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Death watch beetle
Characteristics
Type Vermin
Publication history
Source books Monster Manual II
First appearance 1983

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the death watch beetle is a type of giant insect.

Description

A death watch beetle is monstrous insect which disguises itself by wearing the carapaces of other giant beetles, or by sticking rubbish to itself. A death watch beetle can make a clicking sound with its carapace that produces a deadly sonic vibration, resembling a drum or gong that seems to come from everywhere.

Publication history

The death watch beetle has appeared in the following publications:

  • It first appeared under the "beetle" heading in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).[1]
  • The second edition for the Greyhawk setting under the "beetle" heading in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990),[2]
  • Reprinted in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996).[3]
  • The Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983)
  2. ↑ Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990)
  3. ↑ Pickens, Jon, ed. Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (TSR, 1996)
  4. ↑ Green, Scott; Peterson, Clark (2002). Tome of Horrors. Necromancer Games. pp. 19-20. ISBN 1-58846-112-2.
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