Why are monkeys being given treasure?

[YourSwordIsMine]

Ranged shurikens +2 (8)

Are those the dreaded poo shurikens?

 

[DarkKestral]

I wonder if Noonan realizes that his Monkey reference will never die. I predict that in 8-10 years, when we're all complaining about the imminent approach of 5th edition, people will still be making monkey jokes in reference to treasure.

I have a feeling that by that point, they'll be fiendish monkey jokes, because they'll be so bad. However, fiends do tend to have large amounts of treasure associated with them, so would that mean fiendish monkey jokes are treasure-related in two different ways?

Or do the new fiends go for a "less cash, more evil" approach?

EDIT: I forgot the monkey image!

Found here

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

People have been screaming for years that they needed to find a way to bring the new, young gamers into D&D. Now they found it: the 4e DMG will come with the three treasure monkeys. Kids will want their own monkeys and will bother their parents until they buy the DMG for them. They should include a pony with PHB as well.

Oh, and since I'm supposed to post a Monkey picture, I'll include the Undead Mummy Monkey:

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[Snapdragyn]

I cannot believe we all missed this.

Three groups of treasure. Three wizard implements.

Clearly each wizard implement will be more effective against a different type of treasure-monkey!

(Now I wonder what the fourth monkey was supposed to be before they edited it out.)

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

I cannot believe we all missed this.

Three groups of treasure. Three wizard implements.

Clearly each wizard implement will be more effective against a different type of treasure-monkey!

(Now I wonder what the fourth monkey was supposed to be before they edited it out.)

Well, since it is now out there, I will reveal what I learned from my WotC sources:

Orb - Coins monkey
Wand - Goods monkey
Staff - Items monkey
Tome - Papers monkey

So the Tome was supposed to correlate with the Papers Monkey. This monkey gave out maps, secret plans, love letters, newspapers - anything document related. It worked fine in early playtesting, but when Noonan took the blinders off the Papers Monkey it realized that the other monkeys had all the stuff that people actually got excited about, rather than just stuff into a backpack to be looked at later. In a jealous rage it began flinging poo all around the WotC offices. They tried to placate it with magic scrolls since they are a kind of document, but the monkey understood that scrolls were second-rate treasure, especially with the development of "per encounter" spells. Eventually the Papers monkey was sent away to live in a nice facility in California, and the Tome, no longer having a corresponding monkey, was dropped.

 

[Nifft]

Roy Leadwell: Are you listenin'?
Jozan McCure: Yes!
Roy Leadwell: This is what I'm gonna do for you: Pelor bless you, Jozan. But this is what you gonna do for me, Jozan?
Jozan McCure: Yeah, what can I do for you, Roy? You just tell me what can I cast on you?
Roy Leadwell: It's something very personal, a very important thing. Hell! It's a family motto. Are you ready Jozan? I wanna make sure you're ready, brother. Here it is: Show me the monkey. SHOW! ME! THE! MONKEY! Jozan, it is such a pleasure to say that! Say it with me one time, Jozan.
Jozan McCure: Show you the monkey.
Roy Leadwell: No, no. You can do better than that! I want you to say it, brother, with meaning! Hey, I got Devis on the other line, I bet you he can say it!
Jozan McCure: Ye, ye, no, no, no. Show you the monkey.
Roy Leadwell: No! Not show you! Show me the monkey!
Jozan McCure: Show me the monkey!
Roy Leadwell: Yeah! Louder!
Jozan McCure: Show me the monkey!
Roy Leadwell: I need to feel you Jozan!
Jozan McCure: Show me the monkey! Show me the monkey!
Roy Leadwell: I love power attack.
Jozan McCure: I love power attack!
Roy Leadwell: Who's your Warlord, Jozan?
Jozan McCure: You're my Warlord! Show me the monkey!
Roy Leadwell: Uh! Congratulations, you're still my confessor.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Tewligan]

Obviously, these monkeys have the Monkey Grip feat:

 

[olshanski]

Enough with the damn monkey pictures. Please lets return to real 4E news.

Any thoughts on the Treasure Master's Guide?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o215/olshanski/TMG.jpg

 

[Oldtimer]

I guess it remains to be seen whether it will contain the Barbarian Ape.

I think it will. But he wont rage - he'll just go bananas.

 

[Thornir Alekeg]

Enough with the damn monkey pictures. Please lets return to real 4E news.

Any thoughts on the Treasure Master's Guide?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o215/olshanski/TMG.jpg

Shouldn't the title be Dungeons and DragonMonkeys?