The Osquip looks like rat royalty, & by that I mean it's a normal rat that has several hundred generations of severe & intense inbreeding. Inbreeding would explain why some of them have even more legs than the usual six.

@marthachampagne316

2 жыл бұрын

disturbingly true...

@joshuazane3210

11 ай бұрын

My first thought was "British rat"

funniest thing about the roving mauler to me has to be that its baased on a real demon from irl demonology. there are litteral people who tried and summon it.

That old school air elemental honestly looks pretty cute! It's just a tornado with eyes xD Wouldn't feel out of place in a Mario or Kirby game!

The first time I encountered a Flumf, it was when the party all got transformed into various monsters and I got flumf. It was a most upsetting google search

Not gonna lie the Roving Mauler honestly looks like an obscure Shin Megami Tensei demon to me, everytime I see a picture of one I think “wait a minute, did this guy just put an SMT demon in a D&D video?” And then I remember that this is actually a D&D Monster.

@prozacdick

Жыл бұрын

fun fact! that is because it is based on the “real life” demon Buer! very cool stuff

I believe in the past you mentioned some of the DnD creatures being made by magic users such as wizards. Most spell casters tend to be seen as these badass spell flinging smart guys. No one considers the ones who might have severe alcohol problem and decide to make random critters for their drunken entertainment...

That invisible stalker artwork was always been my favorite (as well as being the only one I can personally draw quite well). BTW; I have a painted lead mini for that intellect devourer, which I've never yet put out on the gaming table.

@stephenlong9806

Жыл бұрын

Really ironic coming from mtg, since the invisible stalker cardd has really iconic art, woth the invisible man wearing a trench coat and a tricorn hat.

Btw the Roving Mauler is a old demon from mythology. It appears in the grimoire Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. If anyone is interested in knowing more about it, look up "Buer" which is the creatures name.

@joshuazane3210

11 ай бұрын

I'm glad someone else recognized ol' Buer.

I as a player, walked into a cave with a bunch of piercers. All 5 or 6 of them missed me so the party and I just went on with our day and ignored them

An emaciated, psionic platypus? *Hat* GASP! PERRY the emaciated, psionic platypus?!?!

Need more of this content. This was awesome. Well done. I'll add my ridiculous artwork nomination. The Bugbear from the 1st Edition AD&D Monster Manual looks like Marty McFly, if he were a werewolf. Yep. Life Preserver. Keep up the great work!

The osquip was originally the ulsio or Martian rat of Burrough's Barsoom novels. They just renamed them because the originals were still under copyright. The ulsio is described as a hairless rat with six legs grown to the size of an Airedale terrier. The eyes are small and close together, nearly hidden within fleshy sockets. Its jaws are pure bone, extending beyond the flesh of its face to give the appearance of a rotting face, with five sharp and spade-like teeth in each jaw. One dragon magazine article in the 1990s made it a type of beaver.

The thought eater looks like it has later been taken in by Gamefreak, pampered and fattened a bit and renamed Psyduck

I'm surprised you didn't mention that the Roving Mauler is based on a "real" demon! His name is Buer and he comes from the grimoire Pseudomonarchia Daemonum. He was originally described as being a centaur, but was re-imagined as the now iconic lion's head with 5 goats legs in the 19th century. The fact that it's a beast and not an aberration or even a fiend is truly bizarre. The thing that really gets me thought is that they replaced the goat legs with lion's legs. It's as if they were trying to downplay how nonsensical its anatomy is and pass it off as something that could actually exist, but just made it look silly instead of creepy as a result.

Great video. Two things I want to offer up: The Disenchanter has a really cool monster ecology article for Pathfinder 1E which makes it really interesting and the Roving mauler is based on a piece of medieval christian art from a manuscript which is why it's so effing weird.

Over two decades and that roving mauler is new to me!

The Ettercap's art in the monster manual always makes me giggle like a goblin. It reminds of me a large man scratching his belly as he's searching the fridge for a block of cheddar at 3am

Awww man, this was a fun video. Thank you xD, brought some memories back. Ending waa perfect, next up is the top ten invisible monsters based on looks.

Thanks for watching everyone! See ya in the next'un

@stonechewer1227

2 жыл бұрын

One cool fun fact about the thought eater is: the platapus is an animal which DOES NOT exist in the forgotten realm due to this when a wizard sees a thought eater it can drive them crazy :)

@stonechewer1227

2 жыл бұрын

I recently used a thought eater in my campaign and my players who can see it had to think of a unique way to describe them which landed on them calling it a "bone doggy"

@DungeonDad

2 жыл бұрын

@@stonechewer1227 That is a super fun fact, and that sounds hilarious!

@richardgilson4704

2 жыл бұрын

Water Elemental looks like he wants a hug.

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@DungeonDad

2 жыл бұрын

I’ll call the record label tomorrow

I kept waiting for the 1st edition Beholder to make an appearance, but I'm guessing that would have been too easy!

@arakasi2

Жыл бұрын

Not the 1e beholder. The OD&D Greyhawk cover 64.media.tumblr.com/a3807b3c455d404c5dc07d737f09eb2f/tumblr_mh30t8eVdu1ro2bqto1_640.jpg

@gideonmele1556

Жыл бұрын

@@arakasi2 that is a thing of beauty right there

Excellent video as always!👍

In the Dragon, Xorvintaal entry for 3.5's Monster Manual 5 Singh the Immense (the example Exarch provided in the book) is drawn basically as a fleshy ball with limbs; he's a human Rogue/Shadowdancer that's described as a very capable and dangerous combatant, but his artwork is so anatomically improbable that he always made me laugh.

The Beholder is pretty strange.

@DungeonDad

2 жыл бұрын

SO WEIRD! I think we're all just exposed to it to the point it doesn't seem as weird anymore

@HowtoRPG

2 жыл бұрын

@@DungeonDad Yep.

Erudite, entertaining, and enchantingly handsome as always.

I first encountered the intellect devourer playing the first Neverwinter Nights video game. The game offers helpful descriptions of each of the 4 unique magical creatures you have to find around the city, and the intellect devourer is "a large fleshy brain with legs." First time I played I thought that sounded gross and silly. The game prompts you to go where the intellect devourer is hiding first, so it's a very natural first boss. I never got past that thing for 10+ years. It's the closest thing I have to a nemesis

Is the Thought Eater in the inspiration for Psyduck and and the 2nd edition variant Golduck in Pokemon? they look way to similar and psionic powers too.

Yup. This list panned out almost how I imagined it, including #3 and #1 being in the top three (although I think #3 is based on some old mythological beastie as I've seen it in other places - including the video game Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - but I'm not super confident of that statement). Expected #2 higher on the list to be honest, as, yeah, it's a funny-looking creature, but there are much much worse. ;) Yeah, I've always found #1 to be hilarious-looking, even back when I first bought the 2E Monstrous Manual. :)

Invisible stalker Art always made me laugh!

Invisible stalker was my fav art in the old monster manual

That spider horse makes my lizard brain scream "kill it with fire!" Bleh... Creepy thing.

I find the elementals quite charming. Like just a wave with arms and eyes is a fun interpretation for a water creature

Where can I see more of the comic strip featured at 9:55?

Whenever I look at the original beholder design Im tempted to make a beholder encounter on roll20 and use that art for the token

The thought eater actually is interesting to me cause of the AD&D background. Reminds me somewhat of aboriginal australian artwork, which makes sense with it being involved in another dimension and being based around thoughts.

Aww, I wish you'd have talked about the AD&D Beholder, I mean yeah, it's kind of well known, and it is there at the beginning, but still, the first time I saw that I choked so hard on my tea I almost drowned...

It would be cool if the smaller rat next to the osquip was symbiotic with the osquip itself

the piercer could work a bit better with environmental events like gravity changes. building tumbling or a 1/day misty step effect. currently a funny one to me is the 5e psurlon art. the hoof legs and thick body are just odd for a contender of a psionic aberration against illithids.

The original Owlbear artwork is hilarious.

I am surprised to see nothing from the 3.5 Tome of Magic in this list. Especially the artwork for the Disciple of the Word and the Garbler are hilarious.

@nicholasfarrell5981

10 ай бұрын

Probably because Tome of Magic is sadly one of the more obscure/unloved books in 3.5, mostly because it came out close to the end of the edition and was seen by some as unnecessary (which was absolute slander, that book was amazing).

I want to take the Spider-Horse idea and replace it with Centaur and Drider, because I think it'd be funny, and possibly horrifying to the party, maybe a Centaur who displeased Lolth in some way.

the thought eater makes me think of psyduck! and the roaming mauler is based on the demon “Buer” from a religious context! I love seeing the inspirations for the monsters in dnd

The fuck kind of chickens have you seen that have legs like that? xD Also, the lion wheel is based on Buer, a demon from the Ars Goetia. He is a ruler in hell according to those texts, which is even funnier

The Osquip looks like it would be a pokemon

Need a thought eater monster of the week

I love Brain Puppy.

I wonder how long this dude's been a Game Master....

2:11 Sleipnir, anyone? 5:03 Penanggalan, anyone? 7:56 Dr. Seuss, anybody?

@nicholasfarrell5981

10 ай бұрын

They actually made the Penangalan in the 3.5 edition of Oriental Adventures, the art for it was kinda terrifying.

The thought eater makes me think of phyduck from Pokemon...

Please, check 2e rust monster. You'll love it)

CURSE YOU PERRY THE THOUGHT EATER!!!

My most ridiculous (and I don't find it even funny, it makes me cringe and not even laugh) is the Giff, one of the only monsters I really hate and can't stand, and it's silly beyond silly. I actually use the Vargouille, Disenchanter and the Piercer in my D&D World, I like the creatures, Vargouilles are awesome monsterous undead-replacements for bats. Disenchanter, I like some of the artwork Pathfinder used for them, and I love magic-hungering monsters. Piercers, I like them as baby ropers, gives the ropers more lore. The lion-thing with wheels looks like one of the Dante's Demon Lords, I think Decarabia or another one.

@MySerpentine

2 жыл бұрын

Buer. Don't think he's Dante's fault though, he's in the Key of Solomon or one of those books.

Thanks.

I kinda think the 2e wolfwere is funny, He just looks scared

Dude original black dragon and voadkyn in 2e

@FlyingAxblade_D20

2 жыл бұрын

that brainpan!

@DungeonDad

2 жыл бұрын

The original black dragon is hilarious and I really want that art hung up in my house somewhere

Spongebob music in the back 🤣

That one dislike on this video = probably one of the artists, or one very fragile soul.

Nah man, though eater looks CREEPY

Brianstealer dragon

“I just wanna make it very clear that this isn’t meant to knock the artist or say that the art is bad ☺️” Video title: 😡🤬

Ethereal filchers look pretty wacky too tobe honest

wolf in sheep's clothing is my choice for #1

clearly some idiot decided to try to destroy an artifact by feeding it to disenchanters. while i would give him props for his persistence, i feel he has suffered a critical research failure. would someone please seek out the poor sap and use an aid another action to help him make his wisdom check to realize his mistake?

#9 is just Sleipnir but dumber. #3 is just Buer, straight up.

Mine is the 3e and 4e Carrion Crawler, the 3e Golghutra, the 5e flail snail, the froghemoth, the xixchil, the 2e and 5e tree-kreen and the big form of the 1e hollyfant. 2:17 WHAT IN THE NAME OF GAHANA!!! 9:16 W-...HAAAAAAAAAA HAHAHA!!! What is this! Is this a joke! 10:37 O yes! We had to get close to the end with a classic! 10:46 A HAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHH GH-H! AAAAAAAAAHH! *low voice* What is this!

@DungeonDad

2 жыл бұрын

A few of the monsters you mentioned were mighty considerations for me! The froghemoth is hilarious

@jimi_jams

2 жыл бұрын

Aw man the goofy smile on the 3e carrion crawler, I forgot about that

11:47 WELL AT LEASHT OUR SHCOOLSH DON'T GET SHOT UP DURING MATH CLAHSH

I was hoping for funny non-monster art

cover art for the original MM was so awful.

Some of these are just bad art work