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<b>[[Kelpie|Kelpies]]</b> can be encountered in the domain of [[Dementlieu]].<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 68</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 15</ref>
<b>[[Kelpie|Kelpies]]</b> are malicious, [[shapechanging]]<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref><ref name="Fiend Folio p. 114-115">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 114-115</ref> {{questionably-canon-small}} [[plant]]s<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref><ref name="Yawing Portal p. 238">[[Tales from the Yawning Portal]] p. 238</ref> or [[fey]]<ref name="Fiend Folio p. 114">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 114</ref> {{canon-small}}that are encountered in or near [[body of water|bodies of water]]<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref><ref name="Yawing Portal p. 238">[[Tales from the Yawning Portal]] p. 238</ref><ref name="Fiend Folio p. 114">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 114</ref>, whether they be inland<ref name="Fiend Folio p. 114">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 114</ref> or the vast [[ocean]].<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref> A kelpie has [[spell-like abilities]] to charm [[humanoid]]s and motivate them to draw near [[water]], where the kelpie proceeds to drown them.<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref><ref name="Fiend Folio p. 114">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 114</ref>
 
A kelpie's natural form is vile and wretched, consisting of a looming [[warhorse]] sheathed in decaying plant matter with [[water]] droplets falling off of it. The stench of [[rot]] and [[death]] surrounds a kelpie.<ref name="Fiend Folio p. 114">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 114</ref> However, a kelpie can assume alternate forms to disguise its true nature, including the guises of a normal [[mount]] ([[horse]] or [[hippocampus]])<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref> and a [[human]].<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref><ref name="Fiend Folio p. 115">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 115</ref> {{questionably-canon-small}} It has variously been said that a human form can only be [[female]]<ref name="Monstrous Manual p. ">[[Monstrous Manual]] p. </ref> or of any gender.<ref name="Fiend Folio p. 115">[[Fiend Folio (3.0)]] p. 115</ref>
 
Kelpies can be encountered in the domains of [[Dementlieu]],<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 68</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 15</ref> [[Tepest]],<ref>[[Ravenloft: Realm of Terror]], p. 80</ref><ref>[[Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens]], p. 31</ref> and [[Saragoss]].<ref>[[Islands of Terror]] p. 50</ref> {{netbook-small}} [[The Kelpie|A particular kelpie]] might live at [[Maiden Point]] in [[Liffe]]<ref>[[Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer]] p. 23</ref>; such kelpie is one of the [[demilord of Liffe|demilords of Liffe]].<ref>Nocturnal Sea Gaz. p. 42</ref>
 
==Descriptive Text==
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''"Come with me, child," the great gray horse said. "You'll never have another chance to ride another such as myself. I appear only to the most beautiful child in the Lake Country once in a year, and I never come to the same child more than once."''
 
''He was a beautiful horse, tall and dapple-gray, with his long white tail and long white mane; but Marie looked into his great green eyes, and in them she saw herself [[drowning]] in [[Lake Duchamps]], with the wild green [[kelp]] all around her.''
 
-[[The Kelpie (Story)|The Kelpie]], traditional [[Dementlieuse]]<ref>Descriptive text from [[John W. Mangrum]]'s [[Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror]] project (contributed by [[Nathan Okerlund]]), from posts on the [[Cafe de Nuit|Fraternity of Shadows message board]].</ref>
 
==External Links==
*[[w:kelpie|Kelpie]] (Real-world monster) at Wikipedia


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Canon Information

Kelpies are malicious, shapechanging[1][2] plants[1][3] or fey[4] that are encountered in or near bodies of water[1][3][4], whether they be inland[4] or the vast ocean.[1] A kelpie has spell-like abilities to charm humanoids and motivate them to draw near water, where the kelpie proceeds to drown them.[1][4]

A kelpie's natural form is vile and wretched, consisting of a looming warhorse sheathed in decaying plant matter with water droplets falling off of it. The stench of rot and death surrounds a kelpie.[4] However, a kelpie can assume alternate forms to disguise its true nature, including the guises of a normal mount (horse or hippocampus)[1] and a human.[1][5] It has variously been said that a human form can only be female[1] or of any gender.[5]

Kelpies can be encountered in the domains of Dementlieu,[6][7] Tepest,[8][9] and Saragoss.[10] A particular kelpie might live at Maiden Point in Liffe[11]; such kelpie is one of the demilords of Liffe.[12]

Descriptive Text

"Come with me, child," the great gray horse said. "You'll never have another chance to ride another such as myself. I appear only to the most beautiful child in the Lake Country once in a year, and I never come to the same child more than once."

He was a beautiful horse, tall and dapple-gray, with his long white tail and long white mane; but Marie looked into his great green eyes, and in them she saw herself drowning in Lake Duchamps, with the wild green kelp all around her.

-The Kelpie, traditional Dementlieuse[13]

External Links

  • Kelpie (Real-world monster) at Wikipedia

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Monstrous Manual p.
  2. ↑ Fiend Folio (3.0) p. 114-115
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Tales from the Yawning Portal p. 238
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Fiend Folio (3.0) p. 114
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fiend Folio (3.0) p. 115
  6. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 68
  7. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 15
  8. ↑ Ravenloft: Realm of Terror, p. 80
  9. ↑ Ravenloft Campaign Setting: Domains and Denizens, p. 31
  10. ↑ Islands of Terror p. 50
  11. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gazetteer p. 23
  12. ↑ Nocturnal Sea Gaz. p. 42
  13. ↑ Descriptive text from John W. Mangrum's Teeny Tiny Tales of Terror project (contributed by Nathan Okerlund), from posts on the Fraternity of Shadows message board.

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