Editing Psurlon (section)

==3e==
In the [[Monster Manual]] 2, psurlons lose all of their AD&D lore about being transformed humanoids, and are depicted as giant earthworms with a single pair of tentacle-like forelimbs. They are simply described as a reclusive and bad-tempered psionic race that normally lives alone or in mated pairs, but sometimes gather in small groups called "clusters" for the sake of claiming territory or achieving a common cause.

[[Lords of Madness]] redesigned them, giving them a new appearance with a vaguely wormish body that skitters along on small, primitive, insectile legs and has a single pair of hooked, insectile claws - like a mantis's forelimbs - for arms, with a long-necked, wormy head attached to something that weirdly resembles a humanoid upper torso. Here, they are again described as simply a desert-dwelling race of aberrations, but now classified as clever, malicious and deceitful, with a strong antipathy towards humanoid life. Their goals mostly revolve around killing or driving off those who get too close to their desert lairs, or simply for the fun of stirring up trouble amongst the humanoid races. Giant psurlons returned in this edition as a bizarre fluke that occasionally happens, when a maturing psurlon's body starts growing instead of its psionic powers.