Green Regenerating Phonies

[Salogel]

Just a quick question here.

The Monster Manual has plenty of mythological creatures, and has defined them for the D&D game.

Question being, where did they get the image of the troll? The green, sinewy thingy isn't what Tolkien was talking about, so what source was it taken from?

Just curious...

 

[Hypersmurf]

Try here:

"While trolls can be found throughout folklore, and are well-known to readers of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit, the D&D troll comes from Three Hearts and Three Lions, by Poul Anderson, including the long nose and rubbery skin, ability to regenerate, and weakness to fire."

-Hyp.

 

[Salogel]

You're my hero!