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Encyclopedia > Slaad
Dungeons & Dragons creature
Slaad
Alignment Chaotic neutral (except death slaadi which are chaotic evil)
Type Outsider
Source books
First appearance
Image Wizards.com image

In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, slaad (pluralized as slaadi) are a fictional race of Outsiders that resemble giant humanoid toads of various colors. In the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, chaotic neutral is a philosophical alignment indicating a focus on randomness and chaos. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment refers to the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non_player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an outsider is a type of creature, or creature type. Outsiders are at least partially composed of the essence (if not the material) of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane. ... “D&D” redirects here. ... This article is about games in which one plays the role of a character. ... Many fantasy stories and worlds call their main sapient humanoid species races rather than species. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an outsider is a type of creature, or creature type. Outsiders are at least partially composed of the essence (if not the material) of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane. ...

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Licensing

The slaadi are considered a "Product Identity" by Wizards of the Coast and, as such, are not released under its Open Gaming License.[1] Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ... The Open Gaming License (also Open Game License or OGL) is an open content license designed for role-playing games. ...


Ecology

Slaadi are all extraplanar outsiders, classified, in Planescape, as "planeborne." That is, like the tanar'ri, yugoloths, baatezu, and celestials, slaadi are composed of the same substances as their home plane, rather like the elementals of the Inner Planes. Slaadi, along with modrons and rilmani, are considered 'cordians,' the planeborne of the morally neutral planes. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, an outsider is a type of creature, or creature type. Outsiders are at least partially composed of the essence (if not the material) of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, modrons are constructs native to Mechanus, the Lawful neutral aligned Outer Plane. ...


Environment

Slaadi are native to the Outer Plane of Limbo. In Dungeons & Dragons, the fantasy role-playing game, an Outer Plane is one of a number of general types of planes of existence. ... In Dungeons and Dragons, fantasy role-playing game, Limbo or more fully, the Ever-Changing Chaos of Limbo, is a chaotic neutral-aligned plane of existence. ...


Typical physical characteristics

Slaad generally resemble froglike humanoids. They have a wide range of colors corresponding to their rank in society. Size also varies between the different castes, from human sized to several feet taller than human sized.


Alignment

Slaadi are always chaotic neutral except for the death slaadi, which are usually chaotic evil. In the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game, chaotic neutral is a philosophical alignment indicating a focus on randomness and chaos. ... In Dungeons & Dragons and some similar role-playing games, alignment refers to the moral and ethical perspective of the player characters, non_player characters, monsters, and societies in the game. ...


Society

Slaadi have a social caste generally believed to be based on the color of a slaad's scales, though other sources seem to indicate stones lodged in their foreheads. However, these beings are made of chaos themselves, so it is very hard to distinguish them from each other. From the bottom of the hierarchy to the top, there are mud slaadi, red slaadi, blue slaadi, green slaadi, grey slaadi, death slaadi, white slaadi, black slaadi and finally the slaad lords. Slaadi usually reproduce by implanting eggs beneath their victim's skin or by infecting them with a disease. Their claw attacks implant their eggs into hosts, which hatch inside the host's body and consume the host from the inside. The alternate form of reproduction is if a Blue Slaad bites its opponent. This bite triggers a transformation of the host into a slaad over the course of a week. Mud slaadi eggs only produce mud slaadi. Red slaadi eggs produce blue slaadi, and the bite of a blue slaad produces red slaadi. If either a red slaad or blue slaad infects an arcane spellcaster, the host will spawn a green slaad, superior to its parent in that it may cast spells. A green slaad, upon reaching its hundredth year of life, will retreat for the duration of about a year, giving it time to transform into a grey slaad, which focus more on spell-casting than most other Slaad. Some grey slaadi undergo an unnamed, mysterious ritual, which transforms them into death slaadi. Death slaadi possess amazing magical and physical might, but prefer to use their strength to defeat their opponents. Death slaadi tend more towards an evil alignment than do most other slaadi. If the death slaad survives a century, it turns into the demonic white slaad. And if the white slaad survives a century, it turns into the epic black slaad. The black slaad is the most powerful slaad, excluding the slaad lords. In the older editions of Dungeons & Dragons, the slaadi were ruled over by Slaad Lords. A hierarchy (in Greek: , derived from — hieros, sacred, and — arkho, rule) is a system of ranking and organizing things or people, where each element of the system (except for the top element) is subordinate to a single other element. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, arcane magic is a type of magic. ... Over the years, there have been a number of different versions of the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, all of which are still played. ...


The Spawning Stone is the primordial home of the slaadi. It is located in "a realm of their greatest dominion".


Each race of slaad converges on the Spawning Stone for a season of mating. The hermaphroditic slaadi mate at the stone in turn, fertilizing each others' internal egg sacs. When the next slaad race in the cycle wrests the Spawning Stone away from the previous group, the slaadi carry around these seedlike fertilized eggs for later implantation into host bodies. Sometimes, however, young slaadi are produced right there at the stone because the slaadi implant each other in their mating frenzy. Thus, dead adult slaadi routinely float about the stone until destroyed by the chaos of the Limbo plane. Though the stone drifts from place to place, currents of chaos-stuff always flow away from the stone. Slaadi can recognize these currents and follow them “upstream.” The currents grow into tsunamis and give birth to chaos storms when the stone changes hands among the slaadi. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... The tsunami that struck Malé in the Maldives on December 26, 2004. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ...


No two slaadi are born the same; due to their inherent chaos each slaad may be very different from its predecessors. Indeed, there was once a time when slaadi of different colors, and different powers, were common, however, the Slaad Lords Ssendam and Ygorl also two of the most powerful slaadi somehow affected the 'Spawning Stone' to prevent the emergence of slaadi more powerful than them, which keeps the slaadi within the aforementioned groups. Although anomalies do slip through in the chaos, they have less variety, and less chance of being more powerful than the Slaad Lords. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Ssendam is the Slaad Lord of Insanity. ... Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone characters are fictional characters from the computer game Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone. ...


Slaad Lords

Slaad lords are more bullies and manipulators than they are actual leaders. Known slaad lords include Ygorl, Lord of Entropy; Ssendam, Lord of Madness; Chourst, Lord of Randomness; Rennbuu, Lord of Colors; and Wartle. In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Ygorl is the Slaad Lord of Entropy. ... In the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Ssendam is the Slaad Lord of Insanity. ...


Creative origins

The slaad were created by Charles Stross for the Fiend Folio Tome of Creatures Maleovolent and Benign (1981). Charles David George Charlie Stross (born Leeds, October 18, 1964) is a writer based in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... D&D 3rd Edition Fiend Folio. ...


References

Jeff Grubb is a fantasy author of such books as The Brothers War and Libertys Crusade. ... Bruce Robert Cordell (born May 6, 1968) is a well known American author of roleplaying games and fantasy novels. ... The Manual of the Planes is a manual for the Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. ... Wizards of the Coast (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is a publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes. ... The cover of the 300th issue Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products. ... Paizo Publishing is a publishing company that specializes in magazines aimed at audiences interested in role-playing games and other gaming-related hobbies. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... D&D 3rd Edition Fiend Folio. ... TSR, Inc. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ...

Footnotes

  1. ^ Frequently Asked Questions. D20srd.org. Retrieved on 2007-02-23.

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