Hamster

A hamster was a mostly harmless creature that came in several varieties.

Description
Hamsters were small, fuzzy rodents that proved no threat to humanoids.

Though some hamsters were ordinary rodents, there were several different offshoots, most notably giant space hamsters.

Ecology
"Are you talking to a... hamster? What kind of a warrior are you?"

- Brathlen

Tinker gnomes from wildspace were responsible for bringing giant space hamsters to an unrevealed place in the Realms, and called themselves "hamster masters". Hamsters were sometimes kept by adventurers around the multiverse, such as thieves, and demihumans, particularly dwarves and gnomes.

History
In the mid–14 century DR, the deep levels of Undermountain contained polymorph traps. Such traps were able to capture a single being and transform them into a hamster.

Notable Hamsters
"There once was a warrior true, with the sense knocked out of him, too. But in a hamster he found, some wisdom profound, and now where goes he goes his Boo!"

- Crazy Celvan


 * Boo, a hamster whose addled owner, Minsc, believed him to be a miniature giant space hamster.

"Truly, it is a small thing. As a child I had a pet hamster, named Spanky. Those were the only pure days in my life. Every day was perfection. Oh, the pain! If I could just hold a hamster while I die, perhaps I could capture the innocence of my youth and die a happy gnome."

- Jan Jansen


 * Spanky, Jan Jansen's hamster that he apparently had as a child.