D&D General Obscure one hit wonder monsters

[J.Quondam]

Did the odic (undead spirit that inhabits trees) officially appear anywhere after Companion/RC?

 

[Weiley31]

I have never even heared of these things.

Rage Walker was in the third monster manual for 3.0/3.5 IIRC.

 

[TheHand]

Both the xvart and the blindheim have appeared in every edition except (as far as I can tell) 4th Edition. The 5th Edition blindheim is in Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio, Volume 1 which, to be fair, might not be considered to be particularly official, even though it was published by WotC.

Good news! Xvarts were in 4e… -ish. They got renamed to Xivorts but its them underneath the extra vowel!

 

[Weiley31]

Both the xvart and the blindheim have appeared in every edition except (as far as I can tell) 4th Edition. The 5th Edition blindheim is in Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio, Volume 1 which, to be fair, might not be considered to be particularly official, even though it was published by WotC.

Eh close enough.

 

[Lidgar]

I always loved the Xag-Ya/Xeg-Yi from the 1e MMII, although they appeared in other editions too.

 

[Bacon Bits]

Hm. I don't remember the name of it, but in the Epic Level Handbook for 3e there is a sentient sphere of annihilation. It's special attack is to start annihilating the atmosphere, which creates a vacuum like gale drawing everything into the sphere. I've used this at the end of Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil since it looks like one of the symbols of the imprisoned god Tharizdun. I made it draw all the PCs into the sphere, but instead of destroying them it transported them inside Tharizdun's prison... which I decided was Ravenloft.

Edit: Ah, it's open content. It's an umbral blot

There's also a kilometer tall ice elemental, with white dragons swarming about it's head like gnats over a gorilla. I've used one of these as a dungeon on the Plane of Ice or Cold.

Lots of good ideas from that book.

 

[dave2008]

Hm. I don't remember the name of it, but in the Epic Level Handbook for 3e there is a sentient sphere of annihilation. It's special attack is to start annihilating the atmosphere, which creates a vacuum like gale drawing everything into the sphere. I've used this at the end of Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil since it looks like one of the symbols of the imprisoned god Tharizdun. I made it draw all the PCs into the sphere, but instead of destroying them it transported them inside Tharizdun's prison... which I decided was Ravenloft.

Edit: Ah, it's open content. It's an umbral blot

These originally appeared (IIRC) in BECMI as the "blackball:"

Master Set Entry

Immortals Set Entry:

EDIT: I guess the 3e entry confirms it:

 

[Omand]

Another vote here for the Eye of Fear & Flame. Loved using them in 1E.

I have seen them in at least one monster manual since, but for the life of me cannot remember which one.

Cheers

 

[Levistus's_Leviathan]

Another vote here for the Eye of Fear & Flame. Loved using them in 1E.

I have seen them in at least one monster manual since, but for the life of me cannot remember which one.

Cheers

They're also in the official 5e product: Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1, so they also exist in this edition.

 

[Omand]

They're also in the official 5e product: Mordenkainen's Fiendish Folio Volume 1, so they also exist in this edition.

I don't have that volume though, so I know that I have seen them somewhere else.

But thanks.

Cheers