The flumph is a monster found in the fantasy role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons. It is commonly considered the most ridiculous creature ever created for the D&D game. Many players are extremely fond of it, and the idea of a flumph paladin is often referenced. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Fantasy is a genre of art that uses magic and other supernatural forms as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. ... A role-playing game (RPG, often roleplaying game) is a type of game in which the participants assume the roles of fictional characters and collaboratively create or follow stories. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles. ...

Flumphs were first introduced in the Fiend Folio monster sourcebook for D&D 1st Edition, and were updated and much improved for D&D 2nd Edition rules in the Monstrous Compendium Annual Vol. 2 and were added to D&D 3rd Edition in the Tome of Horrors from Necromancer Games along with a bunch of monsters from earlier editions that were not in the 3E Monster Manual. In Dungeon magazine #118, the flumph was added to the array of 3.5 official monsters in "Box of Flumph", an adventure by Tim Hitchcock. Flumphs are sentient, and are the only Lawful Good creatures in the original Fiend Folio. Fiend Folio was a source book of monsters intended for use with the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game. ... First edition Monster Manual The Monster Manual is the primary sourcebook for monsters in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. ... Sentience is the capacity for basic consciousness -- the ability to feel or perceive, not necessarily including the faculty of self-awareness. ... This article describes a highly specialized aspect of its subject. ...

Physical description

A flumph resembles a levitating disk, with eyestalks on top and tentacles on the bottom. If flipped onto its back it is completely helpless.

Trivia

Flumphs have been featured in the comic strip The Order of the Stick, usually suffering some comical calamity, such as serving to cushion the landing of falling characters. The Order of the Stick, nicknamed OotS, is a comedic fantasy webcomic based on the genre of pen and paper roleplaying games. ...

Flumph's favored class in the 3.x edition D&D, according to the adventure "box of flumph", is sorcerer.

References

• Hitchcock, Tim. "Box of Flumph", Dungeon #118 (Paizo Publishing, Jan 2005).
• Pickens, Jon, ed. Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (TSR, 1995).
• Richards, Johnathan M. "The Ecology of the Flumph." Dragon #246 (TSR, 1998).
• Turnbull, Don, ed. Fiend Folio (TSR, 1981).