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Thursday, 25 March 2021
D&D Monsters: Frost and Fire Giants
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Both frost and fire giants, as portrayed in D&D, are loosely based on the jötunn of Norse myth. In the original myths, this was a rathe...
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
D&D Monsters: Hill and Stone Giants
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Giants are a recurring figure in myth and folklore, appearing in the stories of just about every real-world culture. There's something f...
Tuesday, 23 February 2021
D&D Monsters: Bulettes
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The bulette is a creature original to D&D. Like the owlbear, it's based on a plastic toy from Hong Kong, in its case probably meant ...
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Sunday, 31 January 2021
D&D Monsters: Stirges
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The strige is a creature of Roman myth, derived from the earlier Greek strix . It was said to be a nocturnal bird, albeit one that hung ups...
Friday, 15 January 2021
D&D Monsters: Manticores
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Manticores are creature not of Greek, but of Persian, myth. The name literally means "man-eater", and it's at least possible t...
Sunday, 27 December 2020
D&D Monsters: Griffons and Hippogriffs
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The mythic origins of griffons lie in Ancient Greece, if not earlier - a combination of the king of the beasts and the king of the birds. Th...
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Thursday, 17 December 2020
D&D Monsters: Mummies
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The concept of the mummy as an undead monster is really a 20th-century invention, beginning with the 1932 horror movie The Mummy . While mum...
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