Hey everyone,
I recently bought the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon set. Watching the series again, got me to remembering the action figures that came out during the same time. I loved those things; and one of my favorites was the Hooked Horror.
You can see the action figure here: http://www.toyarchive.com/DungeonsDragonsCreatures.html
Anyway, my question is how was this creature described in the original manuals? I played D&D back then, but for the life of me I can't remember this guy from the actual books.
Thanks for your help.
(2nd. Ed. MM. pg. 193)
Nine feet tall, cross of vulture and human physiology, mottled grey exoskeleton and hooked limbs. Clacking echolocation sounds used for communication and sensory purposes. Poor eyesight, natural climbers, low intelligence. They organize into clans of 2-12, centered in a cluster of connected caverns. They are nonviolent amongst each other but see every other creature as just meat.
(2nd. Ed. MM. pg. 193)
Nine feet tall, cross of vulture and human physiology, mottled grey exoskeleton and hooked limbs. Clacking echolocation sounds used for communication and sensory purposes. Poor eyesight, natural climbers, low intelligence. They organize into clans of 2-12, centered in a cluster of connected caverns. They are nonviolent amongst each other but see every other creature as just meat.
Thanks for the info. I appreciate you typing all that out. I've been working on a painting of the little beastie, and wasn't sure that I was getting the details right. I do remember them as being more vulture than cockroach-- which seems to be the way they are now.
You can see the painting (work in progress) here:
Hook Horror
I'm still not entirely convinced that the head is right... or maybe it's right, but it just doesn't feel finished yet.
They make me think of Gigan from Godzilla movies.
Yeah, that's a good point.
I loved the toy as a kid; but if you think about them as actual living creatures they don't make much sense. I suppose they could impale things, but not really having opposable thumbs really bothers me.
I had this toy. It gave my Warduke and Strongheart (who were allies) fits. Also, Hooked Horrors were a terrible site to see by those of the Star Wars universe and GI Joes.
Hooked Horrors appear in one of the later Monster Manuals, I believe.
I had this toy. It gave my Warduke and Strongheart (who were allies) fits. Also, Hooked Horrors were a terrible site to see by those of the Star Wars universe and GI Joes.
I had Warduke and Strongheart as well. My other favorite toy was the evil sorceror Kelek.
the 2e hook horror was (artisitcally at least) described much diferently then the original 1e one (from the 1e fiend folio), the 1e version was much less "bug-like".
I suppose they could impale things, but not really having opposable thumbs really bothers me.
very few animals have opposable thumbs, and despite being bipedal, that is pretty much all hook horrors are (animals).
the 2e hook horror was (artisitcally at least) described much diferently then the original 1e one (from the 1e fiend folio), the 1e version was much less "bug-like".
Correct... It was more bird-like than bug-like.
Ultradan