![Ichabod Crane is toast.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8RgM4LIFv7ZjHnp5VzzJrIKovt7sGiYwqp8YbBHoFh69rJpvutTRUknkjnMpp7mFEhFJhishtJzxd2HU8LUBiIJrTKMWlZlTFUyLgjV53_EJG8TD_hiHOgCMQ-Eiuhfr_pNjtqA/s400/Knight-of-Autumn-Gate.jpg)
In Dreamblade this dude is the Knight of the Autumn Gate. That's a pretty cool title but to me he's the Bugbear King. I know he doesn't look anything like a bugbear, but at one time bugbears looked like him! The first illustration of a bugbear appeared in OD&D Supplement I: Greyhawk. Dig it:
![Bugbears and ghouls have friends? Who knew?](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDS-iiizGA3RosA7hKTJMo4C_sZkgWOyd0cDXXG7eaDJQ9-cTLNfDxk_wEhti7w-fotF3w0qPK_yg0hOu-8R9i4OwGXYhRQcIcW2TkHMRFp1QN6jW7MRNh50BsCxIPFbFV2ULlNg/s400/greyhawkbugbear.gif)
Pretty much every subsequent appearance of the bugbear since then has depicted the giant goblinoids we all know and loathe. Turns out the creepy jack-o-lantern dude above was the result of a miscommunication. Gary Gygax once explained over at Dragonsfoot. "The pumpkin-headed bugbear was an artist taking literally my description of the monster as having a head like a pumpkin, i.e large, round flat oval."
The pumpkin-head version of the bugbear survived in Runequest under the name Jack-o-bear, so you can actually find a few lead minis of this throwback design. But a prepainted plastic figure was just too cool to pass up. Especially with that flaming sword, awesome armor, and wicked grin.
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