Thri-kreen

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, the thri-kreen, or "mantis warriors", are an insect-like monstrous humanoid race. Thri-kreen are one of the primary player character races of the Dark Sun campaign setting, and have also appeared in the Spelljammer and Forgotten Realms campaign settings, as well as the Dungeons & Dragons v3.5 Monster Manual II, the 4.0 Monster Manual 3 and the Monster Manual for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition.

Publication history

The thri-kreen race was first introduced to AD&D in 1982 by Paul Reiche III for the second set of Monster Cards. They later appeared in first edition AD&D Monster Manual II (1983).

The thri-kreen appeared in second edition AD&D for the Forgotten Realms setting in the Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix (1989), and reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993). The Athasian thri-kreen appeared for the Dark Sun setting in Dragon #173 (September 1991), and Dark Sun Monstrous Compendium Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr (1995). The thri-kreen was presented as a player character race in Player's Option: Skills & Powers (1995), and for the Dark Sun setting in the Dark Sun Campaign Setting, Expanded and Revised (1995).