Monsters u haven't used since 1st/2nd Edition

[Hannibal King]

Ok I've been DMing D&D since 1990 and I've run all 3 editions. I was thinking the other day of all the 1st/2nd edition monsters which used to pop up in my games and realised that I haven't used a lot of them in 3rd edition! I'm talking about core monsters here, monsters I used to use constantly pre-d20 but for whatever reason I haven't used them in my 3rd edition games. These include, and are not limited to:

Giants
Beholders
Dragons (only used a black dragon since d20 came out!)
Golems
Umber Hulks
Lich
Bugbears

Anyone else realise they haven't used some old favourites yet?
HK

 

[RithTheAwakener]

hmm ive seen all of those used ALL the time against me as a player. however, in 3.X i havnt seen too much of the lycanthropes. i literally began D&D fighting werewolves, and havnt seen one since the new books. now that i think about it, its probably for the better, less characters i'll have to reroll

 

[TheAuldGrump]

Pretty much the entire contents of the original Fiend Folio.

Not that I used it much at the time...

The Auld Grump

 

[arwink]

Flail snails and the occasional linorm.

That's about it really. My monster choices have remained pretty consistent accross the editions, and I still use the same monsters I've always used regularly.

 

[the Jester]

Hmmmm.....

In the 2e days I used a lot more various weird monsters, mostly because I had all my 1e and 2e resources to draw on. From weirdos like the enveloper in the 1e FF to the faux faerie/assassin imp combo from the various 2e MC volumes, I was more familiar with a much broader variety of monsters than I am in 3e, especially given how many of the 3e monsters are new in everything after the MM1. Even when I remember a given new critter might be fun to use, I don't often have a good 'feel' for how to run it effectively. Well, I guess missing 20 years of practice with some of the old goodies in 1/2e will do that to ya...

 

[S'mon]

Asmodeus & Demogorgon. Also Tiamat (with 128 hp not 48)

 

[ThirdWizard]

Piercers! I miss those guys...

 

[HellHound]

Just thinking over the adventures I've run since d20 came out...

No bugbears (you are right!)
No Owlbears
No bullywugs

But I think that's it. I keep thinking of monsters I used in OD&D, and each time, I also used them at least once in the past 5 years.

 

[VirgilCaine]

From weirdos like the enveloper in the 1e FF

Mmmmmmm, custom creatures designed to whup the party's ass. I love'em.

I recently threw a Thoul at a group of players. They wanted to know what it was, and I told them.

 

[diaglo]

i use what comes up. but i'm not refereeing d02.

i'm refereeing OD&D(1974).