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<blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 4850817" data-attributes="member: 30001">The actual facts don't make this clear.&nbsp; First of all, the owlbear was a well-known result of Gygax statting up a plastic toy (along with the rust monster and bulette).&nbsp; It appears to me to be an example of Gygax needing a new monster for his game to throw something at the PCs, with an added plus of actually having a miniature to represent the thing.&nbsp; &nbsp;The MM was full of monsters that had already been in the game.&nbsp; I don't really see the need for Gygax to have puffed it out with a bunch of monsters made up specifically for the book.&nbsp; I think it's possible that the Giant Lynx, Goat, etc. were part of some now forgotten encounter in their home game.&nbsp; A Giant Lynx isn't any &quot;dumber&quot; than anything else.&nbsp; It's a fantasy game - the game shouldn't be all dragons, should it?&nbsp; Besides, with a respectable font-size and spacing, there's much less harm done by a few duds in a book than there would be in a 4e style layout - where you'd have a &quot;Gut-Stabber Goat&quot; and a &quot;Cloth-Chewer Goat&quot; and recommended encounter templates for the giant goat, and so on.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gizmo33, post: 4850817, member: 30001"] The actual facts don't make this clear. First of all, the owlbear was a well-known result of Gygax statting up a plastic toy (along with the rust monster and bulette). It appears to me to be an example of Gygax needing a new monster for his game to throw something at the PCs, with an added plus of actually having a miniature to represent the thing. The MM was full of monsters that had already been in the game. I don't really see the need for Gygax to have puffed it out with a bunch of monsters made up specifically for the book. I think it's possible that the Giant Lynx, Goat, etc. were part of some now forgotten encounter in their home game. A Giant Lynx isn't any "dumber" than anything else. It's a fantasy game - the game shouldn't be all dragons, should it? Besides, with a respectable font-size and spacing, there's much less harm done by a few duds in a book than there would be in a 4e style layout - where you'd have a "Gut-Stabber Goat" and a "Cloth-Chewer Goat" and recommended encounter templates for the giant goat, and so on. [/QUOTE]

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