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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 3619185" data-attributes="member: 363">While this isn't precisely in keeping with the subject of the thread, I thought it came close enough to discuss here. I'd like to see a collection of classic monsters that cleave much more closely to the real world legends and myths that inspired them than many of the versions that ended up statted for D&amp;D. While many of these creatures have become iconic D&amp;D critters, a lot of them are not very much like their legendary versions, since D&amp;D has created something of its own mythology. Examples of what I'm talking about: the medusa/gorgon, vampires, basilisks,&nbsp; pegasi, and dragons. Each would be carefully researched and given the characteristics and stats that seem closest to what is said of them in myth and legend. Obviously many tales conflict, so discussing variants of each creature would be necessary. Dragons are a good example - there are dragon-like creatures appearing in legends around the world, all of them different. These range from relatively small &quot;St. George&quot;-type dragons that seem more like large lizards than anything else, to the great creatures of Asian legends that are both powerful and intelligent, to the truly epic Midgard serpent of Norse mythology.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 3619185, member: 363"] While this isn't [i]precisely[/i] in keeping with the subject of the thread, I thought it came close enough to discuss here. I'd like to see a collection of classic monsters that cleave much more closely to the real world legends and myths that inspired them than many of the versions that ended up statted for D&D. While many of these creatures have become iconic D&D critters, a lot of them are not very much like their legendary versions, since D&D has created something of its own mythology. Examples of what I'm talking about: the medusa/gorgon, vampires, basilisks, pegasi, and dragons. Each would be carefully researched and given the characteristics and stats that seem closest to what is said of them in myth and legend. Obviously many tales conflict, so discussing variants of each creature would be necessary. Dragons are a good example - there are dragon-like creatures appearing in legends around the world, all of them different. These range from relatively small "St. George"-type dragons that seem more like large lizards than anything else, to the great creatures of Asian legends that are both powerful and intelligent, to the truly epic Midgard serpent of Norse mythology. [/QUOTE]

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