It is called a tatzylwurm, and while not a playable character race, it is a monster from previous editions of D&D. Your DM probably saw the version of it in the Tome of Horrors by Necromancer games, which does have more of an anthropomorphic look to it. Incidentally, this is a creature from real-world germanic folklore, the name meaning "claw worm" in german, and it is pretty well established as a local legend/cryptid in the Alps region, if Google is to be believed.I was tolf by a local DM that there's a Rcae of naga-likes that instead of having a human top half, they have a feline humanoid top half. Is there such race or the DM was pulling stuff out of the ***?
It is called a tatzylwurm, and while not a playable character race, it is a monster from previous editions of D&D. Your DM probably saw the version of it in the Tome of Horrors by Necromancer games, which does have more of an anthropomorphic look to it. Incidentally, this is a creature from real-world germanic folklore, the name meaning "claw worm" in german, and it is pretty well established as a local legend/cryptid in the Alps region, if Google is to be believed.
It seems like fair treatment, to me. I mean, salamanders are also real, but not quite like their D&D representation.So I find it odd, that a Bestiary would include a real world animal's name and apply to some quite odd snake-fox. As a designer, I could see adapting a completely fokloric being or concept and giving it a fantastical twist merging a snake and a fox. Obviously a pipefox is mostly unheard of outside of Japan, but that doesn't excuse taking a realworld beast and keeping the name, but replacing it with a fanciful being that never actually existed in Japan (or anywhere).