Pernicon

Pernicon

The pernicon is a type of fictional insectoid monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

Publication history

The pernicon first appeared in the original Advanced Dungeons & Dragons first edition Fiend Folio, published in 1981.[1] It was further detailed in Dragon magazine #108 (April 1986) in "The Ecology of the Pernicon".

The pernicon appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (1992)[2] and appears under the "insect" heading in the Monstrous Manual (1993).[3]

Description

A pernicon is a brightly colored insect that resembles a grasshopper, with coloring an odd mixture of red, yellow, ocher, and blue. These desert dwellers form swarms to attack and drain water and bodily fluids from prey.

References

  1. Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
  2. Williams, Skip, et al. Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix (TSR, 1992)
  3. Stewart, Doug, ed. Monstrous Manual (TSR, 1993)
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