In the Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons

Dungeons & Dragons is a fantasy role-playing game originally designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson, and first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules, Inc. . The game has been published by Wizards of the Coast since 1997...

 fantasy

Fantasy

Fantasy is a genre of fiction that commonly uses magic and other supernatural phenomena as a primary element of plot, theme, or setting. Many works within the genre take place in imaginary worlds where magic is common...

 role-playing game

Role-playing game

A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...

, the quickling is an evil fey

Fey (Dungeons & Dragons)

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, Fey is a type of creature, or "creature type". Fey are usually humanoid in form, and are typified as having supernatural abilities and a connection to nature or to some other force or place....

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Publication history

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

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

The quickling first appears in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).

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

The quickling appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990), and then appears in Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two (1995).

Dungeons & Dragons 3.0 edition (2000-2002)

The quickling did not appear in any official Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast

Wizards of the Coast is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games...

 products for third edition. It did, however, appear in the Tome of Horrors (2002) by Necromancer Games

Necromancer Games

Necromancer Games was an American publisher of role-playing games. With offices in Seattle, Washington and Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, the company specialized in material for the d20 System, with most of its products being released under the Open Game License of Wizards of the Coast.The company's...

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Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 edition (2003-2007)

The quickling appeared again in Necromancer Games's Tome of Horrors Revised PDF (2005).

Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition (2008-)

The quickling appears in the Monster Manual for this edition (2008).

History

Quicklings are said to have been brownies

Brownie (folklore)

A brownie/brounie or urisk or brùnaidh, ùruisg, or gruagach is a legendary creature popular in folklore around Scotland and England...

 transformed by the evil power of the Queen of Air and Darkness

Queen of Air and Darkness

In the Dungeons & Dragons roleplaying game, The Queen of Air and Darkness is the fey deity of Magic , Darkness, and Murder. Her long-lost true name is never spoken among the fey. Her unholy symbol is a black diamond....

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Additional reading

• Garcia, Vince. "The Folk of the Faerie Kingdom." 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...
  
  #155. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.