One Edition Monsters

[pawsplay]

I don't think 3.0 and 3.5 count as separate editions for this purpose any more than BECMI and RC do.

Really? BECMI and RC use the same rules. 3.0 and 3.5 do not. Specifically, the Psionics Handbook and the Expanded Psionics Handbook definitely do not, and their blues are somewhat different.

 

[Shemeska]

Debatably, 4e Archons and Eladrin.

Not much debate needed. They're entirely different creatures in 4e from the original archons and eladrin.

 

[the Jester]

Foulspawn, Swordwings, Fell Taints and Sorrowsworn are all 4e-unique, I believe. (You can tell from the compound words!)

Debatably, 4e Archons and Eladrin.

Foulspawn, swordwings and sorrowsworn are all from 3e.

4e archons will go on the list, but eladrins are the old grey elves.

 

[Hellzon]

If we want to be reeeealy picky, there are 3.5 Fire archon stats. Published just before 4E:s release, though, so it's still a 4E thing.

And yeah, I was going to say, archons and eladrin aren't like their old edition namesakes, but are they different enough from old elementals (unlike the new compound elementals) and high/grey elves?

And if we're talking about elementals, what of the new compound types from 4E?
MM1:
Rockfire Dreadnought
Firelasher
Earthwind Ravager
Thunderblast Cyclone

MM2:
Chillfire Destroyer
Dust Devil
Flamespiker
Geonid (pure earth)
Mud Lasher
Rockfist Smasher (pure earth)
Shardstorm
Stormstone Fury
Tempest Wisp (pure air)
Windfiend Fury
Windstriker (pure air)

 

[JoeNotCharles]

Forgewraith (Sharn: City of Towers) [3.5]

This was updated to 4E in a Dungeon adventure.

Really? BECMI and RC use the same rules. 3.0 and 3.5 do not. Specifically, the Psionics Handbook and the Expanded Psionics Handbook definitely do not, and their blues are somewhat different.

I'm judging by the fact that I own the 3.0 PHB and DMG, but the 3.5 MM, and I never noticed until last week. If you showed me a monster listing from 3.0 and one from 3.5 I wouldn't be able to tell which edition it was for unless you told me - 1e and 2e had different actual listing formats with different amounts of information in them.

 

[the Jester]

Is the feathered serpent significantly different from the couatl? (Or the flying snake?)

Is the giant ferret significantly different from the dire weasel?

 

[darjr]

bugbears

Don't forget the stranglers, I hate those. Almost as bad as a monster that dominates.

Oh, uh, I love this thread.

 

[Holy Bovine]

I
Dust Devil

Geonid (pure earth)

I remember seeing Dust Devils (summoned by a cleric spell) from an old issue of Dragon (issue number in the 60's I believe).

Geonids appeared in module X5 Temple of Death as boulder people who could retract their arms and legs into their shells and pretend to be boulders.

 

[Echohawk]

Is the feathered serpent significantly different from the couatl? (Or the flying snake?)

Hmmmm... feathered serpents look similar to couatls but are only about as intelligent as dogs ("the folks of Colima train them as watchdogs"). I think the flying snake from Races of Faerûn is pretty similar though.

Is the giant ferret significantly different from the dire weasel?

Well, I don't think I'd be able to tell a giant ferret from a dire weasel, if I bumped into one in a dark alley

 

[Echohawk]

A quick look through the 'I's gives me the following list. I haven't checked this one very thoroughly, so there are bound to be a few that have appeared in other editions.

Ibis (Races of Faerûn) [3.0]
Ibixian (Monster Manual III) [3.5]
Ice Lizard (MC14: Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix) [2e]
Ice Serpent* (Dungeon #27) [2e]
Ice Serpent* (Monsters of Faerûn) [3.0]
Ice Warrior (Dungeon #159) [4e]
Icegaunt (Frostburn) [3.5]
Icetail (FR14: Great Glacier) [2e]
Icy Prisoner (Dragon #324) [3.5]
Id Fiend (Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert) [2e]
IffanbutT (ST1: Up the Garden Path) [BECMI]
Iguana, Horned (MC5: Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix) [2e]
Iguana, Giant (MC5: Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix) [2e]
Iguana (Dragon #341) [3.5]
Ihagnim (Dragon #89) [1e]
Imago (Savage Species Web Enhancement) [3.0]
Imbul (Practical Planetology (SJR4)) [2e]
Imorph (Fiend Folio) [1e]
Imp, Blue (GAZ3: Principalities of Glantri) [BECMI]
Imp, Bog (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix) [2e]
Imp, Book (Arcane Power) [4e]
Imp, Chaos (Planes of Chaos/Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three) [2e]
Imp, Choleric (Dragon #338) [3.5]
Imp, Garden (Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix) [2e]
Imp, Melancholic (Dragon #338) [3.5]
Imp, Phlegmatic (Dragon #338) [3.5]
Imp, Red (GAZ3: Principalities of Glantri) [BECMI]
Imp, Sanguine (Dragon #338) [3.5]
Imp, Wishing (Ravenloft Monstrous Compendium Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness) [2e]
Incarnate (Dragon #193/Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix) [2e]
Ineffable Horror (Underdark) [3.5]
Inevitable, Anhydrut (Waste Crawler) (Sandstorm) [3.5]
Inevitable, Kolyarut (Manual of the Planes/Monster Manual v.3.5) [3.5]
Inevitable, Quarut (Fiend Folio ) [3.0]
Inevitable, Varakhut (Fiend Folio ) [3.0]
Inevitable, Zelekhut (Manual of the Planes/Monster Manual v.3.5) [3.0]
Infernal Armor (D&D Miniatures: Demonweb) [4e]
Infernite (Dragon #159) [2e]
Infinity Vine (MC7: Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix) [2e]
Ingogo (Dragon #122) [1e]
Insectoid, Antold (Dragon #32) [1e]
Insectoid, Koasp (Dragon #32) [1e]
Insectoid, Scorpiorc (Dragon #32) [1e]
Insectoid, Skag (Dragon #32) [1e]
Insectoid, Woblin (Dragon #32) [1e]
Irda Tree (Sylvan Veil) [2e]
Iridescent Ooze (Dragon #367) [4e]
Iridescent Plecoe (Ruins of Undermountain II/Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two) [2e]
Iron Maiden (Polyhedron #145) [3.0]
Iron Man (C3: Lost Island of Castanamir) [1e]
Ironclad Mauler (Monster Manual III) [3.5]
Ironglass Rose (Wizards of the Coast web site) [3.5]
Ironthorn (Sandstorm) [3.5]
Island Serpent (OA3: Ochimo the Spirit Warrior) [1e]
Isopterite (SJA3: Crystal Spheres) [2e]
Ivory Champion (Dragon #356) [3.5]