The owlbear is a type of fictional monster in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game.

The owlbear is among the earliest monsters in Dungeons & Dragons and like the bulette and the rust monster, was inspired by a Hong Kong-made plastic toy purchased by Gary Gygax for use as miniature in a Chainmail game.

The owlbear appears in the first edition Monster Manual ( 1977 ), where it is described as a horrible creature that inhabits tangled forest regions, and attacks with its great claws and snapping beak.

The owlbear appears first in the Monstrous Compendium Volume One ( 1989 ), and is reprinted in the Monstrous Manual ( 1993 ).

The actual origin of the owlbear has never been definitively revealed, but the various Monster Manual editions indicate it is probably the product of a wizard's experiments.

* The owlbear was depicted in the webcomic The Order of the Stick, where it was presented as a pointless cross between an already dangerous creature ( the bear ) and a harmless animal ( the owl ).

Gary Gygax created the owlbear, which was inspired by a plastic toy made in Hong Kong, and introduced the creature to the game in the 1975 Greyhawk supplement ; the creature has since appeared in every subsequent edition of the game, including the game's first edition, second edition, third edition, and fourth edition.

The owlbear was detailed in Dragon # 214 ( February 1995 ), in " The Ecology of the Owlbear ", which also included the arctic owlbear and the winged owlbear.

The owlbear appears in the Monster Manual for this edition ( 2008 ), along with the winterclaw owlbear.

* The owlbear was card # 107 of 750 in the 1991 TSR trading cards factory set, and card # 117 of 495 in the 1993 TSR trading cards factory set.

The owlbear appears in the Monster Manual for this edition ( 2000 ).

The owlbear appears in the revised Monster Manual for this edition ( 2003 ).

The owlbear appeared on the Wizards of the Coast website for the Chainmail game, in 2000.

* An owlbear also appeared in the webcomic Goblins, a adventure taking place in the Dungeons & Dragons universe, but from the perspective of the creatures that inhabit it, not the players.

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