Dungeons & Dragons/Monsters/Death watch beetle

Death watch beetle Vermin Monster Manual II 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).Gygax, Gary. Monster Manual II (TSR, 1983) The second edition for the Greyhawk setting under the "beetle" heading in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990),Breault, Mike, ed, et al. Greyhawk Monstrous Compendium Appendix (TSR, 1990) 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 19-20 1-58846-112-2 References deep