Frost salamander
| Frost Salamander | |
|---|---|
| Characteristics | |
| Alignment | Chaotic Evil |
| Type | Magical beast (Cold) |
| Publication history | |
| Source books | Monster Manual II |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the frost salamander is a magical beast that lives in frozen areas.
Publication history
The frost salamander first appeared in the D&D Expert Set (1981, 1983),[1][2] and the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991).[3]
The frost salamander appeared in Advanced Dungeons & Dragons second edition for the Mystara setting in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).[4] The frost salamander appeared for the Planescape setting in Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998).[5]
The frost salamander appeared in the third edition Monster Manual II (2002).[6]
Ecology
Environment
A frost salamander lives in any area that is frozen almost all the time.
Physical description
Frost salamanders have six legs and are colored ice-blue, with a reptilian head and tail. Each leg is tipped with claws that allow the creature to walk effortlessly on ice-covered surfaces - no matter whether they are horizontal or vertical.
Diet
Frost salamanders will eat anything and everything, but they prefer to eat their food frozen. It keeps delicacies like adventurers and yeti stored away for years at a time until they feel like that particular meal.
References
- ↑ Gygax, Gary, and Dave Arneson [1974], edited by Dave Cook. Dungeons & Dragons Expert Set (TSR, 1981)
- ↑ Gygax, Gary, and Dave Arneson [1974], edited by Frank Mentzer. Dungeons & Dragons Set 2: Expert Rules (TSR, 1983)
- ↑ Allston, Aaron, Steven E. Schend, Jon Pickens, and Dori Watry. Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (TSR, 1991)
- ↑ Nephew, John, Teeuwynn Woodruff, John Terra, and Skip Williams. Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1994)
- ↑ Cook, Monte. Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (TSR, 1998)
- ↑ Bonny, Ed, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Skip Williams, Steve Winter. Monster Manual II (Wizards of the Coast, 2002)