My Very Tenuous, Possible Link to Avatar

My Very Tenuous, Possible Link to Avatar

When we were developing 3E, we recognized that we needed animals that could serve as appropriate foes and allies for mid- and high-level characters to help druid and ranger abilities continue to be valuable. It was my idea to create "dire" versions of various animals, based on the dire wolf/wolf dichotomy. (I know, it only makes sense in a D&D sort of way.)

Today I discovered that those six-legged horse things in Avatar are called direhorses. Given that...