An osquip was an aggressive, multi-legged rodent about the size of a small dog.[3][1]
Description[]
They were hairless, with huge heads and large teeth. Most had six legs, a few had eight, and even fewer had ten.[3] Their tails were not uniform either. They varied between no tail at all, to a stump, to a rat tail's length.[1] Some claimed that their teeth were sharp enough to dig through stone.[2]
Behavior[]
While rats normally fled anything larger than themselves, osquips proved to be both territorial and willing to attack trespassers fearlessly and ferociously.[1] If a party entered an area where osquips made their home, the creatures emerged quickly, and a typical swarm was very damaging.[3]
Unlike rats, osquips were not afraid of fire.[1]
Osquips had no understanding of value but collected shiny things from time to time.[1]
Combat[]
Osquips used their aforementioned teeth to fight. They had a developed sense of scent and could pinpoint creatures within 5 feet (1.5 meters) and had a general sense of direction of creatures within 30 feet (9.1 meters).[1]
Ecology[]
Osquips built small, hidden tunnels. They had teeth that could be used to dig through rock. They were found either alone or in packs of two to sixteen specimens.[1]
They were bad at swimming.[1]
Relationships[]
On Toril, osquips were sometimes used as familiars.[1]
Notable Osquips[]
- Oliver, an osquip that lived within Marigold's Menagerie.[4]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Adventures
- Doom of Daggerdale
- Novels
- The Shattered Mask
- Video Games
- Menzoberranzan
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 1.9 Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 176–177. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Doug Stewart (June 1993). Monstrous Manual. (TSR, Inc), p. 300. ISBN 1-5607-6619-0.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 Don Turnbull (1981). Fiend Folio. (TSR Hobbies), p. 70. ISBN 0-9356-9621-0.
- ↑ Nicky Rea (July 1994). “The Living City: The Hand of Mercy and Marigold's Menagerie”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #97 (TSR, Inc.), p. 12.