Monsters in Dungeons & Dragons

A pair of gnolls – hyena-headed humanoids

In Dungeons & Dragons, the word monster refers to different kinds of creatures. Some creatures come from folklore and legends. Other creatures were created only for the game.^[1] An important part of the game,^[2] is that monsters are problems that players must defeat to get through the game.^[3] As an important part of Dungeons & Dragons, many of its monsters have become unique even outside D&D.^[4]

References

1. Chrulew, Matthew (2006). ""Masters of the Wild": Animals and the Environment in Dungeons & Dragons" (PDF). Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies. 32 (1): 135–168. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2019-10-03.
2. Witwer, Michael; Newman, Kyle; Peterson, Jonathan; Witwer, Sam; Manganiello, Joe (October 2018). Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: a visual history. Ten Speed Press. ISBN 9780399580949. OCLC 1033548473.
3. Di Filippo, Laurent (2018). "La mythologie nordique dans Donjons & Dragons - Entre réception et stéréotypes" [Norse mythology in Dungeons & Dragons - Between reception and stereotypes]. Les clichés dans l'histoire. Fest'Ain d'Histoire (in French). Chazey-sur-Ain: Didaskalie. pp. 75–90.
4. Forest, Richard W. (2014). "Dungeons & Dragons, Monsters in". In Weinstock, Jeffrey (ed.). The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Ashgate Publishing.