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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Echohawk" data-source="post: 9324878" data-attributes="member: 9849">S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (June 1982) <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/uUCaBydAtZ4Zp6nHRLEgp2-qdCcW8GNYGVMQeYw1i1PRmgHjEe00DpO0zey7Ljb3LMDmo-SAQKOFQZFA5snWTfxryko9pU7iAtagBIK-x5rek7PViOKBocPVET0ewLxYVsadjMqBPz0Pw0-ZTMsv030" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 162px" /><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/CFdR62UVmS1IYXyTjd1AQ3OjihxnNa4VqMIA5bDYZCyHXrlcRrDmgtF57lIHS7168RtdBc4gBzuMQN2Ic9NRfIi4z4Q-Wnn2dI4npDaM6jUwAnFymjQwAEWapD5Ll0slmLOS6kg-h-3eRHMu11eBb3Y" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 159px" /> The penultimate adventure in Quests from the Infinite Staircase is The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. This was published as an adventure plus a 32-page Monsters and Magical Items booklet. The first 18 pages of that booklet are dedicated to new monsters, with 37 new stat blocks, the highest for any first edition product outside of the Monster Manuals and the Fiend Folio. All of these monsters would later be reprinted in full in the Monster Manual II. New monsters There are a lot of new monsters to review here! The bar-lgura, behir, chasme, dao, demi-lich, dretch, formorian and marid can now be found in the fifth edition Monster Manual, although some spellings (barlgura, fomorian) have evolved. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/bNcLR6HmUYVTmWtnJ6nZojICyEw1S5QfwbA1K4FQqDELpTGZM9zweZk945-G0ovuFRM_9_D2ZA7d3DJk4Q_uz7d4hzki5mr43m2O_JdlRsQMbOoyAcSKh7NcBJ-hKVyZAOk5yu3o-40kN-rbGemECnI" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 111px" /> The bodak was updated for fifth edition in Volo’s Guide to Monsters (2016). Rutterkin appeared in Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes (2018). Derro, Baphomet, Fraz-Urb-luu and Graz’zt appeared in Out of the Abyss (2015). All of these were reprinted in Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (2022). Kostchtchie has a stat block in Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus but didn’t make the jump to Monsters of the Multiverse. Of all of these monsters, only the bodak actually appears in the adventure, so it seems unlikely that we’ll see reprints of the others in Quests from the Infinite Staircase. Don’t forget though, that we already have derro on the likely reprint list based on their presence in When a Star Falls. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/DikE3M5FZ7fxcsry3XW8wUPW7QwHjqKxxRcIwjp7rX8UJ6DiOV6aFQuKtYj_RHyDFoschLSpD27A_kNp9Sbk8ZT5mYzti0BElG0D5tzLiAhH00bat4EKnqqb0RW_-ENgmegbRwSfXuaEjhldMV4dxno" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 136px" /> The normal bat had appeared previously in the D&D Basic Set (1981) but The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth was its AD&D debut, along with the mobat. The mobat is essentially a huge bat with a screech. The fifth edition Monster Manual already has bats, swarms of bats and giant bats, and in the preview adventure Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth the mobats have been replaced by a cloaker, so they are clearly not getting an update. Also not being updated are the cave cricket (“use the giant frog stat block”), cave moray (“use the giant poisonous snake stat block”), or the gorgimera (the Rainbow Cavern is now instead inhabited by a behir). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/M7HfyfsMW7tKJ2vaWz2H--KEkiNtZtudPhWCRCpimsnB4Z-r5HDphOiPKrttR9WNLyoMMGwOnA79Be7tgVMRRQsMLkNVv2Vw26xnABJeV1lBpwIb26ivJ-tFQZmpCfFZ6WRubdrpvApmK3qLc_JE8Xo" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 99px" /><img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/nlfPN2jgWlIlo5kI-IPDGjgSCjACoEFbQXhAWvgbfVqfTg67Dps1bsJDEfYiiehhOAR1TlNC3O2VCi05pVIy250JSsgxHn72r_Emzr66xeBZ1aBjuzXVsw6tIfmHd5838qenFKhkWlZBzTm9PCgYpls" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 105px" /> On the other hand, we know for sure that the pech will be updated in Quests from the Infinite Staircase since the updated <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/monsters/4353901-pech" target="_blank">stat block</a> is already available on D&D Beyond. Pech are bipedal diggers from the elemental Plane of Earth who have stone-shaping powers. Pech made it into second edition in the Monstrous Manual (1993) but you could easily have missed their third edition appearances in the Kenzer & Co. licensed adventure Midnight’s Terror (2001) as an outsider, or as a fey creature in Dungeon #151 (2007). Fourth edition mentions pech as potential elemental companions in Player’s Options: Heroes of the Elemental Chaos (2012). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/n3k1BmEFOoL3obJ7oE1T-mZ4L5OOcG6FM71rWEAEl-IWu9Z1tn5-W1U_eI1EORL-z7vIsQmfVEIfHTpgjnWVB0prATYml1SoLcamWixW-_KOSFqax6KrZ54CWV28K_TKQReakhpj1ci0CukZnv0tpM4" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 119px" /> Alu-demons are, according to The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, rumored to be the offspring of succubi and humans. The Monster Manual II (1983) dropped the rumor caveat and made their geneology authoritative. Alu-demons became alu-fiends in the second edition Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix (1991), but in third edition they were replaced by a more generic half-fiend template. The original alu-demons were exclusively female thanks to their succubus ancestry, whereas half-fiends could be any gender. Alu-demons are unlikely to be updated in Quests simply because they do not feature in the adventure, but only in the Monsters and Magical Items booklet. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Gy-Jh1hbQSAYrFHG3B7J5FIIzgZdvl75doKxq_rfWY9Vx57tcrRQdHKd2RYpNzxZoREWhXClFhoUTSBQ5SaG3CDtRZ1NeFoa8YoJO0v4bphDCGgrjZpwnqk2xtS8SSZM_dkfR4e9tU4I4p-I7qJZqg8" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 89px" /> The cooshee is a large dog, typically found in the company of elves. A cooshee is slightly faster than an ordinary dog, and typically attempts to knock over human-sized opponents. It is able to move silently and has coloration that enables it to hide effectively in brush and woodlands. Cooshees do not associate or cross-breed with other types of dog. Although cooshees were updated for second edition in Tales of the Lance (1992) and third edition in Races of the Wild (2005), a fifth edition update seems unlikely. Their only appearance in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth is as part of an elven warband, and they could easily be replaced by an ordinary dog. That said, there was a version of the cooshee in the D&D Next Bestiary for S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (2013). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/U-a1L5axOlEyols0a1fD9QKRYv7RfESeYUEMgs9O23u5iHi-j8ILQ_yyqCWrRmSiUDuAWg_6vn6MWA2ohDBEZ4NQkijkOFI6sppVMLZ9ZAxUAQaWgArRg41F6mHge_1_GsFuwKWbqZCipdglf8sklfQ" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 242px" /> A crystal ooze is essentially an aquatic gray ooze. It hides in water and then flows over a target, secreting a paralytic poison before it consumes the unfortunate victim. Like its gray ooze relative, it has some psionic abilities, but these are not spelled out in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. This ooze was updated in the second edition Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989). A fifth edition version seems unlikely, since this creature does not appear in the adventure. However, like the cooshee, the crystal ooze did appear in the D&D Next Bestiary for S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (2013). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/Kv7AdxpmV4rs4kBdDDCHiDe36YCJF-aplRWnKQ3xdSmjiIYh8RhzS5uFG1WT-ZhtD_UhhlWuKBQaaVaC3NkgjRkPbCUtQLD-DqXhPtvAv3JXv5UJ2bgz8pjZjfzUC22ruosdNi18vPYCw_mcYu8mB0M" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 137px" /> The brown pudding, dun pudding and white pudding are unlikely to be updated for the same reason—they appear only in the Monsters and Magical Items booklet. Each of the three is a variation on the black pudding. The brown variety is found in marshes, has a tougher skin, but a less effective dissolving attack. The dun pudding is desert-dwelling and can consume silicates, while the white pudding lives in snowy climes and can survive on ice or snow. All three of these pudding variants were updated for second edition in Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/qxy2eMhiqtBoxaMeiK1snMOEAfClRK5Be5cW_wE-uS0bbTzaNJn0PclN0x8GAEGcag_gsul_AiO_b9a0xr8fm7HLhZTGWqNXe8JgPSZD5vlVewKLQ_rDF94GI2UMfMF0DHwJcX_fp6zyl8D0E_HaHwY" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 101px" /> A monster much more likely to appear in Quests from the Infinite Staircase is the dracolisk, since there is one living in the Great Cavern in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. A dracolisk is the six-legged offspring of a black dragon and a basilisk and has the breath weapon and gaze attack of both parents. A second edition version of the dracolisk appeared in the Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), a third edition version in Expedition to the Ruins of Castle Greyhawk (2007), and a D&D Next version in Bestiary for S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (2013). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/G4621tpErnDQYFjd7FzQaNWIrSbGSAaTxfyeVlxgJmn3OwD7rhRoWO3EiG7OM4-0-cL7_RWnZ5LAyiTgOyk09TFirHPOW9GT52rWlgiLvyYTHfJBB8gFUbZjRRgZ383KxrkSHRrW6LsBl3WPrDGTvqk" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 132px" /> The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth introduces two marine trolls, also known as scrags. Both the smaller fresh water scrag and the larger, more intelligent salt water scrag only regenerate when immersed in water. Although scrags appeared in the second edition Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) and were mentioned as a variant in the third edition Monster Manual (2000) they do not appear in the original adventure and are thus not likely to be updated. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/P3HJOywkSiKHcEz1Q2iTF0Px87JDDtjtyYnq3z9UX5qx7Ec1msFODWg3nKnYCugNn1E6fmbnal9zgIbQVaIKeaLP4QT1T8wRA-BJwWoodZBjWrJgk_3f7ozegV4HWlIpyXCZz4Sb2Bgaul18KddtRZU" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 105px" /> The marlgoyle, or as it was later renamed in the Monster Manual II (1983), the margoyle, is a slightly more powerful gargoyle. It was updated in the second edition Monstrous Compendium Volume Two (1989), but the entry for marlgoyle in the D&D Next Bestiary for S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (2013) simply says “Use Gargoyle (above)”, so a fifth edition version seems very unlikely. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/caV0laSD8j-RKnXWS70trd5zQUcY4iNUh-m3qZ7gJZ6jUawxlKeUBlpJek-cQtwAWDukCy9v5tygCAMgUd60nJT4RkMSqweg1toAI9_zfHu_3ziYVl8qdINMiC8h_Dl_w2AlYILIeeoiFvrTy3Xaowc" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 162px" /> Olive slime and the related slime creature are monsters that appear only in the Monsters and Magical Items booklet, and are thus unlikely to be updated. This is a pity, because the olive slime is one of the more interesting ooze variants. Related to green slime, olive slime drops onto victims, secretes a numbing poison, spreads over the target’s body and inserts tendrils to drain bodily fluids. Over the course of a few minutes, the slime takes control of the victim’s mind, and then gradually converts them into a slime creature which lives in a symbiotic relationship with the slime. The olive slime also appeared in the second edition Greyhawk Ruins (1990) and a third edition version can be found in Dungeon #132 (2006). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/zUQZtqf-LR93BRIPGkY0SysDnyA8K5pYH8IXNaBCHHolI95fty9VN11DDb5WtMePmzUY3Sl13NoaGKV0Z-ScyzErPOUgj15yvvqvpyFHLSDlmhZfNkDiMe65vINrCBNp8jwk7_FurwdA_2cPxfmyZMY" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 86px" /> Valley elves are a reclusive, xenophobic branch of elves found in Oerth’s Valley of the Mage. Apart from their cultural differences, and some minor physical variations (they are thinner and have sharper features) there is little to distinguish valley elves from other elves. They did get second and third edition updates in the Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix (1990) and Living Greyhawk Journal #2 (2000), but a fifth edition version seems unlikely. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/V7WBak2v4a9DM5FZQbfCZuUGv8Wfp_lXKcgeuZL5J3cOQCsdHegnD4vOk9APZqvuc_w8TT8xDvEiBDz7IWke8Pt1CCWysNo5HloB7PTh0ZrcFDQ1yBuOIIvlMVsimKYYQWM8EWBO6JXtimUd1aQIuHQ" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 106px" /> A wolfwere is a reverse werewolf, in that it is a shape-changing wolf able to take humanoid form. Wolfweres can sing a song that induces lethargy in those that hear it, so many take a human form with musical skills, such as bards or minstrels. The wolfwere had a second edition version in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One (1989) as well as a more powerful Ravenloft version known as a greater wolfwere, which debuted in Feast of Goblyns (1990). There was a D&D Next wolfwere in Bestiary for S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (2013) and even a semi-official fifth edition version in Minsc and Boo's Journal of Villainy (2021). Another version in Quests from the Infinite Staircase seems unlikely given that wolfweres appear only on the random encounter tables in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/nZMuR7WMMg4MhgpaHZP6gvw2vF7cQJ3qq6PHwWwK0znZy_uqc3reXDkty6KgUONTZ0sOv62H8Iw_LJS6C-ZA_syBl_7OfocBcIcZkkgCRTZJ8hT5jqdpahOhmnoHmoFyozO4OE0QrOkBIV04apK3Y3Y" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 371px" /> Perhaps the most unusual new monsters introduced in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth are the xag-ya and the xeg-yi. These two monsters are silvery or black spheres with tentacle appendages. They are creatures originating in the Positive and Negative energy planes respectively and possess energy surge or chilling attacks. If both creatures are in one place at the same time, they move into each other and an explosion results. As odd as they are, the xag-ya and xeg-yi have appeared in (nearly) every edition, getting a second edition update in the Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix III (1998), and a third edition update in the Manual of the Planes (2001). Third edition made them types of energons and introduced several additional varieties: spiritovores (in 2002’s Bastion of Souls), xag-az (on the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20030210231800/http://www.wizards.com/dnd/article.asp?x=dnd/psi/psi20021122c" target="_blank">WotC website</a> in 2002), xac-yel, xac-yij, xap-yaup, xong-yong, and xor-yost (all from 2004’s Planar Handbook). Fourth edition only has a xeg-yi in the conversion notes for the last third edition Exemplars of Evil (2007). Both monsters appear in the D&D Next Bestiary for S4: The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth (2013). Since the xag-ya and xeg-yi put in an appearance at the end of the original The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth, they are strong candidates for an update in Quests. Other monsters Despite having an extensive booklet of new monsters, The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth also uses a large number of creatures from other sources. Fortunately most of them have already appeared in fifth edition in some form. Creatures that can be found in the Monster Manual include: animated armor, brown bear, centaur, clay golem, cockatrice, gas spore, giant badger, giant eagle, hill giant, minotaur, ogre, pony, roper, shambling mound, shrieker, stirge, stone giant, stone golem, troll, umber hulk, wolf, wyvern, and xorn. The original adventure also includes piercers, but those no longer live in the caverns’ underground lake, at least in the <a href="https://www.dndbeyond.com/sources/dilct/descent-into-the-lost-caverns-of-tsojcanth#L13UndergroundLake" target="_blank">Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth</a> preview on D&D Beyond. Green slime can be found in the fifth edition Dungeon Master’s Guide. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/_GCD2FK09eODe60eOkYwaAPTT_y8OuJc6jwBDnT5ehHznsiGI7kSBieIIWBmmDwWzxMuTge35IRKfaZGU6KwzX4kgqEY8QZ8ImtkA8g1REwOYrEfjkN94LN_bXG03x8xvdniGXm9Sqagzii0bvxD73w" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 139px" /> For some reason, The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth includes a lot of slight variations of standard monsters. Hippogriffs are in the fifth edition Monster Manual, but in addition to adult hippogriffs and untamed hippogriffs (which are really just hippogriffs) Tsojcanth also has fledgling hippogriffs and tamed hippogriffs. These will likely be dealt with by noting any minor stats variations in the adventure text. Similarly, the mighty hill giant will either be replaced by an ordinary hill giant or have any changes noted in the text. The gray-furred giant snake will likely be replaced with a giant poisonous snake, and the adventure’s sub-adult blue dragon will probably become a young blue dragon. The huge subterranean lizard is likely to be replaced by the giant subterranean lizard from Tales from the Yawning Portal (2017), especially if that gets reprinted in Quests, which is possible due to its appearance in When a Star Falls. The mountain horse will most likely be replaced with a riding horse, while the light warhorse and medium warhorse are probably covered by the Monster Manual’s standard warhorse. The minotaurs in Tsojcanth are riding bulls, which don’t have fifth edition statistics, but there are oxen in Volo's Guide to Monsters (2016) and Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse (2022). <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/0B0uQNuj7El_Jwq7o9Vv12a-EGefHCBII_HyJ0xZ5jir17UqMOJbPNWiWRRJ6Q-VntSxpREku2mdQeIRWfKDiGEQqqxV6B4jTiSSsBeeXqdjiKB1aAEjUP1W7blKdIUQVxCXiRI_ewl5dg1yI_Nz9Sk" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 218px" /> It isn’t just monsters that have many variations. The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth has stat blocks for scores of humanoids, particularly in the section detailing potential wilderness encounters. There are human border patrols, a gnoll raiding band, mountain tribesmen, a goblin band, a mountain dwarf band, a hobgoblin war party and an elven warder band. The pre-caverns part of the adventure also includes a reclusive band of gnomes living in a vale. It seems quite likely that this early portion of the adventure will be substantially reworked in Quests from the Infinite Staircase, and NPC stat blocks used for any humanoid encounters that remain. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/c-VxvJD128lGShKio5IhT-f-Sz1CrVC0z80phHCWHjNt8GO1TZ1V4NLMa_YDQd9qiVyOfJ9UERl0Dic4L-1gXb1PFR3_TH7iERef7tdCHt_NTjr3H7wI_yk9knZkGV1JkBCA1oyVMFVG0_tst_PHjOU" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 160px" /> Other monsters lurking in the Lost Caverns include a trapper and a lurker above, both of which we covered previously when looking at Pharaoh. The giant snapping turtle that used to live in the underground lake has been replaced by four chuuls in the Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth preview. The troglodytes living in the Greater Caverns include a leader, a champion and ordinary troglodytes of different genders. It seems likely that Quests from the Infinite Staircase will simplify these to be ordinary troglodytes, but a reprint of the troglodyte champion of Laogzed from Out of the Abyss (2015) is a possibility. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/0Sdd0EocXUv5h0zmKKqGEJgbHmrHJly8MIA1nCwM_5kbJnyUG2g51n4kZVkz6z_L4ojTXSCe0Um_MEaM3HgPLzpSMANonLkcfHq_IeYftsAW2XqyZyblndCCT1L60dEa9mFkcRUrm2G8qOypd06162M" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 215px" /> The mighty hill giant mentioned earlier has a rhinoceros beetle as a pet. This giant insect debuted in Supplement II: Blackmoor (1975). It would be very easy to replace it with fifth edition’s existing giant fire beetle, but since The Lost City featured other giant beetles, perhaps Quests will see fit to update some of them. Lacedons are aquatic ghasts (or sometimes ghouls) coincidentally also first mentioned in Blackmoor. They have appeared in every edition, including fifth edition’s Tales from the Yawning Portal (2017), but in Descent into the Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth they are simply referred to as aquatic ghasts with a swim speed. <img src="https://lh7-us.googleusercontent.com/-xefJAx_QPwL8g67RwD35VooqCdXlE0vyIBMn6ZjeTuiHwvuZ6pP51jNg__PMj3mntwgBlkfQxixPhiv0aR4X-QubFoFa-Gb0S91rgtj3r7lnQLDIzicmxvAN5PKnv6EZ3v-OzG5JFsYaxEo7Eckwt0" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="width: 254px" /> We wrap up this review of the monsters in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth with none other than Drelnza, the vampiric warrior-maid who serves as the antagonist of the adventure. Drelnza is the daughter of Iggwilv, who is better known as Tasha in fifth edition. Despite the fact that Drelnza is (presumably) defeated by the heroes in Tsojcanth, it is surprising that she has received so little attention in subsequent D&D lore. There was a 25-year gap between The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth and Drelnza’s next appearance in the adventure Iggwilv’s Legacy in Dungeon #151 (2007), and that is essentially a third edition update of The Lost Caverns. Drelnza gets a half-page of stats and description in Tsojcanth and will almost certainly be getting an update in Quests from the Infinite Staircase. So what’s the verdict for The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth? <ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Definitely updated: pech. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A near certainty for a full update: Drelnza. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Very likely to get a full update: dracolisk. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Quite likely to get a full update: xag-ya, xeg-yi. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Likely reprints: derro, troglodyte champion. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Small possibility of an update: cooshee, crystal ooze, giant rhinoceros beetle. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Small possibility of a reprint: bodak. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unlikely to be reprinted: Baphomet, Fraz-urb-luu, Graz’zt, Kostchtchie, rutterkin. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Unlikely to be updated: alu-demon, bull, fledgling hippogriff, gray-furred giant snake, huge subterranean lizard, light warhorse, marine troll, marlgoyle, medium warhorse, mighty hill giant, mountain horse, olive slime, slime creature, sub-adult blue dragon, tamed hippogriff, valley elf, wolfwere. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Not being updated: cave moray, giant cave cricket, gorgimera, lacedon, mobat. </li> </ul> In the final installment of this series, we will be turning our attention to S3: Expedition to the Barrier Peaks… What do you think of the monsters in The Lost Caverns of Tsojcanth? Do you have any fond memories of encounters with these monsters? Do you have a favorite creature you’d like to see updated for fifth edition?</blockquote>

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