Salamander (Dungeons & Dragons)
| Salamander | |
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| Characteristics | |
| Alignment | Any Evil |
| Type | Outsider |
| Image | Wizards.com image |
| Stats | Open Game License stats |
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| Mythological origins | Salamander |
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the salamander is an outsider from the Elemental Plane of fire. It resembles a mix of a snake and a human made out of fire, magma, and smoke. From the waist up, it resembles an orange and black human, generally male (though females also exist) with fiery hair and beard. Some depictions also show it with fiery antlers. From the waist down it is snake-like, resembling a glowing, orange and black serpent of magma. All over the body are short, spine-like appendages which burn and steam.
The salamander was one of the earliest creatures introduced in the D&D game.
The salamander was introduced to the game in its first supplement, Greyhawk (1975). It is described as a free-willed, highly intelligent fire elemental.
The salamander appears in the first edition Monster Manual (1977), where it is described as an evil creature of the elemental plane of fire that prefers temperatures of 300 degrees and upwards.
This edition of the D&D game included its own version of the salamander, known as the flame salamander, in the Expert Set (1981 & 1983), and the Companion Rules (1984), and was also later featured in the Dungeons & Dragons Rules Cyclopedia (1991).
The salamander appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993) under the "Elemental, Fire kin" heading, along with the fire snake.
The Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998) introduced the lesser salamander noble and the salamander noble.
The salamander appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2000), which presents the flamebrother salamander, the average salamander, and the noble salamander.
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