Corinnguard
Hero
Snow Goblins, Worghests (the planetouched descendants of Goblins and Barghests), and Blues (psionic goblins).
D&D (2024) What old monsters should return to 5e?
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Chaltab
Legend
To be fair I would like official versions if for no other reason than getting some half decent art of them.
Demetrios1453
Legend
One of the many good things about the Monster Manual Expanded books is not only did @Nixlord give us lots of good variants and updates for D&D monsters, his first books sold so well that he was able to commission some really excellent art for the third one and the reprints of the first two.
TravDoc42
Getting a hang of this! (he/him)
I second ethergaunts!! I adore those aberrations, they're so cool!!
DragonLancer
Hero
There are so many still missing that to me are part of the classic D&D. Some that I am missing coming back to D&D with 2024 are:
Eye of the Deep.
Lurker Above/Lurker Below.
Vodyanoi.
Pyro/Cryo-Hydra.
Gem Dragons.
Para and Quasi Elementals.
Gorbel.
Quicklings.
And really I want to see templates back. Let me make a skeletal tyrannosaurus or a vampire duck! One of the best things about 3.x and Pathfinder 1 was the templates.
Edit: There are also so many setting specific monsters from Krynn to Athas that could be brought back in.
Eye of the Deep.
Lurker Above/Lurker Below.
Vodyanoi.
Pyro/Cryo-Hydra.
Gem Dragons.
Para and Quasi Elementals.
Gorbel.
Quicklings.
And really I want to see templates back. Let me make a skeletal tyrannosaurus or a vampire duck! One of the best things about 3.x and Pathfinder 1 was the templates.
Edit: There are also so many setting specific monsters from Krynn to Athas that could be brought back in.
Corinnguard
Hero
The Gem Dragons reappeared in Fizban's Treasury of Dragons.
DragonLancer
Hero
Thanks. I'll have to track that one down.
Corinnguard
Hero
You're welcome. The Planar dragons from Dragon Magazine would make nice addition to 5e. Their introduction would lead to Planar Dragonborn.
Quickleaf
Legend
Only because I wish for all players to share in my dread of, torment at the hands of, and burning spite for quicklings... they should be in the game. Pesky malicious little blue gits. We hates them.
Strip the associations of Lankhmar: there's always a place for Nehwon Ghouls.
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