of the woods. In Scotland the term gruagach may sometimes also refer to a fairy woman dressed in green or to a slender, handsome man.[20] [21] [22] [23]
See Also
Gallery
References
Notes
Citations
- ↑ a b c d e f g h PHBR8 The Complete Book of Elves (1992), p.26.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i Dragon #67 (Nov 1982), p.10.
- ↑ a b c d e f Monster Manual II (1983), p.63.
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix (1990).
- ↑ a b c Unearthed Arcana (1985), p.10.
- ↑ a b Dragon #155 (Mar 1990), p.10-18, 23.
- ↑ Monster Manual (Oct 2000), p.104.
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.8.
- ↑ a b c d Monster Manual v3.5 (2003), p.104.
- ↑ Dragon #155 (Mar 1990), p.14.
- ↑ Monster Manual (1977), p.63.
- ↑ a b c Monster Manual (Oct 2000), p.84.
- ↑ Monster Manual II (1983), p.63.
- ↑ Dragon #155 (Mar 1990), p.10.
- ↑ Monster Manual v3.5 (2003), p.102.
- ↑ Player's Handbook (2014), p.24.
- ↑ Unearthed Arcana: Elf subraces (2017) , p.1.
- ↑ Gruagach (in Irish). English-Irish Dictionary. Foras na Gaeilge (Foundation for Irish). Retrieved on 24 October 2022.
- ↑ Gruagach (in Scottish Gaelic). LerarnGaelic. Bòrd na Gàidhlig (Gaelic Board) , 2021. Retrieved on 24 October 2022.
- ↑ "Gruagach".
- ↑ "Gruagach". Encyclopedia Mythica. Retrieved on 24 October 2022.
- ↑ Campbell, J.G. (1900). Superstitions of the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Glascow: James MacLehose and Sons, pp. 184-186.
- ↑ Pennant, Thomas. (1772). A tour in Scotland, and voyage to the Hebrides. London: Benjamin White, p.360.
Bibliography
- Boucher, Grant, , William W. Connors, Skip Williams, et al. MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990. Item code TSR2107.
- Cook, Monte, Jonathan Tweet and Skip Williams. Monster Manual v.3.5. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003. Item code 17756.
- Gygax, Gary. "Featrued Creatures". Dragon #67. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Nov 1982.
- Oppen, Eric. "Wild in the Woods". Dragon #155. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, Mar 1990.
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elf, Grugach | Monster | Reference | SEE Grugach (Wild Elf) | |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | DMGR4 - Monster Mythology | 13 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Dragon magazine #067 | 10 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Dragon magazine #103 | 12, 16, 48, 49 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Dragon magazine #105 | 10 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Dragon magazine #155 | 10-18, 23 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Dragon magazine #315 | 52, 53 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | From the Ashes: References Card | #11 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders | 17 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix | Insert (Elf, Grugach), Encounter Tables |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Monster Manual 1, D&D 3.5e | 104 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Monster Manual 1, D&D 3.5e (Premium Edition) | 104 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Monster Manual 1, D&D 3.0e | 87 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Monster Manual 2, AD&D 1e | 63 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | PHBR8 - The Complete Book of Elves | 26, 29 |
| Grugach {Wild Elf} | Monster | PC Race, | Unearthed Arcana, AD&D 1e | 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 |