Worghest
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A worghest is a type of fantasy creature from the Forgotten Realms
campaign setting
in the Dungeons & Dragons
game. It is a planetouched
creature that is the combination of a Barghest ancestor and goblin blood. As a planetouched, it is an outsider
of the Native subtype with a collection of power based on its fiendish bloodline as well as abilities based on its goblin nature.
A barghest's personality traits tend to be stronger than those of goblinoids, which cause their descendants to duplicate those traits. This cause the common worghest to be Lawful Evil in nature. their favored class is the Ranger.
campaign setting in Dragon
#350 (December 2006).
In combat, they move in packs and ambush their prey. They live for the fear and respect of their lesser brethren, gained by their ferocious power. They tend to avoid being the leader of a clan, but instead lurk as the power behind the throne.
In the worghest colony in the Mines of Tethyamer, there is a coven of worghest warlocks who are believed to gain power through a pact with a mammoth greater barghest Tarkomang. Warlock worghest are usually uncommon as barghest blood does not lead to this class, but a recent development has change that for those in the mines. This is due to the presences of Tarkomang, one of the largest barghest in Faerun as the goblins and worghests had to hollow out a small mountain to house him. Tarkomang has created worghest offspring and created pacts with those planetouched. He prefers to make pacts with Worghest, but has accepted martially bent goblins with his pacts. It is believed that Tarkomang could become a threat to the nomads of the Desertmouth Mountains due to the large sizes of his body, his hunger and his servants.
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game. It is a planetouched
Planetouched
In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the planetouched are mortal creatures whose ancestors were extraplanar creatures such as celestials, fiends, or elementals.Planetouched are considered native outsiders.-Publication history:...
creature that is the combination of a Barghest ancestor and goblin blood. As a planetouched, it is an outsider
Outsider (Dungeons & Dragons)
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 of a plane other than the Prime Material Plane....
of the Native subtype with a collection of power based on its fiendish bloodline as well as abilities based on its goblin nature.
A barghest's personality traits tend to be stronger than those of goblinoids, which cause their descendants to duplicate those traits. This cause the common worghest to be Lawful Evil in nature. their favored class is the Ranger.
Publication history
The worghest appeared in the third edition for the Forgotten RealmsForgotten Realms
The Forgotten Realms is a campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. Commonly referred to by players and game designers alike as "The Realms", it was created by game designer Ed Greenwood around 1967 as a setting for his childhood stories...
campaign setting 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...
#350 (December 2006).
Physical description
Like most planetouched, they vary in appearance. But in general they look like hairy goblinoids with sharp teeth, wolf-like snouts, blue hair and eyes that glow orange when excited. They clothing is usually hides, most being loinclothes when they wear clothing.Details
The most numerous community of Worghest is in the Mines of Tethyamer, which are north and west of the Desertmouth mountains. They come from barghests that over ran that dwarven holdings. But they can be found in any goblin tribes that have been commanded by barghest at some point in their histories.In combat, they move in packs and ambush their prey. They live for the fear and respect of their lesser brethren, gained by their ferocious power. They tend to avoid being the leader of a clan, but instead lurk as the power behind the throne.
In the worghest colony in the Mines of Tethyamer, there is a coven of worghest warlocks who are believed to gain power through a pact with a mammoth greater barghest Tarkomang. Warlock worghest are usually uncommon as barghest blood does not lead to this class, but a recent development has change that for those in the mines. This is due to the presences of Tarkomang, one of the largest barghest in Faerun as the goblins and worghests had to hollow out a small mountain to house him. Tarkomang has created worghest offspring and created pacts with those planetouched. He prefers to make pacts with Worghest, but has accepted martially bent goblins with his pacts. It is believed that Tarkomang could become a threat to the nomads of the Desertmouth Mountains due to the large sizes of his body, his hunger and his servants.
Additional reading
- Bernstein, Eytan Class Chronicles: Warlocks, Part One, (Wizards of the CoastWizards of the CoastWizards 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...
Website), March 14, 2007. - Bernstein, Eytan Class Chronicles: Warlocks, Part Two, (Wizards of the CoastWizards of the CoastWizards 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...
Website), March 28, 2007.