Why is there 2 (4 if you count the lesser variants) Grim Reapers?

[Reksew_Trebla]

Grim Reaper, Grim Reaper and Reaper, Grim Reaper

Also there is Danse Macabre and Shinigami, which are both pretty much Grim Reapers as well.

So what gives?

[Quixote]

Too many bestiaries, that's my guess. That's why I barely use the first one anymore.

[Artofregicide]

One was created specifically for an AP and the other one (I assume) is a second look at an archetypal monster.

I've never been happy with the idea of the Grim Reaper being done high CR undead. Seems to cheapen the idea.

[Meirril]

Well, the thing is Parasma and the Psychopaumps do what is traditionally a Grim Reaper's job. So that only leaves a place for them to be considered as monsters.

[CorvusMask]

Artofregicide wrote:

One was created specifically for an AP and the other one (I assume) is a second look at an archetypal monster.

I've never been happy with the idea of the Grim Reaper being done high CR undead. Seems to cheapen the idea.

Well 2e update of the lore is that its Unique(or possibly group of nine) extraplanar undead whose origin or reason for existing is completely unknown.

Like, its less that someone died and raised as undead and more of anthropomorphization of death that takes form of undead being

[Cavall]

The game has 2 tarrasques too. The first being a generic version the other a closer to the inner sea setting vision of one. (According to the book)

That could the case here too, as one is from an AP and the other a bestiary.

[Yqatuba]

I think the newer version of the tarrasque is the "right" one. It originally wasn't the herald of Rovagug which is why it was N instead of CE at first. Also, the shinigami didn't have a scythe in the original mythology as far as I can tell.