Couatl

In the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy roleplaying game, the couatl is a large serpentine creature, and in 3rd edition is considered a native outsider.

Publication history

The name 'couatl' is a reference to Quetzalcoatl, an Aztec god, sometimes called 'The Plumed Serpent'. The couatl first appeared in Eldritch Wizardry supplement (1976).

The couatl appeared in first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in the original Monster Manual (1977).

The couatl appeared in second edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons in Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989), reprinted in the Monstrous Manual (1993).

The couatl appeared in the third edition Monster Manual (2000), and the version 3.5 Monster Manual (2003).

The couatl appeared in the fourth edition Monster Manual 2 (2009).

The couatl appeared in the fifth edition Monster Manual (2014).

Ecology

Couatls are known throughout the Dungeons & Dragons universe for their beauty, magic, and virtue. Because of their intelligence and devotion to good, they are worshipped by people who inhabit the same area as them.