Kuo-Toa HWYL 04 020

2024-01-05T00:00:00Z

Kuo-Toa "The ancient Kuo-Toa People once inhabited the shores and islands of the upper world. As the race of mankind and its associate species grew more and more numerous and powerful, the men-fish were slowly driven to remote regions. Continual warfare upon these evil, human-sacrificing creatures threatened to totally exterminate the species, for a number of powerful beings were aiding their sworn enemies, mankind. Some Kuo-Toans sought refuge in sea caverns and secret subterranean waters, and while their fellows above were being slaughtered, these few prospered and developed new characteristics to match their lightless habitats. However, the seas contained other fierce and evil creatures with designs of their own, and the deep dwelling Kuo-Toans were eventually wiped out, leaving only those in the underworld to carry on. These survivors were unknown to men, and mankind eventually forgot the men-fish entirely. Even the word goggler, a term used derisively for their ichthyoid foes, lost its meaning. But the Kuo-Toa People remaining in their underworld places did not allow memory of the past to lapse, and woe to the hapless human who falls into the slimy clutches of the Kuo-Toans" (p. 13). Gygax, Gary. Shrine of the Kuo-Toa . D2, TSR Games, 1978. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006201735/http://gobbi.free.fr/scenarii/D2%20-%20Shrine%20of%20the%20Kuo-Toa.pdf