The Absolutely Insane History Behind D&D's Weirdest Monster

Check out Heliana & Ryoko's Guide to Mythozoology right here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/... It's time to learn about the history of Dungeons and Dragons! Today on Monster of the Week, the internet show that deep dives into the lore and backstory behind the coolest, scariest, and most interesting monsters in D&D, we're going to be talking about sussuri! The Sussurus! Susurrus? What? The sussurus originated in White Dwarf Magazine, and it is absolutely insane. It's history is wildly inconsistent between OG D&D, 1E, 2E, 3E, 4E and now 5E! I did a deep dive into this thing's history and let me tell you, there is just SO much to cover. As always the 5th edition / D&D 2024 stat block for this monster is linked below! ⬇️ Be sure to let me know how you plan to use this week's monstrous creature at your D&D group's game table! #DungeonsAndDragonsLore #DnD #MonsterLore The D&D 5E / D&D 2024 stat block for this monster: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X... The Dungeon Dad Merch store: https://www.crwnstudios.com/collectio... Patreon:   / dungeondad   Discord:   / discord   Reddit and the monster archive:   / dungeondad   2nd Channel:    / @dungeondad2   Artwork provided courtesy of Wizards of the Coast Shouts out to ‪@TheADHDM‬ for editing this one! 00:00 - THE INSANE HISTORY OF THE SUSSURUS 10:20 - THE PART WITH THE AD 11:50 - MECHANICS 15:30 - PLOT HOOKS 19:40 - FINAL THOUGHTS