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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yora" data-source="post: 8315039" data-attributes="member: 6670763">In the thread about giants, a mention of the Monster Manual 2 for 3rd edition came up as a side note, and there was some insistent rebukes of my claim that nobody ever seemed to use it, or any additional monster books for that matter.D&D has had a long and well established stable of primary monsters for decades, most of which have been classic default monsters for over 40 years. Goblins, orcs, giants, owlbears, beholders, winter wolves, gnolls, ankhegs, carrion crawlers, and so on. We all know and at least somewhat love them. I believe almost all of them have been in the primary Monster Manual since at least 2nd edition, and the most famous ones even from day one. Their considerable number also means that the primary Monster Manuals are already near capacity with little room for anything else, though the occasional yrthak or nothic manages to get in.But in 2nd and 3rd edition in particular, there have been a lot of Monster Manuals, Monstrous Compendiums, and Fiend Folios, and even the original AD&D edition already had three of them.I would bet there's been over a thousand different monsters in the official monster tomes alone. Yet we always see the same, I don't know... 100?, creatures again and again.Which creatures that are not part of the typical roster that makes it into each new primary Monster Manual for every edition have you seen playing a significant role in campaigns that you have played or run? Or even just led to an exceptionally memorable single encounter?</blockquote>

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