In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the webbird is a type of aberration.
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Publication history
The webbird first appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual II (1983).
The webbird appeared in the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Monstrous Compendium Annual Two (1995).
The webbird appeared in the third edition of Dungeons & Dragons in Dungeon #148 (July 2007).
Description
A webbird is a feathered creature found in semi-tropical lands, usually inhabiting the fringes of woodlands so it can seek prey in nearby open ground. A webbird appears to be a beakless bird, about raven-sized, with long-feathered wings and a long, spiky tail; it is not actually avian, but might be some form of insect or arachnid. It has a slitted mouth with hard, sharp ridges for biting and a drooping 4-inch long chest appendage. A flock of webbirds can take to the air, then gather over the heads of victims, emitting a strand of sticky, inflammable web. A webbird will alight with immobilized prey, inserting its chest appendage in exposed flesh and injecting eggs; grubs hatch from these eggs after a few minutes and eat the host from within, causing excruciating pain.