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willpell · 10-01-2012, 04:32 AM

I had understood that "ettercap" was another word for "redcap", ie the bloodthirsty little faeries who dye their cap red with the blood of their victims. I assumed that the spidery version in D&D was the result of confusion with Tolkien's "Attercop".

10-01-2012, 04:32 AM	Top - End - #89
willpell Banned Join Date: Aug 2007 Gender:	Re: Best D&D original monsters out there? I had understood that "ettercap" was another word for "redcap", ie the bloodthirsty little faeries who dye their cap red with the blood of their victims. I assumed that the spidery version in D&D was the result of confusion with Tolkien's "Attercop".