In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the dretch is a type of demon.
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Publication history
The dretch first appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the adventure module The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (1982), and the dretch (minor demon) was reprinted under the "demon" heading in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).
The dretch (least tanar'ri) appeared in second edition under the "tanar'ri" heading in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Outer Planes Appendix (1991). The dretch (least tanar'ri) appeared for the Planescape setting in the first Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).
The dretch appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and in the revised 3.5 edition Monster Manual (2003).
The dretch appeared in the fourth edition Monster Manual 2 (2009).
Description
The dretch are the most common and least powerful of all demons. A dretch has a round, rubbery body and thin, spindly arms and legs.
Other publishers
The dretch appeared under the "demon" heading in Paizo Publishing's book Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary (2009), on page 60.