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Fiend Folio

Fiend Folio for First Edition Advanced D&D

Fiend Folio for First Edition Advanced Dungeons and Dragons

Publisher: TSR
Item Code: #2009
Title: AD&D Fiend Folio
Editor: Gary Gygax
Published: 1977
Format: 112 page hardback book

Comments: The Fiend Folio a large assortment of generally strange and useless monsters written up for First Edition Advanced D&D. This book was produced by TSR UK and most of the monsters come from the early issues of White Dwarf magazine. Unfortunately, they seemed to pick monsters based on quirkiness and weirdness rather than usefulness. While there were a few very unique and interesting monsters in Fiend Folio, this volume is probably the closest thing to a waste of paper in First Edition AD&D rulebooks. This makes it very easy to find used -- often at prices below that of the PDF copy (if you don't count postage).

From the back of the book:

THIS TOME CONTAINS ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS OF MONSTERS DESIGNED FOR USE WITH THE ADVANCED DUNGEONS & DRAGONS GAME SYSTEM. EACH CREATURE IS DESCRIBED AND MOST ARE ILLUSTRATED FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION.

For Example:

BERBALANG
FREQUENCY: Very rare
NO. APPEARING: 1
ARMOUR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 6"/24"
HIT DICE: 1+1
% IN LAIR: See below
TREASURE TYPE: D
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3
DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-4/1-4/1-6
SPECIAL ATTAKCS: Nil
SPECIAL DEFENCES: Nil
MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard
INTELLIGENCE: Very
ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil
SIZE: M
PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil
Attack/Defence Modes: Nil
LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: III/65 + 2 per hit point

The berbalang spends the greater part of each month in an apparently dormant state, hibernating preferably in a well-hidden cave. Though seemingly comatose, the berbalang is actually roaming the Astral Plane where it spends its time hunting creatures weaker than itself...

USING THE NEW ENCOUNTER TABLES CONTAINED HEREIN, THIS WORK IS SURE TO ADD NEW EXCITEMENT TO ANY AD&D GAME.