Editing Werecrocodile (section)

==D&D==
In [[Dungeons & Dragons]], werecrocodiles originated in the [[Forgotten Realms]] setting, appearing in the splatbook "Old Empires" (all about Mulhorand and Unther, the [[Egypt]] regions of Faerun) for [[Advanced Dungeons & Dragons]] 2nd edition, before being reprinted in a more general D&D direction in 1993's Monstrous Manual. They are also known to inhabit the setting of [[Ravenloft]], with fans also adding the [[Werealligator]] to the setting as well. Their last appearance was in [[Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition]], with appearances in Monsters of Faerun for 3.0 and Lost Empires of Faerun for 3.5. 

On Faerun, werecrocodiles were created as a servitor race by the minor Mulhorandi deity [[Sebek]], although they were eventually chased out of their birthlands by humans - at the time where "Old Empires" was set, they had been driven away for over 500 years, and were most commonly found in the Adderswamp of Chessenta, with this info being repeated in their 3e appearances.

In human form, werecrocodiles are tall and slender, with thin, sharp-featured faces characterized by long noses, long chins, and pronounced overbites. For most of their history, they only had two forms; human or a huge crocodile, but in 3.5, they gained the ability to assume a hybrid form. Werecrocs typically live alone, or in small family units typically ruled over by their mother, spending most of their days hunting in crocodile form before retiring to sleep at night in simple mud huts crafted within swamps or on the banks of rivers - as you'd expect, werecrocs hang out in places where normal crocs like to live. Aside from being territorial, they also relish the taste of human flesh, and are quick to pick off human victims when they can; they are expert trap-makers, and typically use the guise of a weeping, grief-stricken human to lead human prey into their traps. However, they're not idiots and realize that humans are too dangerous to tackle in large numbers, so they only pick on individuals and small groups.

For some reason, werecrocs are even more crazy about eating [[wererat]]s than they are about eating people.