#monstrous compendium?

[oldschoolfrp]

Unicow (less strange than stench kow), were-hare (aka werelagomorph, vulnerable to Holy Hand Grenades, but Jaquays beat them to it), and the blink wooly mammoth which drops on victims for 6-36 damage and totally foreshadows the best part of Skyrim.  (Mark Nelson illus, Dragon 156, April 1990)

[oldschoolfrp]

Dragon 156, April 1990, presented 12 D&D monsters that were supposed to be jokes, in the tradition of past April Fool’s issues.  But in a game that already included the flail snail, the wolf-in-sheep’s-clothing , and the sheet phantom, these seem like business as usual.  The tin golem is kind of how i saw Eberron’s warforged when they appeared.  The gello monster is a straightforward gelatinous cube variant except it is best defeated by eating it.  The tickler, difficult to see and hit when in flight, never made it as a dungeon defender but apparently found a second career at Hogwarts.  (Mark Nelson illus)