The Incredible Mystery of the Missing Monsters...

[Winterthorn]

Hi folks,

In light of the MM II arriving virtually on our doorsteps, it got me to wondering... I was looking at my old 2E "Complete book of Humanoids" in conjunction with the title to this thread. So, I must ask, whatever happened to the 3E versions of:

Beastman
Fremlin
Gremlin
Voadkyn
Flind
Mongrelman
Half-Ogre
Saurial
Steel Dragon
Swanmay

And particularly galling (IMO), because there's no logic to its omission:

:glaring with hands on hips tapping foot impatiently: the Brownie! This critter was a staple LG fey of D&D for decades--why the heck is it missing from 3E? (Not even in the upcoming MM2!) Maybe I should have titled this thread "Where's the Brownie"?

Anyways, I invite ppl to add to this list other D&D monsters (all editions) you believe are forgotten, neglected etc. And...

IF you know where to find "well rendered"/"official" versions of those listed above or by others in later postings, please let us know. (Let's just keep to citing their names and where to find them. Please be specific per monster too as there may be many "sources" worth looking at in some cases.)

All help, leads and shared info would be most welcome. Perhaps we could make the EN World list of monsters MIA

BTW, in a more serious note: I would like dedicate this thread to all those who are sincerely missed since last year...



-W.

 

[Winterthorn]

Hi again

Here's an unofficial list of the MM II monsters for your reference; I got them off the artwork archives at wizards.com:

Abeil, Amethyst Dragon, Ash Rat, Asperi, Automatons;

Banshee, Bladeling, Blood Ape, Boggle, Bogun, Bone Ooze, Braxat, Breathdrinker, Bronze Serpent;

Captured One, Celestials, Chain Golem, Chaos Roc, Chimeric Creature, Cloaked Ape, Cloud Ray, Cold Spirit, Colorspray Parrot, Corpse Gatherer, Crimson Death;

Dark Clutcher, Death Knight, Deathbringer, Demons: Abyssal Maw, Skulker & Ravager, Demons: Jarilith & Kelvezu, Desmodu, Desmodu Bats, Devils: Advespa, Amnizu & Malbranche, Dinosaurs: Ankylosaurus-Allosaurus-Cryptosaurus-Quetzalcoatus, Dire Elk, Dire Hawk, Doom Guard, Dune Reapers, Dune Stalker;

Elemental Weirds: Earth, Fire, Water & Air, Emerald Dragon, Ether Sacrab, Etheral Slayer;

Famine Spirit, Felldrake, Feyr, Fiendwurm, Firbolg, Flesh Jelly, Forest Sloth, Formorian, Frost Salamander;

Galeb Duhr, Gambol, Giant: Mountain, Ocean, Forest & Sun, Golems, Grave Crawler, Greenvise, Grell, Grimalkin;

Half-Fiend: Durzagon, Half-Golem: Flesh, Clay, Stone & Iron, Hellfire Wyrm, Hooked Horror;

Immoth, Ixitachitl;

Jahi, Jermlaine, Juggernaut;

Kopru, Leechwalker, Legendary Ape & Tiger, Leviathan, Linnorms;

Marrashi, Meenlock, Megalodon, Megapede, Monster of Legend, Moonbeast, Mooncalf, Morkoth, Mudmaw, Myconids;

Neogi, Nethersight Mastiff, Nightmare Beast, Nimblewright;

Ocean Strider, Ormyrr;

Phase Wasp, Phoenix, Planetouched, Psurlon;

Raggamoffyns, Rampager, Razor Boar, Reason Stealer, Red

Sundew, Rukarazyll, Runic Guardian; Sapphire Dragon, Scorpion Folk, Sea Drake, Shadow Spider, Silt Horrors, Son of Kyuss, Spell Weaver, Spellguant, Spellstitched Creature, Spirit of the Land, Spriggan, Stone Spike, Swamplight Lynx, Sylph;

Tauric Creature, Teratamorph, Thri-Kreen, Titanic Creature, Topaz Dragon, Tunnel Horror;

Ulgurstasta:

Vaporighu;

Warbeast, Wind Ghost, Wyste;

Yugoloths;

Zodar.

How's dat?

I've looked at Monsters of Faerun which in fact shortened my initial list I posted at the start--I'll try to find more to post later. I bet ppl will find critters we've all forgotten from years ago!

-W.

 

[Barendd Nobeard]

I think Saurials were covered in Dragon Magazine about a year ago. But my memory isn't what it used to be....

 

[Olive]

yeah saurials were in dragon #292, the wilderness issue.

alot of those other monsters are being converted and put in the Tome of Horrors, comming from Necromancer Press in November (IIRC)

 

[BOZ]

So, I must ask, whatever happened to the 3E versions of:

Beastman
Fremlin
Gremlin
Voadkyn
Flind
Mongrelman
Half-Ogre
Swanmay

And particularly galling (IMO), because there's no logic to its omission:

:glaring with hands on hips tapping foot impatiently: the Brownie!

www.enworld.org/cc

the gremlin and fremlin will be up there in a matter of days.

 

[Staffan]

So, I must ask, whatever happened to the 3E versions of:

Beastman
Fremlin
Gremlin
Voadkyn
Flind
Mongrelman
Half-Ogre
Saurial
Steel Dragon
Swanmay

And particularly galling (IMO), because there's no logic to its omission:

:glaring with hands on hips tapping foot impatiently: the Brownie!

Tome of Horrirs will have the Flind, Mongrelman, Half-ogre and... Brownie! Oh, and a total of 421 other monsters...

 

[spunky_mutters]

How about the quickling or the wolfwere?

 

[Grazzt]

How about the quickling or the wolfwere?

Tome of Horrors my friend. Plus, the wolfwere is part of a template called "Therianthrope" (basically animals that can change into humans)...the other therianthropes are lionwere, jackalwere, wolfwere, foxwere (the 1e fox woman), baboonwere, owlwere.

The Voadkyn is in there too (as the Wood Giant).

 

[spunky_mutters]

Ah, thanks. I need these to finish converting some of my 1e stuff. The crimson death from mm2 will help as well.

 

[Moon_Goddess]

But you still don't have the Steel Dragon!!!!