Preview Monday Monster Madness dealie over at Eye on Troika

[Saint_Proverbius]

Tags: Temple of Elemental Evil

<A href="http://www.troikagames.com">Troika</a> fansite, <A href="http://www.eye-on-troika.net/">Eye on Troika</a>, has posted up <a href="http://www.eye-on-troika.net/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view&f=greyhawk_toee%2Fcreatures.htm">their first monsters</a> that will be appearing in <A href="http://www.troikagames.com/toee.htm">The Temple of Elemental Evil</a>. So, go on over and take a gander at them in all their glory!
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I never quite understood the concept behind the bugbear, though.
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[Spazmo]

I think, and am in no way certain about this, that the bugbear may be a creation of some European mythology or maybe of J.R.R. Tolkien's. I'm fairly sure that Gary Gygax & Co. didn't invent the bugbear.

 

[HanoverF]

>>Bugbear: It's a bugbear is used to describe a burden or problem, often one producing fear or anxiety. In olden times a goblin was also known as a bug and the saying probably comes from the English folklore goblin (bug) who was said to be in the shape of a bear and who ate children. <<

/shrug

 

[Mad_Dog]

A professional trainer charges 2,000 gp to rear or train an owlbear (DC 23 for a young creature, DC 30 for an adult).

I wanna be able to capture one, and then have it trained as a minion.

 

[Saint_Proverbius]

>>Bugbear: It's a bugbear is used to describe a burden or problem, often one producing fear or anxiety. In olden times a goblin was also known as a bug and the saying probably comes from the English folklore goblin (bug) who was said to be in the shape of a bear and who ate children. <<

/shrug

Well, that beats the whole, "Bugs are scary. Bears are scary. A combination of the two would be twice as scary." line of thinking I was on. :D

 

[Sol Invictus]

Not everyone thinks like Chuck Cuevas, Saint.

 

[Azael]

I thought a bugbear was essentially a variation of the bogeyman, a creature used to scare children?