I was watching some RPG YouTube, and of course there was talk about Monsters. And with the recent OMG CONTROVERSY with the newest Monster Manual, I got to thinking about something that is more inherent in D&D and in fantasy games in general, why so many monsters? I’ve played various other games, and read many books, watched many movies, but it seems that fantasy games, with D&D leading the charge, seem to have more monsters than any other medium in the genre, or other genre’s in particular. So yeah, why are there so many monsters?

  • dumples@midwest.socialEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Compare it to let’s say Egyptian or Greek mythology, same story.

    Also DnD likes to add in monsters from different mythologies so there is that. Lots of inspirations to draw on