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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:24PM
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What would you like to playtest? What are the best monsters you have encountered in your game life? I ask because it might be interesting to see how the playtest handles the monsters that people most like. Blue’s list: 10. metal master, a creature by Ed Greenwood that can manipulate magnetic fields. creaturecatalog.enworld.org/converted/vi... 9. Executioners hood, from Dungeonland 8. Trolls, I just like trolls and bridges. 7. Illithid 6. Stone Dragon 5. Daemonix 4. Drider 3. Cave fisher 2. Eye of Fate by Zak S.
1.Orcs Those are my picks. I posted a youtube video that explains them more thoroughly if anyone wants to know why those monsters have worked for me. It is here -à www.youtube.com/watch?v=etEtXHAE4WY&feat... *if anyone does check out the video please leave a "thumbs up" or a comment just so I can figure out if the video's are worth the time to make. Thank you. I hope this is something that interests people, I think that monsters are really central to the game, and so far it seems like we haven’t talked much about them.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:34PM
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Date Joined:
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- Illithid
- Cloud giant
- Ogre mage
- Rust monster
- Djinn
- Housecat
- Lizardfolk
- Roc
- Purple worm
- Mimic
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:38PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 21, 2012
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Nice, but why the Roc?
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:39PM
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Rot grub, ear seeker, lurker above, trapper, piercer, mimic, gray ooze, rust monster, yellow mold, and sphere of annihilation.
All monsters to make you wish you hadn't come down to the dungeon.
Hang on, did I say 'sphere of annihilation'? Yes I did - it's technically not a monster but has caused a great deal of deaths by masquerading as dark empty space instead of a large black orb hanging suspiciously in the air.
Honorable mention: the bookworm.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:41PM
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- Forum Guide
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Nice, but why the Roc?
My next campaign is Arabian-Nights themed, so the roc is a creature that is probably going to see some use. Also, the roc is a weird creature that is part killing machine, part trainable flying carpet. Like to see how they balance that.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:47PM
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10. Goblins 9. Illithids 8. Elementals 7. Rust Monster 6. Golems of every sort. 5. Orcs 4. Purple Worms 3. Trolls 2. Tarrasque 1. Dragons Why my top 3? Trolls to me are some of the funnest fights in D&D. They are hard to kill and, for some reason, I find them easy to give a lot of personality to. The Terrasque is on the list because it is the most sought after monster to kill in the entire MM. For a long, long time it was basically the mythical "End boss" of D&D  And Dragons...what more can be said? They come in so many shapes and sizes, personalities and powers, it's easy to do anything with a dragon. Not to mention that they are very intelligent so you can let them do whatever they like without having to worry about whether they would be able to pull it off. Simple versaitility wins the list.
My two copper.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:56PM
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Black dragon
Calastryx (Threats from the Nentir Vale)
Drow
Orcs
Illithid
Headless corpse (from pyramid of shadows)
Scaladars
Beholders
Succubus
D&D Next Medusa
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 1:56PM
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Medusa gettin some love. I like it.
My two copper.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 2:08PM
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Date Joined:
Oct 21, 2012
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Medusa gettin some love. I like it.
Have you seen Zak S's interpretation of medusie Jenks? He loves them and has done some really neat stuff with that idea.
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7 months ago ::
Nov 14, 2012 - 2:10PM
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I personally LOVE Save or Die monsters. Not for what they do to the players' characters, but what it does to the players. When they know a medusa is around, they suddenly get all paranoid. It's fun to watch.
My two copper.
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