Otyugh
One of the classic monsters from the beginning of D&D, Otyughs are... well, pretty much that garbage thing from Star Wars. They eat refuse and offal, though they won't pass up a human or two. They are surprisingly big, too.
Otyughs have a few variants - there is the Neo-Otyugh, which looks the same as the others but is smarter (It can even speak!), and the Lifeleech Otyugh, which has extra spikes and tentacles, and is capable of "stealing" healing - if anybody heals near it, it gains the positive effect. D'oh!
Little-Known Fact: The first Final Fantasy blatantly ripped off D&D's bestiary, though most monster names were changed in translation (Marilith to Kary, Mind FLayer to Wizard, Bulette to BAretta, Sahuagin to Sea Hag, etc.). Otyughs and Neo-Otyughs were in that game, renamed Ochu and Naochu. And they still are, though they look plantlike now instead of the traditional three-footed, tentacled, triple-eyestalked monstrosities we know and love.
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Otyugh
One of the classic monsters from the beginning of D&D, Otyughs are... well, pretty much that garbage thing from Star Wars. They eat refuse and offal, though they won't pass up a human or two. They are surprisingly big, too.
Otyughs have a few variants - there is the Neo-Otyugh, which looks the same as the others but is smarter (It can even speak!), and the Lifeleech Otyugh, which has extra spikes and tentacles, and is capable of "stealing" healing - if anybody heals near it, it gains the positive effect. D'oh!
Little-Known Fact: The first Final Fantasy blatantly ripped off D&D's bestiary, though most monster names were changed in translation (Marilith to Kary, Mind FLayer to Wizard, Bulette to BAretta, Sahuagin to Sea Hag, etc.). Otyughs and Neo-Otyughs were in that game, renamed Ochu and Naochu. And they still are, though they look plantlike now instead of the traditional three-footed, tentacled, triple-eyestalked monstrosities we know and love.
Featured on Life In Plastic: nerditis.com/2013/03/13/life-in-plastic-obscure-toy-lines...