D&D General Alright, Forgotten Realms junkies! a Q or two.

[DragonLancer]

Can't you just use a lizardfolk statblock for a saurial and just remove their ability to speak draconic?

Apologies. I wasn't asking for the purpose of using them. It was more a question of are they still there as after 2nd edition I never saw any reference to them.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

Apologies. I wasn't asking for the purpose of using them. It was more a question of are they still there as after 2nd edition I never saw any reference to them.

Tome of Annihilation suggests they aren’t.

Maybe they found their way back home?

 

[bloodtide]

I'm currently attempting to solo play thru the Sword of the Dales trilogy from 2E AD&D. More or less converting it for play with my real group. I've found it needs a bit more work than I expected. One thing I found surprising, and not at all what I have seen in a lot of the old modules I gone through lately: The lack of loot! There are oodles of magic items, but almost no $$ type treasures, aside from the odd belt pouch or saddle bag with a handful of coins. At now 4th level, my party is just as broke as they were when I rolled them up- and that's pretty sad, lol. Both of the "dungeons" in the first two modules have bugger-all for treasure. So, before I run it for a REAL group, that needs changed. (otherwise, the torches and pitchforks might come out, lol)

The early low level 2E adventures were made to be simple and easy. Part of that was very little loot. New adventurers were meant to be kept in the poor house as a reason for them to go on more adventures.

You also get the Realms more Practical Loot . So, not every foe has a pile of treasure.....but most have some stuff. And if your desperate or crazy enough you can collect every 'clay cup' and arrow and go to a town and sell them all.

Bonebat.

Bonebats are undead bats that serve as messengers, guardians, and battle allies to evil priests and wizards and to powerful undead (such as liches, archliches, and vampires). They appear as skeletal giant bats.

For stats they are just "skeletal bats" with a paralyzing touch.

spider skeletons

Just spider skeletons

Verbeeg Skeletons

Just Verbeeg Skeletons. Verbeed are in the Icewind Dale book. Though as skeletons they just 'hit stuff'. You could just say 'ogre' or 'ettin' skeleton.

Hairy Spiders. (in 2E Monstrous Manual)

Just giant spiders

Darkenbeasts. (a monstrous manual entry is at least included in the module- as well as the spell used to create them)

Well, you have all the lore about them. Just little flying monsters.....'Dust Mephit' works just fine.