Snyad/Pestie: “Pesties live in small passages adjoining dungeon corridors. Their sole objective in leaving their tunnels and approaching a party of adventurers is to steal small items of treasure -- gems, coins, pieces of jewelry, small weapons and the like.” (Russ Nicholson illustration from the AD&D Fiend Folio, TSR, 1981) Like the rust monster or xorn, this creature’s primary role in a classic dungeon crawl is to attack a party’s treasure and equipment, not their health.














