[Brasky]

This is the Qualifying Group #1. You are voting for the "best" monster in this group-- you decide what "best" means. This poll will stay open for 48 hours (note that this is different from the original proposal). The top vote-getter will move on to the 16-monster, single elimination tournament. Click here for the official rules post.

Remember: Posting from puppet accounts is prohibited. People who vote using puppet accounts will not have their votes counted (from any account).

Advocating your favorite monster in this thread is encouraged. Feel free to berate the ones you don't want, and tout the ones you do.

There can be only one.

The candidates in this group are:

Kobold
Goblin
Ghast
Yeti

[Brasky]

This is tough for me because Kobold and Goblin were two of my top choices as classic, versatile monsters and I think they both deserve to move on to the tourney. The ghast is also my favorite undead. This is a skunking hard decision.

Except for the Yeti. Yeti's suck. Bigfoot does not deserve a spot in the tourney.

[Thatcash]

Kobolds (or in the Jones households, kuh-bolds), hands down.

As a random, unleveled monster, they're everyone's whupping boy. When they're prepared or when in their warrens...watch out. No player likes to admit they got trounced by kobolds, but their ability to use traps and ambushes is rather scary.

Want to scare the tar out of the PC's? Give 'em levels...no one expects it. I threw a few kobold monks against the PC's and even gave them hints (wearing robes....running faser than normal), but they missed it...up until the first one managed to get a Stunning Fist off against the cleric. PC Panic ensued.

We got ambushed by kobolds...two of 'em climbed up on the wagon next to the mage and he laughed them off (and shot a spell at somthing else) until they raged and charged. oops...they had a few levels of barbarian.

Yeti? I'll make soft, furry boots out of it. Ghast? Bring a cleric. Goblin? Nature's cannon fodder. Kobolds are the true terrors of this round.
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[Cazmonster]

I'm throwing my vote to the kobold. There are few other monsters that effectively scale along with the players the way that kobolds can. Sure, you can have a great time scything through droves of them around 5th, but then your 15th level and that kobold sorcerer just fried your Rogue and went invisible for the third time this encounter.

That, and I got to kill a Planetar with a Kobold sorcerer - I can't think of many cooler things than that.
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[FlameBlade]

Kobolds can eat your babies. How cool is that?
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[Cazmonster]

[Silverwolf]

Gotta go with the ghast. Kobolds and goblins have just never been used effectively against or by me...
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[Cazmonster]

[Nicephorus]

[Threadbare]

I suppose because it's a D&D monster tourney, yeti are probably a bit disadvantaged. But sasquatch were kind of cool in shadowrun...kind of.
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[zircher]

I took the UFC approach. If a kobold, goblin, ghast, and a yeti where in a cage match who would win? I put my money and vote on the ghast.
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[Nicephorus]

[Mike]

And that's just the thing about this--there are many ways you can decide to cast your vote. You just have to pick the "best." For some people, that's going to mean the strongest. For others, it's the coolest, or simply their favorite for whatever reason. Kobolds and goblins seem to be getting the love for the usefulness and flexibility from a gameplay perspective. All of these are valid reasons to vote.

For me, my choice was as a DM--which of these creatures do I most like pitting against my players.
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[zensunni_wanderer42]

Only one of the contestants on this list has a common-usage word based on it: Ghast! That makes it the winner in my book. Any other choice would be a ghastly mistake!
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[DMDarcs]

BREE-YARK!

I have to go with goblin. Versatile. They're numerous, so you can always sic more on players. They're stupid, so you can play up a humorous aspect as done in Pathfinder (or as the Magic multiverse). However, they're creepy enough that you can play them as scary bugaboos, like Ravenloft or a creepy Celtic campaign.


Ghasts come in a very close second.

[Nicephorus]

[Brasky]

KOBOLD WINS!

This thread is locked and we will see Kobold in the tourney!