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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6158051" data-attributes="member: 17106">How many movies are there where the entire Monster Manual worth of monsters even exists? D&D is a high fantasy game. Exact numbers of creatures are left for you to determine, but it's clear, as I stated, that there is a race of Medusas. That may be hundreds, thousands, or even millions, but it's definitely more than there were in any movie that has one (that I'm aware of).To wit:No, I'm not. I'm stating that peasants have a general idea of what many monsters are and why they are dangerous. I think that a peasant who sees a tarantula knows that it is a spider and may bite you, even if they have never seen one before. They may overestimate or underestimate the true danger (tarantulas actually aren't all that dangerous), but they have some idea. That does not mean that they know the Latin name and ecology and can write a paper on spider mating behaviors. It merely means that they possess common knowledge that is relevant to their lives.Similarly, I think that a commoner who sees a cockatrice knows that it is probably not a natural bird and that you should not touch it. Do they know what the word "petrification" means? Can they spell it? Perhaps not. That's not the point.Indeed. Which is why I conclude that my adventurous PCs do not need advanced academic knowledge to know basic things like "banshees kill you when they scream". That's common knowledge, especially for people who do adventure for a living.</blockquote>

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