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Post by tdenmark on Jan 9, 2021 20:38:18 GMT -6
Perhaps the least fair fight to date. There are few monsters as iconic to D&D as the Owlbear.
My daughters had their friends over to play D&D. They managed to befriend an Owlbear and I've never seen a group of kids have so much fun playing D&D.
When I was their age we would not have hesitated to slay it and take its stuff. Instead the girls, of course, had to make it their pet.
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Post by flightcommander on Jan 10, 2021 3:04:32 GMT -6
I don't see the vote thingy for P?
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Post by Desparil on Jan 10, 2021 7:50:11 GMT -6
I don't see the vote thingy for P? Ditto |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 10, 2021 14:42:16 GMT -6
I don't see the vote thingy for P? Fixed! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2021 14:49:41 GMT -6
It's gotta be Purple Worm. C'mon. Not even close. Walk without rhythm and you'll never attract Shai Hulud.
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Post by sirjaguar on Jan 10, 2021 19:50:14 GMT -6
I think my Fiend Folio just fell open to penanggalan the first time I sat down with it. The description and illustration bored into my head and penanggalans occupied my teenage nightmares for quite a while. Flying heads rules our D&D worlds for months.
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Post by geoffrey on Jan 10, 2021 20:38:26 GMT -6
Purple worms are the best A/D&D monsters of all time. Fact.  |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 10, 2021 23:06:33 GMT -6
I think my Fiend Folio just fell open to penanggalan the first time I sat down with it. The description and illustration bored into my head and penanggalans occupied my teenage nightmares for quite a while. Flying heads rules our D&D worlds for months. Me too. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 11, 2021 16:08:06 GMT -6
Purple worms are the best A/D&D monsters of all time. Fact. They're iconic. It's unfair to pit another "P" monster against them for the same reason "Owlbear" was the obvious "O" choice. Some monsters are just iconic to this brand. |
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 11, 2021 23:03:05 GMT -6
I mean who could withstand the might of Shai Hulud?
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Post by Desparil on Jan 12, 2021 8:19:23 GMT -6
I voted Quickling because conceptually I like them the best - the monster catalogue could use a better variety of evil fae - but looking back at their actual stats and powers I definitely wouldn't use them as-is. I always found Quasits redundant, personally. I never saw any reason why an Imp needed to be Hell-specific and couldn't just be a generic Lower Planes vermin/servitor creature. I feel the same way about Lemures vs. Manes.
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 12, 2021 8:48:42 GMT -6
I voted Quickling because conceptually I like them the best - the monster catalogue could use a better variety of evil fae - but looking back at their actual stats and powers I definitely wouldn't use them as-is. I always found Quasits redundant, personally. I never saw any reason why an Imp needed to be Hell-specific and couldn't just be a generic Lower Planes vermin/servitor creature. I feel the same way about Lemures vs. Manes. Quicklings are underrated. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 16:20:25 GMT -6
Quasit, man. Come on. They're the perfect Familiar. Who wouldn't want a Quasit doing their bidding? Little buggers can go full Gremlins and cause all kinds of mischief.
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Post by jeffb on Jan 12, 2021 16:47:24 GMT -6
Quasit, man. Come on. They're the perfect Familiar. Who wouldn't want a Quasit doing their bidding? Little buggers can go full Gremlins and cause all kinds of mischief. These and Palladium's Bogies. So. Much. Fun. |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2021 17:36:37 GMT -6
A party that mistakes a quasit for an imp may be in for a rude surprise regards any ensuing negotiations.
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 13, 2021 10:30:51 GMT -6
Dragon Magazine #86, one of the best issues in the golden age of Dragon Magazine, has a great article on special familiars. But none of them were as cool as the Quasit. So, it's no surprise they won (not that the challengers were particularly strong).
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 16:28:03 GMT -6
Roper's iconic, but I love the idea of the Revenant. Imagine that NPC your murder-hobos killed for no good reason returning with an eldritch strength powered by vengeance a year later. He's basically the Crow, and the Crow is badass.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 16:44:44 GMT -6
rat:
likely first encounter,
any ecosystem or construction,
generative of wererats, or is it the other way around, or something else altogether, like slaves to vampires.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 17:09:09 GMT -6
Rodents of Unusual Size?
I don't think they exist.
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Post by Zenopus on Jan 13, 2021 18:24:39 GMT -6
The rat in the Monster Manual II is not the iconic Giant Rat, but rather is two entries, one for the rarely-used Ordinary Rat and the other for the even-more-rarely-used Vapor Rat.
I had actually forgotten the latter even existed, probably because there is no picture of them. The entry is way too long for what it is, but includes some interesting details - they can dwell in the cloud islands of cloud giants, can assume Gaseous Form at will, and turn into a small Stinking Cloud spell when killed.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 13, 2021 18:43:50 GMT -6
Normal rats can also eventually become a small stinking cloud, especially if you forget about the glue trap behind the fridge for about three weeks.
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 14, 2021 1:44:50 GMT -6
There were WAY too many great S monsters to choose from the Monster Manual, so I'll leave it up to you!
Which S monster should go on to the fighting round?
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Post by flightcommander on Jan 14, 2021 11:17:58 GMT -6
I know Spiders, Giant are kind of generic, but they're just so darn good I had to vote for them.
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Post by tombowings on Jan 14, 2021 13:25:09 GMT -6
Skeletons might be generic, but I love them to death.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 14, 2021 13:35:43 GMT -6
Stirges are an iconic D&D monster. They were included in the radio drama shared on Peterson's blog. It's a tough call between them and Sahuagin for me but I'd include Stirge.
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Post by geoffrey on Jan 14, 2021 14:33:08 GMT -6
Stirges are an iconic D&D monster. Yep, stirges are the best "S" monster in the Monster Manual. |
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Post by flightcommander on Jan 15, 2021 13:49:45 GMT -6
Skeletons and stirges are also great!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2021 15:18:45 GMT -6
Interject: what marks death from a stirge attack? Is it not of the glutton? Is it other than utterly and truly horrific, blood sucking gorging by deadly sized bastard birds from hell who are both aware of the feeding and savor the scarlet feast?
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Post by tdenmark on Jan 15, 2021 16:08:27 GMT -6
In an exciting Round 1 for S the Skeleton and Stirge tied for first with the Sahuagin in a close 2nd, just enough to qualify for Round 2.
Who will win, and go on to fight the FF and MM2?
The competitors were:
Sahuagin vs. Salamander vs. Shadow vs. Shambling Mound vs. Shrieker vs. Skeleton vs. Slithering Tracker vs. Giant Spider vs. Stirge
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Post by Deleted on Jan 15, 2021 17:03:55 GMT -6
Get out there and vote, Stirge Gang. Do your duty for the Egg of Coot!
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