Fiend Folio 1st edition

Fiend Folio is a sourcebook for 1st-edition Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1981.

"This tome contains alphabetical listings of monsters designed for use with the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons&trade; game system. Each creature is described and most are illustrated for easy identification.

For Example:

BERBALANG

FREQUENCY: Very rare

NO. APPEARING: 1

ARMOUR CLASS: 6

MOVE: 6"/24"

HIT DICE: 1+1

% IN LAIR: See below

TREASURE TYPE: D

NO. OF ATTACKS: 3

DAMAGE/ATTACK: 1-4/1-4/1-6

SPECIAL ATTACKS: Nil

SPECIAL DEFENCES: Nil

MAGIC RESISTANCE: Standard

INTELLIGENCE: Very

ALIGNMENT: Chaotic Evil

SIZE: M

PSIONIC ABILITY: Nil

Attack/Defence Modes: Nil

LEVEL/X.P. VALUE: III/65 + 2 per hit point

The berbalang spends the greater part of each month in an apparently dormant state, hibernating preferably in a well-hidden cave. Though seemingly comatose, the berbalang is actually roaming the Astral Plane where it spends its time hunting creatures weaker than itself...

Using the new encounter tables contained herein, this work is sure to add new excitement to any AD&amp;D&trade; game."

Contents

 * Forward by Don Turnbull
 * Treasure Type table
 * Random Monster tables
 * by level
 * by climate/terrain
 * Acknowledgements of who created each monster

Index
Aarakocra • Achaierai • Adherer • Aleax • Algoid • Al-mi'raj • Apparition • Assassin bug • Astral searcher • Babbler • Bat, giant • Berbalang • Blindheim • Blood hawk • Bloodworm, giant • Bonesnapper • Booka • Bullywug • Bunyip • Carbuncle • Caryatid column • Caterwaul • Cifal • Clubnek • Coffer corpse • Crabman • Crypt thing • Dakon • Dark creeper • Dark stalker • Death dog • Death knight • Demon • Demon, Lolth • Denzelian • Devil • Devil, styx • Devil dog • Dire corby • Disenchanter • Doombat • Dragon, oriental • Dragon, li lung • Dragon, lung wang • Dragon, pan lung • Dragon, shen lung • Dragon, t'ien lung • Dragon, yu lung • Dragonfish • Dune stalker • Elemental princes of evil • Elemental, Cryonax • Elemental, Imix • Elemental, Ogrémoch • Elemental, Olhydra • Elemental, Yan-C-Bin • Elf, drow • Enveloper • Ettercap • Eye killer • Eye of fear and flame • Firedrake • Firenewt • Fire snake • Firetoad • Flail snail • Flind • Flumph • Forlarren • Frost man • Galltrit • Gambado • Garbug • Giant • Giant, fog • Giant, mountain • Giant strider • Gibberling • Githyanki • Githzerai • Goldbug • Gorbel • Gorilla bear • Grell • Grimlock • Gryph • Guardian daemon • Guardian familiar • Hellcat • Hoar fox • Hook horror • Hornet, giant • Hound of ill omen • Huecuva • Ice lizard • Imorph • Iron cobra • Jaculi • Jermlaine • Kamadan • Kelpie • Kenku • Khargra • Killmoulis • Kuo-toa • Lamia noble • Lava children • Lizard king • Magnesium spirit • Mantari • Meazel • Meenlock • Mephit • Mephit, fire • Mephit, lava • Mephit, smoke • Mephit, steam • Mezzodaemon • Mite • Necrophidius • Needleman • Nilbog • Nonafel • Norker • Nycadaemon • Ogrillon • Osquip • Pĕnanggalan • Pernicon • Phantom stalker • Poltergeist • Protein polymorph • Quaggoth • Quipper • Qullan • Retriever • Revenant • Rothé • Sandman • Scarecrow • Screaming devilkin • Shadow demon • Sheet ghoul • Sheet phantom • Shocker • Skeleton warrior • Skulk • Slaad • Slaad, blue • Slaad, death • Slaad, green • Slaad, grey • Slaad, red • Slaad, Ssendam • Slaad, Ygorl • Snyad • Spawn of Kyuss • Stunjelly • Sussurus • Svirfneblin • Symbiotic jelly • Tabaxi • Tentamort • Terithran • Thoqqua • Thork • Throat leech • Tiger fly • Tirapheg • Trilloch • Troll • Troll, giant • Troll, giant two-headed • Troll, ice • Troll, spirit • Tween • Umpleby • Urchin • Vision • Vodyanoi • Volt • Vortex • Whipweed • Witherstench • Witherweed • Xill • Xvart • Yellow musk creeper • Yellow musk zombie

Trivia

 * The bulk of the material in the first edition came from the British gaming magazine White Dwarf.