So, like the title says, I've noticed some APs use 3rd party creatures, (maybe some modules do to, not sure about that)and I'd like to know if somebody has a listing of them. Namely the creatures and sources, just so I can look some of them up, and maybe have a bit more info to offer my players than the little blurb in the AP.
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The Kikimora from Reign of Winter Came from The Midgard Bestiary.
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Reign of Winter also had one reference to the Book of Fiends and one to the Advanced Bestiary (both from Green Ronin) - not sure which monsters though.
In case you don't know this, in general, you can find out what other sources a book uses by looking at section 15 of its Open Game Licence (usually on the last page before the adverts). Tome of Horrors names the specific monster, due to its unusual licensing situation but other books generally won't.
Open Game License v 1.0a© 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc.
System Reference Document© 2000, Wizards of the Coast, Inc; Authors: Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, and Skip Williams, based on material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.
Advanced Bestiary© 2004, Green Ronin Publishing, LLC; Author: Matthew Sernett.
Demodand, Slime from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Demodand, Tarry from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Demon Lord, Kostchtchie from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on material by Gary Gygax.
Genie, Marid from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Golem, Furnace from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene.
Golem, Witch-Doll from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene.
Golem, Wood from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Authors: Scott Greene and Patrick Lawinger.
Ooze, Entropic from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene.
Ooze, Glacial from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene.
Pit Hag from the Tome of Horrors Complete © 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene.
Quickwood from the Tome of Horrors Complete© 2011, Necromancer Games, Inc., published and distributed by Frog God Games; Author: Scott Greene, based on original material by Gary Gygax.
Pathfinder Adventure Path #72: The Witch Queen’s Revenge© 2013, Paizo Publishing, LLC; Author: Greg A. Vaughan.
IIRC, Serpent's Skull had some stuff from the Africanesque Nyambe.
The Advanced Bestiary tends to get used the most, from what I can tell. Which makes sense: Why spend a bunch of effort on developing a Paizo monster/template when there is already an OGL version that fits the concept?
In the 3.5 APs (Runelords, Crimson Throne, Second Darkness, Legacy of Fire), Paizo was limited to OGL monsters-- which meant only the non-WotC-product-identity creatures from the 3.5 Monster Manual. That's kind of limiting, so they regularly pulled in creatures from other OGL sources.
The king of 3.5 OGL monster books was the Tome of Horrors Complete, which also happened to include WotC-blessed OGL versions of many of the wierder creatures that had originally been published in a bunch of 1st Edition AD&D monster books. (Specifically, the 1st ed. AD&D Monster Manual II and Fiend Folio.)
Green Ronin's Advanced Bestiary (another 3.5 OGL source) is actually a book of templates to apply to other monsters-- which effectively makes new monsters. They used that one pretty extensively as well. Their Book of Fiends was also used quite a bit.
More recently, I seem to recall that the Reign of Winter AP used a few creatures from Kobold Press' Midgard Bestiary, which makes sense because both the AP and the Midgard campaign setting draw their inspirations primarily from Eastern European folklore and mythology.
And, of course, every AP issue has its own Bestiary of four to six new monsters.
I'm sure there are a few other references out there, but I think those are the big four of third-party monster sources:
Tome of Horrors Complete (originally from Necromancer Games, now from Frog God Games)
Advanced Bestiary from Green Ronin
Book of Fiends from Green Ronin
Midgard Bestiary from Kobold Press
Considering the Midgard Bestiary was developed by Adam Daigle, it certainly makes sense that it's showing up from time to time.