Complete D&D Monster Index (September 2008)

[Echohawk]

The September 2008 update of my monster index is now available here.

Updates since last release:

• Added Thunderspire Labyrinth (H2)
• Added Pyramid of Shadows (H3)
• Added Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide
• Added Into the Shadowhaunt
• Added Treasure of Talon Pass
• Added Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition for Dummies
• Added RPG stats cards from D&D Miniatures: Against the Giants
• Added Dragon #365 and #366
• Added Dungeon #156 and #157
• Added recent Wizards of the Coast web site updates
• Added four missing creatures from Otherlands
• Added the inaii from Heart of the Enemy
• Added the tohdnerian summoner beast from KotDT #106
• Added recent Creature Catalogue updates
• Added three new White Dwarf conversions from the Frilond Campaign
• Added revised chapters of Athas.org's Dark Sun 3
• Added Draconomicon web enhancement Half-Dragons: Twice as Much Fun
• Updated links to Monsters of the Void
• Updated More Realmsian Creatures

Here's an overview of what is included in the index:

• D&D products published by Wizards of the Coast
• D&D monsters published on the Wizards of the Coast web site
• D&D Miniatures cards
• Dragon magazine 1-366 (and Annuals)
• Dungeon magazines 1-157
• Polyhedron magazines 1-148
• Imagine magazines 1-30 (and Special Edition)
• D&D products published by TSR
• 1st and 2nd Edition AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Al-Qadim AD&D products published by TSR
• Birthright AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Dark Sun AD&D products published by TSR
• Dragonlance AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Dragonlance d20 products published by Sovereign Press/Margaret Weis Productions
• Forgotten Realms AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Greyhawk AD&D products published by TSR/Wizards of the Coast
• Kingdoms of Kalamar D&D products published by Kenzer and Company
• Lankhmar AD&D products published by TSR
• Mystara AD&D products published by TSR
• Oriental Adventures AD&D products published by TSR
• Oriental Adventures/Rokugan d20 products published by AEG
• Planescape AD&D products published by TSR
• Ravenloft AD&D products published by TSR
• Ravenloft d20 products published by Arthaus/Swords & Sorcery
• Spelljammer AD&D products published by TSR
• Monsters from D&D and AD&D computer game manuals
• White Dwarf magazines #1-#93 and "Best of" collections
• Tome of Horrors (volume 1 and volume 1 revised)
• ENWorld Creature Catalog conversions
• Vaults of Pandius hosted conversions
• Various other on-line fan conversions

 

[Alzrius]

I notice that you've changed some of the primary classifications. All forms of Tarrasque, for example, are under "Abomination" now (save for the Spellwarped Woodling Tarrasque, which is under "Spellwarped").

 

[Echohawk]

I notice that you've changed some of the primary classifications. All forms of Tarrasque, for example, are under "Abomination" now (save for the Spellwarped Woodling Tarrasque, which is under "Spellwarped").

Yup, I made quite a few changes to the classification system this time around, including an overhaul of the dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures and changing "planetouched" from a primary classification to an alternative name. Many of the changes were to better accommodate 4th edition monsters into my classification system, but other were just me fiddling .

The spellwarped woodling tarrasque is listed with the "spellwarped" template because that template changes the base type of the tarrasque to Aberration. Usually, when templates change the base type, I list the creature with the template. If the template doesn't change the type, then sample templated creatures are classified with the main creature.

I'm certain that I haven't applied those rules consistently, but that was my usual thinking. Templates are messy to index, and those entries in the index could use some tidying. But there almost nine hundred templates, so that's a fair amount of tidying

 

[freyar]

Aww, couldn't the 4e critters just get 3e types?

Who on earth thought an official spellwarped woodling tarrasque was a sensible idea? I think I remember a variant tarrasque article; was that it?

 

[Echohawk]

Aww, couldn't the 4e critters just get 3e types?

Not easily. The immolith, for example is both a demon and undead. (I've listed it as a demon.) The main classification system in the index is actually fairly edition-neutral, and doesn't reply on creature types. But it still has a bias towards 3rd edition, since most creatures have 3.X stats. I did experiment with having completely separate 3rd and 4th edition classifications, but that didn't work so well.

Who on earth thought an official spellwarped woodling tarrasque was a sensible idea? I think I remember a variant tarrasque article; was that it?

Yes