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|name=Quaggoth
|alignment=[[Alignment (role-playing games)#Neutral|Neutral]]
|type=[[Monstrous humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons)|Monstrous Humanoid]]
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In the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[fantasy]] [[role-playing game]], the '''quaggoth''' is a [[Monstrous humanoid (Dungeons & Dragons)|monstrous humanoid]].

==Ecology==
Quaggoths are sometimes enslaved by other races, notably [[drow]].

===Environment===
Quaggoths usually live in underground lairs.

===Typical physical characteristics===
Quaggoths are about seven feet tall and covered in shaggy white hair, though brown-haired quaggoths are sometimes seen.

===Alignment===
Quaggoths are usually [[Alignment (role-playing games)#Neutral|neutral]] in alignment.

==Society==
Quaggoths are savage, bestial hunters who live in nomadic tribes.

==Quaggoths in Greyhawk==
In the ''[[World of Greyhawk]]'' [[campaign setting]], quaggoths live in cold regions above ground. They are most commonly found in the [[Forlorn Forest]], but have also been encountered in [[Blackmoor (Greyhawk)|Blackmoor]], the [[Burneal Forest]], the [[Cold Marshes]], the [[Hraak Forest]], and the lands of the [[Tiger Nomads|Tiger]] and [[Wolf Nomads]]. In ancient times, the quaggoths were far more numerous, but thousands were slain by [[Elf (Dungeons & Dragons)|elves]] in the [[War of Extermination]].

The most notable quaggoth in the [[Flanaess]] is [[Shag Solomon]], a "civilized" quaggoth who plays a minor role in the [[Age of Worms]] [[adventure path]].

==References==
*Brown, Lloyd III. "Primitive PCs." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #265 (TSR, [[1999]]).
*[[Gary Gygax|Gygax, Gary]]. ''[[World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting]]'' (TSR, [[1983]]).
*[[Erik Mona|Mona, Erik]]. "Ancient History: The Great Embarkation" (Wizards of the Coast, unpublished). Online: [http://www.canonfire.com/cfhtml/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=225]
*Stewart, Doug, ed. ''[[Monster Manual|Monstrous Manual]]'' (TSR, [[1994]]).
*Turnbull, Don, ed. ''[[Fiend Folio]]'' ([[TSR, Inc.|TSR]], [[1981]]).
*[[Frederick Weining|Weining, Frederick]]. "The Archbarony of Blackmoor." ''[[Oerth Journal]]'' #5 ([[Council of Greyhawk]], [[1997]]).
*[[Skip Williams|Williams, Skip]], et al. ''Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix'' (TSR, [[1992]]).
*[[James Wyatt (game designer)|Wyatt, James]] and Rob Heinsoo. ''[[Monstrous Compendium]]: Monsters of Faerun'' ([[Wizards of the Coast]], [[2001]]).


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