In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the hordling is a type of evil outsider creature.
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Publication history
The hordling (hordes of Hades) first appeared in the first edition Monster Manual II (1983).
The hordling appeared in second edition in the Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix (1991). The hordling appeared for the Planescape setting in the first Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix (1994).
The hordling, including the dread gnasher, the skullreaver, the spittlemaw, the vulturewretch, and the advanced hordling, appeared in third edition in Dungeon #124 (July 2005).
Description
A hordling is one of many fiends that form the hordes of the Gray Waste of Hades. Hordlings wander the Gray Waste preying upon everything they come across, even other hordlings. Hordlings vary greatly in appearance. It is said that Hordlings evolved from larvae whose hatred was so unique, their souls became individual. The hordlings can be summoned using an artifact known as the Bringer of Doom, which was created around the time of the Invoked Devastation of Greyhawk. Hordlings are the most common inhabitants of the Gray Waste. They also occasionally roam the other Lower Planes as well.