Monsters in unusual (but not unrelated) professions


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lemeres wrote:
cuatroespada wrote:
doppelganger as a professional mirror.
They get hired by vampires.

this guy gets it! 8D


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Gulthor wrote:
On a more "realistic" note, umber hulk coal miner.

Which eventually leads to an umber hulk bards

Kobold Cleaver wrote:
I hate to say it, but I'm pretty sure the quote is more a part of the culture now than the movie has ever been. :P

Yep.

Also, goblin soylent gourmands

Tacticslion wrote:
Awakened giant ants: they do construction, haul heavy things, and have max ranks knowledge (engineering)? Sorry. Not very punny...

Formian bullet ant gunslingers

Squiggit wrote:
Hamadryad park ranger.

vs. coldborn rogue (pic-a-nic provisions procurer archetype)


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Troll bridge toll collector but with a toll booth and all- maybe it could be called a "troll booth"

Waka waka waka


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My home-brew setting has a city where the main moneylender is a dragon. He spends most of his time shapeshifted into human form to fit in, but everyone knows who and what he is.

He's lawful good, has been in business for centuries, and has discovered that the most reliable way of amassing his horde is through steady interest rates.

His bank only employs virgins.


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Zombie contract labor force. (the working dead)

Merfolk shipyard repair crew

Grig dance teacher

Doppleganger undercover cop

Contract Devil prosecutor

Dryad florist

Nymph teacher at a school for the blind

Brownie day laborers

Ettercap weaver

Mi-Go surgeon

Blink Dog courier

Dark Archive

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Doomed Hero wrote:

Zombie contract labor force. (the working dead)

Hah!

Also fond of the Merfolk ship repair crew, blink dog courier and the Mi-Go surgeon (yikes!).


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Starfinder Superscriber

Who can forget things like Stone Giant Jewelers? Ratfolk Basketball players (three of them standing on each others shoulders) or the best, choker professional wrestlers


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Hydra Bard sing 5 parts at once.

Goblin Gardener. He'll clear out all your weeds. And the garden. Fire good.

Mnemor Devil servants. Keeps your house in perfect shape, and you won't even know they're there.

Invisible Stalker Reporter, can sneak into private meetings for the juciest scoops.

Cthulhu Exterminator, kills everything in your house by simply walking nearby. Just make sure to go far away in case it gets hungry.

Night Gaunt Judge, because justice is blind.

Quickling bomb squad, diffuses the threat before you blink.


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Centaur mail carriers.


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Set wrote:

Zombie contract labor force. (the working dead)

{. . .}

Folks, let's get one thing straight: Zombies are henceforth to be referred to as the Mobile Deceased.


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UnArcaneElection wrote:
Set wrote:

Zombie contract labor force. (the working dead)

{. . .}

Folks, let's get one thing straight: Zombies are henceforth to be referred to as the Mobile Deceased.

Ahem. The mobile life sign impaired. Thank you very much. Lets try to be PC here while we plot how to eat the brains of PCs.


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UnArcaneElection wrote:
Set wrote:

Zombie contract labor force. (the working dead)

{. . .}
Folks, let's get one thing straight: Zombies are henceforth to be referred to as the Mobile Deceased.

Don't forget, they are middle class as they are upwardly mobile. [From below the ground.]

They also hate the graveyard shift, as there are no munchies.

/cevah


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Air Elemental Comedian. Because someone needs to deliver a hurricane of puns!


Kraken Shipping magnate.

"Oddly enough, all of Squidbilly incorporateds ships make it to port, and NONE of any other companies ships do..."


Hags as Dream Interpreters.


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Aboleth building painters. Permanent illusions would be very efficient.

Teacher golems. I'm fairly certain some of my teachers back in school were mindless beings. Being immune to the pranks of our newly-magical kids might be useful too.


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I once had Sahuagin who sold Boat insurance. One would board a ship under a white flag and then tell the owners, Nice ship you got here , be a shame if something bad happen to it. But don't worry me and my boys from the coral lion family keep the riff raft out of this part of the sea, we see it as a public service. All we ask is that you think of us when buying insurance for you ship.


BigNorseWolf wrote:

Kraken Shipping magnate.

"Oddly enough, all of Squidbilly incorporateds ships make it to port, and NONE of any other companies ships do..."

Squidbilly? Now I've got this vision that the shipping company's ads are all set to bluegrass muxic . . . .

avr wrote:
Aboleth building painters. Permanent illusions would be very efficient.

They probably actually did this during the early days of Azlant.

avr wrote:
Teacher golems. I'm fairly certain some of my teachers back in school were mindless beings. Being immune to the pranks of our newly-magical kids might be useful too.

Come to think of it, they probably did this too, although budget cuts probably ended up causing a later substitution of Teacher Golems with Teacher Undead. Starting with Anatomy class . . . .


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I can't believe I didn't think of this before: not exactly monsters, but . . . Here you go:

Small people that provide yard care, but wear such tacky clothing while doing so that the benefit is questionable . . .

. . . Lawn Gnomes . . .

Small people who make a point of unusual experiences, but live in cities, are musically talented and in fact set the city beat, and REALLY make a point of their "sensitivity" . . .

. . . Metro Gnomes . . .


Small organization of loquacious improvisational gnome vigilantes...

...PUN-ISHERS


Rust Monsters instead of Junkyard dogs.

Mi-Go surgeons.


For any profession that just makes weekly profession checks cyclops is the way to go. They can always get natural twenties.


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Another one I ca't believe I forgot -- NPR News on the Republican Convention just reminded me:

Incorporeal Undead capable of possessing the living, but has the unusual interesting in writing stuff, and actually does a passable job of it (although sometimes making missteps that get both this creature and the living creature in trouble. Now THAT'S a Ghost Writer.

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