D&D 1E 1E Fiend Folio monsters in 4E Monster Manual!

[Voadam]

Did anybody ever update the masher from the original MM? It was one of the original AD&D monsters that never got an illustration. I have a feeling people forgot it was even in the book.

Cheers,
Cam

The what?

 

[kennew142]

Colonial Insect-Formed Artificial Life :\ ...

Sorry. I was at work and didn't have my FF with me. In any event, I still think the monster was way cooler than its name. But I guess it would have to be.

 

[The Ubbergeek]

Killmoulis!

I would love to play a Killmoulis Monk.

I remember one of my first games... had a rather crazy guy who played an half-ogre, and who hunted kilmoulis to eat them. Big ol' bag full of 'em.

 

[Zander]

Right on, I never checked out Tome of Horrors, but I've heard good things about it.

IMO, for pure reading pleasure, ToH was the best 3.x book.

 

[Zander]

Bunny with the unicorn horn?
there was a lot of dreck in that book.

I don't have my 1E FF to hand but IIRC, that's the al-mi'raj, a creature from arabic and Near-Eastern folklore.

I tend to cut monsters from mythology more slack than I do ones that were created for D&D or any other game. The folkloric creatures, after all, probably existed in people's imaginations for quite some time, maybe many generations, suggesting that they had merit as interesting creatures. YMMV

 

[Zander]

Yes. The masher is in Dungeon #141, p46.

Also, I feel obliged to point out that the githyanki first appeared in White Dwarf #12. Their appearance in the 1981 Fiend Folio was only their third appearance in print.

'Tis true. Many of the 1E FF monsters originally appeared in a White Dwarf column called Fiend Factory. I remember when Zvarts (later spelt Xvarts) was published. We loved killing them in droves, back in the day!

 

[Remathilis]

somebody else mentioned it, but I want to say it again...

FLAIL SNAIL FTW!

 

[Echohawk]

'Tis true. Many of the 1E FF monsters originally appeared in a White Dwarf column called Fiend Factory. I remember when Zvarts (later spelt Xvarts) was published. We loved killing them in droves, back in the day!

A quick check reveals that a full forty Fiend Folio creatures first appeared in White Dwarf: Assassin Bug; Berbalang; Bloodworm, Giant; Bonesnapper; Carbuncle; Coffer Corpse; Devil Dog; Disenchanter; Doombat; Eye Killer; Githyanki; Grell; Hook Horror; Imorph; Mephit, Fire; Mephit, Lava; Mephit, Smoke; Mephit, Steam; Mite; Necrophidius; Needleman; Nilbog; Sandman; Shadow Demon; Sheet Ghoul; Sheet Phantom; Sussurus; Terithran; Throat Leech; Tween; Umpleby; Urchin, Black; Urchin, Green; Urchin, Red; Urchin, Silver; Urchin, Yellow; Volt; Witherstench (Skunk Beast); Witherweed and Xvart.

 

[John Q. Mayhem]

JQM loves the Qullan.

 

[Christian]

Ah, reminds me of Metamorphosis Alpha!

Isn't that what Expedition to the Barrier Peaks was? The ship from MA crashes in a remote part of Oerth ... Somehow I always imagined the initial product pitch as involving alcohol, or possibly weed. "And then, the fighting man picks up, like, a laser pistol ..." "Whoa, awesome. Should there be an extra non-proiciency penalty on that, though?" "Whatever, dude"