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Humm,

im not sold on the name either... Im also not to keen on this being a plant and settling places. Creatures settle, plants grow in habitats and environs.

Again, though, this is a neat monster. Some kinks that oughta be worked out, but it would definately be neat to see this. Im also lazy so wont be repeating my generic complaints about the monster trends i left on the Sensory Stalker.

This one gets my vote.

this tiem i couldnt be bothered to read all the replies, so i might regurgitate the same things...

I... am not sold on this. I hold issue with its insatiable appetite for glass. It feels like the characters facing it down could avoid dealing with these things by whipping bottles any direction they please. Additonally, sand would be like an all-out buffet. If thins thing is largely a glass construct, i cant imagine glass doing too much damage before breaking under the weight of its own attack...

Still, it'd be interesting to see where this thing goes, a vote from me!

I don't know why the reception to this monster is so bad. Quite frankly I'm getting raving annoyed with the same type of monsters. Congratulations, new monsters, but they're all something we've already seen before, just blenderized. If we stick within our little bubble, how do we expect the story to grow? I think Fire-Hawk and Dance of Ruin had some of the better constructive criticisms...

I don't care if this one doesn't end up in the books, I love this monster. Not everything needs to have a ridiculous name that makes it sound 'wickedsick'. I mean, Living Dead is a classic example of a name that describes the subject, and yet i dont see people screaming in protest at the obviousness of the name. Sure, Aural Violator sounds cooler, but... no, now its making sexual references, someone is likely to get offended.

In response to dance of ruin:
it doesnt have to be flavour, leaving those options gives the DM the chance to go about it how he wants. Who knows how the story went so far and how best the characters can be traumatized? Inducing vision in a blind character, or making a deaf character hear are two other things i see this monster doing.

Varianor:
umm... just because you dont like the exotic sauce on your steak doesn't mean its not flavourful.

Generally, i feel the monster is being criticised for its lack of back-story/context, because it is so different. Id love to see someone else do that AND provide the monster description in the limited space...

I'm not going to lie, i get sick of golem-like creatures that you can predict how they will behave. This one throws in a nice curve-ball, it gets my vote.