Cursed the ground where dead thoughts live new and oddly bodied, and evil the mind that is held by no head. “The nethermost caverns are not for the fathoming of eyes that see for their marvels are strange and terrific. If you’re thinking spell-casting purple wyrms, remember Lovecraft’s creatures from “The Festival”. That'd necessitate making them less worm-like and more reptilian in appearance, but that's still in line with OD&D's general description of them, while also being an homage to Chainmail.
So, the thought has crossed my mind that purple worms (purple wyrms?) are in fact related to dragons, if not actually a subspecies of them. While I've avoided detailing any more of the campaign setting than I need for my immediate purposes, I have to admit that I have been giving some thought to the role of dragons, if only because it seems a shame, in a game called Dungeons & Dragons, not to use these creatures at some point. The purple worm, which I've yet to have any reason to use in my Dwimmermount campaign so far, strikes me as a good candidate for such a re-imagining. I'm a big fan of re-imagining classic monsters in ways that aren't arbitrary but rather reflective of their complex histories/origins. Interestingly, the AD&D Monster Manual includes an aquatic variant of this creature, called the mottled worm, which recalls its first appearance in Chainmail. There is a poisonous sting at its tail, but its mouth is its most fearsome weapon, for it is so large as to be able to swallow up to ogre-sized opponents in one gulp.Other than its color, the main element that carried over from Chainmail is the worm's poisonous sting.
Some reach a length of 50 feet and a girth of nearly 10 feet diameter. These huge and hungry monsters lurk nearly everywhere just beneath the surface of the land. Of course, Volume 2 of OD&D, which contains the illustration accompanying this post, provides the first write-up of this creature, under the name by which it became staple of the game. As others have already noted, D&D's purple worm began its existence as a rare species of dragon in Chainmail.įinally, the Purple, or Mottled, Dragon is a rare, flightless worm with a venomous sting in its tail.No other details are given for this Purple Dragon.
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