Meanings
plural vrocks
- fantasyA humanoid demon with the head, claws, and wings of a giant vulture.
The hag, after seeing her threats had no effect on Liann, left her alone, though usually watched over by the vrock.
2005, Trina L. Talma, River's End, page 281 more example
If you play with certain demons (mariliths, vrocks, hezrous, bone devils, nalfeshnees, pit fiends, or water demons), you could eventually get Yeenoghu anywhere, and then he could get you Demo.
2001, Kate Nepveu, “some tough questions?”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet)
Origin
- Swedishvråk“buzzard”
- Englishvrock
Introduced in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in the 1970s. Possibly related to Swedish vråk (“buzzard”).
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