Now my title has your attention, I am working for a 3PP and am under NDA but would like to ask the community at large for some research by way of a data poll.
I would like a general feel about the creatures found in Paizo only products in order to narrow my choices of population for my product I am working on.
I would like your responses PM's to me to protect your anonymity unless you are happy for everyone to know your guilty pleasure creatures.
So, what am I asking for.
I want you to answer the four questions below with one and only one choice of creature for each question, so you have to be ruthless in your selection. They must be from published Pathfinder Paizo products only.
I have a spreadsheet (read-only to ensure integrity of data collection) that you can find here.
So choose creatures for each CR you want to feedback on, answering these four questions...
For a CR, which creature do you hate meeting the most as a player?
For a CR, which creature do you hate running the most as a GM?
For a CR, which creature is your personal guilty pleasure?
For a CR, which creature do you think is the weirdest/wackiest/most fun/most interesting (your choice)?
You can answer the questions multiple time is you wish, but only once per CR rating.
Please provide with each answer the source book the creature is found in that you are stating preference for.
If you want to supply answers for CRs not on the spreadsheet, feel free to do so and I will add them. I will come back to this thread every few days announcing when the sheet is updated with new answers.
Yes, Paizo staff, please feel free to give me your choices too - your names will not be revealed in any way with your choices unless you post them publicly on this thread.
I only need CR, creature name, sourcebook for each question - not your reasoning.
No, this survey is not for a "new edition" and no it is not for a "best of bestiary". It is for something I think is rather more special and different - there is nothing like it on the market, ummm, so far, but someone might beat me to it, you never know...
Yes, I have my selections, but I don't want to sway the vote, and so will not add mine to the sheet until at least 10 responses have been received.
A very many thanks in advance to those kind enough to help me out with their views and preferences.
Spreadsheet here - repeated for ease of finding in all that text! :P
Disclaimer: I don't have a clue to what creature is what CR.
I hate creatures that shut down my fancy features and tricks. Especially ones that severely limit my ability to hurt them. [Spell or melee.]
Creatures that present too many options each round. I like simple to play with few options. Does not mean dumb. Can be always in the tactical best position, but that must be because it is a tactical monster. Too many choices mean option paralysis, which slows the game down. [Same with summoners/spawners/others with many minions.]
Any creature the party talks about after the session is over. Usually because it was interesting, fun to defeat, or otherwise unique.
Don't have much to say here. Any creature can be played in any way, and if done well, is enjoyed by all.
/cevah
Dot, maybe.
Thanks all, collating the feedback so far and will let you know when the sheet is updated.
The first 20 voters for CR 1 are now tabulated and the sheet updated.