So there wouldn't necessarily be a lot of lore built upon the Al-mi'raj populations in the mountains of blah, blah, blah. Matt Sernett: One of the things about these creatures, the Zorbo and the Al-mi'raj and so on is that they were such goofy monsters for so long that people really didn't use them as anything other than just a sort of random goofy element. Matt Sernett: Really, it was just these are things that Chris Perkins was like, 'Hey, we could do this.' I was like, 'Yeah, we could do that.' And he could just take it and run with it, and it was something that he could very easily incorporate with the way that he designed the adventure.Ĭhris Perkins: And then weird other fiend folio monsters like the kamadan, which is basically a leopard with snakes coming out of its shoulders. The Tri-Flower Frond originally appeared in Expedition to the Barrier Peaks, which is an unusual adventure. Some of them are very weird, like they're just weird plants like the Tri-Flower Frond and the Mantrap from the Monster Manual II. And that way, you can have them as pets and familiars. But I decided to take them back to their roots and just make them a bunny with a horn. In some later editions, like fourth edition, weird powers were given to them to make them more interesting. And they are literally just bunnies with spiral horns coming out of their heads. They're very silly monsters.Ĭhris Perkins: The unicorn bunny, or the bunnycorn or whatever you want to call it is a monster called an Al-mi'raj, and they first appeared in the first edition Fiend Folio. Matt Sernett: There's the Al-mi'raj, I think it is, which is basically a unicorn bunny. Matt Sernett: There are some monsters that were a bit harder to deal with.Ĭhris Perkins: Like the Zorbo from the Monster Manual II which is this magic destroying koala bear.Ĭhris Perkins: Things like the Su-Monster, from the original Monster Manual, which is a psionic baboon basically that mind blasts you and then tears you to pieces with its claws.

The Tomb of Annihilation will not only introduce lots of strange monsters from D&D's past, but one new monster, which is now one of my favorites that Chris Perkins made himself.

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