Kirre
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In the Dungeons & Dragons
fantasy
role-playing game
, the kirre is a magical beast
, a vicious predator inhabiting the jungles of Athas in the Dark Sun
campaign setting
.
setting in the Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
, with 8 legs, canine teeth
, two goat
's horns sprouting from its head, and a barbed tail.
The kirre is an incredibly rare creature which lives in the few forests of Athas. Sightings of it have been very few and far in between, and many believe this not to be half as much because it is a rare and reclusive creature as that hardly any who have encountered it have lived to tell of it. The creature needs to kill for food, sadism and the pure instinct alone, so therefore its first notion when it sees practically any other living thing is to kill it. It fights well with its razor-sharp claws, strong teeth, tail spikes and pure strength and agility, but it also has another tactic which isn't so readily apparent: psionics. It is powerfully psionic creature, and is able to broadcast nightmarish images to weaken its foes. Kirre are widely hunted for their meat, as it is said to be the finest of all in Athas.
Kirre cannot speak, but understand Common.
They are regarded as neutral in alignment.
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Fantasy
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, the kirre is a magical beast
Magical beast (Dungeons & Dragons)
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, magical beast is a type of creature, or "creature type". Magical beasts are similar to animals in many ways, but usually have a higher intelligence, and possess supernatural or extraordinary abilities....
, a vicious predator inhabiting the jungles of Athas in the Dark Sun
Dark Sun
Dark Sun is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting featuring the fictional desert world of Athas. The original Dark Sun Boxed Set campaign setting was released in 1991....
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Campaign setting
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Publication history
The kirre first appeared in second edition for the Dark SunDark Sun
Dark Sun is a Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting featuring the fictional desert world of Athas. The original Dark Sun Boxed Set campaign setting was released in 1991....
setting in the Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert (1992), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).
Description
A kirre resembles a giant, imposing tigerTiger
The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to and weighing up to . Their most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with lighter underparts...
, with 8 legs, canine teeth
Canine tooth
In mammalian oral anatomy, the canine teeth, also called cuspids, dogteeth, fangs, or eye teeth, are relatively long, pointed teeth...
, two goat
Goat
The domestic goat is a subspecies of goat domesticated from the wild goat of southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the Bovidae family and is closely related to the sheep as both are in the goat-antelope subfamily Caprinae. There are over three hundred distinct breeds of...
's horns sprouting from its head, and a barbed tail.
The kirre is an incredibly rare creature which lives in the few forests of Athas. Sightings of it have been very few and far in between, and many believe this not to be half as much because it is a rare and reclusive creature as that hardly any who have encountered it have lived to tell of it. The creature needs to kill for food, sadism and the pure instinct alone, so therefore its first notion when it sees practically any other living thing is to kill it. It fights well with its razor-sharp claws, strong teeth, tail spikes and pure strength and agility, but it also has another tactic which isn't so readily apparent: psionics. It is powerfully psionic creature, and is able to broadcast nightmarish images to weaken its foes. Kirre are widely hunted for their meat, as it is said to be the finest of all in Athas.
Kirre cannot speak, but understand Common.
They are regarded as neutral in alignment.