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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Remathilis" data-source="post: 9552818" data-attributes="member: 7635">Sure, from a DM perspective, it's easy to say, "there is only one Tarrasque, it lived on my homebrew world and was slain in a campaign I ran four years ago." And if the Tarrasque had been stated to be a unique monster found only on Oerth, it would have been a niche monster found in occasional Greyhawk-related supplements. But the Tarrasque was always part of the Monster Manual and implied to exist on every given world. So, in theory, a group of PCs could encounter the one-and-only tarrasque on Oerth, and then hop on a Spelljammer and fly to Faerun and meet the one-and-only tarasque on Faerun per D&D lore. And that doesn't make much sense. And thus, the tarrasque went from "only one" to "very rare, about one per planet" in D&D lore.So, in the same sense, a one-and-only Medusa would have ended up the same way. Unless she was treated as a unique NPC to one specific setting, she'd end up on every world which would facilitate there being multiple regardless. Of course, WotC has also used the new "First World echos" answer to explain why certain powerful entities (like Tiamat or Orcus) keep getting "get out of jail free" cards. That's on-top of "the Dark Powers bring Strahd back to eternally torment him" and "Demon Lords can only die on their home planes" and "only gods can kill other gods permanently" rules used to explain why PCs keep killing Grazzt and Lolth and so on. Maybe Medusa would have had a similar "can't really die" card. Still, sounds like a lot of work for a relatively low-level, one note monster. Who knows?</blockquote>

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