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Bunyip
Normally neutral with some chaotic good tendencies
Beast
Fiend Folio
1981
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the bunyip is a type of magical beast.
Description
A bunyip is loosely based on the creature from Australian mythology. They live in lakes, marshes and some rivers, and are mostly playful rather than dangerous, but they do occasionally attack smaller creatures such as dwarves.
Publication history
The bunyip has appeared in the following publications:
It first appeared in the first edition Fiend Folio (1981).Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
For the Forgotten Realms setting in second edition in Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989),Conners, William, et al. Monstrous Compendium Volume Three: Forgotten Realms Appendix (TSR, 1989)
It was reprinted in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996).Pickens, Jon, ed. Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (TSR, 1996)
The Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games.Green Scott Peterson Clark Tome of Horrors Necromancer Games 2002 31 1-58846-112-2
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