The Weird Dogs of Dungeons and Dragons

Whose a good dog/snake thing? 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 dogs, kinda! The cooshee, the nifern, and the climbdog are here to stay! There are not a ton of beasts in D&D 5E, so I figured we would have a very special episode all about celebrating the hounds of our hobby's history. The nifern and the climbdog are both from strange and obscure D&D 3rd edition sources, whereas the cooshee dates all the way back to 1E and the origins of D&D! 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 these monsters; Climbdog: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1k... Cooshee: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12... Nifern: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K... The Dungeon Dad Merch store: https://www.crwnstudios.com/collectio... Join our community and enhance your game with fresh content: Patreon:   / dungeondad   Discord:   / discord   Reddit and the monster archive:   / dungeondad   2nd Channel:    / @dddabbles   Artwork provided courtesy of Wizards of the Coast Shouts out to ‪@TheADHDM‬ for editing this one! 00:00 - INTRO 01:35 - THE COOSHEE 07:10 - THE CLIMBDOG 11:40 - THE NIFERN 15:25 - PLOT HOOKS 17:20 - FINAL THOUGHTS