Disenchanter

Disenchanter

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the disenchanter is a type of magical beast.

Publication history

The disenchanter first appeared in White Dwarf #6 (April 1978). The disenchanter appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[1]

The disenchanter appeared in the second edition for the Forgotten Realms setting in Pages from the Mages (1995), and was reprinted in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996).[2]

The disenchanter appeared in the third edition Fiend Folio (2003).[3]

Description

A disenchanter resembles a single-humped camel with a prehensile trunk. A disenchanter can sense magic, which it consumes for sustenance by draining it from magic items and storing the magical energy in its hump.

Other publishers

The disenchanter appeared in the Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games.[4]

The disenchanter is fully detailed in Paizo Publishing's book Misfit Monsters Redeemed (2010), on pages 22–27.[5]

Reception

The disenchanter appeared on Geek.com's list of "The most underrated monsters of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons".[6]

References

  1. Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
  2. Pickens, Jon, ed. Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (TSR, 1996)
  3. Cagle, Eric, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matt Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt. Fiend Folio (Wizards of the Coast, 2003)
  4. Green, Scott; Peterson, Clark (2002). Tome of Horrors. Necromancer Games. pp. 107–108. ISBN 1-58846-112-2.
  5. McComb, Colin, Rob McCreary, and James L. Sutter. Misfit Monsters Redeemed (Paizo, 2010)
  6. http://www.geek.com/games/underrated-monsters-of-advanced-dungeons-dragons-1659543/
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