Griffith Dragonlake
First Post
Just for fun, I thought I'd write up a list of monsters that as far as I can tell were created by Gygax and not borrowed from another source. Using this criteria, rust monsters are in (inspired by a cheap plastic toy) but the gorgon is out (the bull form appears in a late Medieval bestiary).
Aerial Servant [AD&D MM Gygax]
Ankheg, The [The Dragon # 5 Gygax]
Beholder [Greyhawk Terry Kuntz]
Black (or Gray) Pudding [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Bllink Dog [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Brain Mole [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Bugbear (the pumpkin-headed one)
Bulette [The Dragon # 1 Gygax]
Carrion Crawler [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Cerebral Parasite [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Chromatic Dragon [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Displacer Beast [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz; inspired by A.E. van Gogt's the coeurl in Voyage of the Space Beagle]
Dragonne [AD&D MM Gygax]
Drow [AD&D MM Gygax]
Ear Seeker [AD&D MM Gygax]
Fungi, Violet [AD&D MM Gygax]
Gas Spore [AD&D MM Gygax]
Gelatinous Cube [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Ghast [AD&D MM Gygax]
Gnoll [OD&D Name from Lord Dunsany; Hyena description added in AD&D MM]
Gray Ooze [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Green Slime [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Intellect Devourer [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Invisible Stalker [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Kuo-Toa
Lammasu [Based on mythical lamassu]
Leucrotta [From Pliny's Natural History]
Lich [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Lurker Above, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Mimic [AD&D MM Gygax]
Mind Flayer [The Strategic Review # 1 Gygax]
Neo-Otyugh [AD&D MM Gygax]
Ochre Jelly [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Ogre Mage [Greyhawk "more properly Japanese Ogres"]
Otyugh [AD&D MM Gygax]
Owlbear [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Phase Spider [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Piercer, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Pseudo-Dragon [AD&D MM Gygax]
Purple Worm [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Quasit [AD&D MM Gygax]
Remorhaz, The [The Dragon # 2 Gygax]
Roper [The Stategic Review # 2 Gygax]
Rot Grub [AD&D MM Gygax]
Rust Monster [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Sahuagin [Blackmoor Arneson]
Shambling Mound, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Shrieker, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Slithering Tracker, The [The Strategic Review # 5 Gygax]
Stirge [possibly derived from the Roman owl-like nightbird striga]
Su-Monster [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Thought Eater [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Thoul [OD&D Gygax & Arneson undocumented 7HD]
Trapper, The [The Strategic Review # 5 Gygax]
Troglodyte [AD&D MM Gygax]
Troll (Gygax version) [Poul Anderson actually]
Type I Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Type II Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Type III Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Type IV Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Umber Hulk [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Xorn [AD&D MM Gygax]
Yellow Mold [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Aerial Servant [AD&D MM Gygax]
Ankheg, The [The Dragon # 5 Gygax]
Black (or Gray) Pudding [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Bllink Dog [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Brain Mole [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Bulette [The Dragon # 1 Gygax]
Carrion Crawler [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Cerebral Parasite [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Chromatic Dragon [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Displacer Beast [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz; inspired by A.E. van Gogt's the coeurl in Voyage of the Space Beagle]
Dragonne [AD&D MM Gygax]
Drow [AD&D MM Gygax]
Ear Seeker [AD&D MM Gygax]
Fungi, Violet [AD&D MM Gygax]
Gas Spore [AD&D MM Gygax]
Gelatinous Cube [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Ghast [AD&D MM Gygax]
Gnoll [OD&D Name from Lord Dunsany; Hyena description added in AD&D MM]
Gray Ooze [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Green Slime [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Intellect Devourer [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Invisible Stalker [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Kuo-Toa
Lich [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Lurker Above, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Mimic [AD&D MM Gygax]
Mind Flayer [The Strategic Review # 1 Gygax]
Neo-Otyugh [AD&D MM Gygax]
Ochre Jelly [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Otyugh [AD&D MM Gygax]
Owlbear [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Phase Spider [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Piercer, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Pseudo-Dragon [AD&D MM Gygax]
Purple Worm [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
Quasit [AD&D MM Gygax]
Remorhaz, The [The Dragon # 2 Gygax]
Roper [The Stategic Review # 2 Gygax]
Rot Grub [AD&D MM Gygax]
Rust Monster [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Shambling Mound, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Shrieker, The [The Strategic Review # 3 Gygax]
Slithering Tracker, The [The Strategic Review # 5 Gygax]
Su-Monster [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Thought Eater [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Thoul [OD&D Gygax & Arneson undocumented 7HD]
Trapper, The [The Strategic Review # 5 Gygax]
Troglodyte [AD&D MM Gygax]
Type I Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Type II Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Type III Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Type IV Demon [Eldritch Wizardry Gygax & Blume]
Umber Hulk [Greyhawk Gygax & Kuntz]
Xorn [AD&D MM Gygax]
Yellow Mold [OD&D Gygax & Arneson]
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