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There's a creature that is basically a walking stony, spiky structure of holes and tubes. Wind blowing through the creature's body produces soft whistling noises that can pacify lesser undead. I couldn't remember the name of it, so I had to poke around til I found it in the 1e Fiend Folio...

Oh yes, phantom fungus! I don't recall seeing them in any published product either; but I once used them in a short delve of my own in which they were used as beasts of burden and food for a big band of grimlock miners. Another one of mine, (also that I first saw in BECMI Companion) is the...

What are some relatively obscure monsters that have piqued your interest, but that you've never actually used/encountered? Bonus: If you're aware of an adventure or encounter that features someone else's favorite obscure beastie, let them know. I've got several favorites like this, but one...

That brings to mind a PF adventure I don't recall much about that particular story, but I could certainly envision a subtler version of that in which very powerful interests in banking (or politics or criminal orgs or whatever) pitting the health of the townsfolk against the health of the...

Or give males tall, brightly-colored crests, or ostentatious tail feathers. And make them instinctively good at disco-dancing when they hit the nightclubs.

For me, everything that is unwholesome about dungeon diving (and therefore awesome about D&D!) is immortalized in this image:

That was such an innocent time.

I don't know what that breakfast is, but... :love::love::love:

Minotaurs with udders?

(So since this is technically also a D&D thread....) Is anyone finding that groups are shying away from "plague" as a theme in games they're playing or otherwise aware of? I have no input on the matter, as I'm not actively playing. I'm just curious about others' experiences.

Shorter rather than longer campaigns for me. Life makes stable groups hard to come by, so I won't assume a game can go on longer than a year, if not less. I also like to see story arcs resolve rather than dissolve. The only practical way to address both those is to aim for short campaigns...

That's exactly what's so disheartening about this pandemic: effectively we are being attacked, and so we are in this together. But for whatever reason, the powers that be seem intent on pulling us apart instead of pulling us together to deal with it. Maybe it would be different if the virus...

We can't even get spring breakers and "freedumb fighters" to do something as simple as wear masks, so I seriously doubt the US could get its shizzle together enough to divorce itself from the world in any way that is even remotely civilized.

This pandemic thing is never going to end in the US, is it?

They're basically just bigger meaner versions of real animals, right? Monster Manual phase spiders, for example, are way worse than the little bitty phase spiders in my bathroom.

The website says it's recommended for ages 12+.

This is just horse-hockey. In no way, shape or form does WotC's disclaimer say "all" this older material, older creators, and older customers are "wrong".

wave of water, then hit it with a freezing sphere to freeze PCs in the trench as they are assailed by kobolds a great wave of hot molasses accompanied by swarms of angry hornets, which the kobolds simply snack on as they assail the mired PCs. rust monster stampede (if you have a desire to...

However... a COVID-type party might be an fun, a propos twist on an opening scene of a zombie horror flick.