Bladeling

A Bladeling, using its ability to spray needles at an enemy.

Bladelings are a playable race in Dungeons and Dragons and resemble what you might look like if you had the idea to cross yourself with a hedgehog. Rumoured to have either originated from somewhere else than their native home of Acheron or to have once been Tieflings, they are a distinct race onto themselves. While humaniod they are have little resemble to humans, being six feet tall, have eyes like cold ice, skin that pushes out as hard surfaces and blades, and blood that looks like oil.

They are always up for a good fight. They don't need weapons as their bodies alone are good enough. Being Lawful evil (neutral) they are known to be xenophobic and harsh to those that approach their lands although courteous enough to travellers they meet on the road. It is best not to pry too deeply into a Bladeling's business though as they discourage such attention in harsh ways.

In Planescape they live in the city of Zoronor, located on the bottom layer of Acheron, Ocanthus. This is one of the most inhospitable places in the Multiverse, the razor-sharp shards of metal flying around are capable of tearing an unprotected person to shreds in a matter of seconds. As such, once they settled on Ocanthus they founded a great city surrounded a thick layer of wood they dubbed the Blood Forest. This layer stops most shards the layer throws at them: the big ones who do get through tend to get lodged in the Blood Forest and reinforce it. The Bladelings worship the layer as a god, naming it Hriste, the Gray Whisper. They believe that Hriste creates new Bladelings and in return give the forest living sacrifices.

In 3.5e they featured in Monster Manual 3 and were a terrible enemy to use because of it lowering its AC when using its most powerful attack.