Blood hawk
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In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the blood hawk is a magical beast.
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Publication history
The blood hawk has appeared in several source books throughout editions of the game. It first appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).[1]
The blood hawk appeared in the second edition Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989) under the "hawk" entry, and was reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993) under the "bird" entry.
The blood hawk was featured in the third edition Fiend Folio (2003), where it is listed as a magical beast under the third edition's creature type rules.
Ecology
Environment
Blood hawks dwell in forests, hills, mountains and plains.
Typical physical characteristics
Blood hawks closely resemble normal hawks, but stronger and more aggressive, and with a love for the taste of human flesh. All but the tip of their beak, and a small area around their eye, is orange and bare.
Alignment
Blood hawks are neutral in alignment.
Society
Blood hawks are either solitary, or travel in murders of 3 to 12 individuals.
Other publishers
The blood hawk appeared in the Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games, where it is listed as an aberration.[2]
References
- ↑ Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981)
- ↑ Green, Scott; Peterson, Clark (2002). Tome of Horrors. Necromancer Games. pp. 23. ISBN 1-58846-112-2.
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