D&D Basic Monsters: Grick

The Grick did not make its debut in D&D until 3rd edition, when it was thrust into stardom, making an appearance in the Monster Manual. From there on it has appeared in the main Monster Manual of all following editions.

Basically a snake with tentacles, it might bring creatures like the Dhole or Cthonian from Lovecraftian horror to mind, though the Grick lacks the massive size of those nightmares.

In the 3rd edition Monster Manual describes them as having four tentacles, and while this is not stated in the description of the 5th edition Grick, official artwork still usually depict it with four tentacles. One can only assume that the artist here has some kind of tentacle fetish.