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Skulks were a species closely related to humans.[6]

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Diet[]

Like the humans they descended from skulks were an omnivorous people. They typically preferred to steal their food, rather than developing skills in agriculture or brewing.[4]

Homelands[]

Beyond Toril, these beings were known to be found on the planet of Oerth where they had came about by different means, but possibly around the same time as skulks came about on Toril.[7][8]

History[]

Skulks originally descended from a tribe of nomadic humans who had wandered Calimshan after the defeat of the Djen. They were abducted by drow and forced into servitude in the city of Guallidurth for centuries, their descendants kept passive by their fear of the darkness surrounding them[9] and over the generations became albinos.[7] They finally escaped when a giant lizard appeared from the darkness, drove off the drow overseers, and led the slaves away. The lizard was an avatar of Ibrandul known as the Stalker and through it, the humans learned his worship.[9][10]

While some of these men and women returned to the surface to spread Ibrandul's faith, the rest remained in the Underdark, surviving by raiding the farms and caravans of Guallidurth as well as those of human settlements on the surface. Over time (and continued use of a particular spell provided by their god) these people became the known as skulks and could thereafter be found living near many entrances to the Underdark.[9]

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Mike Mearls, Jeremy Crawford (May 29, 2018). Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. Edited by Kim Mohan, Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 227. ISBN 978-0786966240.
  2. Richard Baker (June 2010). “Design & Development”. In Chris Youngs ed. Dragon #388 (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 55–57.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Eric Cagle, Jesse Decker, James Jacobs, Erik Mona, Matthew Sernett, Chris Thomasson, and James Wyatt (April 2003). Fiend Folio. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 154–155. ISBN 0-7869-2780-1.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Roger E. Moore (November 1997). “Legacies of the Suel Imperium”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #241 (TSR, Inc.), p. 49.
  5. David Noonan et al. (December 2004). Races of Destiny. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 105–107. ISBN 0-7869-3653-3.
  6. David Noonan et al. (December 2004). Races of Destiny. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 105–107. ISBN 0-7869-3653-3.
  7. 7.0 7.1 Roger E. Moore (November 1997). “Legacies of the Suel Imperium”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #241 (TSR, Inc.), p. 48.
  8. Grant Boucher, William W. Connors, Steve Gilbert, Bruce Nesmith, Christopher Mortika, Skip Williams (April 1990). Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Adventures Appendix. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 49. ISBN 0-88038-836-6.
  9. 9.0 9.1 9.2 Julia Martin, Eric L. Boyd (March 1996). Faiths & Avatars. (TSR, Inc.), p. 72. ISBN 978-0786903849.
  10. Roger E. Moore (November 1997). “Legacies of the Suel Imperium”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #241 (TSR, Inc.), p. 47.

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