What? This is nothing new… There had always been magazines and stuff for people who want to know everything about their games. It’s just how people work, we are curious. Sure, there’s the kinds that like to go in blind with all they do, but those are certainly the minority, always were.
And again, just describing what the lizards are themed around is not even close to a loot-table, just like the Exile Mages section in the guide say they drop experimentals.