Monsters new to 3E?

[CRGreathouse]

I'm curious about the origins of various D&D monsters, and I thought this was the best place to get information of this sort. Is there a list somewhere of monsters that originated in 3E -- that have no basis in earlier editions? The yeth hound yrthak, for example, I don't remember from 2E. Can we come up with a list like that?

I found this on James Wyatt's site:

The new Monster Manual also includes 25 monsters that, to my knowledge (and I'm pretty confident in this), have not been published for D&D before: the allip, the arrowhawk, the chuul, the delver, the destrachan, the digester, the ethereal filcher, the ethereal marauder, the frost worm, the gray render, the grick, the krenshar, the phantom fungus, the phasm, the shocker lizard, the spider eater, the tendriculos, the tojanida, the yrthak, the celestial template, the fiendish template, the half-celestial template, the half-dragon template, and the half-fiend template (though you could argue that one, with alu-demons and cambions in 1st and 2nd Editions). I'll happily take corrections to that list.

Also, I remember seeing a quote (from Skip Williams?) about some of these new monsters, in essence explaining them as ways to introduce (generally low-level) characters to new mechanics. Perhaps the phantom fungus was one example used -- showing 1st-level neophytes how invisibility worked.

Does anyone else remember this, or am I just confusing this with something else?

 

[The_Old_one]

I remember the Yeth Hound from Planescape in 2e, in the Planescape MC Appendix, although it may have been around before that.

3e originals I know of for certain are the Yrthak and Tojanida. The Gray Render may be new to 3e.

 

[el-remmen]

The yeth hound was definitely around since 1E - I can tell you that much.

Perhaps it was in the 1E MMII? I may be mis-remembering the book, but it was definitely around.

 

[Dykstrav]

Yeth hound has been around since 1E. I believe it was in the MMII.

Only distinctly 3E monster that really jumped out at me was the grick. Someone has told me that the allip is also new. I don't know about that, but I don't remember seeing them before 3E.

 

[Rhun]

To confirm: I just whipped out my AD&D MMII and there on page 129 is the Yeth Hound. So definitely a 1E creature.

 

[CRGreathouse]

I remember the Yeth Hound from Planescape in 2e, in the Planescape MC Appendix, although it may have been around before that.

3e originals I know of for certain are the Yrthak and Tojanida. The Gray Render may be new to 3e.

Sorry, I was thinking of the yrthak when I wrote "yeth hound".

 

[demiurge1138]

New monsters that I know of include:

Chuul
Destrachan
Darkmantle
Digester
Ethereal Filcher and Marauder
Phantom Fungus
Tojanda
Ythrak

I suspect the phasm is as well (as a reimagining of the protein polymorph), but I don't know.

Demiurge out.

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Not to be TOO obvious, but you'll find that several of the Chainmail/D&D Minis game critters are new to the game.

I'd tell you which ones, but several of my books are on loan.

As I recall, however, there are a couple of constructs & the Stonechild.

 

[Dykstrav]

Oh yeah. All the automatons, the stonechild, the stonespike, felldrakes, and the abyssal maw all came from Chainmail. I'm sure there's others I just can't remember off the top of my head.

The twig blight was also kinda cool. Wystes and desmodeus also premiered in that first adventure path for 3E.

 

[paradox42]

Actually the Wyste is from 2E- it first appeared in The Gates of Firestorm Peak, along with the Dharculus and the Brood Gibberling. That adventure also debuted the idea of the Far Realm.