Owlbear
An owlbear (also owl bear) is a fictional creature originally created for the '' Dungeons & Dragons'' fantasy role-playing game. An owlbear is depicted as a cross between a bear and an owl, which "hugs" like a bear and attacks with its beak. Inspired by a plastic toy made in Hong Kong, Greenwood, Ed, "Ecology of the Rust Monster." ''Dragon'' #88 (TSR, 1984). Account was later re-printed in the ''Ecology of the Rust Monster'' article in issue #346. Gary Gygax created the owlbear and introduced the creature to the game in the 1975 '' Greyhawk'' supplement;Gygax, Gary and Robert Kuntz. '' Supplement I: Greyhawk'' (TSR, 1975) the creature has since appeared in every subsequent edition of the game. Owlbears, or similar beasts, also appear in several other fantasy role-playing games, video games and other media. Creation In the early 1970s, Gary Gygax was playing '' Chainmail'', a wargame that bore some precursors of ''Dungeons & Dragons''. In order to give his players as many diffe ...
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