15 Retarded D&D Monsters

Serious Paul · Midget Wrassler Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 7014

For those who are curious, here are the most interesting challenged of the bunch: Link!

I'm actually using Ash rats in a game coming up!
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Cazmonster · White Rapper Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 4038

Anguillian

Holy Crap! I'm never going into the water again!
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Silverwolf · Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 1:26 am Post subject:

New project: Genetically engineer that.
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justinthebig · Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 1:32 am Post subject:

I like them all! Ash rats are cool and I too have used them in the past. I think a monster is only as retarded as the GM using it. A clever GM can make any monster fun, creepy, dangerous, interesting, threatening etc, etc.
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Reika · Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:44 pm Post subject:

I've used a few of those critters pretty effectively in games in the past. The last time I used a Grell, the entire party was freaked out.

What they didn't really take into account with the demi-lich is that they have spellcasting abilities. Maybe not as uber as a full lich, but still not to be totally discounted.

Pity they didn't have the tarrasque listed, that was one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of.

DMDarcs · Lando Griffin Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 1153

I can't believe they didn't mention the "Wolf-in-Sheep's Clothing". And wasn't there something like a Protein Polymorpher?

Serious Paul · Midget Wrassler Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 7014

It's a funny line for me to walk. On the one hand, yeah you want a game to be balanced, and therefor monsters to have an appropriate reason to be lurking in a Dungeon. An environment so to speak, right? But on the other hand killing weird shit is always fun right?
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Cazmonster · White Rapper Joined: 29 Dec 2006 Posts: 4038

Killing weird stuff is always good - remember, the fantastic world is not Earth. You mess up the environment as much as you need so that everybody has fun.

Bring on Expedition to the Barrier Peaks!
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DMDarcs · Lando Griffin Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 1153

Can I just say I love that the Froghemoth is in the Pathfinder core books?

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Serious Paul · Midget Wrassler Joined: 02 Nov 2006 Posts: 7014

And that's the fine line you have to walk. Obviously each group of players will draw their own lines-and there is no wrong line, just wrong for you, and your group.
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Jeff Hauze · Faux Metal Alchemist Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 5658

Oh no. A five legged lionball is just Wrong. Note the capital. As in a crime against humanity and sanity. That's wrong for everybody, because I deem it so. And so sayeth the Lord.
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Moto42 · Posted: Mon May 31, 2010 8:29 pm Post subject:

Isn't the lionball one of those critters that early explorers claimed was real and people just shook their heads and believed?

I believe in Owlball.
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