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'''Grimlocks''' are a fictional race of monstrous humanoids that live in the [[Underdark]]. | '''Grimlocks''' are a fictional race of monstrous humanoids that live in the [[Underdark]]. | ||
== | ==Ecology== | ||
Millennia of living in darkness have left the entire species blind | |||
===Environment=== | |||
===Typical physical characteristics=== | |||
Millennia of living in darkness have left the entire species blind. Grimlocks are humanoid creatures and have slightly scaled, gray skin that is usually scarred from hunts through constricted passageways. Perhaps the most striking feature of a grimlock is the complete absence of eyes or eye sockets. Blank skin stretches across the upper face, giving grimlocks a shadowed, masked visage. The average height for a grimlock, male or female, is five to five and a half feet. The average weight is around 180 pounds. | |||
===Alignment=== | |||
==Society== | ==Society== | ||
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Grimlocks tend to have intense distrust toward any race other than their own. They quite reasonably act xenophobically to other races, as they are fed on by mind flayers, enslaved by both drow and mind flayers alike, and subjected to extreme depravity by [[aboleth]]s. | Grimlocks tend to have intense distrust toward any race other than their own. They quite reasonably act xenophobically to other races, as they are fed on by mind flayers, enslaved by both drow and mind flayers alike, and subjected to extreme depravity by [[aboleth]]s. | ||
===Religion=== | |||
Grimlocks have been depicted as worshippers of [[Erythnul]], though it is unknown if this is typical. | |||
===Language=== | ===Language=== | ||
The language of the grimlocks is a dialect of Terran and Undercommon. Some choose to learn Abyssal and other evil tongues in order to gain power for themselves by making sinister deals. | The language of the grimlocks is a dialect of Terran and Undercommon. Some choose to learn Abyssal and other evil tongues in order to gain power for themselves by making sinister deals. | ||
== | ==History== | ||
==Creative origins== | |||
==Publishing history== | |||
==Bibliography== | ==Bibliography== | ||
*Boyd, Eric L. '' | *[[Boyd, Eric L]]. ''Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1999. | ||
*Brown, Lloyd III. "Primitive PC's." ''Dragon'' #265 | *Brown, Lloyd III. "Primitive PC's." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #265. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1999. | ||
*[[Bruce Cordell|Cordell, Bruce R]], Gwendolyn | *[[Bruce Cordell|Cordell, Bruce R]], Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, and Jeff Quick. ''Underdark''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003. | ||
*Hart, Mark A. "Ecology of the Grimlock." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #327 | *Hart, Mark A. "Ecology of the Grimlock." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #327. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005. | ||
*Stewart, Doug, ed. ''Monstrous Manual'' | *Stewart, Doug, ed. ''Monstrous Manual''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994. | ||
*Turnbull, Don, ed. '' | *Turnbull, Don, ed. ''Fiend Folio''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981. | ||
*[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], and [[Monte Cook]]. '' | *[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], [[Jonathan Tweet]], and [[Monte Cook]]. ''Monster Manual''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. | ||
*Williams, Skip, et al. ''Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix'' | *[[Williams, Skip]], ''et al''. ''Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992. | ||
==External links== | ==External links== | ||
Revision as of 14:58, 22 May 2008
Template:Infobox Greyhawk creature Grimlocks are a fictional race of monstrous humanoids that live in the Underdark.
Ecology
Environment
Typical physical characteristics
Millennia of living in darkness have left the entire species blind. Grimlocks are humanoid creatures and have slightly scaled, gray skin that is usually scarred from hunts through constricted passageways. Perhaps the most striking feature of a grimlock is the complete absence of eyes or eye sockets. Blank skin stretches across the upper face, giving grimlocks a shadowed, masked visage. The average height for a grimlock, male or female, is five to five and a half feet. The average weight is around 180 pounds.
Alignment
Society
Grimlocks prefer to keep to themselves, but their isolation is often disrupted when mind flayers raid their packs looking for slave fodder or, as more often is the case, their mushroom fields are razed and their water cisterns are drained by drow. This leaves the grimlocks starving and desperate, and they are forced to raid surface communities in order to survive. For this reason, grimlocks are hated by surface dwellersTemplate:Fact.
Grimlocks tend to have intense distrust toward any race other than their own. They quite reasonably act xenophobically to other races, as they are fed on by mind flayers, enslaved by both drow and mind flayers alike, and subjected to extreme depravity by aboleths.
Religion
Grimlocks have been depicted as worshippers of Erythnul, though it is unknown if this is typical.
Language
The language of the grimlocks is a dialect of Terran and Undercommon. Some choose to learn Abyssal and other evil tongues in order to gain power for themselves by making sinister deals.
History
Creative origins
Publishing history
Bibliography
- Boyd, Eric L. Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1999.
- Brown, Lloyd III. "Primitive PC's." Dragon #265. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1999.
- Cordell, Bruce R, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, and Jeff Quick. Underdark. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2003.
- Hart, Mark A. "Ecology of the Grimlock." Dragon #327. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005.
- Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994.
- Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981.
- Williams, Skip, Jonathan Tweet, and Monte Cook. Monster Manual. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
- Williams, Skip, et al. Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
External links
- Mintiper’s Chapbook, Part 8: Grandfather Tree by Eric L. Boyd at Wizards.com
- Mintiper’s Chapbook, Part 10: Chronicler’s Compendium by Eric L. Boyd at Wizards.com
