That One Time White Dwarf Published D&D Monsters - Codex Compliant

Fiend Factory was a column in White Dwarf from 1978-1986 that showed off various monsters for Dungeons and Dragons. We thought it was pretty cool so we made a video about it.
No Gods, No Masters Goose art by Sarah Becan: sarahbecan.threadless.com/
C64 Outro music - Wizardry by Patrick Zeh
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[@JennFaeAge]

Not gonna lie, I would watch a video of you guys discussing every Fiend Factory monster ever

[@tunguskalumberjack9987]

Edmund Graham I second that.

[@NecromancyForKids]

I third the motion.

[@fumarc4501]

Same

[@MrFirecasters]

Please make this true 🙏🏻

[@lordreptile8632]

Neat fact: Nilbogs are still around and actually now an Official DND 5e. Coming out in Volos Guide to Monsters 2016, and yes they still get healed if you hit them, and vice versa.

[@robertoluna6606]

I'm 100% gonna have my players get attacked by fly-men. "Who's small now, b*tch?"

[@DustyTheKitty]

Going to need the full stats list for Ian Watson the Sewer Goblin.

[@tim4330]

So that bit of Snipe eating her Space Wolves was not a bit then. it is true then... in the grim darkness of the far future there is only vore.

[@birb125]

Tyranids be like:

[@TheNobod3]

this is the most cursed thread on this site

[@RiotKurhein]

I am now determined to recreate the psi-mule and to place one in each of my campaigns from now on.

[@dylancarroll4623]

You know your villains pure evil when he comes into the fight, riding a psi-mule.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Wait so Staras is technically canon, however in DnD.

[@sevatarlives185]

Codex Compliant: Zoats when?

[@mrspeigel3593]

Then Fimir

[@salamanda550]

Welp, Now I *have* to sic an Ian Livingstone on my players

[@RustBot42]

Just be glad you don't have to sic an Ian Watson on them

[@salamanda550]

I must have *some* mercy

[@Mrkabrat]

@@RustBot42 "Dare you enter my magical realm?"

[@SawedOffLaser]

This was a beautifully weird topic, absolutely love it. Also, I see the boy back there.

[@JennFaeAge]

We need more of you guys talking old White Dwarf. It was an...interesting period. Not always very good, but definitely...interesting. Especially when you read the letters section discussing those evil "normal people" ruining RPGs, where have we heard that bullshit before?

[@ecyor0]

My personal favourite is a letter from an even older publication bemoaning how wargaming is being ruined by fantasy wargaming and how are people ever going to take the hobby seriously when they come in and see all these "misbegotten creations" that the fantasy wargaming companies are churning out.

[@JennFaeAge]

@@ecyor0 I wonder what they'd have made of those War Hammer games that got realised years later? (also, I know it's all one word, I'm misspelling it on purpose lol)

[@ecyor0]

@@JennFaeAge mind you, as Wib's painting series has shown, "misbegotten creation" is a very apt description for early Games Workshop minis.

[@JennFaeAge]

@@ecyor0 Judging by some of their crazier ideas in recent years I feel like you could argue it still is

[@CT68]

13:01 "Bonacons are a wilderness beast and are usually encountered in small groups known as *wind ensembles* .."

[@gelato2805]

Hands donw my favorite horus heresy novel is 'Everything is bad, Forever." By Pubert Smegley. It's such an in depth look at the Iron hands captain Chadpants Mediumson and his salamander sidekick Hotboi.

[@xbogx]

i assume psi mule is a reference to Asimov's mule "The Mule was a powerful mentalic mutant, warlord, and conqueror who posed the greatest threat to the Seldon Plan"

[@Blandco]

When you showed the image of the Horus Heresy books I saw Gav Thorpe's name briefly so I went and did a shot.

[@ComradePenguinski]

I want to befriend a Squonk, and I am male... eat the 1970's magazine

[@nakenmil]

0:36 TEKUMEL! Now there is one hell of a grognard setting! (also "Talismen", lmao.)

[@nightfire734]

2/10, did not say "he smol" when talking about flymen.

[@youdontneedtoseehisidentif4939]

Someday, I want to somehow combine psi mules and a donkey trekking holiday in an utterly awful murder mystery campaign.

[@forickgrimaldus8301]

Staras is the most powerful psycher in this planet but she is an as That is quite candid A literal donkey Too candid

[@jukahri]

Damn that Dragon Warriors cover hit me right in the feel, I actually played that a lot more than D&D way back.

[@simoncroft5416]

Dragon Warriors was/is a great RPG. I always sensed a bit of snobbery towards it as it was published in paperback format and was cheap, but it was well designed and written, by RuneQuest fans Dave Morris and Oliver Johnson.

[@MizantropMan]

I felt that part about being behind on Horus Heresy. Must... read... Must... consume... lore...

[@joshuawall646]

MizantropMan is this what the tyrannids feel?

[@Sigismund697]

I look at that pile of HH books in the shelf Looking at me, judging me

[@MizantropMan]

@@Sigismund697 If I could afford the 44 Horus Heresy books I still haven't read in one purchase, believe me, I'd want them to be the ones to stare at me with disappointment. But the Great Grey Pile of Shame has been doing that part and it will not relinquish it's role so easily.

[@popburnsy3207]

@@MizantropMan I have room in my heart(also, my wallet because I am "not financially responsible") for more than one source of shame

[@Powoga]

1:08 "Seige of Terra" I will judge you harshly for this minor spelling mistake. On a side note, I didn't know that they got an Eldar to write the Horus Heresy books.

[@Gorbz]

The idea of the Llort sound bonkers and I love it! Imagine the party coming across a sickly-looking Troll, and slapping fire bolts on it. All of a sudden you can get away with having a creature with permanemt HP!

[@fumarc4501]

Nilbogs sound hilarious and trolly, pun intended. I really like the Flymen as well! Very unique take and fun. The Psi-mule is just a precursor to the Starass.

[@alanhaynes1427]

Another excellent, enjoyable and random vid from one of the most entertaining pairs in the hobby vid game. Big thumbs up

[@PhyreI3ird]

There are soo many gems in this wonderful video. Thank you guys, this was awesome! xD

[@YuanMekong]

The squonk could well be my spirit animal

[@TheNobod3]

The Squonk is basically an Undertale monster lol

[@tenletters5889]

6:58 better idea: "Monstryoshka"

[@williamcollett2216]

This video was (and I cannot stress this enough) wonderful love what you guys do keep it up you wonderful peoples

[@golgarisoul]

This is something i hope you revisit in the future.

[@ravensroost3224]

This was another fun one, love to see those old monsters. Such creativity! Thanks for putting them in the limelight folks!

[@Aondeug]

I had no idea that the book I was given as a child had its origins in White Dwarf. A friend of my mom's gave me a copy of the Fiend Folio because she figured that I'd like it, given my fondness for monsters. She was right about that and it was one of my favorite books to peruse. I couldn't actually play the game and didn't know where to get the other books needed to play it. But I loved looking at the art and reading the entries. It was my first experience with ttrpgs. And also my first with GW apparently.

[@Mrkabrat]

The Cauldron Born undead bring to mind both the Black Cauldron movie and the Slaine: The Horned God comic

[@TheGCRust]

I am a simple man. I see new Codex Compliant...I upvote. Joined the channel because of this fascinating retrospective...now I stay because I adore Snipe and Wib. Thank you for all you do and the entertainment you provide!

[@firefly128]

This was a fun trip for me back to my youth. The Squonk was the subject of a Genesis song I used to listen to back in the day, and used in some D&D adventures in the 2e era thereafter, but had no idea that WD covered it as an actual monster. Also, use of the C64 Ghosts & Goblins theme hits me in the feels. Keep on keepin' on you two!

[@WeOnlyEatSoup]

Nilbog is one of the main villains in my Ghost of Saltmarsh campaign! My party loves that little bastard lol awesome to know his actual origins

[@manic2360]

Ive still got some of these...happy memories..

[@PanzerIV1976]

I vaguely remember this. Never got into AD&D but loved reading the fluff. Great video again guys 👍

[@freaknr1]

Great video! I'm going to show this to my mates when we play DnD tomorrow. Might give the DM some ideas. XD

[@Dementat]

Best DnD monster from White Dwarf was published in an adventure around WD 70(ish). The WEREGANET! Yep that's right, a were seagull

[@arturmical]

Snipe must be hyped up the zoats have returned

[@georgesulea]

Man I feel old. I remember when "fiend folio" first came out...

[@goreobsessed2308]

I used to look through my dad's fiend folio just for fun when I was a kid.

[@t4washere384]

Haha yes! I was hoping this video would have the "rocket cow" in it.

[@lonecolamarine]

Psi mule ended up being more nightmare fuel than I expected

[@cunningwarrior1827]

Nice video. I have many of the White Dwarf issues from that era. I did stop the video and downloaded a copy of Fearsome Creatures; I can't wait to read it. Keep up the good work! 👾

[@Natelu-Sama]

god like half of these are going straight into my campaign, cheers lads

[@TheMonyarm]

Those Fiend Factory monsters look cool, I'll take a look and convert them to use in Pathfinder.

[@hfar_in_the_sky]

Old school tabletop monsters are just so much fun!

[@jasonulysess3652]

Hello KZbin algorithm please be nice to the show I like.

[@chestedarmor5578]

4:00 damn, that got a giggle out of me

[@thebefuddledguardsman887]

I swear the bird on your couch really didn't like being on camera, he looked quiet annoyed.

[@sushimandaddi]

I've just gone back and binged all codex complaints, this is so awesome!!!! gonna try to throw some of these into my campaign!!

[@sushimandaddi]

Also I live in PENNSYLVANIA I WILL FIND THE SQUONK

[@jprior1427]

Okay so there is an Ian Livingston entry. What would the Ian Watson entry be? Would he be a simple sewer goblin or infect be a minor chaos God?

[@russellbrown6888]

He'd probably be a Greater Daemon of Chaos Undivided, leaning a little more toward Slaanesh and Tzeench than the others.

[@speakerd4242]

Filling the my current DND campaign with Psi-Mules, thank you Snipe and Wib

[@kingwiku9735]

Wow! This is crazy stuff, I never knew about this stuff. The Hook horror & Grell actually got children's toys made by LJN in the early 80s D&D line too.

[@pauliusthemad3498]

I am in dire need of old monsters, I might be tracking down some of those White dwarfs now. (I run game with no monster manual and mosnter makign rules, this stuff is perfecrt for me)

[@Blandco]

Also I had a whole theory that the disenchanter beast was based on an old toy Macrauchenia much like many of the OG monsters that were based on dinosaur toys. The original Macrauchenia toy was colored a strange blue color which is mentioned in the monster description. Food for thought!

[@XCATX25]

HEY. 11:00 C64 GHOST AND GOBLINS. Feel good to know I'm not the only one who likes this version

[@dinoduelist2219]

I know wish for the moment the bone knives chapter finds a warp tear and fight enslavers and grells.

[@slavetwe]

I fuckin' had that book! And I never knew about it's connection to Fiend Factory!

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

I see my war with Pliny continues .

[@krusk3544]

Fun fact: Nilbogs are now canon. They can be found in the goblinoid section of volo's guide to monsters, an expansion to the monster manual. So I guess the boys down at WoTC are white dwarf fans.

[@chopmopjeter18]

I am so using the Flymen for something, that sounds dope.

[@OrakelofDeath]

Okay... looks like I have to download that List whole Archive-org-Thing with the old White Dwarfs. This Fiend Folio Thing looks realy fun. (And of course: You had me by the Squonk)

[@mephosto]

we need a review of "too many angry boys"

[@Holy_crayon]

I am going to add an iron pig to the campaign I’m writing. I’m gonna tone it down for level 3 characters but that means I can make it the size of a cute little porker. It’s gonna be the pet of the flameskull that talks like skeletor.

[@kingjulian7045]

Yes. Pubert smegly is my favourite author

[@uglyweirdo1389]

Larry Niven is one of my favorite authors.

[@jerrywhoomst1116]

Pleasant surprise

[@ShallowVA]

I kind of love Flymen, and definitely want to play a campaign where everyone gets shrunk to fly size for a bit.

[@DavieTait]

They had , pretty much monthly , a D&D game in the middle of the magazine printed in a yellow paper that could be pulled out of the magazine for use , I originally started buying WD because of the D&D and Star Frontiers campaigns they had inside in the early 1980's , first Citadel Miniatures I bought ( still got them ) were for D&D , one box set of skeletons and one box set of character mini's all in metal

[@DavieTait]

The link posted below is the same box set I started out with in 1983 , seems they are going for big money now..... www.ebay.co.uk/i/401980152175

[@SPARTAN248]

These read like 70's proto-SCPs

[@jmagowan12]

So S&W realised a new video? Self: watch? Also self: suppose s

[@TheSmart-CasualGamer]

11:12 for reference.

[@Sigismund697]

Woah now that I actually read what the Aphrodite nemesis does it's kinda scary

[@flowinsounds]

spider dragon, by ian livingstone. now there was a man who could write books

[@darkohanusic]

Wait is that ss13 music in the background near the end

[@BetweenDD]

Did you know that when GW had the license to D&D, they also made D&D hologram cards that were used as prizes in cereal boxes? Or so I believe.

[@mrspeigel3593]

Lot of good monsters from the pages of WD also some very strange ones

[@TheBennysisko]

Heresy fatigue is legit

[@CAP198462]

Flymen, where have I heard that before..... Oh yeah, it was page 170 of Draco by Ian Watson. “Braced with a clanking exo-skeleton bore the head of a fly, upon which perched a cockaded plumed hat.” Is it heresy?

[@vanderveckensmith]

What is the music for the end credits??

[@KarcharodonAstra]

I’m just gonna screencap Ian Livingstone’s sheet for future use. Not gonna say what use it may be though.

[@Glue6k1]

I have to wonder if the Psi-Mule is a subtle reference to the Mule from the Foundation series by Isaac Asimov? Those books are classics now, but they would have been fairly recent and relevant at the time.

[@davedogge2280]

ah the good old days

[@matt6273]

Nilbogs are actually monsters in D&D right now! Volos guide! Interesting that they were a fan submitted monster

[@mrspeigel3593]

Because the best of were collected in Fiend Folio and most of them are still around.

[@STOOFER2002]

Do you think their where some deviants that made phallic and other naughty parts based monsters

[@loadeddice4696]

00:35 Traveller! Wooo!

[@nerowulfee9210]

More like "Woof" [happy vargr noises]

[@Uberdemon0666]

The White Dwarf is going into my campaign!!!

[@Dylanquinn666]

The psi-mules are biting her! And then they're gonna bite me!! Oh my gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooood!!!

[@revelationplays4445]

Give me my emperor damned total annihilation play through

[@MrRuano825]

Is #1 the Attillan's Star-ass?

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

I was just telling my mates about this!

[@squigin3380]

I wish the flymem were in fantasy/AoS :( imagine how awesome the models would be

[@ratspike8017]

I have never read any of the Horus Heresy books - too busy reading old Larry Niven SF with classic covers.... seriously if you can get hold of most of the Known Space stuff it really is worth a try...

[@sanguiniusonvacation1803]

Wait but if the pig is made of iron , shouldn't its chlorine breath cause it to rust faster then a forklift in a Tabasco warehouse ?

[@footrot17]

Happy 'straya day !

[@davidjames1068]

Back in the day, TSR had a UK d and D magazine which folded, called 'Imagine' I think. Perhaps the bad feelings between games Workshop and TSR, were because they were competitors at the time? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_(game_magazine)