Hezrou

Hezrou
Characteristics
Alignment	Chaotic evil
Type	Outsider (Demon)
Image	Wizards.com image
Stats	Open Game License stats

A hezrou is a humanoid demon in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

The hezrou was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game.

The type II demon appeared under the demon entry in the Eldritch Wizardry supplement (1976).

The type II demon (hezrou) appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977).

This edition of the D&D game included its own version of the type II demon, which is known as the croaking demon, first appearing in the Immortal Rules set, in the DM's Guide to Immortals (1986). The croaking lesser fiend appeared in the Wrath of the Immortals set, in "Book One: Codex of the Immortals" (1992).

In this edition, demons became known as tanar'ri, and this creature officially became known as the hezrou, a "true tanar'ri", appearing first in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Outer Planes Appendix (1991), and then reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).

The hezrou true tanar'ri also appeared for the Planescape campaign setting in the first Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).

The hezrou (tanar'ri) appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000); in this edition, the name demon is resumed, and tanar'ri are now considered a sub-type of demon.

The hezrou appears in the revised Monster Manual for this edition (2003).

The hezrou appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008), again under the demon entry.

A hezrou has a toad-like face, black skin, and metallic wire-like appendages protruding from its skin which make it look almost mechanical.

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