Ankhegs
Like not that we have to find a full suit of badass plate armor in the first small town we reach, but you know, just the party getting gutted by an ankheg somewhere near the river?
Those are the kind of BG1 call backs I hope they make more of. I feel like the flayer vs gith, starting out with imps, having a vampire be the second person we meet, goblins, these are all BG2 call backs from the game set in the city of coin. This game should be focusing more on the BG1 call backs I think.
Kobolds, Xvarts, but you know, more stuff from BG1. For most I think BG2 is probably more what they remember, so seeing the monsters from BG1 again would be a nice touch. I was pleased to see Gnolls and Skeletons and Spiders for sure, plaudits for at least making sure those were up front hehe, but definitely an Ankheg and maybe a Wyvern? since we know which sort of monstrous creatures we might expect to run into in this part of the sword coast from the first game. I'd rather they juice it like that rather than homebrewing mini-boss gobbos. It'd be funny if we ran into the lone surviving Xvart who escaped "the battle of fireball run" to found a new colony, that's only just now getting back on its feet lol. This time it should be on a cliff near the cave of Ursa, so the party can shockwave a dozen Xvarts into oblivion. I don't know, but yeah, more of the classics
