Not a Dead Communist

Doppelgangers are one of those races that, were they really to exist, would surely have a significant effect on the world and be much on t...

Unlike the ogre, which seems to have a medieval origin, trolls have a pedigree that stretches back into ancient myth. Specifically, they are...

Ogres are a common feature in folklore, in which they are typically powerful and brutish humanoids with a taste for human flesh. The word do...

While in modern English, the term "bugbear" is really only used to mean a source of irritation or a recurring problem, it did ori...

Having recently looked at the toughest of the five standard "evil tribal humanoids" of D&D, it's time to complete the se...

Continuing my look at some of the standard monsters of D&D, and continuing with the theme of the "evil tribal" races, it's...

Last time, I looked at the history of  goblins  in D&D; now it's time to look at their larger cousins, the hobgoblins. Of the five s...

Following on from my earlier ponderings on the development of orcs in Dungeons and Dragons and related franchises, I am now going to focus...

Orcs are perhaps the quintessential low-level D&D monster, and one that has been adopted by a range of other RPGs and computer games sin...