tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post2503754938313827227..comments2024-03-28T01:02:01.844-06:00Comments on Coins and Scrolls: OSR: Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom of BlackmoorSkerpleshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-16477620289711068452019-10-24T14:19:50.685-06:002019-10-24T14:19:50.685-06:00Interesting! This is what I get for blundering thr...Interesting! This is what I get for blundering through D&D history.Skerpleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06393779599461560431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1958522416503442248.post-34514313219809441752019-10-22T04:51:16.919-06:002019-10-22T04:51:16.919-06:00Rudolf Freund is directly pulling from Edward Tops...Rudolf Freund is directly pulling from Edward Topsell's History of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents, which I'm lead to believe is where Gygax got his inspiration from. His own Manticore is less Dali-esque but still has a rather impressive beard and mustache.<br /><br />Note how the Gorgon is a cow even in Monsters & Treasure. Incidentally, Topsell's Gorgon is a catoblepus and so that monster is perhaps the first "duplicate from another mythology" monster out there.Neveronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06290575926119589773noreply@blogger.com