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, the galeb duhr is a boulder-like creature with appendages that act as hands and feet.

Publication history

The galeb duhr was introduced to the D&D game in the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition (1977-1988)

The galeb duhr first appears in the second set of Monster Cards

Monster Cards

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(1982) and was created by Mike Price, and later appears in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).

The galeb duhr is also featured in Polyhedron

Polyhedron (magazine)

Polyhedron was a magazine which started out as the official publication of the RPGA . Publication began in the year 1981, and the target audience was players of the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game...

#26 (September 1985), and appears in the module Needle (1987).

Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition (1989-1999)

The galeb duhr appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).

The galeb duhr was detailed in Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

Dragon is one of the two official magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game and associated products, the other being Dungeon. TSR, Inc. originally launched the monthly printed magazine in 1976 to succeed the company's earlier publication, The Strategic Review. The...

#172 (August 1991), in the "Ecology of the Galeb Duhr".

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

The galeb duhr appears in the Monster Manual II for this edition (2002).

Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)

The galeb duhr appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008), including the galeb duhr earthbreaker and the galeb duhr rockcaller.

Description

These slow-moving, intelligent beings are larger than humans, and live in rocky or mountainous regions where they can feel the power of the earth. Galeb duhr can control the rocks around them, and can animate boulders to act independently.