In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the gryph is a type of fictional monster.
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Publication history
The gryph first appeared in the original first edition Fiend Folio (1981).
Description
A gryph is a bird with four or more legs, approximately the size of an eagle and has a razor-sharp beak with powerful jaws. It attacks with its bite at high speed from high up in the shadows of an underground cavern. A female ready to lay its eggs will grapple a victim with its legs and will try to inject its small eggs into the bloodstream, through a thin tube which projects from the bird's abdomen. The eggs hatch within a few days, killing the victim and releasing the baby gryphs.
Other publishers
The gryph appeared in the Tome of Horrors (2002) from Necromancer Games.
The gryph appeared in Paizo Publishing's book Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary 2 (2010), on page 150.