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Paul Hughes
@blogofholding
I write about and for rpgs. I do the monster math. It's a graveyard smath. Worked on books for en publishing, rollforcombat, mcdm. he/him.
Jun 9, 2022 • 21 tweets • 38 min read
Any good bestiary is filled with inspiring lore. In #LevelUp5E Monstrous Menagerie, I'm proud of the way we moved past dated tropes and found new stories to tell about classic monsters. Here are some of my favorite new MoMe monster stories and the designers that wrote them. Anthony Alipio @dm_fromscratch repudiates the "bad medusas cursed for vanity" D&D trope. "Ancient history books speak of vain mortals who challenged a god of love, seeking to rival him in beauty, and were cursed for their arrogance," BUT...