10:Dark Creepers/Stalkers
I think they are even more interesting than Drow/Duergar/Svirfneblin for an Underdark race, and one part of me wants to see more of them, and another part of me wants them to remain undeveloped, so that I can play with my own interpretation...
11:Aarocokra (sp?)
Best bird-people ever. The Avariel / Winged Elves, IMO, kinda sucked, and the Raptorans would have been a bit cooler if they'd just called them Aarakocra.
The only other bird-people I liked were the Al Karak Elam, from some old issue of Dragon and the Psittae, from Seven Strongholds.
I have a soft spot for kuo-toa. I blame Night Below.
Monsters I've used and had a blast: (in no particular order)
Trolls
Vampires
Basidironds
Ghosts
Goblins
Cockatrices
Stirges
Swarms, of all kinds
MonstersI'm dying to use (also in no particular order)
Rakshasa
Chimera
Ogre Mages
Cyclops
Green and Night hags
Krakens
and Linnorms of all stripes.
Purple Worms
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It makes me sad that my all time favorite monster, the Mind Flayer, was not part of the OGL/SRD so I will never see a Pathfinder version of it (this also holds true for the Beholder and Displacer Beast).
As far as those from Pathinder/Paizo goes: I love the Hound of Tindalos from Rise of the Runelords, the Marilith, Lich, Silver Dragon, and the Kobold.
The Hounds of Tindalos are an old Cthulhu Mythos baddie. I personally love seeing Paizo bring more Mythos monsters to the Pathfinder RPG. The fact the they used the Shoggoth in the Bestiary was awesome! I hope we see some more mythos creatures in Bestiary 2.
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I personally love seeing Paizo bring more Mythos monsters to the Pathfinder RPG. The fact the they used the Shoggoth in the Bestiary was awesome! I hope we see some more mythos creatures in Bestiary 2.
Agreed. I wouldn't mind a full conversion of the non-deity portions of the Malleus Monstrorum for PFRPG. Then again, I'm a massive Lovecraft nut.
+1 beating the dead horse for humans. "Mundane" down and dirty evil can sometimes be the worst.
I've always liked golems/constructs, specifically Ravenloft's intelligent versions created not by magic but by their creators dark obsessions. They're so customizable and a creepy result of twisted ambitions. How can you get better than that? Also, ghosts for similar reasons- you never know what to expect with them.
Flumphs just because they're so absurd and have had no (until Misfit Monsters, anywho) reason for existing. LG aberrations that hunt small game and propel themselves by flatulence. Only in D&D! That surreal nature makes them great in my book.
As for Paizo's recent monsters, I was really surprised by how flexible and noteworthy mites can be. It's been a long time since I've seen a creature able to creep out, astonish, and make my players laugh as much as the mites have in the last few adventures I've had. The little blighters and their swarms seem to have it all.
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Vendor - Fantasiapelit Tampere
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1.Giants (including trolls). Big, lumbering and they have much potential also. Especially
2. Undead monster, mostly skeletons. non-intelligent undead can be so different, hailing from regular human skeletons to the lumbering giant-zombies. And yes, I like giants :D
3.Barbed devil, it's cool guy.
4.Aboleth also is nice, intelligent fish. I like.
any order
osyluth
ogre mage
carbuncle
kuo-toa
nycadaemon
vodyanoi
boggard
derro
arcane
sharn
thri-kreen
arcanaton
astradaemon
shining child of Thassilon
I think I will be the first to say Displacer Beast. Maybe not as iconic as I thought?
Nope I listed as my number one choice back on page 2, he he.
1. yugoloths / daemons
2. faerie dragons
3. imps and/or quasits
4. proteans (can I vote for something I created?)
5. gnolls
6. kobolds
7. planetouched (tieflings, aasimar, genasi, etc)
8. mephits
9. pathfinder gnomes
10. demons
And for the record, while it's not represented in anything above, I'm also a massive Lovecraft fan (I actually wrote some areas on Cthulhumud years ago).
Mimics! The chairs that give free hugs!
Also - Wow! So many votes for Kobolds!
I love fiends, devils in particular. To name one, the Iconic Pit fiend, because can play both the role of cunning manipulator behind the curtain, of the evil overlord, or the a**kicker.
I love fey, too. I'd love to see more, exspecially if inspired by "real" ones.
In 3.5 D&D, I loved the disturbing but romantic Glaistig in MMIII, and the mighty Wild Hunt in MMV. The Wild Hunt is particluary well made, BTW.
Oriental fey like bisan, yuki-no-onna, kappa, I love too. They appeared in the 3.0 excellent Oriental Adventures.
1. Pugwumpi-not only are they just as funny as goblins but they can also be very annoying in combat (and the name is just fun to say)
2. Fey-only if inspired by "real" ones like kaiyan said.
3. Mimics
4. Carnivorous sheep-thank you Hackmaster
5.Rot grubs-nothing like killing that annoying level 20 adventurer in 3 rounds with something worth 2XP per kill. (Hackmaster also might have been in 2ed also not sure)
Several pet faves --
1. Good ole Dragon (Especially Red Dragon). It is the icon of bad guys. The big ole RD shows up and the jokes are over.
2. Devils (NOT demons). I love the idea of playing something that combines trickery with treachery. I try to go all out with these and craft some elaborate evil. I want my players to be OFFENDED by the time they are done with a devil.
3. Eladrin. One of the few saving graces for 4th edition for me was their inclusion as a base race. I've always been a fan of the "mystical" elf that is reminiscent of the Tolkien elves of the ancient ages or Vulcans in Star Trek a lot more than the bland treehugger, Indian themed wilf-elf.
4. Constructs. If not overdone, it is fun to occasionally break in with what is basically robots in the fantasy genre.
5. Fey. Particularly the chaotic variety. I find that they can be really evocative of the mysterious. Plus, female gamers tend to really enjoy the roleplay with fairies, pixies, dryads, etc. Color them purple for extra bonus heh!
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Gibbering Mouther.
I insist on doing a full bodied impression, much to the distaste of my fellow gamers..
O_o
..there's lot's of writhing.
Illithid, hands down.
I'm a big fan of trolls, skeletons, any and all dire animals, iron golems, stone golems and blue dragons.
But not Paizo blue dragons-- except for the one on the cover of the GameMastery Guide, they look too sleek. I like 3.5e blue dragons because they just look so stupid and brutish with their massive jaw and unicorn horn.
In every single one of my campaigns I've used, at least once, Stirges. I don't know why though.
As for my favorite monster... I'd say the Minotaur. Basically because almost every time I've used it in my games, there was some sort of cool maze/labyrinthe/cave complexe attached to it.
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Ultradan
Kobolds.
Crafty, treacherous and evil.
Best monsters ever.
The spellweaver. It WOTC IP but I love them. Not so much their game mechanics but the concept of a spell weaver in general, and they look freakin awesome. Wish someone would've found a way to make the playable for players.
Hell Hound
Drow
Any Undead
Any Chromatic Dragon
Big fan of true lycanthropes actually
Dopplegangers and Rashaskas as well
Bulette, with kobold's riding bulette's a close second.
The Nymph. >_>
+1
Also, Goblins are awesome.
Vampire. Preferably one that doesn't sparkle. Or Nymph, like Cydeth likes. Ooohhh, Vampire Nymph.
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Humans
Pesky vermin, they are all over the place.
Ghouls. For some reason they always turn up in my games.
Peryton
See here.
The Nymph. >_>+1
Also, Goblins are awesome.
A goblin nymph?
kobold (tucker's kobold's specifically)
Wolf-in-sheeps-clothing, mummies, humanoid race bad guys turned on the ear of typical perception. (Such as a Mythos-loving hobbit with a knife fetish and a taste for non-hobbit two legs ...)
