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[Klaus]

And look at those spine ridges! I pity the goblin that tries to ride it! And that tail had better come with a trip attack.

This picture would look okay for a barghest, but a worg?

I shudder to imagine what might become of the poor displacer beast...

 

[Thasmodious]

I agree. I hate that worg. And I've generally liked the art featured in the previews so far (loved the gith). That worg is just awful looking, like the 3e displacer beast.

 

[jaelis]

Could they possibly have grabbed the wrong image? That looks almost nothing like a wolf.

 

[AllisterH]

I can't really blame WotC for trying to distinguish the Wolf, Worg, and Dire Wolf from each other, but....I'm not sure the Worg really worked out. I'm honestly surprised they didn't just junk it for MM2 or something.

Is that an ankylosaur-esque club-tail I see?

I agree with this...

Do we actually need (or want), wolf, dire wolf, worg and winter wolf in the same MM?

 

[Kunimatyu]

I've got a hunch that the Worg has been linked to the hobgoblin theme of breeding crazy creatures and keeping them in cages. It also resembles a MMV monster I saw when flipping through the book, but I can't recall the name.

 

[Klaus]

I can't really blame WotC for trying to distinguish the Wolf, Worg, and Dire Wolf from each other, but....I'm not sure the Worg really worked out. I'm honestly surprised they didn't just junk it for MM2 or something.

Is that an ankylosaur-esque club-tail I see?

Well, the Dire Wolf is easy: it's the horse-sized wolf. As for wolf/worg, one of the best features of the worg was that it could inflitrate/lead a pack of wolves to hide itself, being nearly indistiguishable. It was, quite frankly, the Big Bad Wolf of folk tales. All the cunning and strength of the animal added to evil intelligence and malevolent intent.

 

[WhatGravitas]

This picture would look okay for a barghest, but a worg?

First, when I saw it (and the description)... I thought "looks evil, ugly, and fitting". Then I thought... "wait... goblin + wolf = barghest - but that's a worg!"

Yeah, it would be a really cool barghest - an emaciated, goblin/wolf-mix that eats souls. But as WORG?

Cheers, LT.

 

[Zil]

Do not like...WAY too ugly...

I mean, I know a worg is a bigger and uglier wolf, but that doesn't even look like a wolf...

No kidding. This thing shouldn't be called a worg. Or if it is, then the text should not say these are relatives to wolves. They look more like some kind of bird/lizard aberration. If anything, this looks like the goblin dogs from the Paizo's Pathfinder world (which are not true dogs - the Pathfinder goblins hate true dogs).

 

[Klaus]

I've got a hunch that the Worg has been linked to the hobgoblin theme of breeding crazy creatures and keeping them in cages. It also resembles a MMV monster I saw when flipping through the book, but I can't recall the name.

You're right, the 4E worg is actually a version of the 3.5 guulvorg:

Guulvorg, in Goblin, means "war worg".

NE Huge Magical Beast, CR 13
Immune to cold, DR 10/magic
Special attacks:
Boiling Blood (fire damage against any adjecent foe that damages it with piercing or slashing weapons, Reflex half)
Quick Tail (attacks with bite and tail as a standard action)
Trip

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Perhaps, since this is just a brief description, there are different variants? This is the barghest/guulvorg worg, while another is a natural worg, etc.

Since you figure not every monster now simply has one type, there are multiple variants.