Norker

Norker

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the norker is a type of fictional monster.

The norker first appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).

The norker appeared in second edition for the Greyhawk setting in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990).

The norker appeared in third edition for the Greyhawk setting in Living Greyhawk Journal #3 (February 2001). The norker also appeared in Dungeon #98 / Polyhedron #157 (May 2003). The norker appeared as a playable character race in Dragon #343 (May 2006).

The norker appeared in fourth edition in the Monster Manual 3 (2010).

Norkers are a race of humanoids that are distantly related to hobgoblins. They are goblinoids with tough, armor-like hide.

Norkers breed more slowly than goblins. They raid and steal from other humanoids, being too lazy to do their own hunting. Sometimes norkers will be commanded by powerful groups of hobgoblins, who will use the norkers as shock troops and cannon fodder.

Norkers are found anywhere that goblins live, and are also found in the Bright Desert. Their lairs include caves, old ruins, and villages taken by force from other races. They do not build themselves, at least nothing more complex than fences and gates. A norker lair contains one and a half times as many females as males, and twice as many young as males.

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