Underworld Wandering Monster aka Monster Level Tables

[The Perilous Dreamer]

On page 48 and 49 (pdf absolute numbering)

On this page we have the Underworld Wandering Monster Tables that was later called the Monster Level Tables on pages 10 and 11 of The Underworld & Wilderness Adventures - Volume 3 of 3 Booklets.

Here in these tables we find the following (also note how the tables were formatted to use only a d6.

Level 1 (1 column)

Level 2 (2 columns)
Anti-Swordsman
Anti-Warrior replaced with Giant Ants

Level 3 (1 column)
Anti-Warriors

Level 4 (2 columns)

Anti-Heroes
Anti-Swashbucklers

Level 5 (3 columns)
Hydra of 5 (note they mean # of heads)
Hydra of 6 (note they mean # of heads)
Hydra of 7 (note they mean # of heads)

Level 6 (3 columns)

Anti-Champions replaced with Black Pudding
Anti-Superheroes
Anti-Lords
Dragons appear three times but replaced twice as follows
Dragons replaced with Hydra of 7 replaced with Manticora
Dragons replaced with Hydra of 8 (note they mean # of heads)
Wyverns replaced with Dragons
Hydra of 9 added (note they mean # of heads)

[arjen]

I like the wording of anti-swordsman etc. for Chaotic swordsmen

[The Perilous Dreamer]

Feb 28, 2024 10:29:23 GMT -5 arjen said:

I like the wording of anti-swordsman etc. for Chaotic swordsmen

Now we know that anti-paladin was not a new thing, the naming convention goes back pre-publication, even though it was not used at the time except for anti-cleric.

[Morose]

Since they kept the Anti-Cleric, it makes you wonder why the decided not to keep the other Anti- nomenclature?