Dero

[RivenBlade]

There's a Japanese live-action horror film Marebito, which focuses on beings called Detrimental Robots or Dero for short. The film depicts these beings as pale-skinned underground dwellers hostile to humans.

I guess what I'm asking is did hearing of these beings isnpire the Derro in the MM?

[Crasez58]

According to wiki and several other sites dero come from Richard sharpe Shaver's stories that he claims are all true

[RivenBlade]

Yeah, but did Shapre's stories influence the creation of the D&D monster Derro?

[Crasez58]

Ehh really hard to tell best thing to do is find out first time the Derro were printed and them cross check if sharpe's came first then it's a possibility but who knows