At a Glance
A bat that lairs in various temperate climes, both above and below.
Sources
- Drow of the Underdark [FOR2/9326] page 113 — the original 2e description
- Menzoberranzan [1083] page 84
A bat that lairs in various temperate climes, both above and below.
I dunno what to call this post, but I need a place to gather relevant and/or important statements made by TSR/WotC/whoever staff. This stuff might provide answers to questions at some point.
My response to this is that I don’t think it’s fair to say that a novel is canon while an adventure published in Dungeon Magazine is not… particularly in a case where (hypothetically) the adventure was written by Ed and the novel was not, and especially with the feeble criterion that the novel has the Realms logo on it and Dungeon Magazine doesn’t. Instead let’s say that everything published (or permitted to be published) by TSR/WotC which is stated to be set in the Realms is canon for the Realms. There will be a lot of cases where this is difficult, but I’m guessing most of those can be blamed on WotC rather than freelance authors so let’s not automatically marginalize the player-generated material.
This information is intended for use with the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
| ant | A colony of ants [usgs, wikipedia] |
| bee | A grist of bees [usgs, wikipedia] |
| bombardier beetle (giant) | A cluster or click of bombardier beetles [Monster Manual] |
| caterpillar | A army of caterpillars [usgs] |
| centipede (monstrous) | A colony or swarm of centipedes [Monster Manual] |
| centipede swarm | A tangle or colony of centipede swarms [Monster Manual] |
| cockroach | A intrusion of cockroaches [usgs] |
| dragonfly | A flight of dragonflies [wikipedia] |
| fire beetle (giant) | A cluster or colony of fire beetles [Monster Manual] |
| fly | A business of flies [usgs, wikipedia] |
| gnat | A cloud of gnats [usgs] |
| grasshopper | A cloud of grasshoppers [usgs] |
| hornet | A nest of hornets [usgs] |
| locust | A plague of locusts [usgs, wikipedia] |
| locust swarm | A cloud or plague of locust swarms [Monster Manual] |
| scorpion (monstrous) | A colony or swarm of scorpions [Monster Manual] |
| spider (monstrous) | A colony or swarm of spiders [Monster Manual] |
| spider swarm | A tangle or colony of spider swarms [Monster Manual] |
| stag beetle (giant) | A cluster or mass of stag beetles [Monster Manual] |
| wasp (giant) | A swarm or nest of wasps [Monster Manual] |
| worm | A clew of worms [wikipedia] |
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| banedead | A pack of banedead [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| baneguard | A squad of baneguards [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| banshee | A keen or keening of banshees [Xaeyruudh] |
| bodak | A gang of bodaks [Monster Manual] |
| bonebat | A flock of bonebats [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| ghast | A gang or pack of ghasts [Monster Manual] |
| ghost | A gang or mob of ghosts [Monster Manual] |
| ghoul | A gang or pack of ghouls [Monster Manual] |
| mohrg | A gang of mohrg [Monster Manual] |
| mummy | A warden squad or guardian detail of mummies [Monster Manual] |
| nighthaunt | A fleet of nighthaunts [Candlekeep] |
| nightwalker | A gang of nightwalkers [Monster Manual] |
| nightwing | A flock of nightwings [Monster Manual] |
| shadow | A gang or swarm of shadows [Monster Manual] |
| skeleton | A clatter of skeletons [Xaeyruudh] |
| spectre | A gang or swarm of spectres [Monster Manual] |
| vampire spawn | A pack of vampire spawns [Monster Manual] |
| wight | A gang or pack of wights [Monster Manual] |
| wraith | A gang or pack of wraiths [Monster Manual] |
| zombie | A shuffle of zombies [Xaeyruudh] |
| assassin vine | A patch of assassin vines [Monster Manual] |
| fungus | A patch of fungi [Monster Manual] |
| treant | A grove of treants [Monster Manual] |
| aasimar | A team of aasimars [Monster Manual] |
| abishai | A wail of abishai [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| achaierai | A flock of achaierai [Monster Manual] |
| archon | A squad of archons [Monster Manual] |
| arrowhawk | A clutch of arrowhawks [Monster Manual] |
| astral deva | A squad of astral deva [Monster Manual] |
| azer | A squad of azer [Monster Manual] |
| barghest | A pack of barghests [Monster Manual] |
| couatl | A flight of couatl [Monster Manual] |
| demon | A gang, squad, crowd, or mob of demons (same type) [Monster Manual] |
| demon | A troupe of demons (mixed) [Monster Manual] |
| devil | A gang, squad, band, crowd, mob, or swarm of devils (same type) [Monster Manual] |
| devil | A troupe of devils (mixed) [Monster Manual] |
| eladrin | A squad of eladrins [Monster Manual] |
| formian | A team, crew, troop, or platoon of formians [Monster Manual] |
| genie | A company or band of genies [Monster Manual] |
| guardinal | A squad of guardinals [Monster Manual] |
| hell hound | A pack of hell hounds [Monster Manual] |
| hellcat | A pride of hellcats [Monster Manual] |
| howler | A gang or pack of howlers [Monster Manual] |
| imp | A prick of imps [Candlekeep] |
| laraken | A drought of larakens [Candlekeep] |
| lillend | A covey of lillends [Monster Manual] |
| mephit | A gang or mob of mephits [Monster Manual] |
| rast | A cluster of rasts [Monster Manual] |
| salamander | A cluster of salamanders [Monster Manual] |
| shadow mastiff | A pack of shadow mastiffs [Monster Manual] |
| slaad | A gang or pack of slaadi [Monster Manual] |
| tiefling | A gang of tieflings [Monster Manual] |
| tojanida | A clutch of tojanidas [Monster Manual] |
| triton | A company, squad, or band of tritons [Monster Manual] |
| vargouille | A cluster or mob of vargouilles [Monster Manual] |
| xill | A gang of xills [Monster Manual] |
| xorn | A cluster of xorns [Monster Manual] |
| yeth hound | A pack of yeth hounds [Monster Manual] |
| aarakocra | A flight of aarakocra [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| chitine | A swarm of chitines [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| chosen one | A plague of chosen ones [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| doppelganger | A crisis of doppelgangers [Xaeyruudh] |
| gargoyle | A wing of gargoyles [Monster Manual] |
| grimlock | A gang or pack of grimlocks [Monster Manual] |
| hag | A covey of hags [Monster Manual] |
| harpy | A spite of harpies [Xaeyruudh] |
| medusa | A covey of medusa [Monster Manual] |
| wemic | A pride of wemics [Monsters of Faerûn] |
all humanoid races of at least moderate intelligence are capable of forming structured military units which may be referred to by various appropriate terms including band, company, hunting party, phalanx, patrol, platoon, regiment, squad, team, troop, and war party. gang is a similarly universal term. since these terms can apply to (almost) all humanoids, they’re ignored.
| ankheg | A cluster of ankheg [Monster Manual] |
| aranea | A colony of aranea [Monster Manual] |
| banelar | A band of banelars [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| basilisk | A colony of basilisks [Monster Manual] |
| beast of Malar | A pack of beasts of Malar [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| beguiler | A pack of beguilers [Shining South] |
| blink dog | A pack of blink dogs [Monster Manual] |
| celestial creature | A pride of celestial creatures [Monster Manual] |
| chimera | A pride or flight of chimerae [Monster Manual] |
| cockatrice | A flight or flock of cockatrices [Monster Manual] |
| darkenbeast | A flight of darkenbeasts [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| darkmantle | A clutch or swarm of darkmantles [Monster Manual] |
| digester | A pack of digesters [Monster Manual] |
| displacer beast | A pride of displacer beasts [Monster Manual] |
| dragonne | A pride of dragonnes [Monster Manual] |
| eagle | A eyrie of giant eagles [Monster Manual] |
| fiendish creature | A pack of fiendish creatures [Monster Manual] |
| girallon | A company of girallons [Monster Manual] |
| gorgon | A pack or herd of gorgons [Monster Manual] |
| griffon | A pride of griffons [Monster Manual] |
| hellwasp swarm | A fright or terror of hellwasp swarms [Monster Manual] |
| hippogriff | A flight of hippogriffs [Monster Manual] |
| krenshar | A pride of krenshars [Monster Manual] |
| lamia | A gang of lamia [Monster Manual] |
| manticore | A pride of manticores [Monster Manual] |
| mantimera | A pack of mantimerae [Shining South] |
| owl (giant) | A company of giant owls [Monster Manual] |
| owlbear | A pack of owlbears [Monster Manual] |
| pegasus | A herd of pegasi [Monster Manual] |
| peryton | A rack of perytons [Candlekeep] |
| phase spider | A cluster of phase spiders [Monster Manual] |
| roper | A cluster of ropers [Monster Manual] |
| sea cat | A pride of sea cats [Monster Manual] |
| shocker lizard | A clutch or colony of shocker lizards [Monster Manual] |
| sinister | A band of sinisters [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| stirge | A colony, flock, or storm of stirges [Monster Manual] |
| unicorn | A grace of unicorns [Monster Manual] |
| winter wolf | A pack of winter wolves [Monster Manual] |
| worg | A pack of worgs [Monster Manual] |
| yrthak | A clutch of yrthaks [Monster Manual] |
| bullywug | A pad, float, or pond of bullywugs [Monsters of Faerûn] |
| dwarf | A diligence of dwarves [Xaeyruudh] |
| elf | A vainglory of elves [Xaeyruudh] |
| githzerai | A fellowship, sect, or order of githzerai [Monster Manual] |
| gnoll | A cacklesquad of gnolls [Xaeyruudh] |
| gnome | An urgency or a calamity of gnomes [Xaeyruudh] |
| halfling | A dilemma of halflings [Xaeyruudh] |
| human | A plague or a deathwish of humans [Xaeyruudh] |
| kobold | A clutch of kobolds [Xaeyruudh] |
| lizardfolk | A clutch of lizardfolk [Xaeyruudh] |
| orc | An outbreak or an epidemic of orcs [Xaeyruudh] |
| troglodyte | A clutch of troglodytes [Monster Manual] |
all humanoid races of at least moderate intelligence are capable of forming structured military units which may be referred to by various appropriate terms including band, company, hunting party, phalanx, patrol, platoon, regiment, squad, team, troop, and war party. gang is a similarly universal term. since these terms can apply to (almost) all humanoids, they’re ignored.
| cyclops | A fist of cyclopes [Shining South] |
| ettin | A gang of ettins [Monster Manual] |
| giant | A gang or family of giants [Monster Manual] |
| ogre | A gang or band of ogres [Monster Manual] |
| troll | A gang of trolls [Monster Manual] |
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