Quicklings are tiny fey creatures with the ability to move astonishingly fast.
Appearance[]
A quickling is a small, slender fey with sharp, feral features. It has cold, cruel eyes, and a mischievous nature that delights in playing pranks and causing trouble for which others get the blame.[1] Tevas, a quickling encountered by the Mighty Nein, stood about two-and-a-half feet tall, and looked like a weird elf-goblin hybrid with lithe, long limbs, pointed ears, and a dull gray skin. It wore a very faint bit of tattered clothing, had no hair, knife-looking teeth, and its eyes were mostly white with a very, very faint pupil. It looked creepy but also weirdly pretty in some ways.[2]
Abilities[]
The following is drawn from Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse,[1] but some abilities have been demonstrated onstream.
- Blurred Movement: Attacks against it are at disadvantage unless it is incapacitated or restrained.
- Evasion: If an effect calls for a Dexterity saving throw to halve the damage, the quickling takes no damage on a success and half damage on a failure.
- Multiattack: Quicklings make three attacks with a dagger.
History[]
Quicklings are an integral part of the message delivery service of the Feywild.[3]
Jester Lavorre summoned Tevas, a quickling, via Planar Ally to deliver a dozen black moss cupcakes to Isharnai, a hag. She gave him a cupcake for himself in payment.[4]
Bells Hells encountered a quickling-like creature in the area Morrigan the Fate Stitcher created for their team-building exercises, that snatched the branch they were searching for from them and dashed off, being quickly killed thereafter.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 See D&D: Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, 5th ed., p. 207.
- ↑ See "Family Shatters" (2x96) at 4:26:10.
- ↑ See "A Race for the Prize" (3x27) at 0:33:59.
- ↑ See "Family Shatters" (2x96) from 4:22:48 through 4:29:40.
- ↑ See "A Test of Trust" (3x80) at 1:05:27.
Art:
- ↑ Depiction of a quickling, by Richard Whitters from Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse, pg. 207, and Volo's Guide to Monsters, pg. 187. This page contains unofficial Fan Content permitted under the Wizards of the Coast Fan Content Policy. Not approved/endorsed by Wizards. Portions of the materials used are property of Wizards of the Coast. ©Wizards of the Coast LLC.