Ixitxachitl

Ixitxachitl
Characteristics
Type	Aberration

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, ixitxachitl (pronounced ish-it-SHACH-itl, although iks-it-ZATCH-i-til or ik-zit-zah-chih-tull are both used) are a race of intelligent, aquatic beings that resemble small manta rays with barbed tails. They have an evil disposition and worship evil powers. They love to hunt marine humanoids, and then sacrifice or devour their catch.

The ixitxachitl first appeared in the 1975 Blackmoor supplement, which described them as chaotic clerical philosophical creatures resembling manta rays, with a flat blanket-like form. The text also introduced the "vampiric" variant.

The ixitxachitl appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual (1977). The adventure C2 The Ghost Tower of Inverness (1979) includes an ixitxachitl lair encounter. The ixitxachitl was one of the creatures featured in Monster Cards Set II (1982). "The Ecology of the Ixitxachitl" by Ed Greenwood was printed in Dragon #85 (May 1984).

The ixitxachitl appeared in the Dungeons & Dragons Master Rules set (1985), and the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991).

The ixitxachitl appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), which was reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993) along with the vampiric ixitxachitl and the greater vampiric ixitxachitl. The ixzan ixitxachitl appeared in Night Below: An Underdark Campaign (1995), and reprinted in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three (1996).

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