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#AtoZChallenge2021: F is for Faun
My interest in RPGs and D&D, in particular, came from my love of Greek myths. I was already a fan of Greek myths when I first picked up a copy of the AD&D Monster Manual all the way back in...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: G is for Glaistig
Another creature from the stories and myths of Scotland. This time a creature that is either a faerie or a ghost. While the desire is there to classify everything, sometime the creature in question...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: H is for Hag, Chaos
Hags a huge part of any stories around or about witches and witchcraft. Nearly any fair tale witch can be or has been described as a hag. While through the various versions of the game a Hag has...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: I is for Incubus
Something a little different today. Different in that I talk a lot about the Succubus, but never really anything at all about their male counterpart the Incubus. Since my next book after the Basic...
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Sword & Sorcery & Cinema: The Beastmaster (1982)
Another one that made it's presence felt in many D&D games at the time. In fact, I can think of about 4 or 5 different beastmaster classes off the top of my head now.It has been forever since I...
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Happy Anniversary WotC D&D
Yesterday, April 10, was the 24th Anniversary of Wizards of the Coast purchasing TSR and of course, D&D.Wizards of the Coast bought the failing TSR for $25 Million. Today Wizards of the Coast is...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: J is for Jack O'Lantern
Here is an old favorite of mine that I just never got right. I had featured the Jack O'Lantern on three different occasions in three different witch books and each time there were differences. But...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: K is for Kelpie
Another "revised" monster today. This one though is a revision of a monster that appeared back in the AD&D Fiend Folio from 1981. Now I loved the Fiend Folio. While the Monster Manual was the...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: L is for Lilith
Lilith by Isra LlonaLast verse, same as the first.This one should not be a surprise really. I have done Lilith many times before in my April A to Z. She was in my A to Z of Demons (2013), A to Z of...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: M is for Merrow
I have commented on how it is Greek mythology that brought to D&D via the Monster Manual and this month is largely a celebration of that. While Greek myths got me here, it is Norse and Celtic myths...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: N is for Nuckelavee
Much like the Merrow, this creature has been rummaging around in the back of my mind for the better part of 25 years. I just never could get it the way I wanted it. I think today is that day! One of...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: O is for Orc, Desert
Given I kicked off this whole idea with a detailed round-up of the Orc across the editions, it behooves me to at least stat one up. But which one? I have a few. In truth, there is one I have been...
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Sword & Sorcery & Cinema: Clash of the Titans (1981, 2010)
Double Feature!Clash of the Titans (1981)I can't talk about monsters all month and NOT pop in the stop motion masterpiece of Clash of the Titans.If you come to this blog I have no doubt you know this...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: P is for Púca
It began with Harvey. A little odd piece of trivia for you. Back in High School and College my knick-name was Harvey. Not because of the movie of the same name, but for other reasons too long to get...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: Q is for Qliphoth
One of the things I want to establish in my Basic Bestiary II is there are a LOT of different kinds of "demons" out there. In AD&D we basically had two, then three, major groups, demons (chaotic...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: R is for Rakshasa
Going to the other side of the world from where I have been spending most of my time in the A to Z of monsters to one that always fascinated me back in my younger days. Flipping through the Monster...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: S is for Skeleton, Electric
When I was young, like four years old young, I remember we had this Halloween decoration that we hung up in my parent's first house. It was a skeleton with a lightning bolt coming from its forehead....
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#AtoZChallenge2021: T is for Troll, Swamp
I enjoy trolls. I have posted a few here and even did a Troll Week this past summer. So yeah I am a fan. For today I am doing a troll I have wanted to publish for a while, but I needed to rewrite...
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#AtoZChallenge2021: U is for Undine
Well, I had not planned it this way, but I have another water spirit to go with the Kelpie, Merrow, and Nuckelavee. This one though in nature is much closer to the Sylph. In occult and alchemical...
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Sword & Sorcery & Cinema: Beowulf (2007)
"I am Beowulf, I am here to kill your monster."Moving outside of the 80s and the Swords & Sorcery flicks of old to a newer (but still 14 years old) flick. The big All-Star Robert Zemeckis and Neil...
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